T H E TORCH
O F R E A SO N , S IL V E R I O N , O R E G O N , M A R C H
W a n te d —A New Religion.
Six Tracts to Promote
Scientific
W isdom
15, 1900.
Spring of 1900
is Up and
a Com ing
We are in receipt -of the follow*
ing letter from an able teacher,
Our Big Shipm ent of Spring Shoes ha9 A rrived. Tar. Shoes
who lost his position in a prom
will be the Correct Style for S pring W ear. See our A ssort
inent state agricultural college on
m ent in
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
account of his religious and politi
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
B A B IE S ’
cal beliets:
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil
“ We were not reinstated, nor
C H IL D R E N ’S
ization?
will they pay us for the last three
M IS S E S ’
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
m onths of last year nor our con
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
L A D IE S ’
tracts for this year. They are the
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
= G ENTS’
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
most cunning and audacious ras
At S ilverton’s L argest and Busiest Store.
cals I ever encountered. It looks
JU S T T H E T H IN G
to h a n d to your C h ristia n friends. Send as though we shall have to wait
2 cen ts for 6, or 6 cents for 25 tracts,
over a B
vear
until after the next
F
to E liza M owry B liven , Brook
legislature meets, and if they areo f
lyn, C onn., or send 10 cents
for 50, e ith e r kind or as
the same opinions and beliefs, it is
S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E
P R O D U C E T A K EN
sorted kinds, to
im probable that it will be voted.
THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., W hat are we corning to? There is
m orals in
Silverton
.
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Oregon distinctly a decline in
these recent yeais. It is due to a
decline of an v and all religious be-j
Dreyer & Craig.
RIGHT
LIVING
lief. The old is effete and gone.
Its influence on conduct is nil.
N othing new has been clearly form
TORCH OF REASON
ulated to take its place as a ground ¡
for m oral sanctions. The negation
has gone on faster than the recon
struction. This is dangerous to
the nations of ‘C hristendom .’ ‘No
nation ever outlived its religion,’
said August Comte. It lies with
IS A BOOK O F
•o'
those who see the way to get a new
one ready. You people, with your
Torch of Reason, should he a
power for construction. F o rm u
late, form ulate, form ulate! 'Pell
N o. 2 .
the people what you believe; never
m ind what you don’t. S u p ersti
tion and skepticism can only be
On th e follow ing and
“Truth bears the Torch in the
supplanted by facts, and the defin
k in d red S u b jects:
search For Truth.”
ite, doctrinal statem ents m ust be
m ade for most people.
S e lf C o n tro l
“ Physical Science, H igher C riti
cism , Ingersoll and his school have
S e lf R e s p e c t
done all the negating necessary.
S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N :
L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS
W h a t is M o rality? The world is in positively grave
1899
W h a t is Ignorance danger now from indifferent a tti
tudes in morals, etc. A nother h u n
Fraud a C rim e
PRICE TEN CENTS.
dred years will witness the begin-
H a b it, 2nd N a tu re inng of another lapse in civilization
unless the so-called Liberals are
Politeness
able to reconstruct faith in a tru er
sense and preach it effectively.
W isdom
We m ust not deny; we m ust affirm.
E tc , e tc ., e tc .
W e m ust show7 ourselves of the Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
higher spirit, we m ust exhibit the
-ALWAYS GIVES-
O ne of th ese c h ap te rs is
real good will while we urge it
W o rth m ore to
upon others. This, Liberals as a
Y oung and old th a n th e
P rice of th e book.
class do not do. We have been
polemic, sarcastic, negative, bitter.
---- BECAUSE IT GIVES----
We never convert in this way. We
IT SHOULD BE IN
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There must be a genuine revival of
religion. You know w hat I mean.
50 YEARS’
W e m ust state our confidence in
e x p e r ie n c e
the Universe, in Law, in H um anity.
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N
P . A LT G E L D .
We m ust m ake it sim ple; we m ust
an d re c e iv e a m ake it effective. We have b u rn t A B o o k f o r t h e P e o p l e
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bound co p y, post p a id .
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