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.
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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 ­
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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
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To do this we m ust stop m istak ­
religious notion of a destruction at
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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.”
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illusions, out of which all of the
of this great occasion will be found
In a word “ to do good is our relig­
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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
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H
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R
ollers,”
get
Zelophehad are right; give them in and around us, and th a t they up before healthgiving kicks reach
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peal of the daughters of Zelophe-
had, their dem ands were approved
by the Lord and answered by their
rulers, while the daughters of Jef-
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and
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