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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1899)
7 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MARC H 9, 1S99. REFLECTED RAYS. ) O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O A Bible trust, it is reported, is about being formed to advance the price r — of God’s holy - word. Truth would be conserved and the poor would be enriched by a successful trust in that direction.—[Ex. At a dinner of the Literary So ciety, Lord Houghton once said, with reference to a statue that had been lately found near Athens, that when the Demarch telegraphed to the lord mayor of London, “Phidi as recovered,” the latter replied: “Glad to hear it, but I didn’t know’ he had been ill.” do not exert a harmful influence upon the natives; they breed dis content and stir up insurrections. Early in the present century, the English government endeavored to prohibit missionaries from working in India; it was then said it would be betler for a ghipload of deviis to come to India than a single mission- ary.—[Flaming Sword. Bloody Hand of Religion. Do you ta k e th e T o rch of Reason? It is only One D ollar a Y ear, and co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can not get elsew here for th re e tim es the m oney. It com es every week, too. Do you ta k e th e W e e k ly Oregonian? I t is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , ore., and c o n ta in s m ore arid b e tter infor m ation in regard to th e Pacific N o rth w est th an any o» her p ap er.an d is th e best news p ap er in Oregon. You get six teen pages of good rea d ing m a tte r each week, including all th e new s of th e nation and th e w orld, for only $1.50 a year. Six Trae’s to Promote Scientific W isdom In Place of C h ristia n ity : 1 Can Sins be Foi given? 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil ization? 3 Is Religion or Sconce More Reliable? 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.. 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? 6 Im m ortality or Annihilation? Religion has placed its bloody hand upon every age, every land and every people, where its domin JU S T T H 3 T H I NG ion has been possible of establish W ill you a c c e p t to ham l to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send*. ment. It would require an elo 2 cen ts for H, or H cen ts for 25 trac ts, A Good O ffer? quence impossible of attainment to to E liza M owry B livbn , Brook For th e n e x t six ty «lays, you can ! lyn, C o n n ., or send 10 cents get T he Torch of Reason and T he Six or eight great Chicago pulpit adequately describe the ravages of for 50, e ith e r kin«l or as W eekly O regonian both one year for this monster. Yet let an Ingersoll sorted kinds, to orators are called by the New Eng only $1.50, th e price of th e Oregon- 1 ian alone. T his is only a lim ited land gods at higher salaries. If speak : offer. You should tak e advantage “The sword of the church was these clerical gentlemen are of any of it a t once. THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., unsheathed, and the world was at value in the world, it would be . . Ore<,orr Semi all o rd ers for su b sc rip tio n s and for S ilverton manifest in the moral scale of the the mercy of ignorant and and in- | sam p le copies to furiated priests, whose eyes feasted east, and in a corresponding lower TH E TORCH OF R E A SO N , F o r s tn e rs ’s . ing of the religious temperature in on the agonies they inflicted. Act S i I vert o n , Oregon. the Chicago pews; but it will re ing, as they believed, under the I -, command of God, stimulated by quire some delicate instrument to IS INVALÜABE TO the hope of infinite reward in an detect the difference.—[Ex. other world, hating heretics with C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e every drop of their beastial blood, Missionaries Excluded. place of chisel and gouge; to AND savage beyond description, merci C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid w ork, dow- ellin g , patch in g , rem oving sp lits amt less beyond conception, these in M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , O re Delightful news comes from the knots. In fa c t, no famous priests, in a kind of fren W a g o n o r P a t te r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r Soudan in Africa. The British,un AURY A COMPLETE STOCK OK zied joy, leaped upon the helpless er of pianos, organs, sew ing m achines, der (iren. Kitchener, lately regained ag ric u ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash blinda, victims of their rage. They crush fu rn itu re , n o r control of that vast empire hound ed their houes in iron boots, tore A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, should I e ing Egypt on the south, which was School w ith o u t it. their quivering flesh with iron wrested Irom them a few years ago hooks and pincers, cut oft'their lips AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUAL! B. S u p p lie s , with the loss of Gen. Gordon and and eyelids, pulled out their nails It «s th e n n lv rn n n d hit in th e world his arinv. •* Gen. Kitchener has is- and into the bleeding quick thrust Books and th a t will I mh - c a SQ U A R E H O LE sued orders, said to be approved by ami «I«» all th a t any o th er needles, tore out their tongues, ex ionery. bit will do, the home government, prohibiting tinguished their eyes, stretched PRICES. missionaries, either Catholic or Pro Set of five,different sizes,postpaid ... 2.GO them upon racks, flayed then alive, testant, from entering the territory Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. HO crucified them with their heads Dealers in F ruits, Vegetables or in any manner interfering with downward, exposed them to wild the established religion, which is A'W™, LIBERAL university co beasts, burned them at the stake, and C onfectionery. Mohammedan. S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n . mocked their cries and groans, rav Attempts at Christian propagan da against the wishes of the people ished their wives, robbed their chil should not be tolerated anywhere. dren, and then prayed God to fin The faith of Mohammed rescued all ish the holy work in hell.”—[F. W. the countries where it has been in Snow, in Investigator. troduced from idolatry, and it has A Fact and an Underlying saved the people from drunkenness, Thought. and many of the vices common to Christian countries. But it is said PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. A Jewish newspaper organ, “The they allow polygamy. And they, i t ^ S We have a lo u t 75 Dewey su its, enough in reply, sa y prostitution is un Voice,” reviewing the question. clothe a com pany known among them save in the “ Does the doctrine of eternal dam $1.25 young A m ericans. P er su it, including cap .................. nation lead to insanity?” replies: great seaports visited by Chris B ring y o u r boys and girls along. $1.25 shoes reduced “Judaism neverbeleived and never tians. «¿711 J C N « to 75 c e n ts; $1.50 shoes reduced to $1.00. _ ! taught the horrible, unreasonable A few p airs left a t ....................................................................................... In til we can reform our own so doctrine of ‘eternal damnation,’ cial code, we should he silent in re Mail O rders P rom ptly A ttended To. Sam ples Sent Free gard to that of the half-civilized hence ‘religious insanity’ has been on A pplication. nations. Reforms should com and is unknown among the Jews.’’ While the Jewish statement is an / D R E Y E R &. C R A IG mence at home, and spread by ex unquestionable fact as regards non- ample, not hv legal mandate.— T h e O n e - P r ic e M e r c h a n t s , insanity among the Jews, there is [Progressive Thinker. SIL V E R T O N OREGON. a thought underlying the narration S T R IC T L Y o n e p r ic e P R O D U C E TA K EN . ' worth considering. It is claimed itt « more corruption infused I hy churchmen that Christianity is , .. ai would break the an offshoot from Judaism. If so, O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t ir.» ’ a,l< reason General 'where did they get iheir endless ALWAYS GIVES dish r> CO,nma,,der the En- damnation theory? Do we h. ar the >i FC r 1,1 Abyssinia, discour- answer? “ From Roman mythology, dges »he in f u s in ng g of C h r is - from r______ whence u________ . ' o modern modern Chris- came I h ____ e e n t L i r e . ru Chrir- tian ideas tnto the minds of the p an creed, with slight addition», Souda nese. wheth r ♦> raises the question changes in names, etc., borrowed Bi CAUSE IT GIVES Whether the Christian missionaries r .1 . • rv 10... Binaries froln other countries. ’— [Ex. HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP KINNEY PORTER . UNDER FIRE! 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