T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N . OREGON, JU L Y 26, E. M 300 (1900.) For the Torch o f Reason. They discredit the Bible, they be- f lieve orthodoxy to be mere super-1 stition, but they say it does us no) Fac-simile of the Cloth Edit Toru oi Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper BY M RS. M. M. T U R N E R . harm ; and its followers find great the Famous ® Covers of the * pleasure in the hopes it gives them “ The biologist aud the evolution o f future happiness. Hence we library of library of ist in Prof. St. George M ivart tri- have no right to interfere with i-j B n R .A L ÇT„ A .SSTCS j t d e t > a t z - t a o o t z - o » e. ♦ L < > o 1 L i b r a r y o f L i b e r a l C la Excom m unication. oeiteî; be^d^ the Bibîë h r was excom m unicated by Car wields a great influence in prevent dinal V aughn. ing crime. C rim inals, they say, ’BSAironJBtULCÜWV “ Count Tolstoi has been recent have no fear of prison bars or the ly excom m unicated. The undeni gallows, but stop when they th in k able provocation for this was un of punishm ent w ithout end in the doubtedly found in th ^ t portion of fu i ii re. MA his last novel, ‘R esurrection,’ in All this is absurd, and shows the which he openly attacked th e o r narrow ness and shallow -m inded- thodox R ussian Church. H e re ' ness, of such people. They have jected the en tire doctrinal fram e refused to investigate, to read, to work of the C hristian scheme uf discuss, or even to think, until their redem ption. He had little faith minds, like the shallow pool, having even in im m o rtality . He declared C lo O t T H E D IT IO N S . neither inlet or outlet, have becom P A P E R E D IT IO N S . Pair»' P aine's Age o f R eason................................... C ? o £ M f lP PLETE th a t the sum of all the evil possible stale. P a n e V i 'i ,L i w LETE W O RK S. P„ ; Î .Î ‘ ------ > 1 - 1 '\ o r k s . z 2 v vol. o i. i . P aine’s C om m on S ense................. .................... ,« 1 h^o-o-Tc.u W orks l vol. , P ain e’s Rights o f M a n ......... ................ « to the people, if left to themselves, J Aine b M iscellaneous W orks. 1 voi ' P aine’s Crisis ........................ Is it rig h t to encourage people in 36 . By (. l i - R ickm an " ' ’ ‘ " .................................... could not equal the sum of the evil believing and teaching m yths and d ito r o f TAc Va /ioz»- _ an d „ th e , e ..............- » at) > TOI. 5 ’ °1 * IJi e-. «' to /U m I j lllu .lr .I M . » actually accom plished by the ty r superstition, sim ply because it gives Paine’3 ' “ ¿» o f .................... » 2±2S.« r .«£.5 ü * » n i u . t r . u d . . . . . 2 T ; I'P a in e ’s i ’r h is " ° f M an..............SO Vicar o f öävoy.'and'A St-arcTV or© anny of church and state. them pleasure to do so? Is Ignor- ig n o r- i p^ne’’ F ifp 'h ' A * " ;-. ........................................ a 1 “*t“. u/ ... ....................... 50 ao ~ wy uuv« u.uve »cnreir S c h re in e r.............. » H L„!„7,7 J , ’ v ed N ational. Profusely illus vs Rousseau’s Social C o ntract “ No priest is to absolve him or anpp hli«<a? To i f k n t i n . » ao ance 01189 r IS It better to allow l p * " e s « V W î Î ® '? fe'.b y Clio R ic k m a n a n d V J S u p e rstitio n in all Aires. P o rtra it ao give him com m union, nor is he to people to be ignorant than to under- , p“ Paine's P r in nàT P p ZÜ SŒÜ W o r t r < ( ..... fne’8 Cri1 ^ c iP:‘1 olitical i ^ i 1 . V 00 1 ¿5 Oickens5 Sunday’ U ndei■ T h r e e H ^ d s P o r rtra m i it 50 33 W orks, Com plete, <2 vols ) 2 co