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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1898. of the wind. Theories of reform w ithout application are sails w ith B rig h t T h in g s said by out ships; this condition is far O th ers. s, worse than ships w ithout sails. You m ay change your m ind from a had theory to a good one, hut it It is not freedom of thought, but will never benefit you until you the freedom of ex p ression of tru th , fasten vour sails to vour ship and th at hu rts the world of fallacy. begin to steer your-ow n destiny in T ru th m ust show an u ndaunted the f^ rect’on °f absolute truth, R E F L E C T E D RAYS. / front It cannot strike hands with error nor compromise with fraud. A B rotherhood C h u rch . AND M a in "VUTater S tre e t.. M arket KINNEV PORTER S tre e t S ilv e r to n , O re CASH PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF FAT STOCK, CARRY A C O M PLETE STOCK OF **-».• -.« m u * ./« Hl nr« 4% ». School S u p p lie s , B o o ks and S ta tio n e r y . H EA TS SOLD AT REASONABLE Nothing is so dangerous as error, A true church and a good gov- nothing so safe as tru th . Ignor- em in en t have the same purpose; RATES. ance and prejudice breed error, and the sole object of each is th e salva- investigation is the direct road to tion of men from sin, suffering, ig- tru th . norance and poverty. It is to se- Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables The very worst idea in the uni- Cl,re this hlrw ing of com plete sal- D ra k e & W e b b , verse receives ready acceptance if va" ° " ,h a t churches are organized and Confectionery. Silverton Oregon it comes from some prom inent,pop-i al,d governm ent« instituted among Failure u la rm a n , while the tru th receives I i men. m en- F allure comes come8 to govern- no attention when it rises out of ment8 and churches when devotion FORSTNRE’S ^ > to the organization itself supersedes obscurity. devotion to h um anitv as the end in To be at work, to do things for view. W hen the m achinery of gov the world, to tu rn the cu rrents of ernm ent becomes com plicated, giv things about us at our will, to make ing em ploym ent to vast num bers . . . IS INVALUABLE TO . . . our existence a positive elem ent, and affording protection to great , C a r p e n t e r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtis- even though it he no bigger th an a l n t e i e s t s , th e ¡» re s e rv a tio n ot g o v - iug, such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e grain of sand in this great system e r n m e n t c o m e s to be lo o k e d u p o n place of chisel a n d gouge ; to where we live— th a t is a new joy of as of greater im portance th an the C a b i n e t M a k e r s , for inlaid w ork, which the idle m an knows no m ore: salvation of the people, and when a dow elling, patching, rem oving sp lits and than the mole knows of sunshine, church organization becomes pros- knnts- T" fa<*t, no wagon or p a tte rn m ak er, or the serpent of the eagle's tri perous and powerful, conducting 1 mannfacturer of pianos, organs, sewing m achines, a g ricu ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash , blinds, fu rn itu re , nor ANY O T H E R WOOD W O R K E R , should he w ith o u t it. u m p h an t flight into the tipper air. m issionary and other enterprises, AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. T he m an who knows indeed w hat and giving em ploym ent to m any it is to act, to work, cries out, “ This people, the tendency is to subject It is th e only ro u n d b it in th e world th a t will bore a alone is to live.” the prosperity of the church for the Tim e cannot be held or hidden salvation of hum anity as the prim e motive of work. In this case m is for safe keeping, or put out at in an d do all th a t any o th e r bit will do. sionary work will he pushed with terest, or bestowed upon friends or ard o r and the unsaved will be ex PRICES. posterity. We can spend it, waste Set of five, differen t sizes, p o s tp a id .. $2.G0 horted with great zeal— not because it, use it as we will, but never keep Single b it, p o stp a id ........................................GO we love them , but because we need it for ourselves or for others. The ihem ; th eir conversion, or a t least moment slips away, the hour ha* their union with us, is necessary to Address, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., sped, the day is over, the year is S il v e r t o n , O e r q o n . the prosperity of the church. closed, life itself is gone, and, T hat this is largely the case w ith ” " though results are left for good or all the churches of today no one n r m evil, the tim e has passed away for who is fam iliar with th eir workings L ever. It has been spent, and its will deny; and in proportion as de only value lies in the way in which votion to the organization or the we have spent it from moment to p articu lar creed or doctrine of the I m om ent. church becomes a d om inant motive As Bismarck never— so far as we brotherly love is driven out. The know— played th e pious role, read problem th at we m ust solve is this: prayers in public and wrote pious Given a church th a t does not prac- books, the C hristians have not yet tice brotherly love and has alm ost begun to crack him up as a hum ble for gotten how to preach it, to estab- follower of the meek an d lowly, a lish through this church universal rem arkable specimen of saving brotherhood. 1 he problem is un- grace, aa they did G ladstone. W e l i v a b l e , units« the church Ire born tg a in . We m ust have a new suppose they will do so soon. They church, either by the renew ing of m ust m anipulate Bism arck into a the old church or the creation of pious noodle by some m eans, for he one all new. Jlisto ry shows that was so notorious a m an, you see. j h *8 vastly easier to organize a new He killed a trem endous num ber of ehur<;1‘ “ P--" rig h t lines th an to re- , „ . . . . “ ew an old one.— [Selected. G erm ans and Frenchm en in his day; and if th a t w ouldn’t entitle Secularists would you not like to him to sain th ip , w hat could?— have some letterheads printed with [L iberator. Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s • You know sails would be of no F reethought badge, to use in corre use swinging in the air by th em spondence with your friends? We selves; they are of service only will furnish them to you with Silverton, Oregon. . when m asted and secured to the your nam e and address printed on .J L U U L 2 J U L 2 J L J L J L O » J L ^ .¿ 3 vessel. Sails alone drift with the them for 75 cents per hundred, wind; properly applied they will SI.50 for 250, or $250 for 500, post guide the vessel in any direction ¡»aid. I>et the people know where desired, regardless of the d irec tio n , you stand. Auger Bit SQUARE HOLE W HO M A K ES OUR SHOES? 4 of the best factories . . in ^mei;ica ADOLF WOLF & SON T ry the Torch for Job work.