TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 27, E. M. 300 (1900.)
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Take the Torch.
Boom the Torch.
Come to the L. U. O.
Get up a club for the Torch.
The editor, Mr. Geer, Mrs. Hos-
mer, Chas. Pag«* and others have
been ex h au stin g their resources in
trying to find a cook this week,
Some of the old maid cooks of the
East would do well to take Horace
G reely’s advice:
Go west, young
woman; go w e st.
Send a stu d en t to the L. U. O,
Mrs. H osm er and Mrs.
were in Salem Tuesday.
but we m ust, also, place some-
thing in th eir stead.
T h at some-
thing is Secularism .
W hen we
give suprem e attention to the af-
fairs of this life, we progress. And
b y this means only m an can attain
salvation from the evils which be-
O. S. S. C. T w elfth Annual Con­
vention.
R E A D Y , F IR E :
dially invited. Those who can aid
by contribution of means or by ta k ­
ing p a rt in the program are respect­
fully requested to com m unicate with
the present officers.
T. B. W akeman , President,
Silverton, Ore.
C lara B ailey , Secretary,
91 N. 9th St., P o rtlan d , Ore.
The Twelfth A nnual Convention
of the Oregon S tate Secular Union
will be held in Liberal H all, S il­
verton, Ore., Septem ber 28, 29 and
30, E. M. 300 (1900). Much bus­
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iness of im portance is to be trans-
The in te re e u o f your paper are acted and new officer9 elected. A
in good hands here.
You m ust
interesting program , with re-
encourage Mr. W I.eeler to push J t ceptions, music, lectures and ball,
together with the E nglish Secular
is being prepared. The L. U. O.
jsin. Be so kind as to send me
will l have
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i k e n its
s o opening
p e n in g e exercises
x e r c is e s o on
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of Secular songs—fifty and one o ,1Mt:nna au t .
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Questions as to fu rth er union, or-
hundred copies. Answer by return n
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gai)i zh 11on cincl propaganda will bo
mail.
Y ours truly
proposed. It will be a most lively
F rederick M ains , I aud intere8tiug occa6ion. A l l
Secretary Chicago Liberal Society. ph of L ibera, sentim ent9 are cor.
“ God Forbid.”
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The “ F rien d ” says the audience
was singularly affected and medi-
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All is excitem ent at the L. U. O. tattve
at the
close
of .Mr.
for school opens next Monday.
Wakem ian . s address at
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Mr. Chas. Dickerson entered the “ W hat do you think of th t ser­
said one elderly M etho­
L. U. O. as chief cook last Tuesday. m on?”
dist lady to another.
After cast-
The working force on the L. U. jDg eves around, as if to find an
O. building is now reduced to ten answer, it came with a sigh, “ God
men.
forbid.”
But if “ T he A ll” is God— all the
We have purchased a fine regu­
lator clock for the study room of God there is, then God and evolu­
tion will not forbid but fulfill.
If
the L. U. O.
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Mr. W akem an had m et his end by
Mr. and Mrs. Blyhack and th eir
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i the antics of the frisky horse in the
four children started for th eir T illa ­
funeral procession, how’ certain the
mook home last M onday.
M ethodist friend would have been
The T. O. R. force has been work­ th a t “ prayer is answ ered.”
But
ing evenings in order to get caught as Mr. W akem an was “ providen­
up with the work this week.
tia lly ” saved when in extrem e d a n ­
Science’s wonderful gift, electric ger, is it not evident th at God does
lights, will shine in every room of n°t * forbid” , hut if he means any-
thing approves?
the L. U. O. next December.
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Again the W estern Division of
the F reethought arm y begins to
line up and prepare for action.
Our L. U. O. fort has been stre n g th ­
ened very much since last y ear’s
cam paign; officers and soldiers be­
gin to fall in liue and everything
looks as if this y e a r’s victory is to
Dated August 30, E. M. 300.
be one of the greatest in the his­
tory of our m arch to m ental free­ Program m e of O. S. S. U. Twelfth
dom. We wish th a t tim e and
Annual Convention.
space would perm it us to give in
Following is the program m e of
detail all the im provem ents we
have m ade since the school closed the tw elfth annual convention of
the Oregon State Secular Union, to
last year. Of course we hav en ’t
had money enough to do all th a t he held at Silverton, Ore., Septem ­
The Silverton public
school
ber 28, 29 and 30:
A Model Letter.
we wished, but w hat we have had
opened its doors to the district
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.
has been carefully used and no one
school children last M onday.
