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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU L Y 14, 1S9S.
ready to use unscrupulously all the
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temporal and spiritual powers they
B righ t T h in g s said by
can get hold of to damage and cir»
O th ers.
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eumvent their competitors for island
souls.” They all grasp unceasingly
at “ecclesiastical, temporal and po
The ignorant call him a heretic litical power,” and “power with
whom they cannot refute.—[Cam them means persecution”.—[Free
panella.
thinker.
If to he ignorant were as safe as
Jesus teaches that the poor, the
to be wise, no one would become hungry, the w retched shall be bless- Is there a n y th in g you w ant? Have you property to sett?
wise. And all measures which tend ed. But blessing comes only when
Do you wish to buu a home? Do you wish
to put ignorance on a par with wis they cease to be poor, hungry and
to go into business? l)o you wish
dom inevitably check the‘growth of wretched. Contentment under pov
to exchange real estate or
wisdom.—[Spencer.
erty, hunger and misery is high
personal property?
“Jesus-poison” is the name the treason, not to yourself alone, hut
best Chinamen give to the opium to your fellows. Slavery spreads
F riends : - -W e have recently established a general Ex
brought to their country by Chris quickly wherever humanity is stag
tian merchants, and forced into its I nant and content with wrong.— change and In fo rm atio n business in the th riv in g city of
Silverton, and have for sale a nu m b er of tow n lots, vacant
markets by Christiaa governments. [Charles Bradlaugh.
That single phrase is a counter
Il is not God who hath made and im proved, some well established business enterprises
poise to all the boasts of the mis man, hut man who hath made God some splendid farm s n ear Silverton, and last hut not least,
sionary societies.—[Freethinker.
after his own image; he hath given ail the lots in
With the Christians of America him his own mind, clothed him
praying for the victory of the Unit with his own propensities, ascribed
SEC ULAR H O M E .
ed States and the Christians in to him his own judgments. And
Spain praying for the destruction when in this medley he rinds the a tra c t of land ad jo in in g th e L iberal U niversity grounds,
of America, the almighty must contradiction of his own principles,
situated, for homes. Below is a p artial list
affecting
hypocritical
humility,
he
have a perplexing time of it — that
of the p roperty we have for sale.
imputes
weakness
to
his
reason,and
is, if he ow’ns the people of these
belligérant nations as hie children names the absurdities of his own
mind the mysteries of God.—[Vol-
C IT Y P R O P E R T Y .
at all.—[Flaming Sword.
FA RM P R O P E R T Y ,
ney.
H a lf - A c r e L o t in W est Silverton ;
2 3 acres, well im proved, fine house,
Even if nothidg worse that wast
b eau tifu l location for residence. $200.
barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile frob.
A
pious
Christian
prayed
for
a
ed mental effort could be laid to the
C o r n e r L o t n ear th e L iberal U n i Silverton, $4000. W ill trad e for larger
versity. $100.
blessing
from
heaven’s
infinite,
farm of equal value not over tw enty
charge of theology, that alone ought
L o ts in S e c u la r H o m e , location m iles from S ilv erto n .
bounty,
as
he
had
been
taught
to
to be sufficient to banish it from the
to su it, a t $25, $50 and $75.
do,
but
no
blessing
caiue.
He
won-
j
earth as one of the worst enemies
4 acres of land in S ilv erto n , O regon;
3 1 8 acres of sp len d id fru it and farm
tw
o good houses, fru it trees, etc. W ill ing land, well im proved, good running
deled
why
bis
prayer
was
not
an
of mankind. What a vast amount
trad e for farm lan d .
th ree m iles fiom S ilverton, at $27
of labor and learning has been ex swered. He related his disappoint- | H o u s e a n d L o t near th e d ep o t. p w er ater,
acre. Can divide if necessary to
su it p u rch aser.
pended as uselessly as emptying rnent to his priest, who after a ser $750.
H o u s e and lot in c e n te r of tow n.
shallow puddles into seives.—[L. ies of inquiries learned that the $375.
1 6 0 acres of fine tim b e r, 1 ear a large
trousers be wore when he knelt to
M. Child.
H o u s e »n<l barn w th
acres of saw m ill, $1000. Logs can be floated
ask his favor of heaven had been I lan d in S ilv erto n . $750.
n early all th e way to m ill.
Thirteen dollars a month for
made by a Jew. The priest in
shooting and $125 per month for
formed him that that was the reas
praying, is the way Uncle Sam re
feiiverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov
on his prayer had remained unan
wards his patriots. That is to say,
ing here will have th e splendid advantage of schooling
swered.—[In vestigator.
a private soldier’s pay is $13, while
th e ir children in the only L iberal U niversity in the world
that of a chaplain is $125. What
Silverton is b eau tifu lly situ ated in th e g reat W illam ette
Safe Until Needed.
do you think of it? What do we
valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains. A tine
think of it, did you say? It would
Here is a queer story from the sp ark lin g stream affords splendid w ater power and greal
not look well in print, so we will
W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a
wilds of Oklahoma about a Metho advantages for drainage.
not say.—[Living Issues.
Y ours for business,
dist preacher.
While returning tion.
Mr. Edward Reeves, who has just home one evening he had the mis
issued a notable book on the South fortune to fall into an abandoned
IN FO R M A TIO N B U R EA U and E X C H A N G E .
Sea Islands, has no very high opin well. For some time his cries for
ion of the missionaries. Take the assistance brought no response, but
W a t k k H t k e f t ,
O pposite L iberal H all.
Silverton, Oregon.
following passage: “The truth is at length Alkali Ike chanced to pass
that nine-tenths of the foreign mis by on his homeward way after an
sions are not got up for the benefit evening of pleasure at the Blue W ho D o e s Y o u r ___
C u t T h is O u t
of the heathen abroad, but for the Ruin fortune parlors.
Fill it up. and forw ard w ith
good of the sect at home. . . When
“Help! help!” cried the clergy
$1.00 to th e
one sect intrudes upon the field of man in a hollow voice.
L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o .,
another, the improvement of the
“ Who’s that?” demanded Ike in
Silverton, Oregon.
native character comes to a stand return.
still. . . . the temptation to run
If you req u ire any
“It is I, ReA. Jenks.”
down each other’s faith, works and
“That so? Well, whur are you,
power to the native is usually too anyhow, an’ what’s the trouble?’’
C a rd s or C ir c u la r s ,
To the P u b lish ers a f the Torch
strong for the priestly mind to re
B
ill
H
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a
d
s
,
“I am down in Bill Gaw’s old
o f Reason:
sist. Tahiti, Samoa and New Zea well, and—”
N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s ,
Please send th e T orch of R kabox to
land testify to this melanchollyI “Any danger of drownin’?”
S ta te m e n ts ,
m y address for one y ear, for which I e n
truth. Birds of a feather may flock
T
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t
s
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g
ra
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s
,
close $1.00.
“No; the well is almost drv, hut
together, bnt when they do they I—”
I n v ita tio n s ,
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usually fight over the carcass. . . If
“Huh.”' broke in Ike, who enter B o o ks or P a m p h le ts ,
you want real mischief done, place tained a grudge against the minis E n v e lo p e s ,
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your cause iu the hands of a few ter. “Stay thar, then! We don’t
any o th e r P rin tin g , yon will serve
‘earnest’ and ‘well-meaning’ men.” particularly need you till next Sun O r your
own in te re st and h e lp su p p o rt
th e Lilx-ral U n iv ersity by se n d
All the churches, Mr. Reeves says, day.” — [ Cincinnati Commercial
ing your orders to us. We
hate each other bitterly, and “are Tribune.
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