1H E TORCH OF R EA ^O *7
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S ' î V '- 'O T D Y
ö i k y i s k w n , OREGON, MAY 17, 1900.
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For the Torch of Reason.
han d , wap fit to be classed with the
“ wild man of Borneo” , and not
even the most vicious snake of the
BY JO H N PRESCOTT G U IL D .
jungle would dare “ reveal itself un-
(“ I t is b e tte r to w ear th e rags of honest
" j " ' “ in 9 P i r a t i o n ” » » < »
poverty th a n to w ear th e p u rp le robes of c o in r a o d d y b re w e d by the ignorant
!'y ! ^ r ' s.- ;a n ', .",<‘''- i t -
to so dow n and superstitious, or else bv t h e d e -
F reethought Self-poised.
save bv those who honor a m an for d ar-
I T * * },i8 honest th o u ? h b th an
to th in k for one m om ent of sacrificing
n a tu re ’s choicest gifts upon th e blood-
^taine-l a lta rs of bigotry an d supersti-
tion.
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G R E A T S P E C IA L
OFFER
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A PHYSICIAN
P ra v e c * wise, who used it as a m eans
to rob, subdue and control the iff-
.
,
vum rui m e ig-
n o r a n t a n d s u p e r s t i t i o u s ; th a t the
advocates of the “ divinelv-revealed
R;k1 „ ,
,
re v e a ie il
Bible have alw ays opposed sci­
f l Dew family medical Work
F ear not to th in k th y th o u g h t
ence; th a t the nam es and deeds of
The th o u g h t th y sense descries.
His reason sta n d s for n o u g h t,
all th e fearless investigators and
bv Dr. 3. B. greer, Cbicaao
W ho dares not use his eyes.
H IS book is up to d a te in every p a r­
honest searchers for T ru th will be
ticu lar.
J r
Be bold to speak th y th o u g h t;
loved and revered long after everv
It tells you how to cure yourself
D issem ble not a jo t.
priest and preacher th a t ever lived,
The m an who c a n be bought
i»v sim ple and h arm less hom e rem ­
edies.
—
Is n o th in g b u t a blot.
now lives, or m ay hereafter live,
It recom m ends no poisonous or
Be stro n g th y th ro b b in g b rain .
shall have been erased from m a n ’s
. dangerous drugs.
Stay not for feeble h e a r t s ;
m em ory forever; th a t posterity will
“ ethodg in
For th in e shall be th e gain
W hen bigotry d e p arts.
refer to them as th e great and fear th e su rg Z o Irs kn1fer e e ‘la ' lger0U8 e I Perim ete w ith
less deliverers of h u m an ity , and to
V\ h at though th o u a rt alone
And “ g u v e d ” by all th e th ro n g ?
priests and preachers as treacherous methods^69 h°W '° Save health and Ii,e b-v “fc
A lthough thou gnaw a bone,
I t t i 2 L re'y iree fron‘ “ '«'hni. al ru b b ish .
stum bling blocks in the way of th a t
Be not th y actions wrong.
how to avoid d ^ n " r th i“ “ is b e t,e r ,o k » °»
delivery, who delayed hum an h a p ­ as
a cu re
1 dleeHSe ‘b an to tak e any m edicine
Can sta n d alone th e ju st,
Mid hypocrites u n k in d ;
piness for untold centuries behind ho,lb tt r e v e n ! S 'V y1Pl.'° i<,,a n ' 1 otl.‘er ,evere can b j
And though he chew a c ru st,
a cruel curtain of darkness, su p er­ thpri* •
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cured, and gives th e best 1.
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T hink w ith a full-fledged m ind.
I t is’nnt 11 *
‘ons.u ,n P ti°n , ap p en d icitis and
tre a tm e n t for la g rip p e , dip-
stition, chicanery, plotting, th rea t-
D ttu b an ad v ert>sement and has no m ediei
<ry o th e r disease.
