T H E TORCH UF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, A C G C ST 3’ 1899'
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,.res, n t .error of .he little fellow by We ..id no, come here in '49 or the .p rin g of '50, but came here on Jan. 16.1899
Little Torches.
T o S e ll G o o d s
acceding to his request to tell father
for him and thus save him th a t hu-
BY W. E. JOHNSON.
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m iliation.
No doubt she th in k s
God knows what is best for us, 8U(.|, a state of terror is “ good for
and gives us, not what we w ant,but him ”. Anyway she seems little arid S trictly one price to all. T he o ld -tim e m e rc h a n ts said, “ You c a n ’t do i t ” ,
but we are doing it rig h t along, giving you b e tte r goods and m ore for vour |1
what we really need. [N ashville enoUg^ concerned about th at. But
th a n ever was know n in Silverton. For a few days we have a l in e of
C hristian Advocate.
when she hears the prayer to the
Then w hat in Tophet is the use fabled toy-tinkerer in the sky, she
of continually coaxing and praying is “ in despair, because she is sure
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will give Uh what wt neei m j ow.
knows there is no god in the loo yd«. W oolettes, 20c, re d u c -in 25° Yds. Lawns, 10c, reducedn(.
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Religion is neither theology nor toy-m ending L„_:-----------
business, and l ^ she
a theosophy, is more than all this: jegt ¡ier ^Oy discover the tru th 1 To
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it is a discipline, a law a
a” a void this awful discovery, she
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indissoluble engagement. [Cath >
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So religion is a “ yoke” , is it? | faith ” is so valuable a thing th at it
Then those who wear the yoke m ust be m aintained even a t the ex-
m ust be cattle.
We have suspect- pense of the integrity of m other-
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ed it before, but now we have the hood!
Surely the last is not the least of
thing straig h t from headquarters
F aith is like celery, in th a t it tl.e trin ity for which an Ingersoll
T h e G re a t
grows best in the d ark .—[W ar Cry. contended: “ L iberty for Man, \\ o-
Sure I And the d ark er it is the m an and C hild.”
J. H. M.
better faith grows. Indeed, as in
at P o p u l a r P r i c e s !
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DREYER
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Vitæ=0re Remedies
the case of celery, toadstools and
burglars, darkness is essential to
faith.
If you have any doubts about the
vital tru th of the religion of Jesus
C hrist, try it. — [T e x a s B aptist
S tandard.
I, for one, have tried your relig­
ion, and found it as absolutely use­
less as a snakeskin bandage is for
fits. I was never so m iserable as
when I was religious.
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In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
in g ” m ust be, to say the least,
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sobs in terror and dread of to,nor- ; 5 Does M¡ef ¡n
Benefit?
It should lie in th e h an d s of every th in k in g p erso n . A ddress all o rd ers to
row.
His curiosity and childish g Immortality or Annihilation?
The TORCH OF REASON, S ilverton , Oregon.
love of a toy had, for a tim e, over­
come his fear of his father’s w rath,
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and he had disobeved. But tom or to h a n d to your C h ristia n frien d s. Send j O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t
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row th e father will endeavor to in ­
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crease th a t fear, to overcome every
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childish feeling and desire, to the
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