THE TORCH OE REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON. JANUARY 26, 1S99.
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c7n.ro) vh.’ o ig ^ T tio n , «¡11 m .k .|e» il inTny form. W e .h o n M e ^ - county was to he in Silverton at
n^rtinage and fully lay our plans now, and when the late session of the teachers’ as
freelovism that the people who are the morning of the twentieth cen- sociation, hut we hear that he was
The O n ly Paper of Its K ind.
the most to be desired will not be tury dawns we will have a force ot prevented from being present by be
ing arrested for brutally beating a
P ab lL h ed w -e k lv by th e Liberal U ni- at home in the organization, soon troe Secular soldiers ready to erect
versitv C om pany, in the In tere sts of
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and dowl, goeg the organ- scientific, I reethought forts and child who was under his care.
Constructive, Moral Secularism^
dragH aJong nke a arsenals in every state and county Whether the gentleman is a Chris
tian or not we know not and it
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Editor slimy’reptile. Our organization, in this great country.
matters not; hiH use of the rod is
P W Geer, ’ . . . . . . Manager must make some pretensions
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Christian doctrine and in accord
___to morality or they are worse toan
N o w F o r It
with the devilish doctrine of eter-
churches,
whose
E ntered a t the postoffice at Silverton, the Christian
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nal punishment.
Oregon, as second-class mail m atter.
foundations are laid in immorality,
Monday morning our new teach-
A few days after the occurrence
although they will not acknowledge I er, Miss Jennie Cline, came, and
subscription rates .
we have commenced to plan the related above, a lady teacher, who
professes the name of Christ and
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If we can organize on an ethical hunt for the wherewithall to clothe
who teaches in the same county,
One year, in ad vance........
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basis
every
move
our
organizations
our
school
in
a
more
suitable
build-
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ix m oiltns,
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Six
onths, in a ...................................
d v an ce..
whipped a poor little misguided
T hree m onths, in advance................
-o make will amount to something. ing. Our present room is crowded
advance V.e °r ” Ore,.One. ™
\ There is nothing that give« Chris- to its
....... limit; , in fact, it is overflow- boy in the face until it bled, the
Money should be sent by registered tianity the lie so much as an hon-| ¡ng, and it is our duty to try to get whip leaving cruel red marks at
letter
or money
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est, moral Infidel, whether it be an the two thousand dollars with every stroke.
Thoughtless, cruel teachers and
which to pay our debts and finish
individual or an organization.
Notice!
We do not hope to stop the at the building. Our plans, so far, parents make the children nearly
tempts to organize on the loose have only developed to the idea of as had as they are themselves, and
A h a n d pointing to this notice denotes
then cruelly heat their tender flesh
th a t vour subscription has expired. lines that the Freethinkers have writing this editorial asking each
You "are earnestly requested to r e always been trjing, and we have friend of the cause to do something, to revenge the very evils they have
new so th a t you may receive th e pa
taught by example, if not by pre
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . W e have de no enmity toward th e s e attempts and, when our work here is caught
cided th a t it is iiest for all concerned nor their promoters.
We are per- up a little, unless some better plan cept. S<> it is with their great im
th a t we do not send papers longer than
aginary teacher, Jehovah, who
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. fectly well satisfied, however, that is thought of, we will leave our
T his will prevent any loss and we will they will not accomplish anything companions with the “stufl” and whips his children into hell for be
know ju st where we stand.
ing something like their maker.
We request you to send ns the nam es of importance, and we will use all we will go in quest of the stuffthat
of Secularists who m ight become sub our force in organizing on a more ¡s so much needed.
Perhaps we How these Christian teachers love
scribers and we will mail sam ple copies.
concentrated plan; and we wish to will visit the city of Portland first, the children! How their God loves
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I sav y to the honest, moral . Secularists
and if so - we may stay there several his hell-born creatures! ‘‘God is
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of the world, be not deceived; as weeks. But whatever we do we will love” ? Perhaps he is, but he, and
soon as the best classes in the report through the Porch, and we many of his followers, have a poor
O ur Cause.
churches, and out of the churches, hope we will not be obliged to stay way of showing it.
At the M. E. church Sunday
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find a Freethought organization away long in order to get the two
In the last .«.«e of the tree-
[rom fi|(h a„d 9Uper. thousand dollars, for the work de evening we were entertained by a
thought Magazine, our friend ano stition they will join by the hun mands our united efforts in Silver- gentleman whose logic was as taulty
co-worker, the editor, writes an ex dreds and thousands. Of course,
as his rhetoric, which is saying
ton.
cellent
entitled, “National
much. Only a few of his many
cellen t article,
a n .c ie , ent.t.e..,
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■ aft(,r lhe past record of the so-called
blunders and misstatements can be
Freethinker Assoe.at.on for lhu Free(,
,,t work it will take st.ch
Twentieth Century”. We are ful-
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i an organization some time to es-■ T h e W r a th o f G od and H is C h i l given, but enough to show the weak
lv persuaded that our success de- ,
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ness of the iuspired.
