T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, MAY 4, 1899. ro w n ’s .« uff . . f Plym outh Rocks . B C H A M P IO N S OF TH E NORTHW EST 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 - • 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 Î ! 1 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 • 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 Í C ontention lie no m ore. • 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 . . 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 __________________ z - ____ die nee. QaocKHxx>o(>OCHXKXX> 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 ,__ 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 . * Vitae-Ore Remedies Î N F O R M A T IO N BUREAU 4^ 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 « • and ...1 n.,1 .1 ie 1 of * civil lead tl on u u with wivu « a most diplom atic and r tn a. o .... 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 ....... ---- evangelists ------ p,------- ---- c J doing there. He pictured them as erecting temples, holding m eetings an d opening schools. He has them n n n iitr v 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 - m ---------------------o---- I ___ . . . . . - 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.