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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 19, 1899. D o you t a k e t h e T o rc h o f R eason? A Letter from Mrs. Ingersoll. 7 LIBRARY OF LIBERAL CLASSICS The following letter was received Fac -simile o* the Cloth Editions ot Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper It is only One D ollar a Y ear, and , by Mrs. Clara Bailey, Secretary the Famous Covers of the co n tains reading m a tte r th a t you can n not get elsew here for th re e tim es th e G re g o ry State Secular Lnion, in ac- LIBRARY O F LIBRARY OF m oney. I t eo m e. every w eek, too. Unowledgement of a letter of aym- pathy to the Ingersoll family: Do yc u t a k e th e W alston , D obbs ’ F ek ry - on - W e e k ly O r e g o n ia n LIBERAL CLASSICS. LIBERAL CLASSICS. H vdson , October 3, 1899. I t is published a t P o rtlan d , ore., an d co ntains m ore an d b e tte r infor M y D ear M rs . B a il e y :— m ation in regard to th e Pacific I most gratefully thank you, and N orthw est th a n any o th er p aper,and is th e best news p ap er in Oregon. through you the Liberals of Oregon, You get six teen pages of good read ing m a tte r each w eek, including all lor the loving words of sympathy th e news of th e n ation and the and appreciation which your letter world, for only $1.50 a year. W ill you a c c e p t A G o o d O ffe r ? You can get T he Torch of Reason and T he W eekly O regonian both one y ear for only $1.75, little m ore th e price of th e Oregonian alone. Send all orders for su b scrip tio n s and for sam ple copies to THE TORCH OF R E A SO N , S ilverto n , Oregon. AND KINNEY PORTER M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r to n , O re* CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF School S u p p lie s B o o k s and S t a t io n e r y . brought to me. The knowledge that my dear husband’s life work was well done — that he was loved and admired throughout the civil ized world—the general grief at his death, and the spontaneous sympa thy that has come to us from all sides, have helped to brighten the burden of our sorrow. With assur ances of our heartfelt gratitude aud devotion to you and all of my be loved husband’s loyal frieuds in Oregon, I am Faithfully yours, E va A. I ngersoll . Creeds Perish. Rev. Frank G. Tyrrell, of the First Christian church, Chicago, on a recent Sunday morning, asked in the theme of his sermon, ‘‘Are Creeds Crumbling?” and in answer- ing4the query said in part: “It is every day more and more apparent that creeds are waning. Dealers in F ruits, Vegetables . . . Ajcreed is not what 1 be lieve, but what I am determined to and C onfectionery. make you believe; it is an ecclesi astical document, an authoritative W ho D oes Y our statement of faith, made a term of communion, by which persons and opinions are tested and approved and J condemned. Such are the If you req u ire any Athanasian Creed and the West minster Confession. C a rd s or C ir c u la r s , A. few years ago the great Pres B ill H e a d s , byterian church was agitated over N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s , the question of revision. Later S ta te m e n ts , men like Brooks and Heber New T ic k e ts , P ro g ra m s , ton, of the Episcopal church, were accused of heresy; Professor David In v ita tio n s , Swing was driven out of the church B e o k s o r P a m p h le ts , by the proscriptive and persecuting E n v e lo p e s creed, but the thinker lives and the Or any o th e r P rin tin g , you will serve creeds crumble. your own in te re st and help su p p o rt “Such a document destroys free th e L iberal U n iv ersity hy se n d dom of thought. Either the mind ing your o rders to us. We will execute th em p ro m p tly , tastefu lly . must decay, like an unused mem ber, or the creed. Let creeds and collects go; sweep them to the lim bo of forgotten iniquities, but let the mind expand.’’ RINTING? "LIVE QUESTIONS” E X -G O V . J O H N P. A LTG ELD . 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