THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER, 17, 1898.
Use of Bibles.
ami state in European countries—
everywhere—must pale and fade
The world has heard a great deal
away before the rising sun of pro­
about the large number of Bibles
gress.—J. M. P.
printed annually, and shipped to
missionaries in India, to bedietfib-
A clergyman one day astonished
uted among the natives, whose!
the congregation by a new reading.
souls Christians are extremely anx­
“Look here,” he said, “just do the
ious to save from hell. The money ,
thing that is right, and care for no­
to pay for these Bibles is raised by
To sell property
body. 'fake St. Paul's advice: Love
systematic begging, very largely
your neighbor as yourself, and pad­
To buy a home
from Sunday school children, whose
dle your own canoe.”—The Liber­
To go into business
sympathies are aroused in behalf of
ator.
the benighted heathen. The Stand­
To exchange real or personal property
Bats, strange to say, are provided
ard, published on the island of Cey­
To work, or to hire workers
lon, innocently tells the use made with two tongues, a large one and
ANYTHING
of those Bibles. We copy as we a small one, one beneath the other,
find it in one of our secular ex­ the lower and smaller one being
known as the “sublingua.” This
changes:
W R IT E T O U S .
W E CAN H E LP YOU
“ It seems that gold leaf for dec­ peculiar phenomenon is also met
orative purposes is, as a regular with in certain apes.
matter of business, packed in little
The late Mr. Spurgeon, giving
books made up of the unbound pithy advice to some young candi­
Address, INFORMATION BUREAU
packages of holy writ cut to the dates for the ministry some years
W a t k r H t k e k t ,
requisite size for the purpose and ago said: “Above all, mind you O pposite
L iberal H all.
Silverton, Oregon.
stitched together. On inquiry it is avoid inappropriate texts. I re­
learned the practice of packing the member a brother, when preaching
material in this way is a well estab­ on the loss of a ship with all hands
lished one, and that the Bible is on board, selecting as his text, ‘So
selected for this purpose because, he brought ihem to the desired ha­
— D E A L E R S IN-
as a rule, the type is more evenly ven,’ and another, just returning
set and the printing generally finer from his marriage holiday, ‘The
and better executed. On the other troubles of mv heart are enlarged;
hand, I hear from other sources O, bring me out of my distress!’ ”
that the use of the Bible is looked
M ost preach ers talk of fighting
upon as a sort of guarantee that
The enem ies of God,
B
ut
never talk of rig h tin g
the leaf is of the best possible qual­
T he wrongs of flesh and blood,
ity. It appears that the Book of
They talk of holy b attle
Ol blood and ghastly scar,
Common Prayer is also employed
As ’tho men were but cattle,
for the same purpose.”
And God a beast of war.
Corner Main and Water Streets,
SILVERTON, ORE.
/Ml the gold leaf of commerce
Ah, is it any w onder
and the arts come in little books
I h a t C h rist has died in vain,
When
churches share the plunder
inches square with 25 leaves of
Of those who live for gain?
gold of varying thickness. From
If th is old world depended
On such a brood as they,
* vl How to Make
the large amount of gold leaf now
O ur wrongs would not be" m ended
in use, mostly by hook hinders,
’Til earth has passed aw ay.
—Man Without A Soul.
decorative painters and dentists,
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much of it coming from Ceylon and
Elias Howe, the inventor of the
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Government nationalized the Postal System, why not also
the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD
the East Indies, it is important the sewing machine, proved his patriot­
in his book entitled ............................
shipment of Bibles to be made into ism during the American civil war
gold leaf hooks should be contin­ by enlisting and by frequent heavy
U N C LE S A M ’S
ued, so it is hoped generous Chris­ contributions from his private
H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E
tians will not withhold their con­ purse. In November, 1862, his
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tributions, otherwise the price of regiment was in Virginia, suffering
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gold leaf may be greatly advanced. great discomfort. Not having been
should lie in the bands of every thinking person. Address all orders to
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paid oil, and the men needing
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
money, Private Howe advanced
$13,000 due to them. He sat at a
God and the Constitution.
W ho D oes Y our
table handing out the money, when
Cut This Out
Out of some 70,000,000 people, a clergyman asked him for a sub­
less than 20,OCX),000 of them, so re­ scription toward a new church.
Fill it up, and forward with
ported, statistics say, are church “Oh,” said Howe, “ this is war
$1.00 to the
member,.
Therefore,
courage, time.” “Yea,” tbe clergyman re-
L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o .,
brothers, there’s no danger of po-! plied, “but we need churches, and
Silverton, Oregon.
liticaliy injecting any orthodox God J hope you
give U8 somethi
into the constitution. Saying noth-1 for gt. Peter’s.” “ Well St Peter
.ng 01 the reported nine or eleven wiU have to wait," said Howe;
m.llmne of Spiritua l « « , with the “just now my money is being spent C a rd s o r C irc u la r s ,
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