Bulwer’s H istory o f a False Religion* Illus he buried in consecrated g ro u n d .” take to educate them ? If it is. • ' ( Pnina’a l«.?we.n ’aRu • S? °us au d Theological W orks' l no T a lle y ra n d ’s L etter to th e Pone * P o rtra it ’ 36 36 . . . . . . . let . a us _ turn , U I „ all our o u r institutions l u ^ l t u t i o n s ^ b o n s H istory o f C hristianity. U lus 3 £ £ bh? ” ’? B irth and C h a r c t K * M ^ m i t . . Absolution is a farce, com m union then 36 Of learning into churches and let r s B 2rth a n d C h a ra cte r o f M ahom et. 50 g l e n s ’ H o r« S a b b a tic ® .................................. 36 is a superstition, and one piece of ignorance reign supreme. | K 25 ground does as well as another; As to the influence on crim inals, I , «•atner Tom a n d th e Pope a t th e V a tic a n ........ 36 consecration is nonsense. C ount while the hope of heaven, or fear of Tolstoi can easily do w ithout any hell, m ay have prevented some of these things, as his reason m ust crim es, C hristianity is justfy re sponsible for its thousands. And to prove to him. say th a t man can not, or will not, This ordinance of excom m unica do right without such an influence, tion curses the individual in all of is placing ourselves on a footing the organs of his body and th eir too low to be worthy of the nam e of V oltaire’s R om ances. I llu s tr a ttd ............. 1 sn 77 Essays and C riticism s. P ro fu sclv illu s 1 60 functions in the nam e of God and civilization. R ousseau’s Vicar o f bavoy. P o rtra it a d t h 60 V o ltaire’s Zadig, o r F ______ a t e ; and T he W hite Sisters, Ore. _ Rousseau s Social C ontract. P o rtrait. 70 Bull, a S atirical Rom ance .... the angels; curses him up hill and 30 M eslier’s S uperstition in ail Ages. 1 o rtia it 1 00 -------The Sage and the A th e ist; also The P n ncess o f B abylon........ ............ S N e fiirr <* (p litu b r nut* '-IQrim 11 ft. P o rtrait 1 00 down dale; it tu rn s every m a n ’s 36 Vo ney's Ruins o f E m p ire s.’ illu strate d . £ ------ T he Man o f Forty C row ns; an d The Dog Trees E num erator. H uron, or, Pupil o f N ature.. Volne> s New R esearches in A ncient H istory 1 50 3C hand against him , as p art of re R ead esiW in w o o d ) M arty rd o m of Man.... 7 1 00 —— M icrom egas; The W orld a» it Goes ; Checkers Ceylon. P o o r rtra it rm xv ««»• , u t c c h e i 5 Visit v ¿ sii i to o C e y lo n . P tr a it i m < Plato’s Dream ; J e a n n o t & Colin etc ligion. O ne’s own m other, before The New York W orld p rin ts the Sicken’,’ «« n d ay -U n d er T hree H eads, runs. £ V oltaire’s Romances, c o n ta in in g the above 4 35 bookj in one vol. Profusely illustrated 31 00 Science had to some extent civilized «6 following from H untington, Conn.: »W™ ’. Apology for M ahom et, th e ' n ïu a. 50 ------- L e tte rs on the C hristian Religion £ — — — ! B 'icnner s Force au,; M atter. P o r t.a it * — ------- Philosophy o f H isto ry ............... ............... Roman Catholicism , dared not ------- Ig n o ra n t P h ilo so p h er.................................... >5 rile Rev. H. L. H utchins, one of o " ci?1f r s,. ‘l a )i husl- P re se n t a n d ’F u tu re . 1 — Chinese C atech ism ......................... . . • 25 openly feed her starving, excom the religious census enum erators Oomtei po< dtive i h i ’ c i o p h r ’“ P o r tr a it......... 4 w V — oltaire’s Essays an d C riticism s contains the above 4 books, profusely illu stra te d ........ 