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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1900)
T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 9, E. M. 30U ■ 1900.) 3 oversight, the V illa Medici in object of C h ristian ity , vanishes, Rome. Later, when his health was for there is no “ firm am ent” above sufficiently restored for him to be us. 1 he earth revolves on its axis "■ — ■ ***** gin the journey, he was sent to 25,000 miles each day and 558 m il Siena. At the end of the y ear he lions of miles around the sun each A shoem aker found fault with an oil-painted slipper ih was allowed to retu rn to his Villa year, and at the sam e tim e the sun one of the paintings of a celebrated a rtist, but showed the A rcetri near Florence, while resi moves 300 m illions of miles each greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the p a in t dence in Florence rem ained forbid year tow ards the also moving ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let the cobbler den till his d e a t h . These m e a s u r e s LieUiLt'eaS.-’J ..Cix 7-5 AttPrd - vv ' ■ J.V J.i s aa p j, I # f I . trO " ' n Which m ade surveillance of G alileo eald, cufeia non e s s e , “ in e H eav As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush II easy and hia seclusion much more ens are not,” the old dynasty of at S ilverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, at strict, and from which the Pope, io God and Pope ended. For, no spite of all the intercession of influ H eaven, no Hell. The W orld be ential men, was not to be d issu ad came the boundless Infinite, w ith e d , had the uudesired result of giv out beginning or end. The possi ing rise to all kinds of stories; for bility of a creating personal God S ilv e rto n , O regon. exam ple, that he had already suf vanished with his residence. The S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E PRODUCE TAKEN fered the pains of to rtu re; and with Day of Judgm ent, which “ his Son” the blindness resulting several was to hold 1800 years ago, became Our Job D e p a rtm e n t years later the rum or was connect absurd. H e never ascended to, -A L W A Y S GIVES ed th a t both his eyes had been put nor descended from, a nowhere , out by the h an d of the executioner and never can! B runo’s pyre was in the prisons of the Inquisition! th a t of C hristianity. Pope U rban continued his hatred 2. And so with the Bible. The and persecution even after Galileo’s -----B E C A U SE IT G IV E S ----- notions of a creation, world-deluge, death, which occurred on the 8th sun-stop, etc., etc., passed into the HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSK1P of J a n u a ry , 1642, and this may be lite ra tu re of Ancient M ythology. regarded as fu rth er proof th a t he 3. The New T estam ent follows believed the intteudos of the Jesuits. suit I he “ F ath er in H eaven” < v How to Make After the p en iten t sinner had been was not. The dove from the. refused burial by the C hurch, the “ Open H eaven” follows the “ m a erection of a m onum ent, for which terialized” T ransfiguration and the arrangem ents had been m ade by T he G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e P ostal S y stem , w hy n o t alst Day of Judgm ent. “ The C hrist” th e Money S ystem ? A plan is told by C. E LT O N B L A N C H A R P friends and pupils,was discontinued in h is book e n title d ................................. said th a t day would surely come to by the special wish of the Pope, those then living. M att. 24:34. U N C L E S A M ’S “ because it is not fitting to honor T h at “ D ay” was the sum of the by a m onum ent a heretic sentenced H O M IL IE S O N F IN A N C E . New T estam ent from Matthew to by the H oty See to do penance, and —— Postpaid for 25 Cents Revelations and ends the whole to die before the expiration of his All profits on th is book will be given to th e L io eral U n iv ersity business, for it is physically ut sentence.” Should be in th e h an d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rd ers to terly impossible. The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon The Church had won a great vic 4. And the church and churches tory, for she had forced a weak, old m an, seventy years of age, by all go too, of course; and th a t night the engines of power at her com mare, the Papacy; and the Episco m and, to disown his convictions. AND There was n a tu ra lly great rejoicing pacy; and the Greek C hurch hor over it, and in the next fifty years ror and all the rest, are swept out One of th e rare st jzifts is th e ta le n t to there was poured out over the u n by the total collapse of its Heaven. judge S ilv e r to n , O re accu rately a d iam o n d in all its M a in S t r e e t believing a genuine flood of tri Read the story of Galileo and Mr. various q u a litie s. As genius for m usic CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF um phnnt refutations of the Coper- S