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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In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
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,
T r im m e r ! 2 cents
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
S ilv e r to n , O re
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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cated m inds, and even those who
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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T he poem on the
deuce has become stronger.—[A
this issue of the Torch is from the
Modern Z<>r«*astrian.
pen of Mr. Rice and is another evi­
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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Four thousand years ago, God
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