Image provided by: Silverton Country Historical Society; Silverton, OR
About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1900)
c THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 25, 1900. • For the Torch of Reason. Six Tracts to Promote “ Quilded” Points. S cien tific W isdom BY JOHN P. GUILD. 4 As straws show which way the wind blows, So words show which way the thought 1 Can Sms be Forgiven? goes. 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil TORCH OF REASON . . . . In Place of Christianity: ization? Is Religion or Science More Reliable? Evolution and Comparison of Religions. Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? Immortality or Annihilation? 3 4 5 6 to The way of the transgressor is hard—unless he is crossing a bog. Most people point out the perils of the road and the difficulties of its ascent, not so much as a caution JU S T T H E T H IN G travellers an e. excuse . .. . . . ,, . to V*' » intending uwuuimk u a v c n e is as aw au hand to your Christian friends. Send . THE LIBERAL U N IVER SITY CO., Silverton . . Oregon If you have not ambition enough to start or to help an enterprise, don’t try to discourage those who have. If you are too weak or too lazy to lift, then whistle and cheer the toilers. “Any religion is better than no religion,” is a common remark, which should be answered by ask- ing: “la a bad egg better than no . egg?” or, “Is false coin better than p t e r s n o coin ?” S ix ty E x c e lle n t . C lia A rogue ia no better for being a dude, and a cheat is no better for being pious. On the following and kindred Subjects: IT SHOULD BE IN Polish may give a glow to a spoon, but it will not harm true worth, but rather will help it pass where otherwise only specious glint will be taken for solid gold. Everything is good in its place. Mud is dirt out of place. Mud is not to be avoided not knowing it, but by knowing that it is to be avoided. lt?i r^t Don’t be so much afraid of think ing too much of yourself as vou are of thinking too small of other selves. e h a v e p la c e d ©uip tifum p Gaipd an d Won. g e e th e fifuits of ©urr^ifand Vic- t-oifg a g a in s t « c o m b in a tio n s a n d tr u s t s * b^ rçeadinç ©ui? ad. in th e gilVeifton A p p eal. >*< M ail Orders Promptly Attended to. AGENTS WANTED. -ADDRESS- Toifch of R easo n O regon Samples Sent Free on Application. D R E Y E R & C R A IG SILVERTON, OREGON S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E PRODUCE TAKEN Our Job D e p a rtm e n t -ALWAYS GIVES- — Satisfaction ---- BECAUSE IT G IV ES---- Be good; hut don’t be too good for anything, he good for something. HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSHIP I'h* only good religion is the re- Hgion of doing good. HOME! i a n d re c e iv e a n e a tly c lo t h - co p y, post p a id . S ilverton PRICE TEN CENTS. by Abandoned farms are easier re claimed than are abandoned farm ers. bound S IL V E R T O N , O REG O N: L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS 1899 Think much of yourself. Those who do not think much of them selves do not amount to much. One of these chapters is Worth more to Young and old than the Price of the book. CVtKY “Truth bears the Torch in the search For T ruth.” A little school that teaches a few great truths is better than a great college that imparts many lies. IS A BOOK OF PV PD V N o. 2 . Martyrdom for the sake of mar tyrdom ia a serious mistake; but martyrdom as a consequence of do ing one’s duty is a glorious success. “No matter if I am small if I am sound,” the little hard apple said to the big rotten one. RIGHT LIVING S e lf C o n tro l S e lf R espec W h a t is M o rality? W h a t is Ignorance Fraud a C rim e H a b it, 2 n d N a tu re Politeness W isdom E tc ., e tc ., e tc . Song : Book f°r n°t proceeding themselves, 2 cents for 6, or 6 cents for 25 tracts, to E liza M owry B liven , Brook lyn, Conn., or send 10 cents for 50, either kind or as sorted kinds, to t Go west, thou eastern young man and young woman, and grow up in the Liberal University. A little learning is better than none, but all you can get is not too much. H STOLL’S PINK EADACHp CAPSULES * Liberals and Humanity in gen eral, why suffer with headache, when S toll ’ s P ink H eadache C apsules will cure you? I am a Liberal and manufacture the . Capsules lilierally for suffering Liberals. They will cure all kinds ot headache in iron twenty to thirty min utes. Sold by druggists everywhere; if your druggist does not keep'them, tell him to get them. Sent on receipt of 25 cents to any part of the Union. Manufactured and sold by Only those cry out against know ledge who are too stupid or too lazy iE) O ’. L . to get it, or too mean to want others to have any. I S m tih la n d '9 Io w a 50 YEARS' E X P E R IE N C E P atents T rade M a r k s D e s ig n s C o p y r ig h t s A c . Anyone »ending a »ketch and description m»v quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention is probably patentable. Communica- tlons strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Go. receive fecial notice, without charge. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. S3 a year: four months. | L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,Bro,<1“’ New York Branch Office. 625 F S U W ashington. D. Q