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.
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front It cannot strike hands with
error nor compromise with fraud.
A B rotherhood C h u rch .
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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
”
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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
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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.
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when m asted and secured to the your nam e and address printed on
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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
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W HO M A K ES OUR
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factories . .
in ^mei;ica
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