THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MAY 4, 1899. pies and m ake it one of the won- ¿, rs of the world. It should be eautiful, and in this clim ate it could be made so the year round. It should be m ade healthful, and r o place on earth is more n a tu ra l- lv SO than this p art of the W iliam - be m ade a ette valley. valley, a It i should b u v u iv * i ; pv, thrifty, progressive home, -id no people in the world a re b e t- place. After the eighth or ninth trial this idea was given up, but not before thousands of lives had been | foolishly sacrificed. The C hristians of to-day will not acknowledge the fact that their re- ligion is sim ilar to the C hristian religion of centuries ago, but un- prejudiced people can plainly see the sim ilarity ; but as people are ter fitted to build such th an those becoming more and more en lig h t­ who have left the lowlands of sup­ ened, the num ber of religious ff erstition and live on the high pla­ natics will grow less and less. O l l ie G e e r . teaux of Freetbought. We have only the one life to live. Can’t we do som ething w orthy of P robably at no tim e in history our gfeat cause? A nd w hat is more has religious enthusiasm been as reasonable, or what would be more great as it was during m ediaeval beneficial to our fellow men, than times. W hen the Saracens rose to build a Secular Home? We with M ohammed at th eir head, fa- have already started a Torch of naticism so lent s tre n g th to their Reason aud a Liberal U niversity, arm s th a t they swept all before and while we are working away at them. They seemed crazed as they these, can’t we get Secular Home m urdered and plundered on every started? W rite to us and tell us hand. what you think and what you can D uring the th irteen th century, do. the pope gained great power. Even the greatest kings of Europe had to bow to his will. If they did not RELIGION OF MEDIAEVAL TIMES. do exactly as lie wished, they were excom m unicated and their sub­ E ssa y s b y M e m b e rs of th e L ib e ra l jects did not have to follow their U n iv e rs ity M ediaeval H is to r y lead. The popes were bitterly op­ C lass in F in a l E x a m ­ posed by the kings, and sometimes in a tio n s . a king would gain a point, but in the end he would have to ask the The war of the investiture gave pope’s forgiveness and yield all to the popes much power. In time, him. In this way the pope of even the king became subject to Rome was the head of all Europe the pope and was often greatly h u ­ and his word was law to both king m iliated by him, b u t in the th ir­ and subject. teenth century the papal power D uring the fourteenth century, reached its zenth and the tables however, the pope’s power began were tu rn ed . At this tim e the to wane. 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The old philosopher k A / pie did find ont, their common w il* u ,rn with a B'kh fr0,n ,h " ’e he J K sense told them th a t all the pomp : fain would benefit, saying, “ Alas, and ceremony they were accus­ it is not well to cast pearls before Itllf sw ine.” No learned person will tomed to was unnecessary. Christ being crucified in Pales­ hoard knowledge, bui would gladly tine made this place sacred to give it for i be benefit of fellowmen; Christians. It was in possession but even those in high stations are of the M oham m edans, and they a l­ blind to the knowledge th at would lowed the pilgrim s to come and bring peace and happiness, and view the holy sepulchre unm olest- clin g to th a t which 8Prin8fi frorn ed; but when the T u rks took pos- Pure Helfi8hneHS ° r superstition.— session they were not so good to [Common Sense. he Christians, and this led to the f rusades. The C hristians were hor­ A descriptive catalogue of all the rified when they heard of the way best F reethougbt works free on ap- Die I urks treated the pilgrim s, and plication to Dellquest & Andrews, Cit \ resolved to rescue th is sacred > S e c u la r B ooksellers, El P aso , T exas. 5 U niversity •X « SILVERTON.