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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1900)
8 T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N , AUG UST lfi, E. M. 300 (1900.) “ sin ” of attending the L. U. O. A C o/><xxx>o-<xx>-o-o<><x><x><>o-o-o-<><>-c>o | L IT T L E P O IN T S . X lam p exploded and nearly set her M a n ’ s V ic to r y . clothing and the house on fire, hut Q 0 -0 -0 -0 -0 < > <><>O-CH>O o o o o o o o o o o o o o with the aid of bedclothes th e fire BY R. L . H IC K M A N . Jesus, if the Bible story is true, was extinguished and no one was was an Infidel and was boycotted O d e ath , w here is th y stin g , O grave, h u r t . W a s “ P r o v id e n c e ” foiled? by the orthodox churches of his tim e . w here is th y victo ry .—1 Cor. x v ., 55. For the Torch of Reason. W hen m an has come to realize, W ithout a d oubt or fear, T hat God and Devil are only m y th s, And heaven is rig h t here, And su p e rstitio u s h arriers fall, A nd th e light of tru th sh in e s in, And th e fear of hell is b an ish ed , O d e a th , w here is th y stin g ? F or the Torch of Reason. B ib le Q u e s tio n s . H ave the earth and anim al life remained since creation as And when to T ru th and Science they now are? V as Moses’ ac H e ’s given a helping h an d , And strew n w ith flowers of Reason count correct? Was Adam created T he p ath of his fellow m a n ; fully grown at first, and was E ve And w hen a t last h e ’s laid away To rest for e te rn ity , made from one of A d am ’s ribs? H is works live on th ro u g h endless years. Gen.; chap. 1 and 2. O grave, w here is th y victory? Did the sun and moon stand still at the com m and of Jo sh u a for the O O K X X X )C K X X X > G < > (X M X X )< X X K X X > , I N E W S A N D NO TES. g space of a whole day? Josh, x., 13 Did God m ake coats of skins and O ( X X X X X ) < X > < K X W < X X X > < K ) C H X X X > < - O clothe Adam and Eve before they P reeident and Mrs. Hosm er a r were driven from the garden? Gen. iii., 21. rived a t home M onday. Was it a great sin for Adam and T he fall term at the L iberal U n i Eve to eat of the fruit of the tree versity begins M onday, October 1st. of knowledge and become as gods, Mr. and Mrs. Seward, relatives knowing good and evil? G en. iii., 22. of Mrs. Hosmer, are visiting a t the Did Samson take hold of the p il lars of the temple, overthrow it and University this week. M aster W alter Dolan of Union, kill three thousand people? Judges Oregon, is with us. He will attend xvi., 29-30. Did the waters of the Jo rd an the L. U. O. again this year. stop flowing at the approach of the Professor and Mrs. W akem an a r priests to allow the arm y to pass rived last Tuesday, hale and hearty, over dryshod, as is reported? Josh, after th eir short outing a t A storia j iii., 15-16. and o ther points. Did the Lord afflict Job with W e are planning to enlarge the boils to show the devil what a good capacity of the L. U. O. dining hall m an Job was? Job ii., 7. to accommodate the increasing a t Was there ever a child horn of tendance. woman w ithout a n atu ra l fath er— P resident Hosm er, while taking hum an father? W hat part of m an his o uting a t Tillam ook, secured ' is the soul, th a t H vps after death? about tw enty subscribers to the W ill some preacher answ er? Torch of Reason, four or five s tu j dents and an excellent teacher. We are very fo rtunate in secur ing Miss K itty Mills, a very favor ably known teacher of Tillam ook county, as a member of the L. U. O. faculty for the com ing y ea r’s work. F ru itl fruit! fruit! T he ladies of the L. U. O. cu lin ary d ep artm en t are bound th a t our dining ball will not run behind this year, if dried and canned fruit can prevent it. The new porch at the entrance to the Liberal U niversity building is very artistic. The carpenters will now rush the work in the Assembly H all, so as to have it ready for the opening of school on October 1st. Dr. Foote of New Y ork has ju st sent us 285 back num bers of Popu lar Science M onthly and 37 vol um es of B ancroft’s works, nicely bound in law sheep. S tudents of the L. U. O. will have an inestim able advantage as tar as the use of up-to-date books are concerned. Miss K ata M atteson writes th at while on her way to E astern Ore gon she had a “ visitation of P rovi dence.’’ E vid en tly there was an attem pt to punish her for her I saac D. A lk ir e . In these days come the S ecu lar ists, preaching in the wilderness of creeds and saying, R e p e n t ye, for an e a rth ly paradise is a t hand. The In d ian ap o lis street car co m pany on S unday, Ju n e 10th, col lected 100,000 car fares, or $5,000, on labor perform ed th a t day, while down in Tennessee an A dvent c iti zen was arrested, fined and cast into prison for doing his ord in ary work on the first «lay of (he w e ek . Verily, law is made to protect the strong and not the weak, and still it’s grow’iug from had to worse all the tim e.— [N eedham H ustler. If it were not for freedom of thought, modern C hristianitylw ould T h e I n g e r s o ll C h a ir . not have existed, but freedom of thought will destroy the m yths of The am ounts subscribed and paid our tim e as it has those of the dark in for the Ingersoll C hair are set past. forth below. This sum is actu ally Men should not let love for the in the hands of our treasu rer to he alm ighty d o llar destroy their m a n safely invested, the income only to hood. It is not even “ business be used. policy” to do so. M anhood is one £ s. of the essential elem ents of a good M r. George A nderson, E n g lan d 5 0 Mr. Alfred Marah, ,, 3 0 business m an. M rs. E . H olyoake M arsh, ,, 10 Take heed th at ye use your e n ergies to bring about a condition in which alm s-giving will not be necessary; otherw ise ye have done but little for h u m an ity , and your life will be really lost. “ W hen thou prayest thou sh a lt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray in their pulpits th a t they may he seen of men. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy home with gentle, loving k in d ness, and go about thy work with the assurance th a t “ he prayeth best who loveth best.” But we say u n to you, pray not at all; neither to a god, for th at is a m yth; nor to the son, for he is a son of a m yth; nor to the Virgin M ary, for she is the m other of a son of a m yth, conceived by the ignor a n t m inds of ancient, semi-civilized priests. Mr. R obert A p p leg arth , ,, 10 Mr. J . M. G u n so n , ,,1 0 Mr. A rth u r* G in to n , ,,1 0 Mr. S idney G in to n , ,,1 0 Mr. Jo h n L each, ,, 1 0 Mr. T hos. A llsop, ,,2 0 Mr. YV. H olyoake Byron S m ith ,, 5 0 Miss P h ip so n , ,, 1 0 A. H . ,, 10' Dr. G . Sw orn, ,, 1 0 M rs. H olyoake S m ith , ,,1 0 M iss J u lia C. S m ith , ,, 1 0 M r. T. R. M udie, ,,1 0 M r. A. S u m n er. ,, 5 M rs. D aniel B ak er ,, 1 0 H e rb e rt S p en cer. ,,2 0 Mr. Ja s . W allace, S c o tla n d .............. 1 0 L. P. M axam , M ich...................... $10-00 Geo. N. H ill, B oston, M ass............ 5.00 Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............. 50.00 Prof. D aniel T. Am es, C a l............... 10.00 Ben j. D uval, C ol................................. 1.00 9<XXKHX><XX8CKK><><XXXX>CXXXXX) TO R A iS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . T h is is O u r B u ild in g F u n d C o n tr ib u tio n B o x . ; o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o < Previously ack n o w led g ed .. $421.05 M. Hadlock, Bolivar M o ... .25 B. Jag g ar, Oregon C ity , O re. 4.00 F reethinkers are the salt of th e, earth , and there is no danger of salt ever losing “ his” savor; they R e fo r m , are th e light of the world. A nd now’ th a t the church cannot help ► 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 o o o - o - o o o o -o -o -o -o 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 E ditor T orch of R eason : but let the light shine, all will soon Today I showed a Torch to a see th eir good works and glorify neighbor who cam e in, and he said: H u m an ity on earth . “ Yes, I ’ve seen th a t paper. Them The a b le st publication of the kind in the W orld A L ib e r a l O ffe r. Sixty-four pages. Illu strated . Published M onthly. are the fellers over there who are Price »i.oo a year. For TW E N T Y -FIV E CENTS try in g to destroy C h ristia n ity .” it will be m ailed to any address TH R E E riONTMS. A good friend of the L. U. O. has A ddress FR E E T H O U G H T MAGAZINE, “ Oh, no,” I replied, “ I th in k not. 213 E. Indiana St., Chicago, III They are try in g to reform C h risti offered to donate Two T housand anity. They are m issionaries, like D ollars in cash to our in stitu tio n if those C hristians in C hina whom other F reeth in k ers will raise it to 0 0 Worth ot the Boxers are after. They are try I Five T housand. Let us fill up the co n trib u tio n ! MAGAZINES ing to remove the evils, the follies, the hypocricies and frauds of C h ris box! FREE! L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich “ S e c u l a r S c ie n c e and tia n ity ; to lift C hristians to higher C om m on S e n s e ” point» th e w ay to th e (foal of aim s and purposes; to give them igan adds one thousand dollars to y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a the above offer. At this rate we zine of A dv an ced F ree a better civilization,” etc. “ W ell, will soon be able to go ahead with T h o u g h t, L ib e ra l and th a t will do,” he said. “ The Chris- our building. “ A friend who helps M odern Id e a s of R efo rm and N a tu ra l L aw . Devoted to p ra c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tr u th s . H u m a n ity is u n d e rg o in g im p o r ta n t p h y sic a l, tia n s d o n ’t like to have th eir religion quick helps double.” in te lle c tu a l, a n d so c ia l c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de destroyed any more than the C hi m a n d s th e re n d in g of s la v e r y ’s c h a in s . T h is S till L ater .— A friend in Silver- m ag azin e is a ste p p in g -sto n e to su ccess in a ll nese do, but th ere’s lots of room for ton offers fifty d ollars on the above of life 's u n d e rta k in g s , a s it dev elo p s pow er of in te lle c tu a l p e rc e p tio n so t h a t la te n t a n d activ e reform .” B ut I couldn’t induce him plan. p ro p e rly d ire c te d , in s n r in g a The am ount already re e c n le e a rg r y h e a w d ill in be a sound body. N o th in g lik e it or to subscribe for the Torch. ceived and acknowledged in the h a lf so good and p ra c tic a l. T h is r a r e tre a t sent a w hole v ear, to g e th e r w ith »am ple» of o v e r SC I th in k I am right, th a t the work C ontribution Box, goes to help o th e r v a lu a b le p a p e rs an d m a g a z in e s of »5.00 v a lu e , fo r o n ly $1.00. of F reeth in k ers should be to reform m ake up the balance of this fund, Send a t once a s th is offer is lim ite d . S a m p le which now lacks only $1524.10 of copy w ith a n in te r e s tin g book o f over 100 pages and not to destrov. I th in k to re- i being com plete. C an ’t we, by a free fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d ress form is by far the better position, special effort, reach th is am ount SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE i Don’t you? F. S. M atteson . 1 before Septem ber 1st? i P.E. 532 Atlas 61k, Chicago, III. D urand, Wis. Free Thought Magazine