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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N . O REGON , T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 14, 1898.
Torch of Reason
and that the P ro testan t countries them .’’ T his is excelent
Free- m any to te a rs and laughter; •
are trying to drive the Catholics thought doctrine, ami we Free- m ay teach some good m oral doc-
The O n ly Paper of Its K in d .
out of existence. The priest (<»r thinkers should congratulate our- trin es; he m ay be free from the
preacher) has alw ays been the selves th a t we are forcing such of intoxicants, tobacco, tea and c f.
P ublished W eekly by th e Lilieral U ni
mouthpiece of kings (or rulers),and words from the orthodox pulpit. If fee, and even gum; hut all the good
versity C om pany, in the In tere sts of
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
when we heard this representative the lay mem bers of these churches he does cannot m ake m urder right
Protestant showing up the evils only knew how liberal their m inis- and his awful crimes should be ar-
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followed in the wake of tees are they would turn them out rested. So it is with those who are
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Catholicism , dwelling on the awful of ch rch, b a t once in awhile, a lit- m urdering the m inds of H r i«*,..,-
E n tered at th e jxistoflice at SjLvei ton, ev ilso f th e Inquisition, trie horrible, tie at a tim e, these poor lead ersd are c e n t w ith the poison of superstition
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atter.
conquest of Mexico and Peru, the to tell their followers the tru th , hut The good they do is good, hut we
ignorant, superstitious condition of the people pay th e salaries and with should endeavor, in the name of
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00 Italy and Spain and the hloodv the preacher it is act the part of g<»(o)d, to arrest its adm inistration-
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50 butchery of the Cubans, we began priest or act not at all, and so the and no better or quicker wav < m
T hree m onths, in advance
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
to think th a t perhaps it is the old, farce goes on. The people like lib- possibly be found than to supplant
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75 old story of history repeating itself erty of thought, and if it is given a th eir churches ami S unday schools
letter*!»? iiHinev o r d e r Ut
registered and th a t we are again in the m idst little at a tim e — a very little at a which are founded on th e decaying
of another religious war. W hat do tim e— they will accept, hut some of rem ains of old Jewish fables, hv
Notice!
the Catholics of this country think the great divines have given too Secular
churches and
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A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your a b o u tit? We would n a tu ra lly sup- large doses and have been turned schools, which can contain a s much
subscription will e x p ire w ith th e next pose those who are loyal to their down.
We predict t hat unless th e i or more good, a nd he built on the
to renew so th at you may receive the pa- religion m u st side in w ith S p ain , p a sto r of la y lo r Street c h u rc h is solid fo u n d a tio n of S cie n tific T ru th .
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . We have de- A friend who is well known to us careful he will lose his position and
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th a t we do not send papers
longer th a n aa a reformer, is employed in the be punished as a heretic.
How
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th e tim e paid for unless
so ordered, car shops, where m any Catholics awful it would he for him to lose
know ju st where we sta n d .
are also at work. He ought to his life, l. e., his living, i. e., his
A fte r a pleasant stay in Portland
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We request you to send us the nam es know w h at these C a th o lics th in k in sa la ry ,
of Secularists who m ig h t become sub-
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s<- rib ers and we will mail sample copies, re g a id to th e w ar, an d he sa y s th e y
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T H U R S D A V , JU L Y 14, E. M. 298 and hope she will get help enough
—----------------------------------------------- K) whip this country. Of course
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there are m any liberalized Catho-
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with the Baileys and Feustels, I
L et £ ee- left on th e
ularists be honest and scatter the
golden grains of tru th everywhere,
and a rich harvest for the world
will be the result.
b o a t F r id a y m orning
(Ju n e 23) for a trip up
bia river to The Dalles.
th er was clear, and had
for the heavy wind the
lies w ho h av e learn ed to love th e ir Oh, the bright golden age when the gods j h a v e
been a very
the Colun i-
The wea-
it not been
trip would
p le a s a n t
one.
On our way to the convention we country and its citizens, and if their
arc all slain
O n e will never tire of viewing the
stopped a t P ortland, and S unday church officers call for help to pro-^V hen th e
Jhosen i scenery on the “ old C o lu m b ia ” as
evening attended the T aylor S treet tect their holy religion, they will
of gods
it rolls on its way through the Cas
M. E. church. This is a very styl- find m any with the flag waving
R a s t flo w n to t lu la n d «,1 ilu b h s s t d .
cades to the ocean. The w ater is
ish church. The music is furnished above the cross; hut when the in- Uien m en will be gods, m ak in g heaven so high a t this .season of the year,
by a large p ip e organ and a choir fallible p o p e s a y s fight, the great
The white flag of peace l>e unfurled;
on account o f the m elting snow,
of sixteen “ pieces’’, which are cur- m ajority will fly to arm s
i T,ie <lark H ouds of h ate forever be past,
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1 L eaving su n sh in e of love in th e w orld. th a t the locks at the cascades can
tam ed oil so as not to be seen only
We believe th a t this war will be
not be operated, and it necessitates
when standing, and then only their productive of m uch good, and a
a transfer and a trip of two or
bust i3 visible. T he collection was !m eans by which h u m an ity will he
G ood is G o o d .
th ree miles by land. The bicycle
taken up by eight men who, evi- raised to a higher plane of civiliza-
The C hristian church has done cam e in good play here, and we
d en tly , are well trained, for they tion.
b a r is bud, hut there are 8Ome good> but ¡t ¡g not the good ■ « ere the first to reach the upper
were all done about th e same tune conditions th a t are worse, and as lh a t se c u la rists com bat. It is the river boat anchored above the locks.
