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
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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
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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
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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.
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, P ain e’s Rights o f M a n .........
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to the people, if left to themselves,
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P
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Is it rig h t to encourage people in
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could not equal the sum of the evil believing and teaching m yths and
d ito r o f TAc Va /ioz»-
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actually accom plished by the ty r­ superstition, sim ply because it gives Paine’3 ' “ ¿» o f
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anny of church and state.
them pleasure to do so? Is Ignor-
ig n o r- i p^ne’’ F ifp 'h ' A * " ;-. ........................................
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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
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S u p e rstitio n in all Aires. P o rtra it
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give him com m union, nor is he to people to be ignorant than to under- , p“
Paine's
P r in
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SΆ W o r t r < ( .....
fne’8 Cri1
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olitical
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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.
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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
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Pupil
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N
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Volne>
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New
R
esearches
in
A
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H
istory
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50
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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
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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
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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
£
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! 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 ..........
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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 .......................
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church took his statistics under Ä
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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
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v °l- I, full sheep........... 5 00 D arw in’s O rigin o f Species.................. .............
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, 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
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to
enter
the
dooryard
of
Mrs.
Geor­
reason of the shackles with which
Ingersoll’s C ontroversy A C hristm as Hermon
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--------- 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
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Som e M istakes of Moses.... ......... 1 0C ---------- Home M istakes of Moses
is fully aroused to the beauty and tion me!
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holiness of the tru th of Science, ance », came a voice from a win- --------------- Ing<
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rs' Il G ladstone C ontroversy
6C -------------B lasphem y.............................................
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--------------- ¿ 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
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cpT i
7.
------------ V oltaire, a L ecture. P o rtra it........
35
avidson’s C anon ot th e Bible
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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
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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>,
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----- 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........................
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latter was leaping up against the! K ® $ s °
than our"'”—
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BY R. L . H IC K M A N .
T hanksgiving Hermon
as He ß .................................;;;;;........
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Lydia, appeared She seized the Shakespeare P o rtray ed by H im self.......
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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»,
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rthodoxy ...
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$18.00 ■»anas’ D iscourse A bout Im m o rta lity
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so
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T he Law o f Success
has no outlet, and in this case the tugging at its chain.
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Opposites in General 30
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