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T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 16, E. M. 300 (1*00.) glorify h u m an ity . Down with the c a ste s! Up with m anhood and womanhood! Down with hypoc- •'* risy! Up with honesty and tru th ! 1 z-vm with . t faith o i e I» ■»»o «T om 9 T T__ Down and z-3 prayer! Up with knowledge and research! Down with priestcraft! Up with freedom of thought! Down with the cross ai d all other sym bols of superstition, and up with the ban- ners of the free! 5 scripture apostasy is used bynony- expect the U. S. to declare war with m ously with idolatry, therefore every governm ent th a t is not will- the ing it to uc be uuuci underhandedly — w - orship - - - - - r paid to the V irgin .......... R to subm uiiin n a u u m jy -------- M ary and the saints, and the honor I underm — -- ined and overthrow n by University Number of Freethought Magazine j _ _ _ _ * * • i . « w • • . t __ - and worship which the P apists give them .” • • M M. T. W ith Pearl W. G e e r’s p o rtra it 15c to the im age' of C hrist and t h e _____________ Epitome of Positive Philosophy saints is idolatry. Non-Sewer-G as Liberalism , By T . B. W a k e m a n ...................... , g c “ In the Church of Rome has been _ Freethought: Past, Present and Future. fulfilled St. P a u l’s prophecy of the E ditor T orch of R eason : By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re apostasy, which was to precede the Y our sam ple copies of the Torch an d life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12 second com ing of C h rist.” of Reason came to hand in due 10c copies, $1,00; e a c h .................... H e says, “ I shall endeavor to season and have m ade a good im- Emancipation of Education. GRANDM A AN D T H E B A B E S. show th at the characteristical m arks pression. Indeed I was expecting An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T . B. of th e ‘man of sin and son of per- a g00d tone from w hat I had been akeman , D elivered on th e in co r p o ratio n of th e L ib e ral U n iv ersity . The g ran d m a p riests, w ith m ystery toys, dition, who exalteth him self above told concerning the W ak em an ’s and P ric e ....................................................... 5 c A m use G o d ’s little jfirls and boys; all th a t is called God, so th at he as some of the rest of you. And th e “ balies in C h ris t,” how th e y coo and crow God sitteth in the temple of G o d / I believe your foundation is Sci- Photographs of the Faculty For th e g ra n d m a m m a s,th e y love them so! are all to be found in the Papacy, entific and “ level-headed” and th at of th e L ib eral U n iv e rsity , s u it able for fram in g . P ric e ................ 5 Q C The priests are m others of the and, consequently, th at the P apal you will discourage m ere buffoonery gods, and therefore grandm others powei is the m an of sin .’ ’ and grinning burlesque. Y our nos- Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. P r ic e ....................................... of th e “ babes iu C h rist.” These V arious texts of scripture and trils probably do uot delight in the 1Oc dearly beloved, petticoated, m ale facts of history are adduced to prove moral rottenness of an old super- Freethought Magazine grandm others play with the babes th a t the I apacy has lifted itself stition to such a degree th a t you for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o rial n u m b e r; O ctober, w ith and am use them by ringing bells above the highest kings and princes, wjH 8pend m any precious hours W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber, and giving them such p retty toys and tram pled under foot every hauling out the filth th a t ought to w ith p ictu re of L. U. O. facu lty . P r ic e ............................................. as N o ah ’s ark, a little tiu heaven, e a rth ly dignity, and has blasphem - go on down the great sewer of for- I5 c rubber angels, nursing bottles con ously arrogated to itself title and getfulness. Forstner Auger'Bit tain in g the “ m ilk of hum an k in d au th o rity w h ich ’ belong to God Every century and every great P rice, any siz e ...............................g Q c ness” m ixed with soft soap (no alone. movement has its sewer, th e same Liberal and Scientific Books “ I t can require no argum ent to as every city and every house; but wonder the babes froth a t the of all k in d s. See a d v e rtis e m e n t m o u th ), talk in g snakes, dolls with prove to those who believe in ’the why should people hang with their elsew h ere. Send all o rd ers to real h air (S am son), m agic fishes, scripture, th a t such a power seated notes over these sewers, when they tem ples not m ade with hands, in the church of ( hrist and p re -' have all about them good grounds T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s it y C o , S ilv e rto n , O regon golden crowns and jew sharps and tending to to he his vicegerent, with fresh air to choose from? little nickel-in-the-slot banks. T he m ust owe its origin to the great I make these rem arks because I We b e lie v e th a t card« lik e th e fo llo w in g copy, enem y of God and m an. Since babies put in the pennies, and the have had considerable “ sewer gass” n eatly p rin te d a n d d istrib u te d all over th e U n it ed S tates, w ill help us to b uild th e Liberal U ni gran d m as save the money, after S atan is the father of his and of all sent in “ packages,” claim ing to be versity. R eader, how m any can you d in trib u te to good advantage? T his w ill cost you n o th in g b u t paying expenses, and buy toys for evil, he m ust be in a peculiar m an what F reethought ought to be. a little effort, and m ay help th e cause of F ree- th o u g h t very m uch little heathen boys and