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Those who try to break the fall
of orthodoxy will only m ake the
fall heavier
a t last.— Goldwin
Sm ith.
L e t each m an le a rn to know h im se lf
To g a in th a t k n o w led g e le t him la b o r,
Im p ro v e th o se fa ilin g s of his ow n
W h ich he c o n d e m n s so in h is n e ig h ­
bor.
—O ld Song.
From the m om ent th a t religion
seeks assistance from philosophy
her downfall is unavoidable. She
strives to defend herself, aud a l­
ways talks herself deeper into ruin.
IS INVALÜABE TO
Religion, like all other absolutism s,
C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
may not justify herself.
Prom e­
such as le ttin g in locks, as it ta k e s th e
place of chisel a n d gouge; to
theus is bound to the rock by a
silent power.
zEschylus repre­ C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w o rk /d o w -
sents the personification of b r u t e , elling, patch in g , rem oving sp lits and
k n o ts. In fact, no
force as not speaking a single
word. It m ust be dum b.— Heine. 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
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H u m a n ity is u n d e rg o in g im p o r ta n t p h y s ic a l,
in te lle c tu a l, a n d so cial c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de­
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in te lle c tu a l p e rc e p tio n so t h a t la te n t a n d a c tiv e
en e rg y w ill be p ro p e rly d ire c te d , in s u r in g a
c le a r head in a sound body. N o th in g lik e it or
h a lf so good and p ra c tic a l. T h is r a r e tr e a t se n t
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W hy, then, eternal punishm ent
fu rn itu re , n o r
A m an rarely givos up C h ristian ­ for the tem porary offences of so
Heaven A n w y ith O o u th t er it. W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld be
ity all at once.
W hen he drops frail a creature as m an?
out of orthodoxy he usually tu rn s and hell suppose two distinct spec­
up in U niversalism or U n itarian - ies of men— the good and the bad; AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE
ism. He generally takes several but the greatest p art of m ankind
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It '8 th e only ro u n d b it in th e world
float
betwixt
vice
aud
virtue.
Were
dips in the theological sea before
th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E
he comes up serenely as a Free- one to round the world with the
a n d do all th a t any o th e r
b it will do.
intention
of
giving
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kindness to anim als “ came in men scarcely am ount to the value
SIL V E R T O N O R E G O N .
with C h ristian ity .
Now he had of either.— David Hum e.
found a city in In d ia the rem ains
Science broke the chain from hu-*
of a B uddhist hospital for anim als
m an lim bs and gave us instead the
established 300 years before C hrist.
forces of nature for our slaves.
A nd so the acquirem ent ofelem ent-
These slaves have no backs to be
ary
knowledge goes on.— Free­
w hipped; they have no hearts to
thinker.
be lacerated; they have no children
1 0 .0 0 For a S u it.^
The true “ lib eral” endeavors to to be stolen, no cradles to be vio-
liese Suits are Double or Single Breasted S acks in
use the means a t his disposal in ef­ lated. I know th a t science has
O X FO R D G R EY S, BLACK CLAY W O RSTED S,
fecting all the good he can.
B ut given us better houses. I know it
E N G L IS H C H E V E O T S .
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ures. He rests contented, in this I am in favor of intellectual lib­
im perfect world of onrs, with the erty .— R. G. Ingersoll.
“ good,” u ntil tim e and circum ­
N othing can be more abject and
stances favor the a tta in m e n t of the m iserable than the usual concep­ Our Job D e p a rtm e n t
“ b etter.”— Goethe.
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tion of God. Im agine to yourself
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Jam es C raig’s, Silverton, Ore.
. . . Satisfaction
The flatterers of kings and
- - in
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princes have ever been - held
served h atred and contem pt.
In
this country they seem nearly to
have had th eir d ay; but th eir suc­
cessors, th e courtiers o f the people,
are equally contem ptible, and much
more pernicious.— T hom as W alker.
w hat P ^ u r e it would be to him
to burn us or to to rtu re us.
Can
we believe any hum an being cap a­
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ble of creating us for such a p u r­
pose? W ould it show his power? HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKflANSHIP
W hy, he is om nipotent! W ould it
show his justic. ? We credit God
with attrib u tes which are u tterly
hateful to the m eanest of m en.—
The story of the m iraculous con­ General Gordon.
ception, the ascent of C hrist into
The personal wealth of Pope Leo
heaven, the tem ptation, the open­
X II I. is estim ated toexceed £4,000,-
ing of his grave hy angel, etc., was
000— a pretty considerable sum for
taken bodily from th e religion of
a follower of Jesus C hrist, who
the B uddhists.— E. W. Howe.
Fall term begins Monday, October i, E. M. 300 (A. D. 1900.)
preached poverty, and enjoined his
How can infinite power be able disciples to sell all and give to the
NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY.
to do all things, and yet infinite poor.— F reethinker.
S tu d en ts given board and rooms a t the L. U. O. Dorm itory a t low rates
g o o d n e ss be u n a b le to d o e v il?
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I h e c la im s o f m orality to our
How can infinite justice exact the . . .
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COURSES.
utm ost penalty of sin, and yet infi-
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are solidly established, rest on the
K indergarten.
Scientific.
nite mercy pardon the sinner?
P rim ary.
Norm al.
sam e positive base as our faith in
How can infinite wisdom know
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reparatory.
Law.
the tru th of physical law s.— Jo h n
all th at is to come, and yet infinite
Commercial.
Classical.
Morley.
Courses in M edicine, etc., will
added as soon as practicab le.
freedom be at liberty to do or to
forbear? How is the existence of S ta n d not aloof nor a p a rt,
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 .
evil com patible with th a t of an in-
Plunge in th e th ick of th e fig h t;
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T here in th e street and th e m a rt,
finitely perfec! being? For if he
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T h a t is th e place to do rig h t,
ST R IC T L Y N O N -TH EO LO G IC A L.
w ills it, he is not infinitely good; N ot in som e cloister o r cave,
and if he wills it not, his will is
N ot in som e kingdom above,
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—[E lla W heeler Wilcox
J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary,
SILVERTON, OREGON.