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T U E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, M ARCH 15, 1900.
Torch of Reason
WORKS PROVE US.
building these cottages we need not would shoot our brothers or sisters
expend large sum s to have one at home.
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For
“
God’s”
sake,
C
hristians,
Among
the
m
any
letters
of
en-
complete, and they will he a g r e a t,
The O nly Paper of Its Kind.
advantage in the way of securing and for the love of H u m an ity , couragem ent and help we received
students, and furnishing a way by F reethinkers, think what the world this week, the following illu strates
P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U ni­ which our friends can tom e at any
is losing by the little foolishnesses of very nicely the “ sp irit” of Science
versity C om pany, in the In te re sts of
time
ar.d
m
ake
us
a
good
visit;
and
a
few poorly-horn, aristocratic snobs and H u m an ity th a t is en terin g the
C o nstructive, Moral S ecularism .
the money paid for expenses would known as our rulers.
go directly to the U niversity itself
Among scientists it is a debatable I world, and shows why we are justi-
J. E. H o s m e r,........................E d ito r instead of elsewhere.
question w hether it would not be tied in saving th at success ¡9 sure:
P. W. G eer ,........................ M anager
The land can he laid off in such better to preserve the lowly races
P ontiac , 111., M arch 7, 1900.
a m anner th a t the cottages, trees, o f anim als, such as rattlesnakes,
D ear F riends : I am a Liberal
Howers
and
fountains
all
together
rath
er
than
to
blot
them
out
of
the
by
nam e and by nature. In order
E n te re d a t th e postoffice at Silverton,
would produce« very pleasing effect. hook of life forever ( nature never to be a good Liberal, you m ust
O regon, as second-class m ail m atte r.
It can he made a park, unsurpassed repeats herself), for it may be th at prove you are one by your works.
in its beauty. W h at will he the they have some properties or c h a r­ M any people say they are Liberals,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
name of the first cottage?
acteristics which m ight be discov­ and never take a paper nor pay a
ered to he of inestim able value to cent to help the cause along. L ib­
One year, in a d v a n c e .......................... $1 00
m ankind. For exam ple, their so eral m eans som ething. I have
Six m o n th s in advance..»................
50
“ B R O TH ER S IN C H R IS T .”
T hree m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ................
25
m uch dreaded poison m ay contain helped you in a sm all way before,
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
The Boers are thorough believers some elem ent th a t m ight be a safe hut am going to do better in the
in ad v a n ce ...........................................
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and sure antidote for loathsom e future. All L iberals th a t are able,
Money should he se n t by registered in C hristianity, and, unlike the
and destructive di-eases. How much should do as I am doing. L et’s
le tte r or m oney o rd er.
devils who “ believe and trem ble,’’ more, then, should he preserved help to finish th a t U niversity
they are said to he real, earnest as long as possible the individual building. I will send you a $5.00
Notice!
followers of the Lam b and depend m an and the races of men. The postoffice order this tim e, and you
on God and his holy word to guide E nglishm en who have been killed will hear from me again before
in this hellish, dishonorable play long.
A h a n d poin tin g to th is notice denotes
them
to
victory
in
their
awful
war
th a t y o u r su b sc rip tio n h as e x p ire d .
of those who are so afraid of their
Y our friend for F reeth o u g h t,
You are e a rn e stly req u ested to re ­ with E ngland. Why God has al­ nation losing its honor are the very
J ohn S. H olman .
new so th a t you m ay receive th e p a­
flowers
of
civilization—
great,
brave,
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have de­ lowed the B ritish to sm ite them
W ith such friends as this, we
the world
cided th a t it is best for all concerned hip and thigh is a m ystery, and if stalw art lads, whom
c a n ’t fail. T hink of it!. H ere is
th a t we do n o t send p ap ers longer th a n
most
needs
to
send
it
along
the
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. E ngland comes out ahead, as most track of civilization. W ho can es­ a m an, hundreds of miles aw ay,
T his will p rev e n t any loss a n d we will people seem to think she will, how
tim ate the loss of w hat just one of who has never seen us, and yet he
know ju st w here we sta n d .
We request you to send us th e nam es can C hristians any longer believe these men m ight have done? How knows th a t our work is along the
of Secularists who m ig h t becom e sub- in the efficacy of prayer? Those m any Spencers, or D arwins, or right line and is willing to sacri­
8cril>er8 and we will m ail sam ple copies.
earnest, devout people, who hon­ Holyokes, or Ingersolls, or W ake- fice all he can to help it along. Of
m ans today are lying in lowly beds
estly believe they are fighting for
course, it takes a good m any five
THURSDAY, MAR. 15, E. M. 300. their rights, are praying earnestly in a far-aw ay land? Y oung, strong
and brave hoys, the very cream of dollars to build and sustain a u n i­
to their God for victory. And if civilization, have gone forever, and versity, but if m any do as our
L A S T IN G M O N UM EN TS.
they should, by some hook or all th a t they “ m ight have been” friend H olm an is doing, it will soon
crook, get the upper hand of the and all th a t they m ight have done be accomplished. As the beautiful
For a long tim e we have been de­
is gone also, because nations are spring w eather has come in the
bating how to use our forty acres of powerful B ritish governm ent, they still “ C hristian nations” and not \\ illam ette valley, we w ant very
would give God all the praise and yet converted to Secularism , the re­
land, which we call the Griswold
m uch to begin work again as soon
T ract, to the best advantage. We honor of ¡their victory. Ju st sup­ ligion of Science and H um anity.
