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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 23, E. M. 300 (1900)
H eard F ro m T h e P u lp it.
sun. “ It is easv enough
God when everythin^
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E ditor T o r c h of R eason :
provided one does not do his own F“ -“ ™ 1« ot ‘he Cloth Edition» o| Fae-simile of the Illuminated Paper
In reviewing a bunch of old thinking.
the Famous
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papers, I find in the Oregonian of
But ah! when things are going
A pril 9th, an extract from a sermon wrong, it is quite a different thing,
of Dr. E dgar P. H ill, delivered at for here is where people begin
the First I resbyterian ( hurch of thinking. People with whom every*
lo rtla n d , taking for his text, He- thing is lovely, whose sky h;is never
brews x., 35: ‘'C ast not away, there- been darkened by affliction, who,
fore, your confidence, which hath as Me. H ill pictures them , are
great recompense of rew ard.” This “ wrapt in blissful ignorance of the
serm on has a peculiarity common sham s, the falsehoods and the cor-
to nearly all, if not quite all, th at ruptions which surge up to th eir
we hear from the p u lp it— the at- very door,’’ m ust of necessity be of
tem p t to induce people to believe the backwoods type, who have very
by playing on their im agination, lit tie dealing with the outside world,
and the utter failure to produce a and as such m ust readily be ex
single tenable reason for such be cused for their faith and tru st in a
lief. I quote here a p a rt of the m ythical Saviour, whose divinity is
P A P E R E D IT IO N S .
C u O T H E D IT IO N S .
extract:
based solely on a dream . But to
P ain e’s Age o f R eason.........................................
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PA I N =» C o m F L E T E W O R K S .
P aine’s C om m on S ense.....................................„
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P ain e's Poii ien I W orks.
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“ I t is easy enough to tru st God
reasoning, th in k in g peuple il : p iS r t
Fine n
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when things are going wTong. Many t tense
at reason, can be satisfied to p aiDe’s R ights o f M au....” " “ ; " " “ ;“ .;;;;"
R>us«eau’s Vicar o f Savoy, a n d A Search fo r •
a person is an optim ist, and glibly tru st anil praise a (mil who, ac- p(un:-J ijfe'by«1 X a liu ru il.'P r a ftu e ly n il,, £ to u a-e au ', i o d a l
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lick en s’ S unday U n d er T hree H eads. Illus.
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which he lives, sim ply because he secules them unceasingly, heaping e S a in e i ’s Political W orks, Com plete a i2 vols
S : ) ! 2 oc
’ Hulwer’s
H istory o f a False Religion. Illus.
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is ig n o ran t of the sham s, the false affliction upon them , allows thehn G ibbon’s H istory o f C hristianity. Illus
2 os G ibbon’s B irth and C h a ra cte r o f M ahom et... 26
26
; X ^ ^ u h o m e t , th e i l i u i
hoods and the corruptions which to be cheated,disappointed, stripped Qibbou’8 Birth and C h a ra cte r o f M ahom eU SB
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R easons for U nbelief. By Louis V iard o t
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surge up to his very door. Here is n Oi f w \ n r l i l lly
g o n ls, followed by m is- ,
F a th e r T om an d th e Pope a t th e V atican
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a woman who is aside from the roar fortune, take3 their dear ones from
and struggle of trade. Her beauti them one by one and allows some
ful home is like a castle, whose of their children to become worse
walls beat back the vulgar speech than dead, and all this despite
and the angry words of men, as their earnest pleadings for mercy.
she sits at her blazing hearth fire And then, in the face of all this, if
She talk s hopefully of the great a man can say, “ O God, thou art
world w ithout, of its p h ilan th ro good and thy mercy endureth for-
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or P’ate ; an d T he W h ite
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pies, its scholars, its high ideals. ever,” he m ust undoubtedly have
Bull, a S atirical R o m a n c e ..............
------- The Sage and the A th e ist; also T he
esher’s S uperstition in all Ages. P o rtiait. 1 oo
But here is a man who is brought great confidence; ’ hut reason asks, ’ M
Princess o f B a b y lo n ...........................
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daily in touch with those whose Is not his confidence sadly mis V olney’s New Researches in A ncient H istory 1 30
H uron, or. Pupil o f N a tu re ............
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aim s are low.
He kuows how placed?”.
P lato ’s Dream ; J e a n n o t A Colin, etc. 16
Haeckel’s Visit to Ceylon. P o rtra it............
l oo V • oltaire’s
Rom ances, c o n ta in in g the a b o v e !