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an d m arched back to th eir places • the
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surgery, _ so _ will bei h t of
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on„ t0 c,aim The
rest of the trip was w ithout in'
tn perfect step, two by two. The war be used until the old eruptions tb a t all
m ora, t/ acb i,lgs wbjcb
cident, except stopping occasional
sermon was one of the best we ever cans d by m herited errors are a t have come from the clergy are bad ly to take on passengers. At Hood
h eara, and with the exception of last removed and h um anity stands and lb a t , he socia, a|K,
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umx lu rm ai Rivet we got q u ite a load of 111-
occasional references to “ A m ighty forth cleansed of its cancerous su- train in g t |,a t both young and old d ian s who had been picking straw-
train in g th a t both young and old
01 an leavenau t le i ea t lat p c i. nions.
have
have not
not been
been a a great
great berries and were on th eir way to the
have received
received have
it is the s u p e r .« fa.th o Protest-
I t m ay be th a t the world is to
H appiness is a good thing, W arm Springs reservation. The
an ts, instead of the lack of faith wttness another great struggle he- and the church, while it has caused study o f th e life an d h ab its of the
and superior secular knowledge, tween the C atholic church and her mucb eor
disunion> in8a, it semi civilized In d ian s is very inter-
th a t m akes non-C atl,oho countr.es inlid 1 daughters, and while it is and crim e by its dials,local dogm as, esting. T hey are no longer what
more progressive, ,t was a splendid sad if true, yet if the follies of the ha8 a t |h e 8ame
by
8 |ro „ g th ey used to he in their happy state
F reeth o u g ht lecture.
m other canse her offspring to rebel, fratern al organizations m ade much » h e n our forefathers first settled
lh e tex t, or th e words which an d in th eirex citem e.it and disgust happine88. Give the devil his due, i A m erica, or even in the e a r l y ’40’s
were explained as not being a text, at her absurdities and cruelties, and bccaU(W tbe „
„ lie8 bavp when tbe brave ;oneel.s k d tbe
were,,, By l.etr iruits ye sh all know strangle the old lady, they m ust not driven
„ dark corner and way to tbe West.
them , and if ever the C atholtcs forget th a t they are p aren ts them - made
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got a roasting, they got it from this selves and th a t the baby girl Secu-
ism grow on your m ental back, o’clock at night, and tbe next
M ethodist grandson. One idea ad- larism m ay some day require its j
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of the innocent and helpless, mean- ghost. We never doubt for a mo-
.s longer tn “ W ebfoot” , b ut had
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i bad. 1 nese people are hum an, and crossed the m o u n tain s and was
ing the Cubans, has reached the m ent th a t either with war or w ith -L
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been looking about for a high po- crushed by the wheels of progress ® ,
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h!,v<“| ,lo,,e I'here of E astern Oregon. T h ereh
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licem an to m ake C atholic Spain be- and all men at last reap the beue-
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have herself, and he h a s n o tm a d e fits of a secularized governm ent, ? * h J V r " d b ,
l,,cal‘tIe8' and oue “ '• h an lly real-
a m istake in selecting the U nited etirely freed from the parasites of ,
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States. This idea was expressed in an cien t faiths.
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Whe" We Bp<'ak ° U) 1,aS been *" euc«untered th e raius an d the
the audience broke ¡„to np'plau.'e
, 1 b ° b*‘SL " " " « th a t our brother spite of our m istakes.
W hat we balm y breezes from the Pacific,
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; of tlie big salary said was th a t he m ust fight if we wish to win is the which cause lu x u ria n t vegetation
Yes, applause, right in the house of did not want to force people to be-
evil thoughts, h ab its and princi- a n d cover rocks and trees w iJ
God, and on the holy sabbath!.
t e v e a s h e d .d . “ T ru th ” , said he, pies of the C hristian. A m an who moss. B ut the frequent raiu s auc
A high C atholic a u th o rity says , “ will take care of itself. Educate habit,,,illy com m its m urder m ay at balm y breezes do not ex ten d ove.
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C m ted . tales is a rel.gtous
th e people and even if they m ake tim es give all he has to the poor; the lofty heights of the Cascade
war, mistakes they will learn to correct, he m ay be a good speaker and move m ountains, and a great barren