THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899. Little Torches. BY W. E. JOHNSON. The one lesson which we need to learn above everything else is to have complete confidence in God.— [Advance. That is the identical lesson which the bunco man seeks to teach his bucolic acquaintance before selling him a gold brick. Yes, “confidence’’ is essential in swindling enter prises. When we seek to stand only with xaud for God, he will, without any seeking on our part, give us the favor o f all whom we need and whom he can use.—[Omaha Chris tian Advocate. Then wherein is the object of prayer? Is it to pull God’s leg for something that you ought not to have? Let any of his friends or followers ask themselves this one question, What good did he (Col. Ingersoll) ever do? Leaving God out of the question, in what respects was man made the happier or the better?— [Presbyterian Journal. He chased a cruel monster out of the skies with a whip of small cords. He made it possible for a person to express his honest thoughts with out being boycotted in society and business. He scourged the Christian church until it acquitted their God of damning innocent babies. He forced clerical leaders to ad mit that Moses filled the Pentateuch with colossal blunders. As a result of his labors, the fires of hell have been put out and the infernal regions are for rent. He compelled the Christian church to substitute a god capable of love for the horned dragon Je hovah. He forced Christian theologians to confess that God did not inspire the blunders, falsehoods and ob scenity of the Bible. He made the high water mark in oratory of his generation. The sweet fragrance of his home life has been breathed into ten thousand Christian kraals. If you wish to know of any more “good things” which Col. Ingersoll did, ask any one of the thousand unfortunates who have been fed at his table, who have been clothed from his purse, and who have per sonally shared in four-fifths of the money which he ever earned. A Revision of Definitions. 3 Heavy Reductions The meanings of words often us ------------------------------- IN ---------------------- ed in religious controversies have been unsettled by recent changes. . . . . LADIES’ SKIRTS . . . . I suggest the following definitions: L ad ies’ S k irts ............................................................ $ .«5, reduced to $ .60 1. S ecularist : One who believes I n d ie s ’ s k i r t s ,.......................................................... 1.65, reduced to 1.25 L adies’ S k ir ts ,.......................................................... 2.50, reduced to 1.25 in the complete separation of church and state, in the taxation of church propel ty and the freedom of A fortu n ate chance aw aits those of you who have need of legislation from favoritism to sects. . . . . SHIRT WAISTS . . . . 2. H igher B iblical C ritic : One who, while adhering to the church S h i r t w a i s t s , .............................................................$ .60, reduced to $ .35 S h irt W a is ts ,............................................................... 90, reduced to .75 and the essential doctrines of relig S h irt W a is ts ,............................................................. 1.25, reduced to .90 ion, denies the plenary literal in spiration of the 66 books of the Bi S e e o u r S h o e A d . in th e A p p e a l . . . . ble, subjects each one to the rules of historical and literary criticism and Mall Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent Free on Application. carefully separates religious truth from legends, national traditions, literary embellishments and errors S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N in matters of science. 3. C hristian : One who is born of S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E . PR O D U CE TAKEN. Christian parents, or in a country known as Christian, or who is T h e G re a t a member of some sect which pro fesses the religion of Christ in some form. Unitarians and Universal- ists are included, although they deny theological dogmas regarded No Need to Suffer from A ny Disease. as essential by the evangelical sects. E lix ir Mormons are excluded, although B a c te r ia c id e they believe in the inspiration of V IT /E -O R E E u c a ly -'tu p tu s s O il O r e - O iin e the Bible. M e d ic a te d S o a p 4. F reethinker : One who re jects the right of the church and the PEARL W. GEER Agent clergy to prescribe his beliefs, and S ilverton , O regon . maintains his individual right to think for himself in matters of re ligion. $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R — $ 3 5. S keptic : A non-church mem ber who doubts the credibility or sufficiency of the evidences of Chris tianity. 6. I nfidel : An opprobious epi thet applied by Mohammedans to Christians and vice versa, and by Christians to an offensive unbeliever. 7. U nbeliever : A Pagan, or heathen, or other person, who has not accepted the religious belief of n new Tamlly medical ttlork the person who uses it. by Dr. 3. B. 6reer, Chicago- 8. D eist : A person who believes H IS l>ook is up to d ate in every p a r in one God, a divine providence and I ticu lar. natural religion, but rejects my thologies and theologies. 9. P antheist : One who believes I I t tells you how to cure yourself that the universe, with its forces by sim ple an d h arm less hom e rem and laws, is God. edies. 10. A theist : One who denies It recom m ends no poisonous or dangerous dru g s. that there is any God. Denying I t teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in that the Jehovah of the Old Testa accordance w ith n a tu re ’s laws. not endorse dangerous e x p erim ets w ith ment is God, does not make a man th e I t su does rg e o n ’s knife. an Atheist. I t teaches how to save h e alth and life by safe m ethods. 11. A gnostic : One who, in regard I t is e n tirely free from tech n ical ru b b ish . to important tenets held by the I t teaches p rev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know how to avoid disease th a n to tak e any m edicine Church, says “I do not know.” as a c u re. Submitted for consideration, It teaches how typhoid a n d o th e r fevers can he _____________________________ both p rev en ted an d cu red , and gives th e Ixjst know n tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e, dip- W illiam B irney . th e ria , c a ta rrh , c o n su m p tio n , ap p en d icitis and every o th e r disease. —[Boston Investigator. I t is not an a d v ertisem en t an d has no m edicine to sell. 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