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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1902)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, MARCH 13, E. G the attention of our historian. There is no doubt th a t teachings preceding the appearance of th e “ Origin of Species ’ such as th o s e in the works of Lam arck. Erasm us Ingersoll’s Complete W orks! (1903.) Pon t Guess a t It Subscription Edition i -"-3 B ut if von are going E ast w rite us for o u r rates and let us tell you about the service and accommodations offered 1 h r I llin o is C e n t r a l R a ilr o a d . T h r o u g h T o u ris t C a rs via th e I llin o is C e n tra l from Pa.-ihc C oast to C hicago am i C in cin n ati. D on’t fail to w rite us ab o u t vour trip , as we a re in a position to give you som e valuu >.e in fo rm atio n and assistan ce. 5319 m iles of track over which is op- p erated some of th e finest tra in s in th e world. 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VERY LOW — W IT H O U T — Settlers Rates CH A N G E OF CARS They Scuttle Their Ship And Will Sink. T orch readers know with w hat interest their attention was directed to the attem pts of Presbyterians to “ revise” their creed. We pointed out th at the trouble was reallv not with the creed, but with the B ible , by which St. A ugustine and Calvin made that creed the honest, logical, inevitable, iron-clad “ A rk of S alva tion,” hearing them over e a rth ’s troubled waters to the their prom ised Haven of rest. The Bible electsl | N ow these Pigmies have gone and done it 1 They have smashed their iron bottom —E lection ; and the sooner they are piloted to the shore of S cience and H um anity the fewer will he lost. To squirm over election is to be “ worse than an In fidel.” It is worse than the denial of “ God’s-word,” it is“ llat Atheism !” Calvin would make shorter work of them than he did of Servetus „ H eaj him: “ God is om nicient ? 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