1 00 m unicated son. I t destroyed the sent out by the Connecticut Bible s ^ ’ A n a t o m y ^ ^ « ^ 11®- Fortr“it- 1^ R enan s U fe o f Jesus. Illu s tra te d .......... » W isdom o f Life. P o rtra it ” 35 sanctity of life. It is not religion, Society to learn what proportion of S.41110’ T hi.lo8nphrv .o f Ijise n e b a n t m e n t . " 75 S chopenhauer’s — C ounsels a n d M axim s..................... 33 »t.ton/lu Bulwer’s*IHsSwX«<> ?8 ---- Ii«u xion : a Dialogue A O th er Essays V , attends « a/1w er’i- H istory o f a J“iz-v^.*»l«Ji7,7 f a ls e Religion 7........ but a tyran ical interference with the State’8 population &« ---- The A rt o f L ite ra tu re ....................... ,,n r U . !<> Pope* P ortrait... 6€ « church took his statistics under Ä ’Ä 25 Ilv Lr uia V fardot...... 6i — Studies in Pessim ism ................. " ./ / ...... religious freedom and personal lib difficulties yesterday afternoon. On r a t h e r T ? mra n d ’h ef. G abrielle’s Life and Im m o rtality o f M an...... bo e P o p ^ » » th e Vatic In g erso ll’s Lecture«, vol. I, c lo th ............. 3 50 3€ Davidson’s Canon o f th e Bible............. erty. reaching W alnut Tree Hill, a rural ______ . 50 ‘‘ v °l- I, full sheep........... 5 00 D arw in’s O rigin o f Species.................. ............. , , V°L I, h a lf m orocco..... 3 oc H ypatia By C harles K ingsley....... 50 Science is relieving the hum an d istrict of H untington, he started Bacon’s Paradoxes. P o rtra it ........................ 10 »peona vo/unie in preparation.) t he Scientific Religion By M aniel S a n d s ’. 50 Ingersoll a Prose Poem s. P o rtra it ........ 1 st to enter the dooryard of Mrs. Geor reason of the shackles with which Ingersoll’s C ontroversy A C hristm as Hermon 36 . T .. C heaper E dition.. 1 5C --------- Gods and o th e r L e c tu re s ................. 50 G ods a n d o th e r L ectures............. 1 oc C hristianity has bound it; when it giana H urd. Ghosts and o th er L ectures............... M G hosts End o th e r Ix*ctures..... 1 00 “ I know you! You can ’t ques «, Som e M istakes of Moses.... ......... 1 0C ---------- Home M istakes of Moses is fully aroused to the beauty and tion me! ------------ i,n r i 5 7 i ; w8 on T alm ag e..................... m In ie rv ie w -o n T alm age..... ou re a public nuis- 1 0C --------W hat M ust we do to be Saved T....... « *■o el'l-Inpersoii Discussion holiness of the tru th of Science, ance », came a voice from a win- --------------- Ing< 50 33 rs' Il G ladstone C ontroversy 6C -------------B lasphem y............................................. 35 --------------- ¿ h e c h n s tiu n R e lig io n ............... which all of the various theologies dow. There was a rattlin g of -------------- 6C ------------ Man, W om an a n d Child. P o rtra it. 35 P a trio tic A d d resses...... 50 -------------S hakespeare, a Lecture. P o rtra it. 15 a L ecture. P o rtrait ■50 ---------- About th e Holy Bible, a L ecture cannot prevent, Rom anism will chains behind the house, and a P 7 e n a n 7 ’s lafe S hakespeare, ot vans . cpT i 7. ------------ V oltaire, a L ecture. P o rtra it........ 35 avidson’s C anon ot th e Bible ‘ 1 “ 1 S — Field-Ingersoll D isc u ssio n ............. 25 find this o rd inance of excom m uni large bulldog dashed out a t him .! A D pocptpual New T e s ta n ^ n t............................. I ------------ Ingersoll-G ladstone C ontroversy... 35 The Rev. Mr. H utchins, though T he C h ristian R eligion............ 35 cation a dead an d useless thing, of sixty-seven years old, was on the ------------ F o u n d atio n s o f F a ith ........ 15 How to Reform M ankind...'.. ” .*.';.*.*.