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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1899)
6 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, JA N U A R Y 5. 1899. For the Torch of R eu o u . the clim ax, a lot of the brothers of the liturgical wing have been chasing around to the C atholic church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels to kiss a piece of the shin bone of St. A nthony, w hich is on exhibition there. In the m idst of all this ghost show, Secularism is taking m ighty strides in Gotham. The Saints in New York City. BY. W. E. JOH NSO N. Presbyterianism in New York city is in a bad way. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian joss bouse is empty. The brethren can not J N F O R M A T IO N burfa JJ agree upon a preacher. Some want To sell property Are you acquainted with the hell fire preached and some don’t. To buy a hom e I he pastor of the Fourth Avenue m erits of the F orstner auger bit? To go in to business church has been caught by some of the trustees in a disgraceful mess Six Tracts to Promote To exchange real or personal property with one of the women of his flock. lo work, or to hire w orkers The dirty affair got into the papers A N Y T H IN G and the preacher was invited to quit. 1 be Fourth church w ants to In Place of Christianity: consolidate with the F ourth Ave W R IT E T O U S . W E CAN H E L P YOU nue, but the latter won’t have it 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? th a t way, unless the beer-drinking 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil ization? I)r. P arkhurst will throw up his 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? job as pastor of the former. The 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. Address, IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U New York and East H arlem pulpits 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? W a t e r S t r e f t , are vacant. The H arlem preacher 6 Im m ortality or Annihilation? O pposite L iberal H all. Silverton, Oregon. JU S T T H E T H IN G wants to qu it to go to Baltimore. He refuses to take the E ast H a r to hand to your Christian friends. Send 2 cents for 6, or 6 cents for 25 tracts, lem church unless they will give to E liza M owry B liven , Brook him $3,(XX) a year to spend, and lyn, Conn., or send 10 cents for 50, either kind or as the presbytery won’t do it. C alva sorted kinds, to -D E A L E R S IN- ry and the Jhirteen th churches are THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., trying to s e llo u t, but can ’t. Rev. Sliverton Oregon C. AN . Shields, who was chased out of the church by hot-headed ones for signing a saloon license, has ju st become an Episcopal deacon. P reacher W arzaw aik, in charge of an d in S ilv e r to n , the .Jewish work, was accused of gam bling and th at got the whole go to th e Presbytery in a row. Dr. Cham- Corner Main and Water Streets, oers thinks he is not getting enough S IL V E R T O N , O R E hoodie for his work and threatens to strike. One small Sunday school I £ in South Brooklyn represents the How to Make total extension of the New York Presbyterian church in two years. E ast fall a Sunday school was s ta rt ,.»■ ,, n,t ......................... „ A,, .«N.,11.^ NEAR THE BRIDGE, ed in H arlem , hut three churches ' The Government nationalized the Postal System, why not also AND B E . got to wrangling about it and it C- ELTOX BLANCHARD “ busted.” There is a Sunday school com m ittee and a church extension committee, but all they do is to get away with the collections. To cap YOU Scientific W isdom WANT C u s i t e r & I)ci v e n p o r t General M erchandise w Silverton R estau ran t.... Good T im es for all Tim e U N C LE S A M ’S H O M IL IE S ON F IN A N C E W ell Fed at a S m all Price! ------- Postpaid for 25 Cents. It should be in t h t ' L ^ i o fe v e ^ ^ th ^ in ^ g P FORSTNER'S^ W ho D oes Y o u r ___ IS INVALUABLE TO . . . P C a rp e n te r s and J o in e rs , for mortis C ut T h is O ut rinting ? 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