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THE TORCH O F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JULY 26, E. M. 300 (1900.)
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Quoting Jesus words, “ love your
enem ies.” did not seem to change
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m atters much either. He insists
th at the scriptures clearly show
P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U n i that it is best to “ leave them alone”
versity C om pany, in the In te re sts of
and that it is im possible for him to
C onstructive, Moral S ecularism .
j do good to those who h ate him
although he would gladly forgive
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Editor
J. E. H osm er,.
them if they come and ask forgiv-
. M anager ‘ ness in a proper spirit. Now some
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think he is wrong, and yet a G od’s
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Entered a t th e postoffice at S ilverton, book should he so w ritten th a t
Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r.
“ way-faring men though fools need
not err therein,”
ness of any of it will show th at it arouse ourselves as we never have
is im perfect and not divine, this before, and cease our m ourning
will suffice.
and put away our meekness. Let
‘‘Blessed are the poor in spirit.” us shout aloud, so th a t all may
If it is a good thing to have a hear the good tidings of great joy
spirit, it is certainly not a blessing th a t a brighter and better day is
to have it a poor one. C hristians daw ning.
are not agreed as to what the
“ Blessed are they which do
spirit is, hut if by sp irit is m eant hunger and th irst after righteous-
m ird . ho w fo o lis h a ih jn a if is |p ..nPRs. C-T- th.-.u-_a.V.o.l-L
think a p e r s c E
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poor mind and th a t he would be would be continu ally filled with
more apt to inherit the kingdom of righteousness. To be hungry and
heaven on account of his weak thirsty for righteousness shows a
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ness. If heaven is a home for im lack of it, and it is a curse to be
beciles, we prefer to be dam ned starving or choking to death for
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M O UNTAIN CAMP.
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with fire, because we would soon the want of this very essential con
T hree m o n th s, in a d v an c e ................
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get used to it; and we’ve seen dition of m ind. Many C hristians
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
People are apt to “get wheels in
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enough im becility in this world. are em pty a good share of the time,
Money should be sent by registered their heads” if they work and “ Blessed are they th a t m ourn, for
and if one can judge by their state
le tte r or m oney order.
think loo long on the sam e subject
they shall be comforted. Blessed m ents a t “ experience m eetings,”
without a change so we (th e editor)
are the meek, for they shall inherit they think it a sm art thing to be
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in com pany with the sweetest and the e a rth .” Should we be meek,
unrighteous so as to be very
best young lady he ever met(his wife)
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m
ournful
creatures
instead
of
a
hungry. One who does rig h t as
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes m ounted one of those most wouder-
th a t your subscription lias e x p ire d .
brave and happy people? It can near as he knows how need not
You are earn estly requested to re ful wheel horses, hum an steam
new so th a t you m ay receive th e p a engines, traveling gym nasium s and not be tru e; and if the C hristians worry about being blessed. He
p e r w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have de
w ant to be really blessed, they had has enough righteousness to eat
cided th a t it is best for all concerned em bryonic flying m achines, the
th a t we do n o t send papers longer th a n bicycle, and started for a cooler better take the Torch of R eason’s and d rin k all the time, and if the
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered.
advice instead of th a t of their young are well born and trained
T his will p rev e n t any loss a n d we w il’ clim ate on the beach of the great “ blessed m aster.” It is not best
properly they will have strong,
know ju st w here we sta n d .
Pacific.
We request you to send us th e nam es
for any to m ourn. Be happy; robust characters, unlike those who
I t is night and as we write by
of Secularists who m ight becom e su b
work for w hat you honestly think need to be filled continuallv * with
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. the
light of the cam p fire we
| is right, and your life will be worth artificial, look-at-me-be-good rig h t
feel happy to th in k th a t there is,
much to yourselves, to your friends eousness.
particularly
speaking,a
new
canal
in
T hursday , J uly 26, E. M. 300.
and to the world. I t is a good
It would be a poor sermon, in
this locality which, as far as we are
th in g ’ to be comforted when we are deed, th a t had no good in it, and
concerned, is much more im portant
I f the Torch of Reason and than the N icaragua canal. It is forced to m ourn, but it is not a some things in this Christian m as
Liberal U niversity are not doing our A lim entary canal which is blessing for people to m ourn for terpiece, when separated from the
ju st w hat is for the best interests sure to be much bene fit ted by our the sake of being comforted any chaff, are food for the mind, but
of F reethought and the Religion of short outing before next year's more than it is for a man and wife they are purely hum an, as their
Science and H um anity, write to us active school work begins. To be to fight in order to kiss and make origin, their history, the illogic
about it. We need help, and sure, every p art of our hum an up.
of m any of them , and the light
The
priests
have
alw
ays
advised
perhaps the very best help you can anatom y is lam e and sore, but my,
of modern thought plainly show.
the
people
to
be
meek,
and
it
seems
give us, dear reader, is the very low we eat! Y esterday, in the
to us unnecessary to show why.
thing needed.
