o the TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898. My Honest Opinions. hills, noted for their height and steepness. H alf ar. hour was re (Continue«! from 3d page.; quired for dinner, and then we sped latter. “ T rain up a child in the on to Union Mills, where G. J. way he should g o , and w h 'ii he is T rullinger lives. Mr. 1. subscribed old he will not d e p a rt from it,” for the Torch and informed me th at but teach him th at he is a n atu ra l Silverton is 18 miles away. born devil, with a big D, and th at . \ few miles from Union Mt!!“ 'lie Ciiu only be good through the we arrived at a little village a n d I “ saving grace” of a religious sys To sell property stopped at the post office to le a r n tem which he finds out in his ma- To buv •Z a hom e the name of the town. 1 he lady tu rer years is a bald-headed fraud, To go into business informed me th a t it is Liberal. and if he does not develop an evil What a beautiful nam e for a town! n atu re it is because he was born too To exchange real or personal property I am proud to have it so near Sil- good t() 8pOji To work, or to hire w orkers verton. Of course to ad m it this would A N Y TH IN G The next stopping place was Sil- ru jn t jie soft job of the clergy, and verton, where we arrived in tim e t i,e wiley schemes of the good bro- for supper and to note the work ¡ , |ier who professes religion and W R IT E T O U S . W E CAN H E L P YOU th at has been done on the U niver joins the church for personal a d sity. W hen we left in J u n e the vantage, or protection from the con basement was not half done, but sequences of rascality. And such now it is completed and the fram e will m ain tain it and teach it to Address, IN FO RM A TIO N B U R EA U work is up for the first story. The children and young persons of W A T B R 8T K E K T , Silverton, Oregon, dining h all has been treated to a whose innate confidence in hum an • ppoaite L iberal H all. fresh coat of paint and everything nature and want of knowledge of The Pro% churchly wiles they can take ad- looks bright and new. peels are bright for this y e a rs vantage. But they let the well in school, and the work is progressing forincd grey-beards severely alone nicely. 1 he Secularists of the ( u n n i after they are dead). ---------D E A L E R S IN --------- I nited States are co n trib u tin g and They never approach me to war n working to build up at) institu tio n Jne of ^he evil o£ ,ny ways, hut they of which they may be justly proud. j,ave h u nted m y girl, behind my Let us all do the best we can and back> and t r jed th eir wheedling on the coming year will crown us with her g h a lj j neglect the du ty I success. owe t 0 her and fail to warn her Bike and I are a t home. \\ e againH( these treacherous hypo- have traveled two thousand miles c rj£es? H ardly. th is sum m er, and let us hope th a t In ed u c atjo n , especially in the much good will result from our na£ura| sciences, lies the “ hope of C orner M ain and W ater Streets, SIL V E R T O N , O R E. labors. I am glad to he at home, redem p tion»\ The more knowledge but anxious to go again or do any- j,.gs rejjgjon# The less Jesus thing whereby I can best serve the (he n)()re m o ra |ity . £f the money cause for which I live. The cu rtain an d e energy now now’ fooH rooiishly expended H o w to M a k e will now fall and next week will in building churches,feeding priests witness a slight change and we will and otherw ise m ain tain in g th a t begin Act II, Scene I. degrading superstition called relig P earl W. G eer . T he G o v ern m en t natio n alized th e Postal S ystem , why not als< ion, were expended in building and T n F O R M A T IO N BUREAU DO YOU WANT C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt General flerchandise Good Tim es for all Time th e Money S ystem ? in h is book e n title d A plan is told by C. ELTO N B LA N CH A RD [ I t took lots of «pace to get him m ain tain in g institution» of tru e here, but we are glad he i» h o m e .' le«»rning free from priestly contam - ination, this world would become a E ditor .] veritable paradise to what it is now. You rem em ber the story of the Life would he w orth the living,and ,------ Postpaid for 25 Cents. man in Ita ly who asked the priest th is earth would become a thing of All profits on th is lxxik will be given to th e L itieral U n iv ersity . I t should be in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erson. A ddress all o rders to if he really believed the religion of beauty and a joy forever. The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon the country; and th e priest said: These convictions are forced up “ Oh, no! we have to go slowly on on me by a life of some study and account of the people; they believe observation, and I cannot say oth- W ho D o es Y o u r « m - —> it.” And when the people were erwise and be honest. I expect to asked if they believed it, they said: he m ade a subject for aspersion by F ill it up, am i forw ard w ith “ Oh, nol we are not such fools; tl»e clergy and th eir allies, after I $1.00 to th e h u t the priests believe it.” A nd so am dead. The dead cannot talk people play hide-and-seek w ith each back. And those who never dare L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o ., U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E C u t T h is O ut —.—\ P other, not daring to tell the m ficent, c le a r t r u t h M. J. Savage. o f th in g s .- m ag- Rev. “ If it be true, as our d aily ex- perience teaches us, th a t the m oral sense gains iu clearness and power by exercise, by the constant en- deavor to find out and to see for ourselves what is rig h t and w hat is wrong, it m ust be nothing short of a m oral suicide to delegate our conscience to another m an .” — W . K. Clifford. Hezekiah “ They say th a t Skin- got religion.” ner Clutch hez ° ® . . O badiah—“ M ight ez well stop _ th ’ _ revival, then, fer if he hez it ¡h e r’ won’t no one else git it.” —T ru th . f,(r a rinting ? Silverton. Oregon moment to cross controversial swords with me in life, will find If von require any their opportunity to do prodigies of buckram valor when I am silenced C a rd s o r C irc u la rs , by the inevitable, B ill H e a d s , I have a kindly feeling towards N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s , my fellow m en, and I alw ays en S ta te m e n ts , deavor to be charitable tow ard th eir frailties, rem em bering their T ic k e t s , P ro g ra m s , education and environm ent. And In v ita tio n s , “ w ith m alice tow ard none and char- B e a k s o r P a m p h le ts , .. . ,, „ T ~___, . . lty for all, 1 expect to quit this E n v e lo p e s , life “ Like one who w raps th e d rap ery of his O r an y o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve ., couch . . . . . y o u r own in te re st and help su p p o rt A ro u t h im , a n d lies dow n to pleasant d re a m s.” F. S. M atteson . T u rn er, Ore. th e L iberal U niversity by se n d ing vo'»r o rders to us. W e 1 will ex ecu te th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . To the Publishers n f the Torch of Reason: Please send th e T orch of R eason t o my address for one y ear, for which I e n close $1.00. N a m e............................................... Post office....................................... S ta te................................................