girls, who ner the contriver of this m onstrous realize why so m any hundreds o IV E ... had better play as our babies do or wickedness. Liberals refuse to join the Secular T X % R E A S ...F ONS W HY “ The P apacy and the Rom an Union or identify them selves with th ey 'll get whipped. If the babes V YOU get tirecl of th eir toys and act church are both destined to perish Infidels. They are brave enough, n au g h ty , the g randm as know how with the most awful token of divine hut feel th a t they have not the 8 ho u ld H e l p to B u il d m to m ake them be good again. They w rath, as there seems no hope th a t ability to correct a wrong drift. y tell them hear stories or about the they will be reform ed.” P erhaps they have not the tim e for ^ L i b e r a l U n iversity A bull of Pious V. against Queen AT S ILV E R TO N , OREOON. “ black m an ;” th reaten to lock w riting, and so they decide to spend them up in a d ark closet or burn Elizabeth says: ‘ H e th a t reigr.eth their money in Science works or in 1 I t w ill h e lp m any young m en and them alive; prom ise not to take on high, to whom is given all power general lite ratu re; and because of young wom en to a h ig h er ed u catio n who o th erw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its great aw ay th eir toys or tell them in heaveu and in earth, hath com the non-support of these people ad v an tag es. soothing stories until tired nature m itted the one holy and apostolic m any a Liberal jo u rn al struggles 2 I t will ed u cate w orkers for th e g reat forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t a n d Pro gives way and the little ones go to church, out of which there is no or u tterly fails. gress. salvation, to one alone on earth , I have the im pression th a t both sleep. 3 It will forever silen ce th e accu satio n th a t S ecu larists h av e n ev er d o n e a n y nam ely, to Peter, the prince of the i the Liberal U niversity and the th in Some of the stronger babes are g. 4 It will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason beginning to “ run alone;” some have apostles, and to the Roman pontiff, Torch of Reason are for the spread d Love will reign, am i w hen s u p e rs ti even craw led through g ra n d m a ’s successor of Peter; this one he h ath of ozone in the world, and, there- an tion and h a te will lie forever gone. 5 It will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to high board fence and have run away. constituted prince over all nations fore, I wish to help along to the build and o th e rs a m o n u m e n t, G ran d m a coaxes, th reaten s and and all kingdom s, th a t he m ight best of my ability, and herew ith w hile yourself you y et live, th a t will do a m illion calls nam es, but the bars are down pluck up and destroy, dissipate, become a subscriber to the Torch, .¡mes m ore good th a n th e m ost coatly expecting, before the year is out, to one of cold, senseless m arb le. uovv, and g ran d m a is too old to ruinate, plant and build.” All the popes have m ade this send a fair donation to the Ingersoll put them up again. W ell, never I f a ll h e lp a l i t t l e , w e c a n a c claim down to Leo X I I ., who will C hair. m ind, it will he much better for all c o m p lis h m u c h . W ill you h e lp Very sincerely a worker for w hat a lit t le ? concerned when the babies are able never cease to dem and th at the to take care of them selves. Then former condition shall be restored. I m ust term “ non-sewer-gas, Lib- M issionaries of the various the- eralism .” .Six Tracts to Promote g ran d m a will have more time to ologies, each one proved to be wrong M arie H arrold G arrison . “ ’tend to her own k n ittin g .'’ by the evidence of all the others, Soulh C harleston, Ohio. go to foreign lands, wound the re- _____________ In Place of C h r is tia n ity ; Q uotations and Comm ents. ligious feelings of the natives and 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? Offer R enew ed. absorb all of the m aterial a d v a n t 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil E ditor T orch of R eason : ization? ages w ithin th eir reach. It is not O ur offer to give a copy of George W illiam C uningham , Esq., a to be wondered at Qiat the Chinese, Jacob H olyoake’s E nglish Secular 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? 4 Evolution and . Comparison of Religions. P resb y terian , in 1833 published a goaded to desperation, are seeking, ism with a y ea r’s subscription to the Torch of Reason for one d ollar & Belief in Miracles Benefit? book, the object of which was to by Bible m ethods (“ U tterly destroy has m et w ith such a hearty re- 6 Immortality or Annihilation? prove th a t the churcn of Rome is ed all th a t breathed as the Lord sponse th a t we have decided to JU ST T H E T H IN G God has com m anded.”—Josh x.. the apostasy, and th e Pope the man renew the offer. This book is cloth p ’ • I r to h a n d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send of sin and son of perdition prophe- 40), to relieve their land of the hound, gilt top, 150 pages, and 2 cen ts for 6, o r 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts , to E liza M owry B liven , B rook sells for 50 cents. We give it free sied by St. Paul in the 2nd E pistle C hristian devourers. lyn, C o n n ., o r send 10 cen ts with , a y ea r’s subscription to the to the T hessalonians. He claim s Mr. W akem an is right in saving, T , lir for 50, e ith e r kind or a s sorted k in d s, to th a t “ apostasy m eans a falling away th a t “ m issionaries should take their have only a limited num ber so e L ib e r a l u n iv e r s it y from tru e religion, th a t in the lives in their own hands, and not j order at once. ’ W H A T WE HAVE TO S E LL . ■ * 9 Scientific Wisdom S ilve rto n , O re g o n .