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T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 30, E. M. 300 (1900.) pressed by this b lo odthirsty C hris tian bishop. He would like to have placed a t his com m and all the arm ies of the U nited States, with which to compel every C h in a m an to endorse his creed and be come a C hristian. He declares, as stated above, th a t “ I t is worth any cost in money, any cost in blood shed, if we can m ake the m illions of Chinese true C h ristians.” C h ristian ity is dying out in w h at are known as C hristian countries, as ad m itted by intelligent C hris tians, and now C h ristian s would like to spread th eir “ gospel of peace on e a rth ” in to nations th a t do not desire it, by m eans of the U nited States arm y, and those of the h eathen who will not w illingly accept they desire to slaughter on the battlefield — [F reethought M ag azine. brethren. E tern ity will reveal the fulfilm ent of an old prom ise: ‘Call upon me in trouble and I will de liver thee.’ Therefore, pray con tinuously.” 3 W H A T WE HAVE TO S E LL . arm ies of C hristian E urope and J America are confronted with new’ conditions. They have shuddered University Number of Freethought Magazine at the barbarous wars of ancient W ith P earl W . G e e r’s p o rtra it. - 1 5 c Rome, Greece and Persia, when a surrender m eant passive subm ission Epitome of Positive Philosophy By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... 15c to slaughter. The C hinesecan su r render in blocks of a m illion and Freethought: Past, Present and Future. eat up the provisions of th eir ene By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ic tu re a n d life of th e a u th o r. Price,. 12 mies if the rules of civilized w ar copies, $1,00; e a c h .......................... 1Oc fare are followed. Such tactics would ex h au st all the resources of Emancipation of Education. An In a u g u ra l A ddress, by T . B. the foreigners to m erely feed and W akeman , D elivered on th e in co r guard prisoners. P erhaps when we p o ra tio n of th e L ib eral U n iv e rsity . P r r ice have had more experience in fight 5c ing an in ex h au stib le population of Photographs of the Faculty fanatical people, we shall have of th e L ib eral U n iv ersity , s u it ab le for fram in g . P ric e ................ 5 0 c more ch arity for our barbarous a n cestors.” Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. E vidently W illiam the L ittle be lieves in prayers, but also in guus. H e should have said: P ray con tinuously and fight occasionally. A prayer in time of w ar is not w orth much unless it carries a rifie. There is lots of brotherly iove in asking God to help one m an kill another. Jesus said: “ I cam e not to bring peace, but a sw ord.” C hristians all have swords, and when they cannot fight one an o th er they fight the poor heathen. How’ does the G erm an em peror Brice............................................ 1Oc How would a little ch a rity for know but w hat God is on the side of C hina? H e seems to th in k th a t our sem i-barbarous contem poraries Freethought Magazine the G erm an em pire is God’s chosen work? Talk of barbarous ancestors for S ep tem b er, In g erso ll m em o rial n u m b e r; O ctober, w ith land, and th a t there is no God in and heathenC hinese indeedl C hrist W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber, ians, in the nam e of the lovely Emperor W illiam ’s Sermon. Asia. w ith p ic tu re of L. U . O. facu lty . Brice............................................... | 5 c A great m any people have in C hrist Jesus, condem n the Chinese On M onday, A ugust 3, E m peror tim es past been disappointed in for treatin g us cruelly, when we, Forstner Auger Bit W illiam preached a sermon on th eir God. The best time to bet who have been “ washed in the P rice, a n y s iz e ............................... 60*3 blood of the L a m b /’ are taking no board the H ohenzollern, and said, on Deity is after the battle is over. Liberal and Scientific Books prisoners . No wonder they call us am ong other things, the following: — [Boston Investigator. of all k in d s. See a d v e rtis e m e n t hogs! The actions of the C hristian “ Once again has the heathen e lsew h ere. Send all o rd e rs to nations in C hina would be a d is Barbarous Christians. sp irit of the A m alekites been raised grace to the biggest hogs th a t ever T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o , in d istan t A sia with great power lived.—[ E d . S ilv e rto n , O regon The following, from the D etroit and much cunning. W ith destruc tion and m urder it will dispute the T ribune, shows th a t white heathen We b eliev e th a t c a rd s lik e th e fo llow ing c o p /, neatly p rin te d a n d d istrib u te d all over th e Uni way to E uropean trad e an d E u ro are as cruel as the red, black or ed S tates, w ill h elp us to b u ild th e L iberal f’n . of 100 d iffe re n t L ead in g versity. R eader, h«>w m any can you d is trib u te t . pean culture. It will dispute the yellow barbarians when they think u ^ A n i M r l P i | L L f N co e p w ies sp a p e rs >.nd .Magazine« «ent to good ad v an tag e? T h is w ill cost you n o th in g b it any ad d ress upon re c e ip t o f 10 cen ts to pay for a little effort, and m ay help th e cause of Fre-»- it is to their advantage. “ Chris victorious m arch of C hristian cus m ailin « . U . s. S u b sc r iptio n A obmcy , 126 N. th o u g h t very m u ch L iberty - t , In d ia n a p o lis, In d , tian nations” should learn the tom s and C hristian faith. And X ...F I V E ... again is heard God’s com m and: sixth com m andm ent, “ Thou sh all % REASONS W HY ‘Choose us out men and go out to not k ill.” B ut it seems th a t e x W you cuses can alw ays be found when it fight with A m alek.’ A hot and sanguinary struggle has begun. is for the glory of God, and we T he ablest publication of the kind in the W orld. 8 houlo H elp to B uild & A lready a num ber of our brethren Secularists had better keep our eyes Sixty-four pages. Illu stra te d . P ublished M onthly. w Price $1.00 a year. For T W E N T Y -FIV E CENTS are over there under fire. M any open or our C hristian rulers m ay it will be m ailed to any ad d re ss T H R E E riO N TH S. L iberal U n iversity conclude th at an Infidel fanatic “ is Address F R E E T H O U G H T MAGAZINE. more are traveling along hostile AT SILV ERTO N , OREGON. 213 E. In d ian a St., C hicago, III dangerous as long as he is alive,” coasts. 1 I t will h e lp m an y young m en and “ You have seen them , the th o u s and then their good God will have young wom en to a h ig h e r ed u catio n who o th erw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its great ands who, to the call of volunteers the pleasure of telling us to “ go to ad v an tag es. 0 0 Worth OT to the front, who will guard the hell” along with the poor pigtails: 2 I t will e d u cate w o rk ers for th e g rea t forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t a n d P ro “ taking no prisoners .” em pire, have assem bled them selves gress. to battle with victorious banners. 3 I t will forever silence th e accu satio n “ This sounds inhum an, hut the I th a t S e c u la rists have n ev er d o n e a n y We who rem ain a t home are bound h u m an itarian s who held up their “ S e c u l a r S c ie n c e and th in g . C o m m o n S e n s e ’’ p o in ts by other sacred duties. Woe unto hands in horror over the story of 4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen R eason th e w ay to th e goal of and D ive will reign, a n d w hen s u p e rs ti y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a us if we rem ain slothful and slug the slaughter of dervishes at O’n- zine of A dvanced F ree tion an d h a te will lie forever gone. T h o u g h t, L ib e ra l and gish while they are engaged in their durnian are now face to face with M odern Id e a s of R e fo 5 I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to rm and N a tu ra l L aw . build y o u rself and o th e rs a m o n u m e n t, l>evoted to p r a c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s . difficult an d bloody work, and if, the same desperate conditions. The 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, w hile you y e t live, th a t will do a m illion in te lle c tu a l, a n d social c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost costly from our place of security, we only Chinese religious fanatic, like the 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 m ag azin e is a ste p p in g -sto n e to su ccess in a ll one of cold, senseless m arb le. curiously look on while they w restle dervish, is dangerous as long as he of life ’s u n d e rta k in g s , a s it dev elo p s pow er of lle c tu a l p e rc e p tio n so t h a t la te n t an d activ e in battle. is alive. When wounded or dying, e in n te e rg y w ill be p ro p e rly d ire c te d , in s u rin g a I f a ll h e lp a l it t l e , w e c a n a c in a sound body. N o th in g lik e it o r “ Not only should we mobilize they continue to stab and kill as c h le a lf a r so head W ill you h e lp good a n d p ra c tic a l. T h is r a r e tre a t sent c o m p lis h m u c h . It w hole y e a r, to g e th e r w ith sa m p le s o f over SO battalio n s of troops, but we .should long as they have power to move. o th e r v a lu a b le n a p e rs a n d m a g a z in e s of $5.00 a lit t le ? lu e , fo r o n ly J l.00. also, and sh all, set in motion an A ttem pts to lend surgical aid to v a Send a t once a s th is offer is lim ite d . S a m p le w ith an in te r e s tin g book of o v er 100 pages arm y of trained people to beg and disabled dervishes cost the lives of copy Six Tracts to Promote free fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d re ss en tre at for our brethren th a t they m any would-be rescuers. R ather SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE m ay strike into the wild chaos than leave the wounded fanatics P.E. 532 Atlas Blk, Chicago, 111. with sword in hand. May they to continue fighting from the rear, In P lace of C h r is tia n ity : strike for our most sacred posses mauy of them were put out of their 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? sions. We would pray th a t God misery. 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil ization? the Lord may m ake heroes of our “ The Chinese believe th a t C hris 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? men and lead those heroes to vic tians pluck o u t the eye9 of their T he 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. tory, and th a t then, with laurels victims and practice shocking b a r 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? on th eir helm ets and orders o n 1 barities upon women and children, 6 Immortality or Annihilation? S IL V E R T O N , OREOON. their breasts, he m ay lead them so when the fanatics about Tien- F o u n d ed on Science and H u J U 8 T T H E T H IN G m a n ity . T h e O nlv In s titu tio n home to th e land of their fathers. Tsin were unable to get th eir fam to h a n d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. S end of th e K in d . W rite fo r A n 2 c en ts for 6. o r 6 c e n ts for 25 tra c ts , “ O ur right will not l»e finished in ilies out of the way in time, they n o u n c em en ts. T h e T o r c h o f to E liza M owry B liven , B rook R e a s o n is a w eekly jo u rn al of one d ay ; but let not our hands struck off their heads rather than | ly n , C o n n ., o r send 10 c e n ts P ro g ressiv e, M oral S ecularism . grow weary or sink until victory is leave them to the indignities which for 50, e ith e r kind or a s S am p le copy free. so rte d k in d s, to secured. Let our prayers be as a the public placards and Chinese T H E L IB E R A L U N I V E R S I T Y wall of fire around the cam p of our t newspapers describe. Today t h e j S ilv e rto n , O re g o n . Free Thought Magazine » ‘ MAGAZINES FREE Scientific Wisdom LIBERAL UNIVERSITY