T H E TORCH O F REASON, SILV E R T O N , O REGON , J A N I 'ARY 26. 1899.
Petris
Six Tracts to Promote
Ispectively created and worshiped
the Deity.
Concluded from let page,
A thousand faced Deity has this
MPS. D. L. FIESTER, PROP.
flat, inspiration and au th o rity were world had. The ground shows not
cited in vain for the received theo where God has trod; the heavens
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ry; fact said it was round, and it reveal not where God has lived,
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was proved to he so by men sailing Though we are told that God is
round it. 1 he law o f gravity was pv’ervw here, we are not able to find
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
considered a very dangerous heresy, Rjm anyw here. Every time man
LA TEST STYLES
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil
and f> r a long time pious divines th in k s he has found God, he finds
ization?
L A R G E S T STO C K
held out against its conclusions, ami jæ has som ething else. Man has
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
P R I C E S R IG H T
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
contended th at it was no better defjned God, and then m ade him fit
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
than atheism to doubt th a t com ets
definition.
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
were signs of God’s anger sent to
The greatness of God depends S E E T H E L O V E L Y PR O D U CTIO N S
warn a sinful world
But H alley upon the size of m an, in a certain
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c a lc u la te d the time of his comet's sense. Men today are larger m or
to hand to yotir C h ristia n friends. Send
return according to the laws of ally, m entally, scientifically, and,
for 6, or 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts,
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to E liza M owry B liven , Brook
gravity, and appeal being m ade to consequently, can m ake a larger C hicago
lyn, C o n n ., o r send 10 cents
fact, the comet returned true to God th an could the Jew ish b arb a
for 50, e ith e r kind or a s
sorted k in d s, to
time.
rian or the superstitious C hristians.
291 C om m ercial S treet,
This has occurred so often th at q o ( j ¡ s stiR b ut a hum an thought,
few are left who doubt t he universal larger th an form erly, as m an is
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prevalence of law in t'-e m aterial larger, better than heretofore, as SALEM
universe, where former generations man is better; kinder and more
«aw miracles at every turn. Nor is forgiving, as m an is kinder and
the defeat of m iracle less conspicu- more forgivi rig
ous in the sp iritu al world. W here
K nowledge of the universe de
former ages and rude races saw, stroys faith in God. \\ hen m an
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a n d in S ilv e r t o n ,
and still see, possession by evil has learned th a t there is no neces
go to th e
spirits, modern doctors see fevers, sity for gods, he ceases to make
M a in S t r e e t
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epilepsies or insanity.
them . Gods must he useful or they
In like m anner, demonology and will not be tolerated. It is not
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witchcraft, with all th eir train of enoUgh to show us the works of
cruelties and horrors, once univer God to prove his claim to our re
sally believed even by men like spect; we m ust see him work. When
School
Justice Hale, have passed into we are told th a t God made, or cre
oblivion ascom pletely as t he Lamite, ated, the earth and all il contains,
S u p p lie s ,
Phorkyads and other fantastic fig- we dem and the proof. Say-so does
N E A R T H E B R ID G E ,
Books and
ures of the classical W alpurgis- not m ake a thing so. No one ob-
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night. Is th e world the better or jects to having a God, but in te lli
ionery.
the worse for this trium ph of n a t gent people object to being dam ned
ural law over supernaturalism ?
for lack of faith in w h at evidently is
The trium ph has been so com not a fact. We cannot accept G od’s Dealers in F ru its, Vegetables W ell Fed a t a
plete in innum erable instances, name today w ithout a good en
and C onfectionery.
S m a ll Price!
without a single one to the contrary, dorser.— [Investigator.
that belief in the perm anence and
universality of natural law has be
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come alm ost an instinct in all edu-
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A L Rice received a check from
cling io the old beliefs m ust adm it the New York W orld th is m orning
that the most cogent and irresisti- in paym ent for a poem, the price
hie evidence is requisite to cstah lish paid being 30 cents per line. He
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also received these lines from In d i
the fact of a real su p ern a tu ral in-i anapolis:
“ Allow me, an entire
C a r p e n te r s an d J o in e rs , for m o rtis
terference. It may b e ta k e n as an strHnger to you, in offer my con- ing, such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e
axiom th at wherever a n atu ra l ex- gratu latio n s on your little poem. place of chisel and gouge; to
pianation is po.-sible, a m iraculous ‘A Dead Bee,' in to n ig h t’s news. Il
suggests K eats to me in the phras- ' C a b in e t M a k e r s , f™\ inlaid w ork,
one is impossible.
dow elling, p atch in g , rem oving splits and
¡ng ami delicate shading , and it
Now this is ju et the point on sings as it runs down the lines, knots. In fact, no wagon o r p a tte rn m ak e r,
m an u fa ctu rer of pianos, organs, sewing m ach in es, a g ricu ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash
which, as knowledge has increased, The first six line* are as near per- blinds, fu rn itu re , nor ANY O T H E R W OOD W O R K E R , should l>e w ith o u t it.
the evidence for m iracles has be- feet as our im perfect taste could
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come weaker, alm ost in the exact consider th e m .” — [In d ia n o p o lis
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ratio in w h ic h the necessity for evi- News.
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deuce has become stronger.—[A
this issue of the Torch is from the
Modern Z<>r«*astrian.
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dence of his ability. We are glad
an d do all th a t any o th e r b it will do.
God.
th a t he is a Secularist and can tu rn
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