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 & me was almost insensible. 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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----- There is. a very renowned argu­ HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKMANSHIP 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, V ìg - 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 E tc ., e tc ., e tc . springs and jewelled pivots of the works within—to those qualities One of these c h ap te rs is M all Orders Prom ptly Attended to. Sam ples Sent Free on A pp licatio n . W o rth m ore to and powers, 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 . . 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