Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, February 15, 1900, Page 6, Image 6

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    THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 15, 1900.
6
An Address to Students.
Six Tracts to Promote
Scientific
Wisdom
[Concluded from 1st page.]
I was no escape! As I speak, some
of the sentences which exercised me
$ TORCH OF REASON . . . .
In Place of C h ristia n ity :
when a boy rise to my recollection.
For instance, “He that hath ears to
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­ hear, let him hear;” where the
ization?
“He” is left, as it were, floating in
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
mid air without anv verb to sup-
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
' port it. I speak thus of English
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
' because it was of real value to me.
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
! 1 do not speak of other languages
JUST T H E T H IN G
because their educational value for
to hand to yotir C h ristian friends. Send
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me was almost insensible. But
2 cents for Ö, or 6 cents for 26 tracts,
to E liza M owry B liven , Brook­
knowing the value of English so
lyn, C onn., or send 10 cents
well, I should be the last to deny,
for 50, e ith e r kind or as­
N o. 2
sorted k in d s ,to
or even to doubt, the high discip­
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., line involved in the proper study of
Latin and Greek.
Oregon
Silverton
That study, moreover, has other
“Truth bears th e Torch in the
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search For T ru th .”
merits and recommendations. It
is, as I have said, organized and
systematized by long-continued use.
It is an instrument wielded by
some of our best intellects in the
8 IL V E R T O N , O REG O N:
education of youth; arid it can
L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS
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point to results in the achievements
of our foremost men. What, then,
has science to offer which is in the
PRICE TEN CENTS.
least degree likely to compete with
such a system? I cannot better
IS A BOOK OF
reply than by recurring to the
grand old story from which I have
already quoted. Speaking of the
world and all that therein is, of the Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
sky and the stars around it, the
-ALWAYS GIVES-
ancient writer says, “And God saw
all that he had made, and behold
it was very good.” It is the body
On the following an d
of things thus described which
kin d red Subjects :
science offers to the study of man.
---- BECAUSE IT GIVES-----
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ment much prized and much quoted
S e lf C ontrol
by theologians, in which the uni­
S e lf R esp ect
verse is compared to a watch. Let
W h a t is M o rality? us deal practically with this com­
parison. Supposing a watch-maker,
W h a t is Ignorance having
completed his instrument,
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to be so satisfied with his work
Fraud a C rim e
as to call it very good, what would
H a b it, 2nd N a tu re you
understand him to mean? You
would not suppose that he referred
Politeness
to the dial-plate in front and the
W isdom
chasing of the case behind, so much
as to the wheels and pinions, the
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springs and jewelled pivots of the
works within—to those qualities
One of these c h ap te rs is
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W o rth m ore to
and
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in
short,
which
enable
Y oung and old th a n th e
the watch to perform its work as a
P rice of th e book.
keeper of time. With regard to
S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N
the knowledge of such a watch he
. . . IT SHOULD BE IN . .
PRO DUC E TAKEN
would be a mere ignoramus who STRICTLY ONE PRICE
would content himself with outward
inspection. 1 do not wish to say
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50 YEARS'
one severe word here today, but I
E X P E R IE N C E
fear that many of those who are
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very loud in their praise of the
| 0 o© @ and p«eeive a works of the Lord know them only
L ib erals and H u m a n ity in gen-
icatly
eral,
why suffer w ith headache,
neatly cloth- jn this outside and superficial way.
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C apsules will cure you? I am
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verse
which
science
reverently
un­
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
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