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\\ h a t boots th e foolish b o asts—
enings and m urder.
\ ast flocks by e rro r won?
m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaednat? 06 to 8e,L
One w ith th e tr u th is h o sts—
o o k 00 ° re<1 P,laiea 8h°w ing d ifferent
U8e of a ftti' to x ine.
Agnostics realize th a t it is nobler a n T d h « iih
« « i f ? c a n n o t f a d to please vou.
If VP* ts ° f the. h u m a n body.
F re eth o u g h t can sta n d alone.
Dr 1 r 7!e a n s ’ (I° not delay g ettin g it.
’ are i°°k in g for h e a lth by th e sa fe s t
to do som ething for the benefit of
The wise can sta n d alone,
-
J . H. G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p rem iet,n
m an while he lives th an it is to
Though m u ltitu d e s a ssa il;
th e false shall tie o ’erth ro w n ,
chisel a lying epitaph on his tom b­
And tr u th a t last prevail.
rnt.F. V.
H. C ook , for thirty years Dean o f the l°* M edicine aild Surgerv P h v a i e i a n i,L
stone; th at the eating of bread is
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ror the Torch of Reason.
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" A h its c o n te n ts a n d
h e a n h , 7 n y ,ha ' ,' ilV ;h ' ’uM k n o w how to c are"fo Rr * h e
belief th a t one is eating it, or a
T his hook h as 800 pages, is neat)
d i n h Ÿ’f ,
h ,’1u ';ho!d. w h ich is a h u m a n r i g h t an d
bound m cloth w ith g o ld !? tU r8,and wii
S uperstition, In sa n ity, Ignor­
■ i . «mi b o o k g iv e s th e in f o rm a tio n n e e d ed anti In
faith th a t one m ay eat some in the
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I con
ance.
c se n t p o stp aid to any address on re
h '. t ’ i / ' ” *
, , o t n a " i i’ig th e u se o f a n y poison
future; th a t it is better to realize ed
le? th
* "t r .,CtIy to t h “ use
P o i s o n e r rem-’ oeipt of price, $3.00.
« m. n r / ; n H tTUe p r in e iP |(‘ ‘ h a t sh o u ld g u id e a l
th a t this life is a certain ty th an it
a<1—
d
BY C. S. SPARKS.
SPECIAL OFFER BL ^ cla ^ l rcer’ w e o i,e’
is to mope around like a chicken
PHYSICIAN IN THP
Y o u rs tr u ly ,
OF
REASON n J h HOUSE and the TORCH
D r . w . h . C ook .”
for °ne
one year
yrar for only
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with the cholera and wait for a
th e price of the book alone.
Agnostics are u n acquainted w ith lovely hereafter th a t is a decided
“spirit m an ifestatio n s” ; the “ de­ uncertainty.
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parted” never “a p p e a r” to them ,
Our Job Department
Agnostics know th at, according
neither in
their
w aking nor
to the Bible, “ God” m ade hea veil i
----- ALWAYS GIVES-
in th eir sleeping
hours.
In
and hell, and th a t he m ust be a
their “ m in d ’s eye” nothing but
very bad indiv id u al to bave m ade
the real appears; gods, ghosts and
the latter, and th at association with
phantom s give them the go hv and
him at either place is to he avoided.
seek more congenial com pany in
Between the two, it is likely, on a c - ' HONEST S T n r ir
the m in d ’s eye” of the credulous. count of the distance from the
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CK» F<NESi INK AND EX C ELLEN T W O R K flA N SH IF
Spirit rap p in g s” never occur w ith­
“ m aker’s” abode, the la tte r w o u ld ' 2
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in their hearing; they are the crea­
be the choice of the greater num ber.
. F o rs tn e r’s-
tures of the “ W itch of E n d o r”, and
I B E A T-T H E -W O R LD P R IC E S !
