THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 23, 1899.
C h r is tia n
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in
1898.
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the following statement of church to educational, e h a k ta b b or relta? S ™e‘hongh‘ bad««, to Me in o o r r e - -----------------------------------------------
¡OM InethntioM.
« » n o th * «
»>"• ,v>«r friends? W e '
-
members in the United States:
MEMBERS
NET GAIN
of the value of ihe experim ents in
U ,n\sh ¡hem to you with your
PATENTS GUARANTEED
name and address printed on them
1898
Adventist, 6 bodies
O ur fee re tu rn e d if we fail. A ny one sen d in g
84,454
i s k e tc h a u u descrip tio n of a n y in v e n tio n w ill
Arm enian.................
3.924
p ro m p tly receive o u r o p inion free c o n c ern in g
Baptist, 13 bodies . 4,364,427
th e p a te n ta b ility of sam e. “ H ow to O btain a
Brethren, River . . .
thoughts of millions ol people into
P a te n t” se n t upon request.
P a te n ts secured
4 73»
th ro u g h u s ad vertised for sale a t o u r expense.
Brethren, Plymouth
6,722
wholesome directions and give them
P a te n ts ta k e n o u t th ro u g h u s receive apeaiai
Catholic, 4 bodies... 8,395,178 219,791 an active interest in a healthful
notice, w ith o u t ch a rg e , in T h e P a t e n t R eco rd ,
a n illu s tra te d a n d w idely circu lated jo u rn a l,
Catholic, Apostolic. .
1,491
co n su lted by M a n u factu rers a n d Investors.
sport that is good for the mind and
C hrlstadelphians...
1,277
Send for sample copy F R E E . Address,
Christians, 2 bodies.
124,398
2,868 soul of man. In perhaps no other i B*l»able person» of a m echanical or Inventive n
V IC T O R J . E V A N S A C O .
Christian C ath o lic..
14,000
9,000 way could the expenditure of equal desiring a trip to the P a r i s E x p o s i t i o n , w ith good
(P aten t A tto rn e y s ,)
Christian Missionary
sums
of
money
bring
beneficial
T“®
patent record , Baltimore, Md. E van s B u ild in g ,
W A S H IN G T O N , D. C.
Association .........
754
70,000 30,000 pleasure directly to so many peo­
Christian Scientist .
ple.—[Providence Journal.
1'hristian U nion. . . .
18,214
COLLEGE OF
Church of G od.........
38,000
I hat last sentence may be true
Church Trium phant.
384
Church of the New
except for the existence of the Lib­
Jerusalem .............
6,702 dec. 972
eral University, of which probably
Communistic Soc., 6
3,930
(Kongregationalist...
625,864 10,669 »he
Providence Journal never
Disciples of C h ris t.. 1,085,615 34,536
O F C H IC A G O
Dunkard, 4 bodies..
109,194
8,000 haard. It will be better known
Evangelical, 2 Iwxlies
175,904 24,134 It ter.
Friends, 4 bodies . . .
118,626
1,152
Friends of theTempIe
J. P. G.
340
German Evangelical
Protestant
.......
36,500
—
German Evangelical
The A gnostic a F aithist?
Synod....................
199,234
4,616
A
n
. D irectors of th e C orporation
Greek, 2 bodies.......
48,030 34,236
A. E G ammage President . ............................... ........................... 167 Dearborn St.
Jews ............. •.......... 1,200.000
An article in the Torch of Nov. 9, J. 11. G rker , M. I)., \ ice-President and T reasurer...................... 52 Deartwirn St.
Fatter Day Saints. .
340,639 43.289
P lo hence E. D kessler , Secretary.................................................... 2203 Gladys Ave.
Lutherans, 29 bodies l,526,5n2 36,678 places the Agnostic in a new light
20,000
Waldenstrom ians ..
FACULTY
Mennonite, 12 bodies
56,318
1,774 —that of the faithist. We are so­
WM. F. TAIT, M. I)., D ean ,
EDITH TENLEY CLARKE, M. IT,
Methodist, 17 bodies 6,898,094 162,196 berly assured that the Agnostic
i rofessor of Institutes of Medicine and Professor of General and Experim ental
M oravian.................
333
14,653
Surgery.
Physiology.
Presbyterian, 12 bod. 1,542,401 52.289 has faith, and that if certain other
Piotestant Episcopal
689,347 13,056
WM. W. COOK, A. M., M. D.
W. E . W INSKEL. M. D.,
370,277 21,344 faithists would follow their doc­ Professor of Science of Medicine, Thera- Professor of General and Descriptive
Reformed, 3 bodies.
Salvationist ...........
40,000
peuties and Materia Medica.
Anatomy and Surgical Emergencies.
trine to a logical issue they would
Schw enkfeldian.. . .
306
CHARLES E. BOWERS, M. D.,
R. V. WAGNER, M. D.,
Social Brethren . . . .
913
land in the Freethought camp. Professor of Practical and Clinical Med­
Professor
of Electro-Therapeutics.
Society for Ethical
icine.
EDWARD I). WAHL, M. D..
C ultu re.................
1,300
236 The idea is new. I have never be­
CHARLES
LEW
IS,
M.
D„
Professor
of Physics, Chemistry, U rin­
—
S piritualist.............
