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down” , but its fangs will be h a rm
less.
F. S. M atteson .
T u rn er, Ore.
Death or Reform?
B rother M atteson wants to know
E i . itob T orch of R eason :
if Secularism is try in g to destroy
When I was soliciting signatures C h ristian ity , and further on ■„ h .s
....
com m unication he seems to answ er
on the Liberal L r.v e rs.ty petit on
him8e|f in the affirm-
a few days ago, I approached a
Do you ake th e
T o rch of Reason?
It is only One D ollar a ^ e a r , and
contains reading m a tte r th a t you can
not get elsew here for th ree tim es the
m oney. I t comes every week, t<x>.
Do you ta k e th e
W e e k ly O regonian?
It is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , ore.,
and co n tain s m ore and b e tte r infor
m ation in regard to th e Pacific
N orthw est th a n any o th e r p a p er,an d
is th e Ixest news paper in Oregon.
You get six teen pages of good re a d
ing m a tte r each week, including all
th e news of th e n atio n an d th e
w orld, for only $1.50 a year.
Six Tracts to Promote
Scientific
W isdom
In Place of C h ristia n ity
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil
ization?
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
young citizen who strenuously oh-
Y es, and No, brother. If Chris-
jected to signing, and after a little tian ity is orthodoxy, or if belief in
talk he dem anded to know if X b e -g o d s , etc., is essential to it, then
,
ir
•
s
But
lieved the Bible.
Knowing
w hat Y * e es.
n u i if
»» true C h ristian ity is
T
I- 1 n v a I r i n ” Secularism , then No.
J U S T T H 3 T H IN G
.
We
lh e d o a W e m e a n
was m e a n t, I r e p lie d , Y e s ,
W ill you a c c e p t
to h an d to your C h ristia n frien d s. Send
He was dum b with astonishm ent ing of words, and to most people
2 cen ts for 6, or 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts,
to E liza M owry B liv en , Brook
for a moment, and then demanded C hristianity means belief in a god, A Good O ffer?
lyn, C o n n ., o r semi 10 cents
For th e n ex t six ty «lays, you can
to know what I was doing this for, in Jesus as bis divine son and in
" for 50, e ith e r kind or as
get T he Torch of Reason and T he
sorted k in d s, to
then. I replied th a t I believe the Bible as his holy word; so we
W eekly O regonian both one year for
only $1.5«, th e price of th e Oregon
th e Bible, hut th a t I do not th in k , Yes, C h ristian ity should be
ian alone. T his is only a lim ited
j at onee. There is much
belive what the preachers say degt
offer. You should tak e advantage
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO,,
/ m any who gre ca„ ed c h r is .
of it a t once.
about it.
He replied, “ You could
Oregon
Silverton
if you wanted to.” I then proceed tians, but this good is Secular. Send a ll'o rd e rs for su b scrip tio n s and for
8am pie copies to
ed in the usual way to corner the There is no good in C hristianity.
. . . . F o rstn ers’s
young man in regard to a person’s
ug ki|] h , _ E d
77/7? TORCH OF R E A SO N ,
S ilv e rto n , Oregon.
ability to control belief, and when
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he was non-plussed he finally b lu rt Prescott on the D ivin ity School.
IS INVALUABE TO
ed out: “ Well, you people are try
ing to destroy C hristianity, any
C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
It
is
possible
th
a
t
the
ftvors
ex-
such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e
way »
place of chisel an d gouge ; to
Is Secularism trying to destroy tended to the E ugene divinity
AND
C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow-
C h ristian ity ?
I hope not, hut I school do not increase the expenses
ellin g , p atch in g , rem oving splits and
k n o ts. In fact, no
M
a
in
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tre
e
t
S
ilv
e
rto
n
,
O
re
find th a t idea in th e “ L ittle Points” of the state university, hut it is u n
W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r
in the Torch of the 16th ult., thus: questionable th a t if the university
e r of pianos, organs, sew ing m achines,
AKRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF
a g ric u ltu ra l im p lem en ts, sash, blinds,
“ The death of the C hristian adm its divinity students to twelve
fu rn itu re , nor
church is only a question of tim e.” of its classes there must be a loss
A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, should he
Is it the death of C hristianity we of time or an increase of expense,
w ith o u t it.
