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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THIRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, IS98. 5 he lived. He planted the first Agnes, our little University s tu am i found the governor-elect in his kingdom of God.” —Mat. X IX ., 24. nursery in M arion county, and this dent, decided to accompany me shirt sleeves with no shoes on, lying “ So the last shall lie first, and place is th e site of the old nursery. back to \ ancouver, a distance of on the lounge taking his usual the first last, for m any lie called, W e walked for some Sunday rest, with his grandson but few chosen.” —Mat. X X ., 16. F ruit? You never saw th e like! two miles. His good wife There is enough for the whole distance, when I found that Agnes rom ping over him. “ For m any are called, but few could ride a bike. I had her seat neighborhood. N early all the trees was also at home, and we had a are chosen.” — Mat. X X IL , 14. . m the place are quite aged, and herself on the handle bars, w here jolly lim e visiting, which ended all “ For whom he did foreknow, he one of them was brought across she seemed quite at home, and we too soon by the shades of evening also did predestinate to be con the plains in a wagon by Mr. Lu soon reached our destination, where coining on and rem inding us th at formed to the image of his son, th a t lling m any years ago with the rest we found G randm a B allard. Agnes we must hasten on to Silverton, he m ight be the first-born am ong assisted with the dinner, while I twelve miles away. of his “ traveling n u rsery .” m any brethren. Moreover, whom O ur ride hom e through Howell he did predestinate, them he also In the m idst of my fruit g ath er wrote my “ A broad ” for the Torch P rairie was delightful, the last few called, and whom tie called them ing I scared up a Hock of quail and and visited with Mrs. Bennett. After d in n er I again returned to miles being made by moonlight. he also justified.”— Rom ans V I I I ., Chinese pheasants. I ran to my uncle’s house for a gun and re P o rtlan d , where I met Mrs. E d We stopped a few m om ents to sam 29, 30. turned to th e place where I had w ards and Mr. and Mrs. W itten ple some fruit in an orchard near “ I pray for them ; I pray not for seen the birds, but they had gone berg, w ith whom I enjoyed a short the road, and also to watch the the world, but for them which thou and it required an hour or so to visit. Night found me at my a u n t’s, workings of a hop-haler as the hops hast given me.”—Jo h n X V IL , 9. find them and kill one, which I where I found my cousin, H arry were pressed into 200-pound bales “ But we are hound to give th an k s proudly bore to the house and Shaw, with whom I was to travel for m arket. We arrived home at always to God for you, brethren ordered it cooked for supper, while to Silverton next d ay , Sunday. We 7 o’clock, well satisfied with the beloved of the Lord, because God did not get a very early start, hut day’s pleasures. I gathered corn to dry. hath from the beginning chosen P earl W. G eer . Aft< r supper was over I returned early enough so th a t we arrived in you to S alvation.” —2 Thes., 2-13. to Silverton, and the n ex t m orning Silverton in good season and not as J ohn A. W ilson . Free M oral A gency. We p a tro n I arose before the sun was peeping tired as I have been. Am esbury, Mass. over the Cascade m ountains, ized the orchards along the road, .Sleepy England. mounted the bike and started for and enjoyed a splendid dinner a t If it was the bible-God’s will or i P o rtlan d , fifty miles away. I the home of W. W . Jesse, a form er desire th a t all should he saved, why The people of Norwich, E n g lan d , halted only a few m om ents a t H u b president of the Oregon S tate Secu did he not put forth a plan by UP a t the hands bard, where I met the K ester fam lar Union. We also called on Mr. which all could and would be sa v e d ? i^ ave ’,ad a 8^ ’ men ^ such ,,,r Y ankee circus I1,en c n as ily and Mr. Beebe. The Liberal • Kocher : nd Mr. Jo h n sto n , with Instead of th a t he has, according t o 1” of 1 the scripture, m ade it impossible for all th eV 9el<i,,m «’ Pfrience. The editor University received some financial whom we enjoyed short visit«, Mr. of “ D aylight,” one of o ar English aid, which has been recorded in the J . adding 50c. to the shingle fund. to be saved. “ For the children being not vet « c h a n g e s , gives v sn t to his feelings Upon arriving’ home I made in colum ns of th e Torch before. At ,hB following words: Canby I visited a few moments q u iry as to the coon I had sent in born, ..either having done any good with my friend Lee, and then fol for the museum, and found th a t or evil that I he purpose of God, ac- . 1iia 1rn u In ,1 f5l,r,".