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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1899)
TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 17, 1899. 3 C hristian b rethren, like little men, An A gnostic’s T rib u te to Ingersoll. We did not com e h ere i n ’49 or th e spring of ’60, h u t cam e hen* on Ja n . 16, 1899 aud take your medicine. You have — ------ __ „ __ held this cup to our lips, now d rink C ontinued from 1st page. a J T O O C I S ye all of it. Ingersoll is in hell, or strength. The great m an is he who your priests and preachers are all a deserves most of bis fellow crea- at pack of frauds. Well, he’ll have tures; and he deserves most of his “ goodie com panie.” All the phil- fellow creatures who does most to , . „ . ¡and M rictlv one price to all. The o ld -tu n e m erch an ts said, 1 \ o u can t do it , osophers, p h ilanthropists, scie.itists, free the brain of man from the hut we are doing it rig h t along, giving you b e tte r goods and m ore for your $1 and F reethinkers of this and every ghosts, the miracles, the supersti- j tl,an eVtr was know n in Silverton. For a few Have we have a line of other age are, or will be, there. Of tions, the lielief in the divine rights FIVE S P E C IA L S all the cruel and idiotic ideas on ; of ty ra n ts both of church and state, earth, th is C hristian idea of hell and all other degradations of belief 3OO y d s Y ukon Plaids at 75 Y ds. C repe C lo th , 15c, re duced t o .. . . . I 05* 1 5 *= “ takes th e cake.” I t takes the which chain m ankind to the bar- whole bakery. The wonder to me barism s of the past. too Y d s. W oolettes, 20c, reduc- , « ■250 Yds. Lawns, 10c, reduced e.l to .................. . .............10' 05' to is how any sane person, with sense I The truly great man is he who is enough to come in when it rains, fitted to become the model of an en- 36 L adies’ Sum m er S k irts.« « per re d u c e d ..................................... u U c t . can swallow it. lightened nation. And no m an is I talked with a preacher about fitted to become the model of a na- Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent on Application. this m atter, and I asked the “ Rev.” tion who is not willing to g ian t gent the question heading this every other m an the same rights he article. He squirm ed, and replied, dem ands for himself. This was the “ No one is justified in saying th at great plea of Ingersoll, It is the S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N he is.” “Then w hat becomes of plea of all Infidels. PRODUCE TAKEN S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E- Robert Ingersoll was great as an the theories of C h ristian ity ,” I asked, and again the “ Rev.” evaded, orator, reformer and philosopher, a T h e G re a t and would not say straig h t out th a t law yer, poet, hum orist, wit, critic, he believed Ingersoll is in hell. and as a m aster of the English la n “ Very well,” I said, “ if Ingersoll guage; hut he will be remembered isn’t in hell, all the rest of us In chiefly as an Infidel—the grandest fidels are safe.” The “ Rev.” said, word of the nineteenth century— No Need to Suffer from Any Disease. “ According to the Oregonian the the nam e which invites hate from grief of the family was inconsolable. bigotry and prejudice, and praise E lix ir T h at was a good refutation of I n from common sense and reason. B a e te ri a ci de E u c a ly p tu s O il V I T Æ - O R E gersoll’s denial of the im m ortality Infidelity is a word but little u n d er O r e - O lin e of the soul.” I replied, “ I was not M e d ic a t e d S o a p informed th a t Ingersoll had ever s to o d . In reality, it m eans the op denied the im m ortality of the soul. posite of “ fidelity”—th a t is, unfaith A gent PEARL W . G EER He sim ply denied having any fulness. T hat man who is u n fa ith knowledge of soul or of im m ortality. ful to another m an’s belief is in S ilv e r t o n , O r e g o n . There was tim e enough to talk about souls and im m ortality when fidel to it. We are all infidels to these ideas were dem onstrated to be each other—C atholic to M ethodist, OFFER tru e.” B ut the “ Rev.” was in a and M ethodist to Catholic, Presby $ 3 ---- G R E A T S P E C IA L hurry, and could not spare tim