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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 11, 1899.
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Abroad.
The
BY P. W. GEER.
If we had money enough we (
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would at once begin building, but
I am “abroad” again. Last year
we have not, and so we are obliged I took the hurricane deck of a bi
to “labor and wait.” Mr. Geer has cycle, and during the summer I
gone east, where he will work for traveled a little over two thousand
o;ir school among the scattered miles. This year I decided to take
forces of Freethought in the great cabin passage on railroad trains,
citiesof this “Christian nation”;and and at this writing have traveled
Louis Rauch, Charles Page (two j more than two thousand miles. It
Liberal University students), Mrs. is easier and a great deal faster
Hosmer and her spouse, ye editor, than cycling, and, of course, some
will start in a few days for the O. j what more expensive.
S. S. U. convention, to be held at
I left Silverton Wednesday noon,
Dayvilfe, Ore., May 10, 11 and 12.; April 26th, and arrived in Port
We will go on our bicycles, stop land in the evening of the same
T H E O NLY S C H O O L
ping at each city, town and school-; day. I called on the Bailey family
house to preach the glad tidings of and spent a very pleasant evening.
OF T H E K IN D .
Secularism, the only gospel that All, excepting George, bad been
will ever bring “peace on earth and out to a dance the night before and
good will to men.” We will be showed the loss of sleep. George is
able to give quite an entertain a policeman on the night force and
ment, as Mr. Rauch, Mr. Page and evidently doesn’t sleep much on
Mrs. Hosmer arp all quite musical his beat, for he sponds most of the
and full of fun, and if we tell our day in bed. I always have a fine
little story, as Susan Wixon says, time at Bailey’s. Their ways and
“in the simplest way” and tell ideas suit m e; their beds and board
what we do know, we believe we suit me pretty well, too.
may do much good for our school
Thursday morning I spent some
and for the great, glorious cause of time among the railroad offices,
Secularism, which is now sweeping and finally decided to try an east
everything before it and will some ern trip over the Great Northern.
day be the religion of all humanity. At 11 o’clock p. m. Officer O’Bailey
got me aboard the train for Seattle,
Washington, and I enjoyed the
The S ta n d a rd of M orality.
trip in my dreams, awaking next
morning in Tacoma. About 8
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Pupils are Given Every Opportunity to Learn
ence, must ever change the horizon o’clock we arrived in the city of
of belief,” and that, with the change Seattle, where I put in the rest of
Without Being Hampered by Supersti
of belief, there must come a change the day writing, seeing the city and
in the character of the activities visiting friends. I found my friend,
tions and Dogmas.
demanded by it. In the nature of Charles Vaughan, at M. Seller &
things there can be no absolute Co.’s store and enjoyed a few
and invariable rule which will es moment’s talk. He directed me to
tablish, once for all, the bounds of his home, where I found Mrs.
moral conduct, and show what spe Vaughan, with whom I enjoyed a
cific acts are right and what are very pleasant visit. They live
wrong. All that cau be wisely quite a distance from the main
done is to inculcate moral prin part of the city, and it is a delight
ciples, and leave man, guided by ful ride on the cable car over the
his own reason and conscience as hills of Seattle to their home near
they are enlightened by increasing Lake Washington. Miss Kathie
knowledge and “the garnered wis came home from school at noon,
dom of experience,” to judge for and she has grown almost beyond
himself what specific acts are in recognition. Kathie is a remark
accord with those principles, and, ably bright girl and is doing nicely
at school. She expects to enter
therefore, right.—[Medical Brief.
the high school next year, and is
making an exceptionally good rec
P ro v erb ia l.
ord for one of her age. She has
not been hampered hv superstitious
Idleness buries a man alive.
folly, and was one of the most in
A Splendid Corps of Teachers and Good Facil
teresting
members
of
my
class
in
It is more trouble to do ill than
j Secular Sunday school in Portland
ities for Teaching. For information,
to do well.
a few years ago. Mrs. Vaughan is
A great good was never got by a woman who has always thought
address
little pains.
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for herself. She is a subscriber for
He who knows nothing is confi the Torch of Reason now, and we
dent of everything.
are glad to welcome her as such.
J. E. H O S M E R , Ph. D., B. S. D.,
I
found
some
other
friends
in
the
When a ship is sunk, everybody
knows how she could have been city and enjoyed my stay in Seattle
P R E S ID E N T ,
until 4:30 o’clock p. m , when the
saved
Great Northern train started on its
It is seldom that meanness of trip of 1823 miles across the coon- V r
disposition is found associated with try. I went aboard for a three w m
SILVERTON.
high mental attainments.
days’ and nights’ journey and suc
Some people waste so much time ceeded in finding a pleasant travel
fhat it makes them tired, and the ing o-mpaiiion. Mr. Harry L'»v<-
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remainder is required for rest.
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