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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1899)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JULY 27, 189». 3 the world. It didn’t hurt his con For th u s such reverence is lent T H E CALF PATH. To w ell-established precedent. science to receive Girard’s charity, One day th ro u g h the prim eval wood, but he is too good a Christian to ' A calf w alked hom e,as good calves should A m oral lesson th is m ust teach, W ere I ordained an d called to preach. ut m ade a trail all bent askew , give even ten cents towards a work B A crooked tra il, as all calves do. For m en are prone to go it blind of art in memory of him. Since th e n two h u n d red years have tied, I In th e calf-p ath s of th e m ind, The next point of interest I visit A nd, I infer, th e calf is dead. And work away from sun to sun ed was the park and zoological gar But still he left behind his tra il, To do w hat o th e r m en have done. den, where I saw the greatest con A nd th e re b y hangs my m ortal tale. T hev follow in th e beaten track , il was tak en up nex t day Ami out and in, and forth and hack, gregation of animal life I ever ex T By he a tra lone dog th a t passed th a t way. pect to see in one park. There are And from th a t day, o’er hill and glade, Ami still th e ir devious course pursue, . . . IS A BOOK O F . . . To keep tiie p a th th a t o th ers do. birds from the canary to the eagle, T hrough th o se woods a p a th was m ade. Liberals profess to know better vulture, and ostrich; mammals from And m any m en wotfnd in and o u t, S ix ty the mouse to the buffalo and ele A nd dodged an d tu rn e d and ben t ab o u t, than to follow blindly after those A nd u tte red words of righteous w rath who have gone before us, yet we phant; and reptiles of all descrip Because ’tw as such a crooked p a t h ; E x c e lle n t tions. Mr. Carson was very kind B ut still th ey followed—do not lau g h — sometimes are disappointed to find professed Liberal friends, who bold to me, and I am pleased to have T he first m igrations of th a t calf, C h a p te rs qiade his acquaintance. He showed And th r o ’ th is w inding woodway stalk ed back and use the same expressions B ecause he w abbled when he w alked. we have heard the oithodox fol me his entire menagerie, and ex his forest p a th becam e a lane, lowers use*. They sav such things th e follow ing and plained it all. Of course Mr. Car- T And b e n t and tu rn e d and tu rn ed again ; k in d red S ubjects : have never been done before and son is an evolutionist. He couldn’t T his crooked lane becam e a road, live with those animals and study W here m any a poor horse w ith his load therefore never can he dorè. They seem quite contented with condì-; S e l f C o n tr o l them as he does, and then accept Toiled on b en eath th e b u rn in g su n , the account in Genesis. The study A nd trav eled som e th ree m iles in one. tions as they are. In other words, i S e l f R e s p e c t nd th u s a c e n tu ry and a half they seem to be asleep or dreaming, of nature and natural things is T A hey trod th e footsteps of th a t calf. regardless of the young people who W h a t is M o r a lit y bound to make converts to Secu T h e y ears passed on in sw iftness fleet, need their help, council and protec T he road becam e a village stre et, larism. ___________ W h a t is Ig n o r a n c e tion. But those who are awake and And th is, l>efore th e m en w ere ware, The Need of a Liberal Education. A alive to the stern realities of life, F ra u d a C r im e c ity ’s crow ded th o ro u g h fare. must not wait for such people to And soon th e cen tral stre e t was th is Continued from let page, Of a renow ned m etropolis. arouse themselves. Push forward! H a b it , 2 n d N a t u r e this, and in time many other Crowd all obstacles out of.the road! P o lite n e s s A nd m en two c en tu ries and a half schools of this kind. People a,re Trod in th e footseps of th a t calf. Men of thought and men of action, always asking us what we as Free E ach day a h u n d re d th o u san d ro u t clear the way! Think of hut one W is d o m thinkers have done. For years we Follow ed th e zig-zag calf a b o u t; thing—humanity needs our assist E t c , e t c . , e t c . have shouted “Hurrah for Liberty A nd o ’e r his crooked jo u rn ey w ent ance now, today, while we are here, and the causel” But what has the T he traffic of a c o n tin et. O ne of th ese c h a p te