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F u rth er on, Mr. H ill
asks, H ig g in s’ Horae S a b b a tic «
men deceive, and compromise,
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B uchner’s Force and M atter. P o r tr a it ....... 1 00
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Man in Fast, P re se n t and F u tu re . 1 00
has been cheated by those whom a m an’s confidence in G od?” Ahi B R uchner’s
ochefoucauld's Mort.1 M axim s....... .............. 75
a n d C riticism s contains th e
te’s Positive Philci-ophy. P o r tr a it....... 4 00 V o ltaire ’s 4 Essays
he trusted, and disappointed in how I wish he had answered th a t C G om
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those whom he respected. Now, in queatiou; hut he leaves It unan-1 g j g f P
--------C ounsels a n d M axim s............................. .
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the face of such things, if a person swered. Again, in speaking of
Religion : a Dialogue A O th e r Essays.
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Studies in Pessim ism
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abrielle’s Life and Im m o rta lity o f M a n .....
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F a th e r Tom and th e Pop »1 th e V a tican ......
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D avidson’s Canon o f th e B ible.........................
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sweet, he m ust have an outlook says, “ but they ought to be,” but In
g e rso ll’s L ectures, vol. I, c lo th .................. 3 50 D
arw in ’s O rigin o f Species................................
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vol. I, full sheep........ S 00 H y p atia By C harles K ingsley.........................
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such as the Prophet of Dothan had, gives no reason why they ought. ----------------
“ vol. I, h all m orocco...................... 3 00 B acon’s Paradoxes. P o rtra it ........................
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T he Scientific Religion By M aniel Hands.
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when, beyond the arm y of the Sermons of this character are be In g e rso ll’s
Prose
Poem s. P o rtra it.
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“ C heaper E dition.. 1 SC
■ Gods and o th er L ectures ...............
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•Ghosts and o th er L ectures..............
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with ready tongue his prayer of son give up their confidence in
-F ield-Ingersoll D iscussion...........
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-----Man, W om an a n d Child. P o rtra it.
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thanksgiving, praising God for his God, Christ and the Bible, hut all
The C hristian R e lig io n ................
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------ Shakespeare, a L ecture. P o rtra it.
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loving care. An affliction has never fail alike to give any sufficient rea ----------------S hakespeare, a L ecture. Pr rtra it. 50
------ V oltaire, a L ecture. P o r tr a it........
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darkened his sky. A uother offers son for placing confidence in them. R D e avidson’s
C anon < 1 th e B ible......... ............. 1 00
------ Ingersoll-G ladstone C ontroversy...
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pocryphal New T e sta m e n t......................... . 1 80
It is time for m inisters to change A
------ T he C h ristian R eligion....................
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his prayer. He has been stripped
M orehouse’s W ilderness o f Worlds. Illus
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------ F oundation» o f F a ith ........................
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------ H o w to Reform M a n k in d ................
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of worldly goods; m isfortune has their tactics, lay aside their elo K eeler’s Short H isto rj ol the B ible............"
73
------ Essays a n d C riticism s......................
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C
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------ T he T ru th , a L e c tu re ........................• 33
followed him like a Nemesis. One quence and picture painting and S pencer’s F irst P rin cip les..............................
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------ A braham L incoln, a L ecture. Por.
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by one bis dear ones have been produce their reasons for this confi
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------ Which W ay? A L e c tu re ...................
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a rw in ’s D escent of M a n ......
75
------ M yths an d M iracles. A L ecture...
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called to the home on high. dence. If a doctrine will not stand D
D a rw in ’s O rigin o f Hpecies. .
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P ro c to r’s O ther W< rids th an o u rs ..... 73
------ Home Reasons W hy............................
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P erhaps a child is worse th an dead. the test of reason, it would be bet K
ingsley’s H y p a tia .......................................
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------ W hy I am an A gnostic ...
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h o p e n h a u er’s E s s a y s ...............................73
------ Rom e o r Reason 7 ............
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If th a t m an can offer the prayer, ter to abandon it. If it will stand S O c 'M
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“ O God, thou art good, and thy the test, it is not debased, but ex- C obbett’s E nglish O ram m a r ......................... 1 00
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■ V indication o f T h o m as P a in e ........
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■ Is Suicide a Sin 7.................................
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To th e C le r g y .....................................
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