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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, S E P T E M B E R 27, E. M. 300 (1900.) W om en S hould Read th e for T hem selves. ______ Bible their closets and com m une with ourselves, will, under the law of the Lord as to their du ty to evolution and heredity, inevitably the daughters of the Republic, produce, and of which the daw n AND BY ELIZABETH cady stantox W h e t h e r th e d a u g h t e r s of Zelophe- is near . had were more logical and lucid in M eantim e, to help to stop these S ilv e r t o n , re Many years ago we desired to es- their argum ents, we cannot judge, lierve tricks and trances, let us IV a in S t r e e t tablish a H om eopathic college for a8 we have no report of their tran slate the chief nam es of the CARRY A C O M PL E T E STOCK O r women A friend of mine, h a v in g speeches. As s o m any pastors are oj ( j religious m y th ts and spooks inherited a million dollars, I urged responsible for the action of wo- ¡uto th eir evolutional reality, S chool her to make a generous contribu- rnen» it would be well for them to Science does this wonderfully and lion for this purpose. She said peruse th eir Bibles more carefully readily. Instead of God, it reads the S u p p lie s she would consult her pastor, as before thus m isleading them . All, the Cosmos, Universe or she did in all her charities. After the widow above referred to W orld. In stead of C hrist, the B o o ks and a few days I asked her what her J as- soon after gave £20,000 to Prince- g on of rnanj read M ankind, IIu- S t a t io n e r y . tor had said. She replied, “ He ton college, thus benefiting men in- m an k y , M an, Society. Instead of said ‘in all such m atters, consult ptead of her own sex, we can ap- H oly G host, read the continu- D ealers in F ru its, V egetables your bible; you will find there is Pre(-iat** the danger of ignorant ad- O(J8 hum an life and love collective and C onfectionery. no mention there of a college for visors. and individual. Instead of the women.” I told her to read 2 Holy Mother, read womanhood ami Kings xiii, and there she would Advent of the Church of the the “ blessed women” you know .F o r s t n e r ’s. . H o ly Pollers. find the prophetess Ilu ld ah in a Instead of H eaven above, read the college in Jerusalem , thoroughly “ E a rth ly P arad ise” we are here to posted on great questions of church create and forfeel. Instead of the C ontinued from 3<1 page. IS IN V A L U A B E TO and state. For a full account of Hell, beware of a wasted and u n her great services rendered in the fulfilled life. Instead of the Bible, C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e There is, therefore, not only no reign of Josiah, the king, read the read the best books of the world. place of chisel a n d gouge; to firm am ent or heaven above the third chapter in part two, of the For the Day of Ju d g em en t, judge C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- earth for the personal creator God W omen’s Bible and there you will yourself every day. F or spiritual elling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and to live in, but there never ha s been, k n o ts. In fact, no find a most interesting account of edification, acquire the higher life is not, nor can there be conceived the great prophetess. of a real com m union and co-opera W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r of, a speck of space so big as a e r of pianos, o rgans, sew ing m ach in es, tion of good men and women. Again, I asked the rich widow to needle’s point, in which an outside a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sash , b lin d s Never forget— in all things Science contribute to the W oman Suffrage fu rn itu re , nor creator God could exist. “ The is overw helm ingly affirm ative and treasury, as we were holding con A ll” is all there is; and th a t is God, A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld l>e constructive. It even translates ventions and having “ hearings” w ith o u t it. if any God there is to be, all else is before the legislatures of several as above shown the old m yths into the “ spook” of inflamed im agina AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. states, hut her pastor said., “ This a reality by fulfillm ent, far beyond tions. It is th e only round b it in th e world movement is all opposed to the all they could ever otherw ise mean. 3. Science next shows us beyond th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O LE Bible and God’s laws. We have N ow all of the B eatitudes are well and do all th a t an y o th er doubt, th a t the hum an race is the b it will do. no account of women going before fulfilled in one, UNDER THE “ DIS n atu ral growth and product of the legislatures to plead for their po PENSATION OE SCIENCE AND HUMANI PRICE E arth , and was never created in litical and civil rights; again I say TY:”— Blessed are those who learn Set of five, d ifferen t siz e s,p o stp a id . .$2.60 any way: th a t its evolution is h u Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 60 be guided by your Bible in all such to appreciate the “ im m easurable m an history; th a t it was never des m atters. blessings of conscious existence.” troyed by water, and th a t the old A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. “ Tell your pastor,” I replied, “ to To do this we m ust stop m istak religious notion of a destruction at SILVERTON OREGON. read the 27th chapter of Numbers ing abnorm al nervous excitem ent a Day of Judgm ent with fire, by a and there he will find th a t the five and diseases for religion,— which God coming from the sky with a daughters of Zelophehad went be “ New Jerusalem ,” is u tter non consists of the h ealth y and benefi fore the Jew ish congress in J e ru cent relations of m an to the world sense and ju st as childish and im salem to plead for their rights of and his fellows, realized and ex possible, as the said heaven and hell inheritance.” (A full description pressed in act, word or feeling. U niversity Number o f Freethought M agazine illusions, out of which all of the of this great occasion will be found In a word “ to do good is our relig old religions n a tu ra lly originated, W ith Pearl W. G e e r’s p o r t r a i t . - 1 5 c in part one of the W om an’s Bible, ion.” Let us help to m ake the jerks and upon which they really all Chapter five.) The argum ents of and jum ps, the quakes and gasps, Epitome of Positive Philosophy rested for their original founda By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... |g these women made so profound an the penances and prayers, the con tion. vulsions and conversions ap p ear to Freethought: Past, Present and Future. impression on Moses, the great 4. And as to ourselves, Science Bv T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re Lawgiver, th a t he retired to his shows th a t life, feeling, conscious be w hat they really a re —no relig and life of th e a u th o r. 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