TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 17, 1899.
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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
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held this cup to our lips, now d rink
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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
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“ 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
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T
Æ
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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
. . .
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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
,
,
.
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w orld, great
jtary chieftains, great as diplom ats,
great as founders of creeds, great as
poets and great as saints, but the
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,
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., .
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
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