argent’s letter in this Torch, and or p a in tin g m u st he inborn to produce th e g reat a rtis t, so th e faculty to cor uican system. C ertain astrono see how stupid, obstinate and rectly d ete rm in e a d iam o n d in all its S chool mers, protected and guided by the diversified d etail an d c h a ra c teristics can “star of the wise,” found favor be bloody against the tru th C hristi never l>e acquired, unless by th e rare Supplies fore the Papal See! They belonged an ity was! The healthy, tru th - few who are gifted in th is d irectio n . A to the most faithful sons of the loving m an shrinks from it with dealer m ay be a good jew eler, a success Books and m erc h an t and an h o n est m an, and C hurch, and Prof. Scipione C hiar- horror. To continue an exposed ful vet deceive you on a d iam o n d , sim ply omonti of Pisa raged furiously tonery. because he him self is deceived. I have illusion is to become a liar. l>eeii In th e business fortv y ears. I against Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, could no m ore be deceived on a d ia Dealers in F ru its, V egetables Kepler, Galileo and all who op m ond th a n th e cash ie r of th e Bank of and C onfectionery. posed A ristotle and Ptolem y. E n g lan d could I>e on a bank note. W hen The Rom an C uria in the year Two Ways of Asking a Blessing. buying d iam o n d s I use no glasses, ask no q u estio n s except th e p rice ; my 1835, in a new edition of the Index, 5 0 YEARS* acute vision in sta n tly d etects th e slig h t- ! struck out the works of Copernicus, E X P E R IE N C E difference in color every flaw and In a town not a hundred miles est Kepler, Galileo and other earth- im perfection. Y our in te re sts will lie 1 movers, after having previously from Chicago, a gentlem an invited protected if you buy of m e. If you w ant made several exceptions. It th ere to dinner one day one of the dea a R ing, P in , S tu d ,e tc ., for $10,$20, $50, by acknowledged th a t it had not cons o f the church which he a t $100 or up, send to m e. I will send you th e goods p rep aid . K eep them a week earlier been inspired by the Holy or tw if you are ,’?;, no t t 8 satisfied a t { .X o, ’X and h ’ * ! , are ati « fied th tha Ghost, add th a t it no longer regards tended. Being o seated at the table, » 1 ! ?V undersell all competitors, return and T rade M a r k s D e s ig n s the belief in the cen tral position of the guest was asked to offer a bless- get y o u r m oney C o p y r ig h t s A c . the earth as a p relim inary con ing, which he did. This proceeding Anyone Rending n sketch and deacrlptlon m-v quickly » c e r ta in our opinion free whether a:i dition of salvation. O tto W e tts te in , invention ta probably patentable. Communlc greatly excited the curiosity of the f Ions strictly confidential. II an a book on P a te i.u sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. gentlem an’s little four-vear-old,who Patent« taken through Munn A Co recolv« R o c h e lle , I II . fe r ia l notice, w ithout c harge. In the sat beside the deacon and in ter Astronomy Ends Christianity. Send for m y price list of W atches, viewed him on the guhject. “ W hat C h ain s, Jew elry , Silverw are, Free- A handsomely illustrated weekly. la r g e s t elr culatlon o f any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a BY T. B. W AKEM AN. was that you said?” he began. “ It th o u g h t Badges, Ingersoll Spoon, and year: lour months. |L Sold by all newsdealers. mv tra c t, “ T heism in th e C ru c ib le,” was a blessing on the food we are Branch Ofllc» fW. F Rt„ W ashington. D. C. Bruno, Galileo and Servetus about to e a t,” replied the deacon. ought to m ake every intelligent “ A w hat?” “ Why, a blessing. person asham ed of C h ristian ity . Don’t your papa ask a blessing at UST AS NATURAL o ld h ro he W iley B. and a ye'd deal more reliable. IXwnn t break i ta egga or make Its chleka lot»y. Allen Q d . Modern astronom y m akes C h risti the table?” “Oh, yes, but he don’t Doeau’tatay off the neat and allow th« eggs to chill but hatch«» egg that can ba anity vanish like the baseless fab say it th at way.” “ How does he T h e O ld e s t! th e L argest ! M usic petaluma I ncubator ric of the vision it really wag and say it? ’ “ W hy, he »it« down and Store, L eading P i RI akaolotsly Berfect as to tneahatoreaaaotlala- p r o p e r a p p lic a n a o la tu re , is. looks at the table and says: l t a io t l n o n a n a d n d d la v t e r l n b t n i l t a l t o i o n n o . f b F e o a r t W a » n t d o TfiO anos and O rgans. eggs. WE PAY ANYWHERE In th e V . 8. Handsom e c a ta lo g fre e. xoQ -aii Flrat S t w 1. The old H eaven, the main^ ‘G oddlem ighty, what a d in n er!’ ” EREIOHT S 'e t a lu m a I n c u b a t o r t o , B o x , P e t a l u m a , Cal, g obbler, stick to thy last! <-4‘V a **-• Jam es Cra . . . Satisfaction ' Good Times for all Time D IA M O N D S . 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