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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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
”
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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
SQUARE HOLE
W HO M A K ES OUR
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factories . .
in ^mei;ica
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