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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1898)
3 T H E TORCH OF^REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , AUGUST 11, 1898. C h r is t ia n it y , that tim er C h u r c h ia n it y and “ ‘I don’t know, sir.” H u m a n it y . <» ‘Well, we will soon find out, for C hristian preachers of today I an. now going to han d you over claim th at to the teachings of him to the custody of the law .’ .. Oh, please don’t, dear sir! of whom Moses in the law and the j,¡ease don’t!’ he begged. ‘I have Prophets did write, Jesus of Nazar- rot all the money I stole, and will ^ ie 8011 Joseph, is due our return it to you if you will n o t , h’?her civilization the greater d e - ' velopm ent of the arts and sciences; i have me arrested? a purer m orality: and the elevation “ ‘Where is the m oney?’ of women to an equality with m an. “ In my tru n k , in my room ? •• -Get up and we will go to your this I deny and defy a success* rOom? said Mr. H ughes. tnl contradiction of this denial. I “ We three then went to his room, a PPea^ t0 history for support of mv •u.d from the bottom of his tru n k P o t io n . C hristianity has been on he took a large package of notes ^” r over eighteen hundred , ¡ng from one to five dollars, .v e a r'*» certainly a sufficient length a n / handed them to Mr. H ughes, of tim e to establish these claim s if, with the rem ark th at th a t was all indeed, true. Now to the testi- • t he had stolen. ‘‘The money was counted, and amounted to nearly four hundred ¡o]j.,rs “ ‘Now, sir,’ said Mr. Huges, ‘so- ciety m ust be protected, and crim - inals m ust he punished — so I am going to hand you over to an ojpJcer > ! m ony- T he H igher ( ivilization .— civilizations of m any peoples | prior to the birth of Jesus were pro- je s s in g finely. Many nations had, at a<J vent of Jesus, acquired a civilization far superior to the suc- ceeding C hristian civilizations for ! over a thousand y e a rs—from about ♦ Vi fourth to the fifteenth centu- “ ‘Oh, dear sir, do please take e pity on me!’ groaned the fellow. 4 / ¡ e e - d u r i n g what Is called the have given you hack all, every, cent D ark Ages, a peiiod when Chris- I took, an d I solem nly prom ise you t'a n ity dom inated ail E urope and 1 will never do wrong again. Please Pa r,s ,d Asia and Africa, don’t have me arrested, sir.’ ! D u rin « " le8e '^ p lo ra b le years of ‘“ I will listen to no en treaties,’ » » rs for opinion’s sake, of persecu- said his m aster, sternly. : tlons for hereey ’ whftn crown and crosier were in alliance against •‘ •Well, if I must be arrested, s o !cr08,er be it, said Silverton, as he sank m an’s inalienable rig h t to speak down upon a seat and appeared I and write his own th o u g h ts — a to he hum bly resigned to his fate. rig h t th a t, un til those soul-blight But th a t was only a ruse, for the ing ages, had never been denied to next m inute he dashed through the any considerable extent — the p a door and ran down th e stairs at gan world had become more liberal breakneck speed. I was about to and tolerated all religious opinions start after him , but Mr. H ughes, — the very essence of civilization. who is a kind m an a t h eart, called , , eral, there is the greatest civiliza- me back. ’ 6 . . lion. Behold th a t principle at •“ Let him go,’ he said, ‘let him to(Jay the countrieB in which go. An arrest would certain ly ru in , he c h ris tja n UnetB are , he ,nost him, and perhaps he will strive intensp> rigid an{, bjndjngi civiliza. henceforth to live an honest l n e ? ” (ion ¡g # t a stan (lsti„ or is retro. work LIBERAL UNIVERSITY T H E O N LY S C H O O L OF T H E K IN D , from S u p erstitio n S trictly N on-Sectarian P u p ils are G iven Every O p p o rtu n ity to Learn W ithout Being H am pered by S u p erstitio n s and Dogmas. L o c a tio n H e a lth fu l S o c ie ty G ood. E x p e n s e s M o d e ra te A Splendid Corps of Teachers and Good F acilities Teaching. for F or in fo rm atio n , address J. E. HOSMER, Ph.D., B.S.D President, SILVERTON. OREGON. C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt 1 his concluded the report of m y grading. On the other hand, in all -DEALERS IN- young deputy, which I filed aw ay those countries where there is the among other detective docum ents, broadest toleration of opinions and and thought no more of ihe m atter, the greatest liberty of conscience, is Three years afterw ard I arrested a where we find the highest civiliza- notorious pickpocket, known as tion. The most civilized nations ‘ Nimble C harley,” an d my are those in which we find the detective lad, chancing to see him , greatest num ber of F reethinkers at once recognized him as Sam uel infidels, as C hristians, in the abun- Silverton, of the m yterious draw er dance of their ch arity , are pleased memory.—Sel. to cau them . Corner Main and W ater Streets, SILVERTON, ORE. _____________ 2. D evelopment oe the A rts and S ciences .—H ere again th eir claims New ages are begun by new men. are at variance with the facts. P ri Knowledge cannot be obtained in or to the b irth of C hrist the arts the past; the Jew s tried th a t nine and sciences had attained a m ar How to Make teen hundred years ago and missed velous degree of perfection. A rchi the m ark. Present tru th is clearer tecture had made wonderful pro and nearer than the past. The entire gress, much of it being the model The Government nationalized the Postal System, whv not also modern church is looking backw ard, the Money System? A plan is told by C. E TLToN BLANCHARD for this age. The Dam ascus blade straining th e eyes to perceive the in his book entitled has never been excelled in elastici- distant perspective, dim m ed by the The A rabians, mists of ignorance; it is an evidence B and tem per. . . ... . , . , . eight centuries ago, produced mal- of retrogression. Were an Almighty 8 p • . . h i v ,„i ! leable glass. As early as the time Being to establish a new chuch, you © Postpaid for 25 Cents. , , ij of C hrist, glass cups were m ade m ay b e sure th a t he would wipe . . . All profits on this Ixxik will lie given to the Liberal U niversity, ... r “ which m ight be crushed, hut not i t should be in the hands of every thinking person. Address all orders to nut a ll th e re lig io u s fra u d s o f t n e G eneral M erchandise Good Tim es for all Tim e U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E nineteenth century! Concluded on 7th page. The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.