E ditor T orch ok R eason :
2:30 P. M. Welcome Address, T.
can fully understand the ad v a n t­
B. W akem an; music.
Mr. George Jacob H olyoak’s
Two hundred new chairs arrived
ages we will have this vear over
from P ortland on y esterday’s train . English Secularism recently came
3:30 P. M. A ppointm ent of Com­
other years unless they have been
They are for the L. U. O. assem bly to me through a subscription to on the ground and have seen with mittees.
the Torch of Reason.
I am de­
7:30 P. M. Address, Prof. F ree­
hall.
their own eyes. The L. U. O. hall
lighted with the book.
This little
dom W. Hoffm ann.
alone is better th an all the room
The assem bly hall of the L. U.
volume is to me a veritable tex t­
8:30 P. M. Social Ball.
we had the first year.
We now
O. will have the best floor hn the
book of the true philosophy of life.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.
have beautifully decorated ' study
city. The hall will also have a fine
It is clear, concise, logical and,
10:00 A. M. Business Meeting
rooms, recitation rooms, cloak
gallery.
best of all, intensely practical.
It
of O. S. S. U.
rooms, office, dining hall and d o r­
P atro n s and friends of the L. U. is an eloquent appeal to live within
2:30 P. M. Completion of bus­
m itory with waiting room, p rin t­
0 . are invited to attend our open- our legitim ate sphere—this sphere
iness; volunteer offerings for the
ing office, work shop, etc. And
ing exercises Monday
m orning, | of the senses.
If th a t is too cir­
good of the cause; short addresses,
Ihen
we
have
forty-four
acres
of
Oct. 1st.
cum scribed, let us listen, look, feel,
etc.
good level land, whereas when the
Don’t forget the dance F riday think and act, and when a new fact
7:30 P. M. Address, Prof. J. E.
school started , in ’96, it had not a
night at Liberal H all, nor th e re - j8 ’earned rejoice and renew our In­
Hosmer.
place to lay its head.
All this in
ception a t th e L. U. O. hall Mon- | bui iu the la r«er fieId of activity,
8:00 P.M . L iterary and musical
four short years. At this rate, and
day evening.
Tbp book ia an em bodim ent of the
program m e; music uuder the d i­
with the rapid rate of increase in
sp irit of practical progress.
To
the num ber of students we are h a v ­ rection of M innie P. Hosm er (solos,
C lara Bailey, Secretary 0 . S. S. the ignoran, in th eir nj
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duets, q u artets, choruses, etc.); in ­
U„ is visiting a t th e L. U. O., er<ljtion and , he PcholaKtic9 jn lh tir ing, what can we do in the next
four years? The C hristians feel no stru m en tal music, Silverton M arine
where she will rem ain until after
wilderness of m ysticism , it is a
hesitancy in declaring their inten­ Band; recitations, etc.
the convention.
guide book of the way to the prom-
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
s io n of ?a
capturing
the whole world
The study room of the L. U. O. ised land of self-thought, justice S
PU1’ ' ng the
11:00 A .M . Picnic.
looks very inviting since the ceil- and liberty.
I feel th at by his or irl^ t’ wh^ H onld we, if we
1:00 P. M. Addresses in the
lly Y believe ° in
ing has been papered and the wood life work, M r. H olyoake has placed
1U ° our
UF religion of grove, Pearl W. Geer, Jo h n P res­
Science and H u m an ity , hesitate to
work stained and varnished.
another star of hope in the heav­
plan a F reethought cam paign on cott G uild of M assachusetts; paper,
ens.
It shines for all m ankind,
Mrs. E m ily W akem an; recitations,
Some will hear with regret th a t
as large a scale.
but most brightly tor the poor, the
music.
Mr. Geo. H ealy (g ran d p a), who
In tru th
this w ar
against
ignorant and the oppressed.
7:30 P. M. Addresses, H. K.
has been with us for several
ignorance and superstition is no
I am, also, much pleased with
m onths, has moved to Portland.
sm all thing and we must not let Sargent of P ortland, Ore., Prof. T.
your paper.
The poems in the
B .-W akem an; music.
it longer rem ain a sm all thing.'
The different rooms in the L. U. last num ber, “ T ransm utations,”
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Everybody is invited.
“ W e want th e e a r th , we want, it all,
O. building are all finished differ- and “ To the H onest Soul” are
We w ant th e whole te rre stria l b a ll.” .
1 note th a t you announce
rently. Some are left with hard gems.
Yes our motto m ust be, “ the
finish on n atu ral wood (yellow fir), your publication as being in the
world FOR HUMANITY,” and as each
some stained w ith a lte rn a te boards interests of “ constructive, m oral j
p rie .7 kina
ash and m ahogany, some finished S e c u la rism ,” and I believe you „re and com m ander, let each who will T he ablest publication of the kind in the W orld.
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