and of progress. The b rain ac- 9 u’rt*8 it« new convolutions an d u'T' i-i i . powers by clim bing up and feeding Io like and not to like th e sam e u n o r t h e sh n r « » f o u BY T. B. WAKEMAX. I f d r " .gr,,Un^ and test of fn e n d sh tp .” So satd the old R ninan, S allust; an d he nr ght have sat,I fu rth er, th a t such s the source an d ground of all Re- liffions. I he O n lv d I r t u r u n n o is Jo one ligions. The only difference of ex ten t and degree; for the union n n i t ^ i l ‘ 7 , . 8enn " en t WhiC,'i unttes ,n .o R eltg.on” ,s our com- mon h n al v,ew of the world, and » the lot and ate of m an in it. 11,esc views m ake or concern the very h.ghest thoughts an d motives in d , 7 g o b b le r, s tic k """" " ■■ ■ to thy last! • • - A shoem aker fonnd fault with an oil-painted slip p er in N o,e' WB 9*y ™ E now - r i d . one of the pa.ntings of a celebrated artist, but showed the meall tll„ „ „ „ W of|d an<) greatest ignorance in criticising the other p arts of the pain»- ver8e> a „ d the new M mg. Hence Iras arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let th e cobbler up to ns (A D. 1000, by the new S lic k to Ins last, and let every one a tte n d to his own business. or Copernican A stronom y, of which .1 .. . , As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush the Religion of Science and H u ­ at Milverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, a t m anity is the logical and inevitable and result. T h at d isco v er, n)ad„ ;t ,,lajn th # t a|) ((f 0,d R e |igione were aheer |||u d | because they ,|ad ,,0 S ilv e rto n , O re a 3 o n p r o d u c e t a k e n mogony, no real W orld or “ Soul” “ T R 'C T L Y o n e p r ic e . of Man, to go upon. They had ~ , --- -------------------------- James we can ever h a v . e ,a . n d I , because they m isdirected ~ the atten tio n of Man OlIT Job D e p a r tm e n t . 1 . ! ~ 4 H I 'C I I I I U U O i j i a o are the h ghest, the R el.g.on of a to the wortt of giving “ local hal,ila . -ALWAYS GIVES People alw ays with them covers tions and nam es” to their ’’airy controls and dom inates everything nothings,” until the real world, for! else. The m ain motive of a people, all higher and religious purposes.' and th eir very life and soul, is th eir ---- BECAUSE IT G IV ES---- rem ained unexplored and alm ost religion. Destroy suddenly their lost to view. Man was m ade to HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP faith and confidence in th a t, and forget his only solid basis, th is the essence, m ainspring, m otive and earth. His atten tio n was devoted '1 reason for living is goue. I t is to the ecstacy of flitting through a sin g u lar, but a most notew orthy “ H eaven” of N othingness upon the fact, th a t a tribe of people never or wings of “ Spixit” —and both, and seldom survives th eir religion. A his all, were but “ the shapiug fa n ­ tra n sm u ta tio n of religions is a l­ tasies of his seething b rain s.” most as difficult as a tran sm u tatio n B ut now, presto, change! The of species. The reason of all this H eavens and H ells, the N ig h t­ is th a t religion determ ines atten ­ m are, “ the fierce vexations of a Fall term begins M onday, October i, E. M. 300 (A . D. 1900.) tion . T heir atten tio n indicates the D ream ” vanishl The Suu of Sci­ highest and most im p o rtan t life ence rises! Copernicus and Bruno NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY. and death affairs, and m akes an have put us on the E a rth again. S tudents given board and rooms a t the L. U. O. D orm itory at low rates en v iro n m en t resulting from, and Shakespeare and Goethe become adjusted and su itable to, th eir world. the m asters of our work and play COURSES. We have learned two im portant They send, our atten tio n health- K indergarten. Scientific. P rim ary. th in g s ab out atten tio n : (1) T h at it fully, generally and generously Norm al. P reparatory. is the “ search lig h t of th e m ind or over alt) nto find 6ermons in atonea La w. Commercial. Classical. “ soul” which realizes, m aterializes [geology] and good in ev ery th in g ” Courses in Medicine, etc., will be added as soon as practicable. and creates what it rests upon; and j„ j |8 correlate relations to every- (2) th a t in and by so doing it e x - j ,h in g e ls e - a u d so on forever, with T H E O N L Y IN S T IT U T IO N O F IT S K IN D IN T H E W O R L D . eludes