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I tablish a reputation and to get un
pends on organization and will d o ,
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On entering the church, we were
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By
their
fruits
ye
shall
know
all in our power to promote such
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unfortunate in seating the ladies
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‘ experience
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'do that which should . have been them” is as appropriate
for gods
an organization,
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and ourself too close to the stove,
teaches us that there must be a test <*<»»« lon8 ago that is, start the and their supernatural religions as
and not wishing to disturb the wor
of membership or it will be a flat world on a rapid march toward its for their opposers. The fruits of
failure. It must be understood that 8alva,ion from ^ norance and su- Jehovah and hig doctrines of hell ship during a long prayer, we
thought of I ip II several times before
we do not combat Mr. Green’s la- perstitious fear, and almost at once aild the bloody atonement are fear,
hor. We are his friends and think Place the government of our civil- | cowardice, worry, insanity, idiotic we had an opportunity to change
his excellent magazine is doing / lzed la,)d on a Purely ^ cular’ 8Cb offspring and crime. How civiiiza- our seat. The windows were all
great work. Neither do we combat entific basis. I his work is a great tion has fought its way up,even to its closed, however, and wre were oblig
his work of organization, but he one> but ,l can eas,l-v be accom- pregent position, against such uni- ed to disobey one of the greatest
says that he “spent most of the Pllsbed wben a few enthusiastic, | verpai> heathenish doctrines is a laws of health or appear rude, and
so we stayed even to the amen of
best years of his life in trying to wel1 PO8ted> strictly moral men and rajracie(?) of the first water,
organize the Liberal people, with women in each state arc willing to The fruits of ignorant Christian- the benediction.
The very first of the sermon put
very little success.” Now others take hold and work‘
ity is so common among us that
have tried the same thing and it
The constitution of the Oregon many fail to be affected, even us in a good humor. The preacher
has failed, as it always will fail if State Secular Union is on an ethic- though reason tells them that it is spoke of David knowing something
the attempted organizations are to al basis, and this is a good start, ridiculous, fraudulent and injuri- by actual experience, and said that
consist of all classes who call them- It is not too narrow for broad, lib- oue< l n order to call the attention probably he had just had family
selves Liberals. Let the classes eral-minded Secularists. It pro- of our people to the dangers of worship. The thought of this old
organize and the fittest will sur- vides that every member shall be longer clinging to the old supersti- libertine with his many wives hav
vive; but actual experience proves of good moral character and that tions, let everyone, in some way, ing family worship, helped us bear
that our reasoning is right when we the representatives who are sent publishtotheworldeveryinfringe- all the abuse heaped upon us poor
conclude that Spiritualists and Ma- out to lecture and organize shall nient which these doctrines lead children of Satan, and, take it all
terialists can no more unite in act- have no superstitions and no bad their devotees to make on the Sec- in all, we were glad to be there.
ive, progressive, constructive organ- habits to act asstumbling blocks ular rights of our people, and soon The old “song and dance” about
izations than can the Catholics and for good men and women who ollr land will be freed from their there being no hospitals, no chari
table institutions, no asylums, etc.,
Methodists. They might loosely might want to unite with us.
hideous, ghostly presence,
Several things have been brought where people are not Christians,
unite on the two-planked platform
Now we are perfectly satisfied
Mr. Green mentions, hut such an that this definite plan is the only to our notice since our last issue was dwelt upon; and how we
organization is capable of doing but one that can, in the nature of that shows the result of the would liked to have shown his
nine good.
vu. The leadeis will get things, succeed, and we invite all wrong principles which have been audience that when Christianity
little
the money and use it,but nothing of who are sick of the old, loose, hei- pounded into the heads of Chris- makes its exit and Secularism takes
very great importance will he left erogeneous attempts,to join with us tians from their birth and into the its place there will he much less
to show for it. Then again, among in organizing something that will heads of their parents for genera- need of these things. Christianity
is like the cruel teacher whose ex-
the Freethinkers there is a bold, do some good if it succeeds. We tions.
licentious class, who, if allowed to i should make no compromise with
A prominent educator of this
Concluded on 6th page.
Torch OI Reason i( go filthy with