* 35 s STjon History of the B ible/. . .......... which they m ust eventually be u t fence in a bound. Perched o*n the ' K a eeler rly le ’s F rencn R evolution..... ............. Essays a n d C riticism s 25 T he T ru th , a L ectu re...................... 25 top, with his feet jam m ed between | O ncer’s GamJaEthb8 .... i « terly asham ed. ------ Crim es A gainst C rim in als................ 10 -------- A braham L incoln, a L ecture. P o r 25 the pickets he beseeched t h e , I)a^ n>, rj ----- M hi eh W ay? A L e c tu r e .................. r> woman to call off her dog. The Garwin’s O rigin o f Species........ ...................... J i i or the T orch o f Reason. -------- M yths a n d M iracles. A L e c tu re ... 35 -------- P atrio tic A ddresses........................ jjj latter was leaping up against the! K ® $ s ° than our"'”— w -------- Home Reasons W hy......................... *3 T3 Stale F reethinkers. fence to reach t n e p clerg l p r a v y m m Q an n ’a --------W hy I am an A gnostic............... 25 s S ch o p e n h a u er’s Essavs ............ T3 --------Koine o r Reason 1 ............ " v, BJui. 2 60 trousers. --------S uperstition A L ectu re...... ' sb 00 , 4 VO,R - Boxed Illus... 6 i (/» --------On th Devil. C obbett’ft E nglish G r a m m a r ................ Mrs. H u rd ’s daughter, Miss M acauley’s Lays o f A ncient Rom e? iilna. " 3 so BY R. L . H IC K M A N . T hanksgiving Hermon as He ß .................................;;;;;........ 2 1 » Lydia, appeared She seized the Shakespeare P o rtray ed by H im self....... ------------ V indication o f T hom as P a in e ......... ik n nn ' n. S p i N , S H R o m a n c e s . dog’s chain and tried to lead the Don Q uixote, 4 v o ! s ............ Is Suicide a Hin ? 35 It is an old saying .th at, “Still To tn e C lergy............... ». anim al away, but it refused to Lazarillo de fo rm es, 2 vols' In d ividuality .................. ; / .................. 2 1 vol. 48 Etching», Liberty in L ite ratu re .................... »? haters run deep.” W hile this is budgp. Then the Rev. Mr. H utch-! Asmodeua, Bachelor o f Salam .’nca l vol crovm hv», “ 10 -------------O Orthonoxv. rthodoxy ... eloin. — ------- L im itations of T o le ra tio n ................... in V(-ry true in some instances, we ins calm ly drew forth his portfolio Vaniad1% “ i% ior “ erTy Boxed $18.00 ■»anas’ D iscourse A bout Im m o rta lity ..... so Very often find a very shallow pool and plied Miss Lydia with his list A dventures o f Gil Bin«, 3vol8..*** ” ‘‘ R e lig io n ............ io “ G o d .................... M »2”^ “ “ ------- ‘ of water which is still, because it of questions, which she willingly — “ conduct...................£ answered, the dog all the while b J J 3 T he Law o f Success has no outlet, and in this case the tugging at its chain. _____ ,, „ an d F a ilu re o f T hings AdSSwei’rfrÎîi mLOTH ^ O ’TIONS. 90 Opposites in General 30 v'atersoon becomes stale. o f f ^ the I he ’s questioning -------- e v u completed, u i p ^ u , v u the e , Asmodeas o rth e Dc‘n ’ “r B i r b l ‘ e ‘ ~ H clergym an suggested th a t the chai,. ! & 7 S : " ‘“ J S iu ^ M “ have in o ,7UI ur m u j i idst u n i today iu u a \ a a , -------- m e u u itiii v.v, ^ « ‘»inanc«. niu«tr»ted. i «, u ,c on i wo sticks. Illus. «I»«" of people calling themselves ' T " 6*! the f?ncft- The dog ’'X 't Ì U ! 1“ ! 2 £ S Freethinker«; who ma’y justly be H m /hin? los/"1’ ““ compared to these shallow pools, i bis carriage and driving o il * Mr’ POR S A L E BY , T H E J 'O R 'C H .... 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