as we can, and with the help we’ve
pose, for the sake of illustration,
received this week, and with Mr.
need money very much in order to
Geer on the road, we have great
W E T H A N K YOU.
finish our building, and a to n e tim e th at some other nation would take
hopes th a t we will soon be clear of
we th o u g h t of selling off sm all the Boers’ p a rt, and together they
debt
and hear again the beautiful
Som etim es one th in k s the whole
tracts, thus obtaining the where- would begin to overpower the hum an family is encaged in a free- “ usic
tbe
a u “Ltbe 8aw-
w ithall. B ut there are m any ob­ B ritish, would not the whole pious
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'W e need the building. The cause
for-all
fight, hut as long as dem ands it, and we m ust all work
jections to this. If we sell our lot of superstitious C hristians of
men and women can he found who hard to have it done for next y ear’s
lan d , it is then gone forever; and E ngland pray to the sam e God for
will show such honest, earnest in ­ work.
if undesirable parties should h ap ­ help, and would it help E ngland
terest in the work of raising h u ­
pen to purchase, or if they should any, provided her enem ies had
A NEW WORKER.
m anity to the higher ideal of
become undesirable alter they had enough men and “ kept their pow­
Secularism , we will have hope and
purchased, we m ight be much em­ der d ry ? ” No! Every one who
The m em bers of the Torch of
will gird on our arm or of energy. I
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has
been
em
ancipated
knows
th
a
t
barrassed, and th a t, too, w ithout
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,
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,
, Reason fam ily will be pleased to
This week, one who has already .
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remedy. Now, we have been ta lk ­ the prayers of the righteous, as well ,
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, rr • learn th a t another worker has en-
donated largely to the Liberal U n i-'
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ing it over this week, and Prof. as those of the wicked, availeth
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tered the beautiful field of educa-
wrote us the kindest letter .
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W akem an suggests th a t we ask nothing, and th a t the only way to versitv,
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tional Secularism . A young, well-
I success in any u n d ertak in g is im aginable, which he closed with
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those who wish to erect a m onu­
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k
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educated, f reethought teacher from
following short statm en t: “ In- ~ ...
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m ent for them selves, or for others, through our being able to ad ju st the
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C alifornia has been engaged to
along x
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to build, or furnish the money to ourselves to, and take advantage of closed find , d „ raft . to , help
r c . , teach in th e L. U. O., and is here
spring trad e.” This d raft fairly
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b u ild , neat little cottages on the our environm ents.
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and already in th e harness. His
Already thousands of prayers took aw ay our breath, for it was, nam e is Freedom W. H offm an, and
land, w ith the privilege of occupy­
indeed, a good-sized one, and was
ing them forauch time as the parties from Old E ngland for the safety
if we believed in signs and won­
just
w
hat
we
were
“
p
ra
y
in
g
”
for.
and
happy
retu
rn
of
dear
ones
m ay agree, but th a t the cottages
ders, we m ight think th a t his name
have been answered by the reports W p felt som ew hat like little
and
land
finally
return
to
th a t hundreds and thousands of Tommy’,' w h o " iia d "been“ “pray"ing was Siven him by an a n «eI for tbe
the Liberal U niversity Com pany, these same dear ones have gone to for a red sled for C hristm as, and, express purpose of having it fit
re n t being a continual income, and heaven, which is sad enough news when aw aking in the m orning, dis- nicely in the faculty of a school
indeed; and it is the sam e on the covered one on the foot of his bed. th a t was expressly b u ilt for “ Free-
a joy forever.
How great a thing it would he other side. “O God, spare my dear Ile rubbed his eyes and stared a t dom .” The best p art of it is that
boy’s life, th a t he may come home the pretty thing, exclaim ing, “ W ho he is really free as well as having
for us to have a beautiful little
safely to be a comfort to his m other in the devil put th a t thing th ere ?” the nam e, and will undoubtedly
cottage surrounded by flowers and in her old age,” is the substance of But we really begin to have gen- prove a great factor in bringing
built here, fruits, known by the more than one earnest, honest, uine faith in our F reethought our U niversity into the very first
nam e of the donor, or as the Inger­ C h ristian prayer. “Shot in the friends, and if they keep on re- ran k of educational in stitu tio n s of
soll cottage, or by the nam e of any first charge,” is the answ er to sponding as they have this week, the world. He has alread y do-
of those great scientists and h u ­ m any, and m any more answ ers are the Liberal U niversity will soon be nated to the school museum a corn-
m an itarian s which we all so much as had or worse.
able to help auswer th e great plete herbarium of the flora of Cal-
adore. The endow m ent plan of
We Secularists pray to all th in k ­ p iay er for light and liberty th a t ifornia and is very anxious to
building universities is a very good ing people to help hasten the tim e has been ascending to the throne of commence work on the p lan ts of
one, and we hope our friends will when foolish faith will give place H u m an ity for centuries. T rie n d s Oregon. Let us appreciate him
not let the Ingersoll endow m ent to “eternal vigilance” and when who have htlped us in this great and his work and m ake the very
fund drop, yet it takes a large sum Englishm en, in large bodies or m ovem ent, how can we th a n k you most out of it possible, as this will
of money to get an income of much singly, would no more shoot a any better th an to labor on?
be a benefit to him and to us and
im portance, and some do not like Boer, nor a Boer an E nglishm an,
E very m an a t his post, and a put th e world another step toward
th e method for various reasons. In than we (the reader and the ed ito r) * great victory will be won!
‘the “ good tim e com ing.”