TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. JU N E 1, 1S99.
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S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E .
prevaricated concerning hie »den
tityl—[Flaming Sword.
reflected
Soo^ooooooooooo^oooo^oi
which it leads.—[W illiam F ra n c s
D R E Y E R & C R A IG
negroe B, e 8
hag moypd (
a
Free and universal discussion J
’
her, the Rev. Alexander
bears the same relation to truth w n ljaros> Methodist bishop, to say
that a road does to a city towar
ident of a Methodist confer-
Q ty Wat the6e
TAKEN
you ordered your Spring Suit
yet?
The fact th a t we are the
clothiers of Silverton, we would
ru n a great risk if we did not know our
clothing, for we guarantee it, and only
o-ood clothing can bear such a guarantee.
H
Our
N ew
ave
Barnard.
' lynchings are likely to lead to a C a rp e ts
The world owes all of its advanc­ bloody struggle. “Nothing, ’ he
es to the Doubting Thomases who declared, “but the manly resistance are
If you w ant to get acquainted with us
ntAvv lived,
x.™ , to
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have
the men who call for of the negroes themselves will stop
w ithout spending m uch, zH
proof, men who were satisfied with
a^roeities. In the name of the Big
nothing else but proof — [Living Almighty, what are we to do hut
try one of our
fight
and
die?”
This
negro
bishop
Issues.
S e lle rs !
m ade suits a t....................
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utters
a
very
natural
cry
from
the
Automatons in the modern pul­
pits have waited until reform be­ depths. We understand it and
ns to move with a wave of popu- sympathize with him. But he has
1 • y before committing themselves. forgotten his Christianity, as most S IL V E R T O N
OREGON
Christians
do
when
they
suffer
Refo 8 never originate in an
apostate church; preachers join re­ wrong. Jesus Christ told them not
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form movements after the danger to resist evil, hut to turn the other
cheek to the smiter. No, says this
line has been obliterated!—[Ex.
indignant bishop; let us fight for
According to the Church Gazette, our rights.—[Ex.
the average town parson “has
The Rev. Dr. Robert Foster Bur­
No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease.
neither time to read nor to think,
rows, vicar of St. Andrew s Bir­
and he is often reduced to having
mingham, has been carrying on a
E lix ir
to preach out of a full heart and an
Q acteriacid e
sort of music hall without a license.
empty head.” We are not ro sure
Eucalyptus
Oil
V IT Æ - O R E
A police sergeant visited St. An­
O
re
-
O
line
of the full heart. The empty head
M e d ic a te d Soap
may pass unchallenged.—[Free­ drew’s Hall, which was not li*
censed, and found an entertain­
Agent
P E A R L W . G EER
thinker.
ment in full swing for the benefit
If God is the author.of good, he of the church and its work. A
S ilverton , O regon .
is also the author of evil. If he is young woman in male attire was
entitled to our gratitude for the on the stage singing a comic song,
one, he is entitled to our hatred for and the program for the evening
the other. The same arguments comprised three sketches, for which
which prove that God is the author a first-class company was engaged.
of food, life and light, also prove In consideration of the reverend
him to be the author of poison, gentleman’s high and noble mo­
tives, the Bench let him off with a
darkness and death.—[Shelley.
warning not to do it again. Had
Prayer, in theory, is based on the
he been a Secularist, he would have
To sell property
supposition of God’s personality;
caught it hot. Birmingham has
prayer, in practice, assumes that
To buy a hom e
two different measures for Chris­
God is omnipotent. It supposes
To go into business
tians and Freethinkers. “ What
that he can be in all places at all Would Jesus Do?” is the fashion­
To exchange real or personal property
times. People are praying at all
able question just now. Well, we
hours of the day and in all quar­
To work, or to hire w orkers
guess he w’ould hardly dress a
ters of the globe. To hear them
woman in man’s clothes and put
A N Y TH IN G
all, God must be at such places at
her on a stage to sing comic songs
such times. To do this he must
W R IT E T O U S .
W E C A N H E L P YO U
for the benefit of his evangelical ex­
cease to be a personal being; he
chequer. But the Rev. Dr. Bur­
must cease to be God. He will
A ddress, IN FO R M A TIO N B U R EA U
rows is evidently of a different
then have no intelligence, no voli­
Silverton, Oregon.
opinion. Perhaps he thinks that
tion, for these depend on personal
Jesus himself would dress as a
organization. Prayer, therefore,
woman and dance the can-can for
logically annihilates the being to.
. , .
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,
J
rPbnrlps
the
funds
of
the
soul-saving
busi-
whom it is addressed.—[Charles
How to Make
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, ness.—[Freethinker.
Stevenson.
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