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the TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, MARCH 2, 1899. chaos, and from the m ournful wreck would arise the shadows and cus REFLECTED RAYS. toms of m ediaevalism , and woman _________ would again find herself in the des- Before some preachers will throw ert of PlaVery. W ould she ever a stone at a sin, they want to know have “ arisen " if she had waite< for w ho is under it.— [R am ’s Horn. the perm ission of the church i wom an’s church has alw ays strangled her As the Bible if in every in d iv id u ality ; it has alw ays been h an d s, and she is trained - t h e most merciless foe against the it “ the word of God,” it is effloreHcence of wom anhood.— [Ber- We to describe her feel.ngs of douh ?<x>o<><><xxx><xx><x><x><x><><><><><><> " w . u , 'l ^ t h e ^ s c l V of being; the The m odern church lose, its rep- 1,el,dess hopeless position assigned l e r by the C reator, according to th e h . / „ rpTizalteth Cadv Stan- Bcriptures.—[E b zah etn c . „ratio n for m orality when the s ta tistics of the prisons and crim inal dockets of the civilized world are exam ined Ont of 1,348 convicts lon- nn(1 in the Joliet, III., penitentiary, 756 Life is m ade up of thoughts P rotestants, 508 are Catholics, acts, ju st as a melody is ma e up 15 are j ews; one i8 a of notes; and the purpose o ea an(j gg are of no relig- individual is to so 8 ^ ™ 1 ioug belief Does nOt this properly thoughts and acts th a t is l e w re8ent tbe mOral statu s of the be harm ony, not discord; a gram ; church in co n trast w ith harm onious m elody. The m i n d - those outside her folds? If so, why he h arp of a th o u san d strings is church dem oralized her he in stru m en t upon which the me I- m em bers pg tQ to thig th is extent? extent? If If uot> not, ~><3y is to be played.—[L. A. M al why is not the greater percentage lory. T he m arsh frogs were unhappy because the earth was dry, so they prayed for rain. And the w in dows of heaven were opened, and the rivers were swollen with flood. “ God is good,” croaked the frogs. But while they disported them selves, certain hungry storks fell upon them and devoured them . And the storks lifted their eyes to heaven with thankfulness—[E. I n f o r m a t io n BL t REA(J DO YOU WANT To sell property To buy a home To go into business To exchange real or personal property To work, or to hire workers . ANYTHING W R IT E T O U S . W ater 7K WE CAN a . H E L P YO U Address, INFORMATION BUREAU Silverton, Oregon. S t r e e t , Opposite Liberal Hall. 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