‘,,n I' ' B arnum lff .. , • • , , All the week long it s been Barnum lowed the bike p ath along the side th e m an who brought it to town cordm g to election, m ight stand, f()r ,,reakfaHt> [(lr d in n er a n ,| for of the railro ad track to Oregon had arrived here at noon, when not of works, but of him th a t cal- tea, and I guess we’re all getting City. There I met several friends, Morris, the p rin ter, was at home, so leth.” “ It was said unto her, The m ighty tired of it. T hank goodness am ong whom are Mr. Davidson, he placed the coon inside the office elder shall serve the younger. As the cute Am ericans have departed Mr. L uelling and others, and stop on the floor. W hen M orris returned it is w ritten, Jacob have I loved, from am ong us, and we can breathe freely once more — the great heat ped for d in n er, after which we he said, “ All coons look alike to Tut Esau have I hated.” * * * notw ithstanding. “ T hank good- went on to P o rtlan d , fifteen miles m e,” ami as Silver Creek flows by “ F o r he saith to Moses, I will have n e ss” I say — not liecause B arnum d id n ’t give us full value for our away. We arrived in the Oregon the back door, out went the coon mercy on whom I will have mercy, have compassion on money, b u t because all our lives m etropolis at 4 o’clock, and after into the creek. M orris thought the and I will , t ii u have compassion, ... • u, we’ve in I will bo . , been . , . so accustomed , , . Nor- tran sactin g some business I pro anim al bad been placed on the floor wliom ... , wich to doing business at leisure, ceeded to the Bailey h"tne, where I as a joke and the best way to get then it is not of him th at willeth, th a t the go-ahead proclivities of the found the ‘ b o y s” ju st finishing a rid of it was to ship it by water. nor of him that ru n n eth , but of engineers of “ T he G reatest Show meal. Mrs. Bailey was visiting in But I d o n ’t care; I killed a coon, God th a t show eth m ercy.” * * * on E a r th ” have given us fits. the E ast at the tim e and the boys anyw ay, and the U niversity is not “ Therefore h ath he mercy on whom Everybody in the county seems to • , i . . have been to the show, which has he will have mercy, and whom lie i f . u r n is . h , e d , trip n n lv f.n n ie o f . e n n v e r - were baching, and let me tell you m uch loser. J furnished the only topic of conver M onday m orning I introduced will he h ard en eth .”— Rom ans IX., sation throughout the city d u rin g they live well enough for anyone. Mr. M cVickers, an o th er “ heathen,” H a rry to the p rin tin g office, where 11-18. the past week. “ For this cause God shall send came in presently, and he also was he has worked faithfully ever since. C lub R ales. given a supper, and we all had a ' Last Sunday we decided to take them strong delusions, th a t they jolly tim e visiting. George Bailey 'a n o th e r outing, since the w eather should believe a lie; th at they sill ^Ve^lcly Oregonian is the and Mr. M cVickers are on the was fine and a few showers had laid m ight be dam ned who believe not 'b e st newspaper published in the police force, and they dressed in the dust, and we m ounted the bikes the tru th ” “ According as it is w ritten, God Pacific Northwest. The eubscrip- their uniform s and stru tted forth, and started for the famous W aldo seeking whom they m ight arrest. H ills. The w eather was favorable hatli given them the sp irit of slum - fion price is S I.50 per year. We ^ ’v<: her with the Torch E rn est and I retired for the for viewing the country, and we ber, eyes th a t they should not see, low night, and next m orning, after p ar had a splendid o p p o rtu n ity to see a n d e a rs th a t th ey should not (of R eason> for the price of $ 1.75. You will get two taking of a delightful meal served the great W illam ette Valley in all hear.”— R om ans X I., 8. “ He hath blinded th eir eyes and Pa P“rri f°r a little more th an the We partook of a good by my host, I started for V ancou its glory. o,,e* ver, W ashington, where I was to q u a n tity of fresh, ripe fruit, and hardened th eir hearts, th a t they Pr,ce visit the Burch fam ily. I was di enjoyed the green trees and shade. should not see with their eyes nor Secularists w’ould you not like to Near evening we decided to re understand w ith their hearts, and rected to F ru it V alley, where I found Mrs. Burch at work in a fruit I turn to Silverton via the home of he converted, and I should heal have some letterheads printed with Secular sentim ent and W’e ttste in ’s drier. Agnes was with her, and we O regon’s farm er governor, T. T. them .”— John X IL , 40. “ U nto them th a t are w ithout all E reethought badge, to use in corre- had a splendid visit Mr. Smiley, Geer. I had not seen him since his the owner of the drier, is a S ecular election, and I wanted to see if he these things are done in parables, “pi,ridence with your friends? Wre furnish them to you with H e always th a t seeing they may see and not ist, and a subscriber to the Torch of was “ stuck u p ” any. Reason. F ru it V alley is the finest was stuck up about 6 fret 4 inches, perceive, and hearing they may y ° u r nan,e a,,(I address printed on prune co u n try I ever saw. It and is so straig h t he leans hack- hear and not understand, lest a t them for 75 cents per hundred, seems to be n atu ra l for th a t land to wards, and th a t is about as high as any tim e they should be converted, Sl.oO for 2 >0, or $2.50 for 500, post the people know where His office does and their sins should he forgiven P®hl. raise prunes. I never saw so m any he will ever get. y ° u sta n d - _____ fru it driers, and all seem to be not increase his conceit, and he them .”— M ark IV ., 11, 12. • hut a 1 rushed. I wish I could have staid seems to feel th a t he is “ I t is easier for a camel to go .... . . ,a . , w oodworkers, don’t forget to send an longer in th a t little paradise, but I servant of the people. We arrived through the eye of a needle th an order for a Bet of the For8tner Anger I at hi3 beautiful home a t 4 o’clock) for a rich m an to enter into th e , Bite. Price, $2.60 by mail. See ad. had to h u rry on.