School
are striving for, or its reform ? 1 But w hether that be true or not, it
AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED.
S u p p lie s ,
hope it is the latter. T h at there is is wrong in principle to perm it
It is th e only ronnd b it in th e world
good in C h ristianity I think no well even the slightest connection be
th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E
Books and
an d do all th a t any o th er
tween
a
state
institution
and
a
sec
inform ed person will deny.
A l
b it will do.
ionery.
though this good was borrowed tarian institution for w hatever p u r
PRICES.
Set of five,different siz e s,p o stp a id . $2.60
from paganism and was not origin pose. If this m anner of conducting
Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 60
al with C h ristian ity , it has been affairs be continued it would not he
brought to us in a m easure by long till every denom ination of the Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO.
C h ristianity and has become so in C hristian church would be com pel
ami Confectionery.
S ilv er t o n , O r eg o n .
terwoven in the thought of the led to establish a divinity school at
people of today as to he regarded as Eugene in order to profit by the ad
a part of C h ristian ity . This good vantages of the state school. We
we accept, and in this sense we do m ight perhaps look on with approv
not seek C h ristia n ity ’s destruction. al until the Rom an Catholic church
The evils of C hristianity we seek to began to move its school to Eugene;
destroy. We are m issionaries who then all would he up it) arm s to de
seek C h ristia n ity ’s best-good. We fend our liberties from the eu- .
would elevate C hristianity in mor- eroachm ents of a foreign potentate,
al ethics and civilization up to the
The separation of church and
PR IC ES L O W E R T H A N E V E R .
stan d ard of the present time. We state is one of the characteristics of
p.
C
’t c
W e have a b o u t 75 Dew ey s u its , enough
“ believe” , and have use for, the our governm ent, and any sem blance
I
C V <^111 A S* to clothe a com pany of
C hristian compiled and tran slated of a union between the two deserves
young A m ericans. P e r su it, in clu d in g c a p ..............................
Bible—about as much as the Chris- im m ediate condem nation. 1 do not
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B ring your boys and girls along, $1.25 shoes reduced
J^llOCS. to 75 c e n ts; $1.50 shoes reduced to $1.00.
tian has but in our way.
And if wish to be understood as saying
the lopping off of the evil priest th a t the m anagem ent of the Eugene
A few pairs left a t ........................................................................................
bearing branches from the Chris- divinity school has any intention Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Samples Sent Free
tian tree, and the preservation of of doing anything more th an secure
on Application.
those branches which bear “ good the beuefits of the state university
z ^ ^ D R E Y E R & C R A IG
fru it,” kills the tree, so much the w ithout paying therefor. I wish
T h e O n e -P ric e M e rc h a n ts ,
worse for the tree.
the facts to be known, and il the
SIL V E R T O N
•
OREGON.
Secularism has come to stay. It people approve of the relations
PRODUCE TA K E N .
ib the beginning of another reform- which exist between the schools, S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E
atio n ; it is another protestation, well and good.
M e have come to
It is the advance guard of the believe th a t “eternal vigilance is O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t
higher civilization. It comes “ not , the price of liberty.” —[A. W. Pres
A LW A Y S G IV E S
to destroy, but to fulfill” . T he ex- cott, in Oregonian.
orcised devil we are casting out of
S aturday evening. March 18, is
C h ristian ity may tear the body in
J . _ set a for .1...
U a,
T “The
k ,.
iiH going, and if the wounds will the date
the d J ram
not heal, “ the death of the Chris- H eart of a H ero.” T he m embers
BECAUSE IT GIVES
tian church is only a question of o f the troupe are busy practicing,
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L in e !
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