W illam ette valley, although it is
But those who have taken the ad
The King of Death
not as bad as the East, we suffered
vice, t’heir children and their ch il
We asked a C hristian the o th er with the heat, and here it is cool d re n ’s children have inherited very
day to loan us a bicycle and being and delightful all day.
sm all portions of the earth in cou-
BY R. G. INGERSOLL.
Well, the cam p fire is low and
stubbornly refused, after much
sequence, while the priests of re
urging we quoted: “ And from him we m ust sleep, so as the sleeping ligion and the priests of politics
th a t would borrow of thee tu rn not ap artm en ts of M ountain cam p are have owned it all and made us
How is it known th a t it was
in
order
we
give
our
readers
a
rest
thou aw ay.” Our friend saw the
slaves.
« • » r T he children of meekness claim ed, d u rin g the life of Christ,
trap , acted em barrassed, but still and go to roost. Good night.
are born to poverty and are stood th a t he had w rought a m iracle?
clung to the bicycle. V erily, the
up before cunningly devised in And if the claim was made, how is
products of science
are more’ T H E SERM O N ON T H E MOUNT. stru m en ts of death to protect and it known th a t it was not denied?
valuable th an th e teachings of
secure the earth for those who are Did the Jews believe th a t Christ
Jesus.
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far from being meek. If these was clothed with m iraculous power?
Our little rhym es in last week’s false doctrines were not w ritten ex W ould they have dared to- crucify
Jesus never rode a bicycle. Do issue, composed from the exam ina pressly for the priests’ use in rob a man who had the power to thrill
you suppose he will learn how tion of th e first six verses of the bing the people, they have a t least the dead with life? Is it not
when he comes again in his glory? Sermon on the M ount, caused us to been used for th a t purpose and are wonderful th a t no one at the trial
W e ask this with all reverence, as study this most of all divine(?) the very best of instrum ents. T h e' of C hrist said one word about the
the preachers say. We w ant people pieces of literatu re in regard to its priests need only to point to the m iracles he had wrought? Nothing
to * see how foolish it is to be wait- practicability as a guide. To show words of Jesu s in case we rebel about the sick th a t he had healed,
ing for the coming of an old Jew ish, th a t it is faulty, and thus not d i against the unm eek. Be meek! or the dead th a t he had raised? If
trad itio n al savior, and nothing vine, is our object, to the end th a t Take your medicine, ye meek and C hrist had w rought the miracle«
much can be done tow ard bringing C hristians m ay be led to the light lowly, for it is God’s will; and if attrib u ted to him ; if he had cured
about right conditions until we of our Religion of Science and they take your sons and set them the m aim ed, the leprous, and the
stop w aiting for som ething to Come H um anity. We will say nothing in the front of b attle and craftily h alt; if he had changed the night
from the skies. W e m ust look to about its being w ritten, not by watch the game of robbing others of blindness into blessed day; if he
the earth for our redem ption from Jesus, but, even according to for th eir own aggrandizem ent, re had wrested from the fleshless hand
( hristian scholars themselves, years member th a t, “ Blessed are they of avaricious death the stolen jewel*
ignorance and sin.
after C hrist was dead, by priests or th a t m ourn, for they shall be com of a life, and clothed again with
disciples.
C hristians say from forted.” They will g ra n t you a throbbing flesh the pulseless dust,
A C hristian of S ilverton, one of memory; we th in k m ostly from pension, or board and lodge you in he would have won the love and
<mr best friends, said to us the im agination. But the tru th or the county house. W h at a com adoration of m ankind.
If ever
other day th a t he did not love his falsity of the doctrines of the first fort for the loss of a son or a h u s there shall stand upon this earth
enem ies and th a t he was not going few verses is all we can spare room band!
the king of death, all hum an knees
to pretend nor try to love them . , for at this time, and as the weak-
i O, brothers and sisters, let us will touch the ground.
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