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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
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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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n e a tly c lo t h - down the old; now we m ust build C O N T A IN S A L L T H E F A M O U S S P E E C H E S , L E T T E R S ,
bound co p y, post p a id .
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