Agnostics know th a t by reason of
In 3 or 4
go in the sam e com pany as they
e tts te in ’s
ounce silver-
their
investigations
thousands
upon
(hd in her time. “ H eavenly songs”
ine cases :
arranted
“
Trenton ” ,
are never heard by the Agnostic, thousands have left the graves of
atches
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ta n d a rd ” ’ , '
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in v a l d a b e to
their
dead
w
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shedding
a
tear
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and to the dying one C hrist never
or ‘C e n tu ry ’,
of fear for their welfare; th a t it has ? jew els, $3. E lgin or W a lth a m ^ h e s? 7 C a r p e n te r s a n d Jo in « ™ f,
appeared with outstretched arm s.
'“ t ? PrÎÏB’ “ ¡W;
h, l,«ks,'as it takes th’
Strange, is it not? but it is true. been alm ost two thousand years
since
the
C
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have
dared
to
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He mingles in the sam e society as
claim th a t a single soul on earth ¡::t.vrnon‘1” ’ 17 je '' d p; fl,n ad ju sted , gilt, C a b in e t Mi
M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow
of old.
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has seen their God or had any V a n g u a rd ” , E lgin ” 149” , “ 150” ,“ 181’
knot« PT
i a tc h in g , rem oving sp lits ant
Agnostics know th a t “ conver- direct com m unication with hitm
ail 2 i
k n o ts.
U - In
,n “ fact,
« • no
sion” is an acknow ledgem ent of be- th at he “ revealed him self” only out,¿>5. The’ a’» « ‘int ™oz?coh,r7dve;
M ak" ,n»nufac‘ui
hpf and faith and a su rrender of
when the world was in the throes
tl»e au th o rity of one’s own m ind,
of darkness and ignorance, and if m o re; in 26-year cases, $0.50 an d $0
ire, nor
and th a t “ sanctification” is an evi­
the education and present attain - : " t T m a i ' f e ^ s s . - I n g o M . f l i W
WoodwOTk8r’ ’bouid b
dence of illiteracy, and is born of a
.
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E a d ie s G old W a t c h e s .— In g o ld -fille d
n m ie ent
n t of
a n r rem
e m a ains
in s at
a t th«
hi«h 20-year
20-vear cases,
pa««« 7 7 jew els, $10; 15
ic .- jew
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,.u
tn o u t it.
of m
man
the high
consuming
fear
of
“
bell”,
and
th
a
t
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a d ju s te d , $10; th e “ O tto
0 the intellig en t the word is en-
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, ar,d heard no rnore5 th a t th e tim e tra fine throughout, $22.50. These in
UPlhyUALED
lions'nf b ' ; , 1 m' a n ‘nf ; th a t mi1 m ay come, when a belief in the A H T r d s t ^ K a n d ’! -5!’ ,?,O' e- 11’’ the on|y round bit in the world
aer fie d b renf
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CT" e " y S u p ern atu ral will be an evidence of
U' ^ d ^ » ^ V A R K HOI.K
has tr ! b “d
CentUr 8 m ight ipfiani‘y> as “ ”
‘be a ”d
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na8 trium phed over rig h t, all for • .
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a n ” * at( hes k e p t in o rd er one year.
the “alnrv of Pzwi» »k 7 v
intelligent, an evidence of ignorance.
F or solid gold or w atches not listed
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correspond w ith me.
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of fiv« a u r
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‘oe glory of G o d ’; th at K ing Da-
above
lively save you 20 p e rc e n t, on D iam onds, < L i i LH d? ffefren.t IH,J!« ’.P<*tpaid . .$ 2 .«
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R o c h e lle III
R o c h e lle , III.
Biyuntains with a girdle about his plication to F ltilquest & Andrews, ,, ><?nd for price-lists of Ingersoll spoons,
and a chunk of honey in one Secular Booksellers, El Paso, Texas, i trS /'^ T h c -isrin ^ th e ciu’cible” / ? ^ “8 Address, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO,
SILVERTON OREGON.
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