TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1X98.
they enjoyed.
They sowed, we
reaped, and we in tu rn should sow
To the Secularists, Freethinker« th a t «„hers m ay reap again. In
and Lovers of Liberty in A m erica: „ „ better way can we discharge our
National C onvention.
The A nnual Congress of the
American Secular Union and Free-
thought Federation will he held at
W ashington H all. 70 E. A dam s St.,
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obligations to these dead pioneers!
W e owe a d u ty to our living work-
e r s — to sustain those who are op-
posing religious superstition and ©c-
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18, 19 and 20. The object of this encourage them and aid them . If
Congress is to tran sact the regular all would do their part the victory
business of th is association,to devis® would soon be ours. The b attle of
plans for better organization and Santiago, it is well known, was won
for the prosecution of its work dur- because every soldier did his duty,
ing the com ing year, to advocate Supposing th a t in the m idst of the
the com plete secularization of our b attle a portion of the arm y had
G overnm ent,to dissem inate a know- w ithdraw n, or stacked th eir arras
ledge of the principles of Free- and left th eir com rades a t the front
thought, and to enable Liberals to to lace alone th a t hell of shells and
become better acquainted with each bullets. We owe a duty to poster
other and to unite them in a closer ity. We should d riv e to m ake the
fellowship. The purposes for which future better th an the past has
this Association was organized were been.
never more pressing. Its work m ust
We can leave our children no
be both defensive and aggressive, richer legacy than an enlarged do-
We m ust defend our in stitu tio n s m ain of intellectual liberty, the on-
against the attack s th a t will un- ly sure foundation of our liberty,
doubtedly be m ade upon them by We hope th a t every L iberal will
the T heocratic N ational Reform respond to this appeal a t once.
Association and its allies. We m ust Every dollar will be faithfully ex-
prosecute with increased energy our pended to advance the cause. Send
fight ag ain st the exem ption of your contributions to the treasurer,
church property from tax atio n , the Otto W ettstein , Rochelle, 111., or to
em ploym ent of chaplains, religious our secretary, or to the editor of
instruction and cerem onies i nour this paper.
public schools, S u n d ay lawte,relig-
J. E. R emsburg , Pres.,
igious tests an d religious proclam a-
Atchison, Kas.
tions, ap p ro p riatio n s to sectarian
^ E;j'HUALD, ^ec«,
in stitu tio n s,d o n atio n s of government
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land for Rom an chapels and d o n a
Stephen Girard.
tions of goverm ent money to
M ethodist Book Concerns. As a
Stephen G irard, the founder of
result of our war with Spain it is G irard U niversity, was a lover of
p ro bable,that Cuba, Porto Rico and children and gave his w ealth to his W
the P hilippines will become a part country. V ery few men in history
of, or under the protectorate of our have united so m any ap p a ren tly
Republic. I f so, we m ust dem and contradictory qualities.
He loved W
th a t in providing for their gover- children passionately, and the s i g h t !
m e n tth e widest religious liberty of a crippled
m iserable-looking
ippled o or r iiiiseraoie-iooKing
be secured for their in h ab itan ts,an d urchin would bring tears to his
th a t no p a rtia lity be show to any eyes. H is devotion to the U nited
church. To accom plish these p u r I S tates never faltered, and a t every
poses L iberals m ust unite and co- reverse d u rin g the war of 1812-15
operate for th eir own protection and he ground his teeth and, it is said, i
the extension of intelligence, free swore ¡n his native F rench. At
th o u g h t and liberty. We therefore length he offered to dedicate his en-I
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urge Liberal th in k ers everywhere j tire fortune to the war, lent the
to atten d an d to contribute to this governm ent $5,000,000 and asked
Congress. We shall strive to m ake no interest till th e war closed. A {
its sessions interesting and profi-
table to them . Able speakers will
address them , inspiring mueic will
be rendered, and fra tern ity and
good cheer will abound.
F unds are needed to defray the
expenses of the Congress and carry
on the work of the society. Its use-
fulness has been im paired in the
past by a lack of funds. This
should not he allowed. C hristians
co n trib u te a n n u a lly an average of
$10 each for the support of their
church. Is our cause less worthy
of support th an theirs?
We have
no rig h t to be indifferent to its
success and w ithhold from it our
support.
We owe a debt to the
heroic men and women of the past
who labored and suffered th a t we
m ight have a greater freedom th an
I
rich m an who loves children and is :
w illing to give all ’ his wealth to his
country m ust have a great deal of
good in him .
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His bravery was of the m orally
sublim e order. W hen th e yellow j W
fever scourged P hiladelphia, and W
had driven aw ay m ost of the nurs-
es, he and P eter Helm worked two
m onths in the hospitals a t the
m ost m enial offices and sham ed
the faint-hearted into bravery. An
affliction in early childhood de-
stroyed his rig h t eye and distorted
th a t side of his face, so the boys
nicknam ed him by a french word
th a t m ight be tran slated “ wall eye”,
H e lost his m other when he was
quite young and his father was
harsh. In short, he was a misera-1
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U niversity
T H E O N LY S C H O O L
OF T H E K IN D .
F ree from S u p erstition
S trictly N on-Sectarian
Pupils are Given Every O pportunity to Learn
W ithout Being Hampered by Supersti-
tions and Dogmas.
L o c a tio n H e a lth fu l
S o c ie ty G ood.
E x p e n s e s M o d e ra te
A Splendid Corps of Teachers and Good Facil
ities for Teaching.
For information,
address
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J. E. H O S M E R , Ph. D., B. S. D.,
P R E S ID E N T ,
SILVERTON.