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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 6, E. M. 300 (1900.)
lieauty, and should be a lesson, not
for a day, but forever. It has the
health of an ocean breeze.
Mr. B lan d ’s reply, “ Im m o rtality
and D eity,” is disappointing, for he
showHthey have no real existence,
as my questions intim ated; and his
final disposal of them and me as
“ careless, superficial and self-con-
ceited,” while he inconsistently pats
me on the head as “ w ell-inten-
tioned,” shows th a t sp iritu al pride
and confusion of intellect are both
unfavorable to sincere politeness.
But although our reverend friend’s
“ Im m o rtality and D eity” are airy
nothings, to which no “ local h ab i­
tation and nam e” cau be given, yet,
like m any evil im aginations, they
are exceedingly dangerous to thous­
ands who are rubbing their eye» in
semi-religious twi-light. Let us then
try to answ er those unansw ered
questions, and so shoo those ghostly
spooks back into the “ vasty deep”
of nothingness from which our
friend called them .
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1 I t will h e lp m an y young m en and
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young wom en to a h ig h e r ed u catio n who
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the same inconsistency, thus:
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Bevoted to p ra c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s .
w hile you y e t live, th a t will do a m illion
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and im probability of m an ’s post the soul and song of the mosquito in H te u lle m c a tu n ity
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Six Tracts to Promote
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affirm th a t m a n ’s conscious e x ist­ case, “ absolutely and conclusively,” tree fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d re ss
ence ends with his body’s death, a-vl for all time; and th a t w hat we
SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE
th a t being an assertion which may hereafter know can only be an
P.E. 532 Atlas BIk, Chicago, III.
In Place of C h r is tia n ity :
the facts—alm ost overw helm ingly extension and confirmance of what
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
strong as they are— yet do not w ar­ we do now* know, which can never
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
o
ization?
ran t. And they do not w arrant it, he changed nor overthrown. W hat,
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3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
as I hinted, if for no other reason, then, are our friends’ “actualities
T he
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
because our scientific knowledge of an d possibilities,” which may eri-
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
m an and the universe is by no able the sound to go on in the
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
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to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. S en d
actualities and possibilities of Pjng on in ¡i^aven after their pro-
m a n ity . T he O nly In stitu tio n
2 c en ts for 6, or 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts ,
of th e K in d .
W rite for An­
eith er.”
ducing correlates have wholly
to E liza M owry B liven , B rook­
n o u n cem en ts. T h e T o rc h o f
ly n , C o n n ., o r sem i 10 c en ts
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for 50, e ith e r kind or a s­
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