from sight and causes th e the ever-blostom ing B eautiful and eye and senses, from non-use, to h e - j the Truel In th is way A ttention STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAL. come forgetful an d incapable of ap- healthy and universal, yet im agin’ prehending the world an d ideas a t ive, creative and selective for the Eor Catalogues and further p articu lars, address: beyond or outside of the usual H um an, m akes our existence “ grow J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary, range of o u r m ain religious atten - to som ething of great constancy,” SILVERTON, OREGON. tion. T he past religions of th e g rad u ally unfolding itself upon world, from Fetichism up, have “ The T heatre of Tim e.” And w hat We believe th a t card« like th e follow ing copy, neatly p rin te d and d istrib u ted all over th e U n ited AGAIN IN BUSINESS! ill help ub to b nild th e L iberal Uni been the successive stages by which is the air, spirit, life, soul, «ap and Htatee, ’ w i!LX'rPh “w w S w iL S i: A NICE FRESH STOCK O F MIL- Man has ciim ed from round to blood of this new concord and co- LINERY can be found at round, to ever new concepts of the operative friendship of the Each ' ___________ M R S . R U S S E L L ’S, world on his lad d er of evolution. and the All? W hy, it is the new 7. x ...FIVE. SILVERTON, OREGON. T h a t “ N atu re never m akes a ju m p ,” C orrelation, the Union within the • REASONS WHY She will be pleased to see all her old is a m axim as tru e in hum an his- Universe— The Religion of L iberty T < YOU Friends and C ustom ers. STYLES AND PRICES ARE CORRECT. tory as in th a t of p lan ts and ani- [which frees us from all super- mals. W e can only clim b pur lad- stitio n s and lim itations, so th a t we 8 H O U L D H e l p t o B u il d der; we can never ju m p it, nor tak e can desire and see the good and T h e i ill • Six Tracts to Promote it down 80 as to change it for an- rjg iu j. 0 f gCIENCEr80 lh a t we can = l - I D e r a l U n iv e rs ity . o th e r’8 while we a re on it Social maUe tbe U niverse our F arm , aud AT ^eR T O N . oreuon . S c i e n t i f i c W lS d O IT I ! n n Z tt 7 V c n hb le9 7 7 7 a n d ,e a r " ‘ he TrUC in ° rd e r ‘° d ° th e 7 - g women to Piace of C hristianity: ap p reciate the horrible but ignor- Good]; of H umanity [which leaves otherwise will grow up without its great L an t cru elty of the m issionaries who “ nothin^ hum an foreign to u s ” ail'raTnta*fiH- • 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? try to replace one religion bv an k ♦ / ,, , g , . ’ , 2 n ''«'I educate workers for the great 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil- u y io replace one religion ny an - but extends our earth ly days into forward inarch of F reethought and Pro- ization? other. In crossing the stream of the countless Ages of the “ E arth ly gT l t will forever silence the accusation 3 k W o n or Science More Reliable? life, how can we swap or change P ara aise”]. We live to forefeel, and th a t S e c u la r ists have never done a n y - 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. the horses by which only we are work and die to m ake the reality, thing. 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? which we thus anticipate and enjoy. 4 , W ^1 hasten the time when Reason 6 Immortality or Annihilation? enabled to travel at all? _________ _ J and Love will reign, and when supersti- . . . Satisfaction C ()= E D U C A T I O N A L . „ . .- , , a. tion and hate • will be forever gone. JU S T T H E T H IN G R evolutions of th is fundam ental irl fht» c I I* «.ill Remember, if you send us the e tu IIS us m 5 K t will give ........ you an o p p o rtu n ity to . , . . «wo* a n r . , es ¿»uu and addresses ________________ kind can o nly be m ade by new but nam uawc.? oumc.-inc? of w ’ 25 ox »"«»n . yuurmsu omen of build yourself ano and others a monument, f < 0 , n< ’ to your C hristian friends. Send 1 w h ile v o n vet livn »ho» ...ill .1« .. gradual ° ur Liberal -....................... friends and acquaint- acquaint- B. a u u a i changes c u a o g e e of o, o our u r s searchlight, c a r c n n g o t, r y --------------- »etJ j Hve ; ? - lh that hat . w t " ' ,0 “ mi" ion I ' 21 to E liza M owry ° ________ Cent8 '° r __ traC," > B livkm , 25 Brook­ • ill mulfp , . iinppfl ances. w we p w will m ake vim vou n a n re se n t __ 8 < niore more jitoon good tn