e to terian to Jew, and Jew to Baptist, discuss the m atter further. etc. Creeds and religions which It is now in order for the C hrist oppose each other, are as much in ians to begin lying about Mr. I n gersoll. He is dead now, and they fidel to each other as the Liberal are safe from his reply. I don’t thought and science of today, which know how they will m anage about oppose all creeds and religions rest the “death-bed rep en tan ce” busi ing upon the su p ern atu ral. In fi ness, as Ingersoll died suddenly in his chair, w ithout speaking a word. delity as generally regarded is any May he they will claim th a t he re system of thought in opposition to peated m en tally , with his last organized superstition, and in this A new family medical Work breath. They are as likely to know country, p articu larly the C hristian by Dr. 0. B. 6rwr, Chicano«"*«»««««« about th a t as an y of the other ab superstition. surdities they claim to know. They H IS book is up to date in every p a r To advance a step beyond its tic u lar. may get on to it by the “ revelation” It tells you how to cure yourself prerogatives is the ch urch’s idea of process. But, more th an likely, by sim ple and h arm less hom e rem they will claim th a t some w ritings infidelity. He who aspires or dares edies. have beer dug up out of Ingersoll’s to know som ething different or I t recom m ends no poisonous or private papers, w ritten just a few more than theologians is an infidel. dangerous drugs. It teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in days before hi« death, and “ to he He who discloses principles in n a accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws. read after his bu rial,” giving his re does not endorse dangerous e x p erim e ts w ith cantation and repentance, etc., etc. ture which antagonize the geology, th e It su rg eo n ’s knife. It will be a terrible “ slam ” on the astronom y, the m yths and fa It teaches how to save h ealth and life by safe these “ unclean birds of su p ersti bles of the Bible is an infidel. He m ethods. I t is e n tirely free from tech n ical ru b b ish . tion,” who have so long been sitting who exposes to the uneducated the I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know on the fences of expectation w aiting how to avoid disease th an to tak e anv m edicine dogm as and beliefs which do not lor this prey. And to lose the op- as a c u re . j u rtu n ity of picking the bones of accord with facts in nature, and It teaches how typhoid and o th e r fevers can l»e ±O O C ll P opular Prices! DREYER & C R A IG Vltæ-Ore Remedies A PHYSICIAN IN THE HOUSE Ing erso ll th e y h a v e so long been w hich are o u t of h a rm o n y w ith th e both prevented and cared, and gives the best known treatm ent for la grippe, dip- , e v . . . • • theria, catarrh, consumption, appendicitis and every other disease. w h e ttin g th e ir leaks o r, wi be a e x jHtin g re a lity of th in g s , is a n in- I t is not an a d v ertisem en t and has no m edicine to sell. gall and wormwood of disappoint- m ent. B ut I guess they will have in and a n d bear b ea r it” it" as best th ey to “ grin they van. I n the m ean tim e the nam e of Robt. G. Ingersoll will g o rin g - ing down the ages as a benefactor of his race. “ And when his sum m ons came . . th , e innum . 1 , caravan to join erable which moves to the pale realm s of shade, where each m ust take his cham ber in the silent halls of 'leatli, . . approached hie grave as one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him , and lies down to pleasant dream s.” , e , , . - m e r e n av e ------ e g ............. .. w orld, great jtary chieftains, great as diplom ats, great as founders of creeds, great as poets and great as saints, but the * , . . ., . erreat p rand men of the world have great gram« men u been the great Infidels of the work — the great scientists chiefly the men who in the face of death expos- ed thg falsehM))d the bigotry, the . mntives hypocrisy and mercenary motive | Continued on 6th page. I t m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccination and th e use of a n ti-to x in e . It h as 16 colored p lates show ing d ifferent p a rte of th e h u m an body. 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