T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, MAY 4, 1899.
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C H A M P IO N S
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m aking violent at tuck» on C hristi
If I Were God.
B red fo r S iz e , B e a u ty
anity, denouncing our most cher
ished institutions, criticising our
BY ROBERT MONTFORT LO CK Y.
and Egg P ro d u c tio n
m orals ami our m anners, and gen
E r r s fro m m y P re m iu m S to c k , $ a .o o per 13.
erally
holding
us
up
to
odium
and
If I were God,
J. W. BROWN
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Silverton, Ore.
My stricken one,
execration. “ It is most likely,
Thy wounds would heal.
adds the m inister, with a suave
Thv feet, a path of roses
From b irth to death would tread.
irony which m ust have made his
Sad h earts a halm of joy,
W eary brains a balm of peace,
hearers wince— “ it is most likely
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M ankind a psalm of love would sing.
th a t they would l>e pelted with
If 1 were G od,
stones, dirt and rotten eggs for
I
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If I were G od,
1
1
their
pains.”
Yes,
decidedly.
We
Mv sorrow ing one,
j No Need to Suffer front A ny Disease.
T h ran d o m ’s chains would yield;
rath er think they would he pelted
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C ontention lie no m ore.
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with
som
ething
much
more
effect-!
A staff would replace th e rod ;
E lix ir
T ru th ami fable p a rt for aye ;
ive. The Chinese missionaries who
B a c te r ia c ide
liln-rtv o’er ¿ill should wave,
.
V IT /E -O R E
E u c a ly p tu s O il
And deception go lieyond life’s sphere,
came Io the United States and as-
1
O r e - O lin e
If I were God.
sinned toward our people their re
i M e d ic a te d S o a p
j lign»n, their m orals and their per
If I were God,
My sinful one,
PEARL W . GEER
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.
Agent
sonal dignity, the a ttitu d e assumed
Innocence would reign suprem e.
hv our m issionaries in C hina would
F leet would be th e steps th a t plod ;
W ars but m em ories of tfie past.
S ilverton , O regon .
not live long enough to finish the
Tfiere wouhl be no great, or sm all,
But power d istrib u te d alike to all,
first section of a dying prayer.
Il I were God.
W u Ting Fang m ust be given j
If I were God,
the credit of having handled a very J
Mv loving one,
t
I would woo n a tu re for a bride,
delicate and unpleasant subject
Ami give b irth to perfect beings.
with inim itable finesse. Perhaps
These conditions wouhl not t e odd ;
There would lie heaven w ith o u t a hell,
¡fo u r m issionaries in the interior
A chim e of joy w ith o u t a knell,
of the Flowery Kingdom would
Discord never, ami harm ony forever,
preach C hristianity with a tithe of
If I were God.
—[Blue G rass Blade.
th e discretion, tact and modesty
To sell property
exhibited by this unblushing and
contum acious pagan they m ight do
To buy a hom e
C h in a and th e M issionaries.
more good—they would certainly
To go into business
M inister Wu Ting Fang's ad-
ie8s harm . I t has been sug-
To exchange real or personal property
dress before the
P hiladelphia gested in very high q uarters th at if
Academy of Political Science on C hina had never been invaded by a
To work, or to h ire w orkers
S atu rd ay last gives us som ething m issionary she would never have
A N Y T H IN G
to think about. The m eeting had |,ad a foreign com plication. Wu
for its object a discussion of our T jng F ang, alluding to this aphor-
W R IT E T O U S .
W E C A N H E L P YOU
trade prospects and possibilities in >8m, says th a t he is not in a po-
the Orient, and was attended large- gjtion to affirm or to deny it. No
A ddress, IN FO R M A TIO N BU REA U
ly hym en prom inent in commerce, n,ore is the Post. But we both do
politics and practical affairs gener- Our own th in k in g on the subject,,
W atbk street ,
Silverton, Oregon.
ally. But the Chinese envoy made a n ,i the chances all are th a t if the ¡o p p o s ite L iberal Hall
the speech of the occasion, and we tru th were known we should not
are glad to believe th at it produced clash
ash to any great extent in our k
M How * to M a k e
a profound impression upon h isa u - Op[ unions.—[Post, W ashington, D. C. I
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H e first explained the origin and
R E F L E C T E D RAYS.
purpose of what is called ‘‘the to l
T he G o v ern m en t nationalized th e Postal S ystem , why not also
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th
e
M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTO N B LA N CH A RD
eration clause” in C hina’s various
in h is book e n t i t l e d .................................
treaties with C hristian nations,
Every right action and true
showing th a t it was forced upon thought sets she seal of its beauty
U N C L E S A M ’S
C hina as the result of a disastrous on person and face.— [R u sk in ,
H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E
war, and th at the Chinese people
A good C hristian should have
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Postpaid for 25 Cents.
consider it in the light of a cloak
he
. . .
. . i no brains, or at least the less
All profits on th is book will be given to th e L ib eral U n iv ersity .
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Î N F O R M A T IO N
BUREAU
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DO
YOU
WANT
Good Tim es for all T ime
for some mysterious »nd .n.m.cal ha9 of theTn the b etter.-[V o ltaire.
It should t e in th e h an d s of every th in k in g person.
political design, since the subjects
of every treaty power were already
R tbe people, are silent u n d e r op- _______________
protected under general provisions pression, it is lethargy
the but
which covered m issionaries as well ru n n er of death to public liberty.
i W ho oes ou
as laym en. This “ toleration clause” [Jefferson.
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
P rinting ?
was forced upon helpless and ex
To a philosopher you m ust prove
hausted C hina, however, and it was a thing to he true; to a statesm an ,
carefully prefaced by the offensive to i>e useful; but to a C hristian you
proposition that as C hristianity m ust prove it to be safe.— Holyoake. If you require any
“ inculcated the practice of virtue,”
C a rd s or C ir c u la r s ,
. ,, ,
,
Being hopelessly divided as to
it must be especially honored in a
jg Uue
rig h t jn
B ill H e a d s ,
land presumably destitute in th at
prea(.her9 now „ „ „
take
respect.
The minister then went . charge
,
• 1 affairs
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of * civil
lead tl
on
u u with
wivu « a most
diplom
atic and
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l i t i c a l , h , heaven.—
e a , v e n .-
couutry m
into
a n political
adroit but stinging illustration of [A m erican Sentinel.
the use to which this clause has
been put by setting up the hypo-
thesis of Chinese m issionaries in
th is country and m aking them do
exactly w
hat our
are
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doing there. He pictured them as
erecting temples, holding m eetings
an d opening schools. He has them
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N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s ,
S ta te m e n ts ,
T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s ,
In v ita tio n s ,
A ddress all o rders to
C u t T h is O u t
F ill it up, and forw ard w ith
$1.00 to th e
L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o .,
S ilverton, O re gon
To the P u b lish e rs a f the Torch
o f Reason:
P lease send th e T orch of R eason to
mv ad d ress for one y ear, for which I en
close $1.00.
.Vaine.
The attem pt of C hristian scient-
B e a k s or P a m p h le ts ,
ists for centuries was to make sci-
E n v e lo p e s
Post office.
ence agree with Genesis; now it is
to
ake Genesis agree with science. ,)r anv "tbt r PriIlt,ng, you w ill s e r \ t
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your own in te re st and h elp su p p o rt
This is a step in the direction of
th e L ite ra l U niversity by send-
tru th , but it will leave the Bible in
ing y o u r o rders to us. W e
will ex ecu te th em p ro m p tly , taste fu lly . S ta te
the lu rch .—[Investigator.