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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1899)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , O R EG O N , JA N U A R Y 26, 1699. CORRESPONDENCE. J < X X K X H > < X > < X X X X X X X X X > < X X H X X ) I m ay cause them to see things they never saw before. Y ours for the diffusion of the light and knowledge of the tru th , An E arnest W orker. C. R. C ook . ...The... tè $ MZ Liberal U n iversity Leads. SIZ SIZ M any th an k s for the continued SIZ favor of your gleam ing Torch—long m ay it blaze and grow b righter and SIZ b righter to banish the haze. 1 SIZ haye not w rjtten an y th in g of late jor Torch because you had oth- SIZ ef g()O(1 j,eng a t y 0Ur com m and — SIZ T H E ONLY S C H O O L ia st i)Ut far from least,A unie Tufts, who ¡g too «tu ff” for blood-washed SIZ OF T H E K IN D . Hjnners an d is a good m atch for SIZ GraCe G ruber, the brightest new gtar ¡n p ,e constellation of Reason SIZ Do not get discouraged, for R eas SIZ on is your friend, and joined with Perseverance you’ll succeed in the SIZ er J . Y o u r success th u s far with , r gchOol and the Torch, is much 1 SIZ th a t is closing in around it. greater than m ight have been ex- i SIZ F re e from S u p erstitio n How can we expect to spread and pecteci? w ith your conditions. H a r - E ditor T orch of R eason : We read all the F reethought books and papers th a t we can get hold of and we see th a t all seem anxious for organization in all the states, but one thing we seldom see, and th a t is one word in regard to -------- - the F reethought U niversity at Sil- verton, Oregon, the only school of the kind th a t is in operation. \\ hy is it? Is it because F reethought is narrow and selfish? There is seldom a week passes th a t we do not get letters asking for donations for som ething public or private to assist some one in the east, and we have searched in vain for a record of anyone in the east doing an y th in g of great conse quence __ to _ help our school, . which is trying h ard to keep above the ice strengthen F reethought unless the young are educated in th a t light? For my part, I see the need of an education, and shall do all in my power to help educate the young to th in k for themselves. As the twig is bent, so stan d s the tree. I have only one boy,and he is in this Free- thought school, and it I live to see my grandchildren grow up, I shall do all I can to give them a sta rt in the world w ithout th eir being bur- dened with superstition as I was. Yours for T ru th and Justice, M rs . J. L. B a r n h o u se . Caleb, Ore. M cM innville, Ore. Liberal University E ditor T orch of R eason : yard hag it8 gjte jr, the proud yard of g oston, its fine buildings over XjF ¡tg head, it8 m illions of dollars to jts assets and its thousands of stu- dents on its lists— kicking football V F an(j breaking bones—but your lit-, q j e woo(fen U niversity in the Ore- gon m ountains is of more interest j V r re a j thinkers an d scholars of \1< t jlft worl<q th an are H arv ard a n d Y ale and the whole cabal of pseudo- , gcjence schools from M ontreal to Mexico; for you are teaching facts, not fables; how to th in k , not what to believe; how to do good, not how to please god; how to m ake heaven on earth ,n o t how to graft one in the God in E verythin g. sky. The few th a t you send out will be a leaven to leaven eleven E ditor T orch of R eason . i -i, i „ „ „ „ , i m u t d v thousand, who will leaven the I prize the Torch of Reason above ’ , , . .. , ___ H ,. globe— to the level of ratio n al pur- every other paper. \v rule reading & A . y L- .i i pose, m anly effort and womanly your paper th is evening a th o u g h : 1 ’ • spiration, honor. came . to me ,-i like an in ~ , . ■ • . L • Y ou call your school “ liberal th a t if God is om niscient he is ev- ' , . , . , I wish vou would use a different ervw here, in us, in mules, in hogs, - . . ’ . i ,. title. Liberal m eans an y th in g , reptiles and all anim als, including H ’ everything and nothing, and some liquor sellers, liquor d rin k ers, - - - , A. , , 1 , . . of the papers, societies and church- thieves, robbers, m urderers, and of , «isu w i»» W ’ ’ . . ,, es calling them selves “ liberal’ are course he ue m mum c c h m in th m e e . ____ . L:__ . ust nave have u been ... Kt/ , , . , x T 1 • . most illiberal in everything, except herd of swine th a t Jesus drove into , -7 , , . , - j perhaps th eir own special cussed- the sea an d he m ust have had a 1 1 . , , . . ness; the term being used as a veil devil of a tim e with those devils in ’ ° . . by those too tim id or too turbid to the swine an d he m ust now be hav- / ,, I ., nr declare them selves, or too unprin- - - to - have any principles • • • to . . . ing a hell of a tim e in hell. We cipled know he is there, for we find it re proclaim . M eantim e, stick to agnosticism corded in the blessed inspired word of God by his holy serv an t Job th a t in regard to those things you d o n ’t VIZ if he descended into hell, God is know. If you don’t know a theory to be untrue, don’t be kicking those there. A gain, if God is in every who believe it; if you don’t know it thing, he m ust be in the crocodile is tru e, don’t blame those who W and we m ust not h inder the H in doubt it. Y ours in light, J ohn P rescott G u il d . doo from w orshipping him . How about all th is? Rem em ber, if you send us the I th in k the Torch im proves with every issue. Y our controversy with nam es and addresses of 25 of the C h ristian is ju st the th in g , for your Liberal friends and acquaint- some of his brethren m ay like to ances, we will m ake you a present read it who would not look at it if of a copy of the Torch of Reason f their “ b ro th e r” had not w ritten for Song Book No. 1. T his will only it, and perhaps the reflection of the cost you a few m inutes’ work and a light of the Torch on their brains ,2 cent stam p. SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ % SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ S trictly N on-Sectarian SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ P upils are Given E very O p p o rtu n ity to Learn SIZ SIZ W ithout Being H am pered by S u p ersti SIZ tions and Dogmas. SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ L o c a tio n H e a lt h fu l, SIZ SIZ S o c ie ty G o o d . SIZ E x p e n s e s M o d e r a t e SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ SIZ A Splendid Corps of Teachers and Good Kaci - SIZ ities for Teaching. For inform ation, SIZ address SIZ SIZ J. E. H O S M E R , Ph. D., B. S. D., SIZ SIZ SIZ P R E S ID E N T , SILVERTON. OREGON.