45,030
Profesor
of
Physiology
of
the
Nervous
alysis
and Toxicology.
fore
heard
it
said
that
one
could
—
T heoso p h ist...........
3,000
System,
and
General
Pathology
and
United B rethren. . . .
HOWARD TAYLOR SMITH, D, D. 8.,
285,940
5,823
Lecturer on nervous Diseases.
U nitarians.................
Professor of Dental Surgery.
75,000
5,000 become a Freethinker by faith. I
HOMER O. BATES, M. D.,
Universalists.............
48,856
2,169 have always understood that that
W. K. WINSKEL, M. D.,
Professor of Medical and Surgical G yn­
—
Volunteers................
2,000
Demonstrator
of Anatomy.
was the only road to the Christian
aecology.
Independent
Con-
JOHN J . BRADLEY, M. D.,
— eamp; failure to follow which was
gregations ...........
14,126
WILLIAM A. TAIT, M. D.,
Lecturer on Rectal and Anal Diseases.
Professor of Operative and Clinical Sur­
AN LON FRANK,
T otal............. 27, 714,523 862,800 certain to land one, not only in the
gery and Surgical Diagnosis.
Demonstrator
of Surgical Instrum ents
JOSEPH H. GREER, M. D„
This would seem to show that “Infidel” camp, but ultimately in a Professor
and
Orthopedical
Appliances.
of Medical and Surgical Gen-
warmer
place.
But
now
an
Ag­
ito-Urinary Diseasee and Dermatology.
OTTOMAR CARLICZEK,
nearly two-thirds of the people of
nostic
wantH
to
rob
the
Christians
of
Demonstrator
of Roentgen Ray Diagno­
A.
E.
GAMMAGE,
A
ttorney
,
the United States are either not
sis
and
of
Illum
inating and Cautery
their shibboleth. This is the un- Professoi of Medical Jurisprudence and
Apparatus.
sufficiently interested in their
Insanity.
kindest cut of all!
H.
W
.S
C
A
IFE , M. A., M. D.
FRANK S. LEW IS,
“eternal” welfare to become church
And this faith of the Agnostic— Prof.of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Instructor in Latin.
denomination
7
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a w
V VS 1 I I
I ■ I
A Free Trip tó Paris’
j
fledicine-Surgery
C O -E D U C A T IO N A L ,
F all T e rm w ill B e g in S e p te m b e r 2 7
members, or are opponents of eccle-
upon what does it rest? Evidently
siasticism. In either case, the out­
upon the same basis as that of
Fees ancf Expenses.
look for Christianity does not seem
M
atriculation
Fee,
paid
only
5.00
the Christian—ignorance. For we General Ticket, each year of once...........................................................................$
attendance..............................................................
60.00
over bright. The chief difficulty
are told the Agnostic has faith that Anatomical Ticket, including m aterial, first and second years, each y e a r.. . . 5.00
in the circumstances lies in the fact
if there should happen to be a god Laboratory Ticket, tirst and second years, each y e a r........................................... 5.00
that orthodoxy has such a hold
in the skies he would be found to
upon the “respectable” classes, that
be a gentleman. But by his own
men are afraid to announce their
admission the Agnostic knows no­
PROGRESSIVE M EDICAL COLLEGE
real opinions for fear of Mother
thing about a god, and consequent­
Grundy; and the rising generation
In Keeping w ith the Advance of th e Tim es.
ly has nothing upon which to base
are being trained by interested sec­
The Directors have decided to make Special Liberal Inducements
a belief as to his or its character­
tarians in religious views aud opin­
to
readers
Address for Announcement
istics. If there should “happen’r and Terms, of the TORCH OF REASON.
ions which lead them to treat with
to be a god anywhere, I know of no
respect dogmas and persons utterly
reason to suppose him or it to be a
A. E. G A n n A G E , President,
undeserving of it. No radical im­
gentleman rather than a billy goat.
provement is likely to take place in
167 D earborn S tre e t,
Those who claim to know about
the field of social amelioration, un­
C
H
IC
A
G
O
IL L IN O IS
God, say he has neither body,
til the debasing doctrine of depen­
parts nor passions—certainly n o 1
dence upon superior or supernatur­
gentleman as we understand the
al powers is kept out of all teaching; ------------- _ _ . l
term—and I see no reason why
How to Make
and children are taught to respect
those
who
admittedly
do
not
know
only those persons whose actions
Good Tim es for a ll Time.
are good and virtuous without re­ should try to correct the Christian’s
gard to their beliefs, and those opin- estimate of him. It seems rational
The Government nationalized the Postal Sy stem, why not also
inns which can be shown to be of to let those who claim to “know”
the Money System? A plan is told by C. ELTON BLANCHARD
in his book e n title d ..............................
nf fit both to individuals and to represent their God as they imagine
society at large.—[Secular Thought.
they find him; for, evidently, faith
UNCLE S A M ’S
is
as
irrational
in
the
fellow
who
Rest W ay to Spend Big Sum s.
H O M ILIE S ON FINANCE
__
“don’t know” as in the one who
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Post pa id for 25 Cents.
Let uh not overlook the fact that dw" kuow- There is n° rooIn for
c, . . . .
All profits on this book will be given to the Liberal University
these men of wealth on both sides of “faith” anywhere in rationalism,
loulu t>e in the hands of every thinking person. Address all orders to
the ocean who make the interna-1
J. H. M.
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon.
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