rs is so let us make the very best use of W orth m ore to cause done to help do away with A h u n d red th o u san d m en were led the present, before we lie flown to Young ami old th a n th e sin and suffering? The Christians By one calf n e a r th ree c en tu rie s dead. Price of th e book. that last sleep from which there is T hev followed still his crooked way have their societies for the young A nd lost one h u n d red years a day. no awaking. . . . IT SHOULD BE IN . people, their orphan homes and schools. What have we had to1 OFFER— $3 show? Nothing before. Have we $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C I A L been idle in the past? No, far from it. When the Christian» wish to raise money they come to the saint $ 0 , ® @ a n d re c e iv e a and sinner, Jew and Gentile, be u * n e a tly c lo t h - liever and unbeliever, and they bound co p y, post p a id . generally succeed in getting what they want. Many a church and A G E N TS WANTED. denominational school has been erected with infidel money. But --------A D D R ESS-------- who gets the credit? The Christian fl new family medical Work organizations do, and then they by Dr. 1 fi. Greer, CWeaao « « « « ••« a « point the finger of scorn at us and S ilv e r t o n - O regon say, “ By their fruits ye shall know H IS T»ook is up to d ate in every p a r ticu lar. them.” I tell you, my dear Liberal I t tells you how to cure yourself friends, it is time we planted our by sim ple and harm less hom e rem . . . F o r s tn e r s ’s . . . . edies. own seed in our own garden and I t recom m ends no poisonous or harvested our own fruit. Then and dangerous drugs. then alone can we be independent I t teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws. and raise the kind of harvest we It does not endorse dangerous ex p erim ets w ith IS INVALÜABK TO th e su rg e o n ’s knife. wish, uumixed with the tares of I t teaches how to save h e alth and life hv safe C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , superstition. Then and then alone m ethods. such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e It is e n tirely free from technical ru b b ish . place of chisel and gouge ; to will we be given credit for our work I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid w ork, dow- and respected. Then and then how to avoid disease th a n to tak e anv m w licine elling, patch in g , rem oving sp lits and u re . alone will we be able to accomplish as I a t c teaches k n o ts. In fact, no how typhoid and o th e r fevers can be much toward freeing the world. both prevented and cured, and gives th e best know n tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e, dip- W agon or P attern M aker m anufactur er of pianos, organs, sew ing m achines, Dear friends, if we are real, live, in e n a , c a ta rrh , co n su m p tio n , ap p en d icitis and every o th e r disease. a g ricu ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash blinds, I t is not an a d v ertisem en t and has no m edicine to sell. awake Liberals, we will not be It m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccination and th e use of a n ti-to x in e . fu rn itu re , nor afraid to try to make better condi i t has lb colored plates show ing d ifferent p a rts of th e h u m an Ixxly. A n y Other W oodw orker, should lie ns book can n o t fail to please you. If you are looking for h e alth by th e safest w ith o u t it. tions. We will not be afraid of and e asiest in e a n s, do not delay g etting it. being laughed at, we will not even l>r. J . 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T his hook has 800 pages, is neatly E very fam ily should know how to care for the P R IC E S . h ealth o f th e h ousehold , w hich is a hum an rig h t and liound cloth w ith gold letters,a n d will Ret of five,different sizes,p o stp aid . <2.60 heathen Chinese, or some other d uty. Y our b ock g iv e s th e in fo rm a tio n needed and in lie sen t in jiostpaid to any address on re Single b it, p o s tp a id ..................................60 th e people can readily understand. 1 con othodox people I might mention g la ra n g tu u la a g te e you on n o t n a m in g th e u se o f an y poison, ceipt of price, $3.00. but ad herin g str ic tly V, the use o f non-polsonous rem- ed ies—th e on e tru e p rinciple th a t should gu ide all nearer home. ^PFPIAI flFFFR By *P«c»«l arrangem ent C i L u l M L W r e n w ith D r. 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