Torch of reason., December 03, 1896, Image 1

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‘^iJ \ r.K I U .\ OREGON1, TH U R SD A Y , D EC EM B ER 3, 1896.
NO. 5.
BE P A T IE N T .
unto others as you would have them cated to m an moral tru th s previ-
AS
OTHERS
S EE U S.
J he w orld is well lost when th e w orld is
do unto you,
ously unknow n, argues on the p art
w ro n ".
The T orch Flashes! The following
Sixty years before the C hristian of the assertor, either gross igno­
N o m a tte r how m en deride you;
articles, taken from the Progressive
For if you a re p a tie n t and hrm and stro n g ,
r a , H ellel, a Jewish rabbi wrote: rance
or
else willful u frau
d . .” (H is xiunnri,
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Thinker, show that the people are
l o u w ill find in tim e though th e tim e be long
T h a t th e w orld w heels round heside you
•Do not do to others, w hat you lory of C ivilization.)— W. S. Bell. wi|h us:
If yon flare t(««ail o’er a new tho u g h t track,
would not like others to do to
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Liberals of Oregon have ju st
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For aw hile it w ill scourtre a r d scorn you;
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you
established a new spaper at Silver-
T hen, com ing a b re a st w ith t s k illfu l tack.
It will clasp your hand a n d slap your back
I wo hundred and eighty years
Some facts in regard to T hanks- ton> Wlth the title “Torch of Rea-
A nd vow it was th e re before you.
before
C
hrist,
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picurus
said
“ It giving Day will be interesting m po n .”
T hrough the kindness of
E c u W h k e c b r W il c o x .
i> more blessed to give than to re- this time. I t is presumed m ost of our occasional contributor. Dr. S.
“ I sh all pass through th is life ceive.
those connected with the public C. A dam s, a copy is before us. It
hut once. If there is an y good
Three h u n d red and fifty years press of today have no inform ation
published un d er the auspices of
I can do my fellows it m ust be now, before C hrist, - Socrates
said; ‘‘Act on the subject. Prior to about 1850 ’
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Oregon S tate Secular Union,
for the o p p o rtu n ity will never occur toward Olliers
others as you desire them proclam ations directing the observ- and is u n d er the editorial manage*
again.” is credited to a Quaker, but to act to toward you.”
t“ act to toward you.’
ance of a T hanksgiving day were men t of Prof. J. E. Hosmer, of the
it is goo'l enough to have come from
I hree hundred and seventy years only issued by the governors of the Liberal U niversity. As a m eans
Col. Ingersoll, with whom we think before
C hrist, A ristipus
said: respective states, without any con- of com m unication between the
it originated.— Ex.
C heri-h reciprocal benevolence, certed action, hence they were scat- th in k ers of the state the pap er will
hivaluable, an d should he gen-
T H E R E L IG IO N O F T H E F U T U R E . which will m ake you as anxioiiH t-ered all along through October aud
for a n o th e r’s welfare
as your ow n.” I KT
November.
Persons
passing
rom erously sustained.
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We wish it
*‘I wonder w hat the religion of the
I hree hundred and eighty-five one state
into an o th er ....
a t th
a t sea- success, a long life, and an ahun-
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future will be? It will consist in years before C hrist, A ristotle wrote:
son of the year were frequently in- I dance of
advance-paying suh-
the deepest reverence for m oral ‘ We should conduct ourselves to­
couventenced by finding places of b rib e rs.
worth, the tenderest p ity for the ward others, as we would have
business closed w Inch they had tra v ­
The T orch of R eason says the
frailties of h u m an n atu re, the most them act tow ard us.”
eled a long way to visit.
L ib erals of O regon h av e ju st e s ta h -
profound faith in the u ltim ate per­
F our hundred years before C hrist
L. A. Godey, of Philadelphia, lished the Liberal U niversity a t
fectibility.
T he religion of the fu­ Sextus said: “ W hat you wish your undertook, about the time men
ture must he a th in g about which neighbors to be to you, such be also tinned, to correct the evil and > llverton, with a board of regents
and faculty, wherein a full aca­
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there can be no doubt, an d conse­ 4 to ~ them
m ake the day uniform through the demic, norm al, collegiate and sci­
quently no dispute. It will he for
F our hundred and tw enty years n a i . hi . T o th a t end, besides call­
entific course, including law, will
the peace an d perfecting of m an, before C hrist, Plato wrote:
“ May ing a t t e n t io n t o th e fact in a leading
be tau g h t.
It is proposed a t an
not for the exercise of his power to
I do to others as I would have tliem a rtic le in h is m agazine, h e w rote
early day to add an in d u strial de­
outwit an an tag o n ist in an a r ­
do to me.”
p erso n al k th - r s to the several Gov-
partm ent. The officers announce
gum ent; and there are only the
I i\e hundred years before C h ris t, e rn o rs, a s k in g each to fix on a cer- th a t instruction will he nonsectar-
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uvuon m u oe nonsectar-
great m oral tru th s, perceived since n . r •
Co.duci.is taught: “ Do unto an- tarn day in each > ear which should ¡an, an d th a t only facts will be
the beginning of thought, hut h ard
o th e r w hat you would have him do [he devoted to thanksgiving. H e
tau g h t in the university. Such an
t o hold as p rin cip les of action
be­
to you, and do not to an o th er what suggested the last T hursday in Nov- in stitu tio n of learning deserves en ­
cause the h ig h er faculties to which
yon would not have him do unto em ber as one which would probably
couragem ent. It is the first of its
they appeal are of slower growth
you: it is the foundation principle he a t the close of the harvest in all class, an d it will lie a blessing to
th a n the lower ones which they
o f all th e rest ” (2 4 th M axim C o n ­ the states.
the race. Ixing m ay it wave.
should control, an d the delights
fu c iu s ) .Jesus co n clu d es by s a y in g .
A goodly num ber of governors the
they offer are of a n atu re too dele-
L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y F U N D
cate to be appreciated by uncul-
" " U ’ " f‘" 1"'* " f " ' e,
, «rat year accepted the»olicita.ion in
tured palates; but it ¡8 in these, the
, l,n' ' ® ' o s e s h,s rule the sp irit in which it was offered,
The following is a list of those who
by observing, “ thou only needst th is and directed the festival accord have subscribed to the Liberal University
infinite tru th s known to B uddha,
law alone; it is the foundation an d iugly. By th e third year all fell Fund, with the amount signed by each :
reflected by Plato, preached by
principle of all the rest ”
into line, and by universal assent E Stewart, Dayville, O r.................. $50 00
C hrist, undoubted undisputed even
L S Davidson,Portland, O r............. 25 00
by the. sp irit of evil, th a t religion
A,hI it should n„t '-e overlooked the last
.a s. T , hursday
nursoay in November
.Mn-eraber is Michel Steffen,Vancouver, W ash.. 5 00
Herman Kehm, Portland, O r__ 10 (Ml
m ust consist, an d is steadily grow-
th e now de™ ted
g®"®™' rejoicing,
W E Parrot, ^storia, O r................. 5 00
ing to consist while the question- “
/ " ' * ’ ° '.‘‘h e . '” W " nd the . 11
President Washington W O Kent, Portland, O r................. 20 00
able m an-m ade gauds of sensuous I
’ dlscll,‘mH " s au th o rsh ip , issued one or two T hanksgiving P W Oeer, Silverton, O r..... ........... 10 00
D Hengst, Portland, O r........... .
5 00
service are g ra d u a lly being set
the.
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Proclamations
Jefferson was im- Gustave Hickethier, Portland, Or 20 00
aside. The religion,,} the future r h 2
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>**>"* portuned to designate a day of Alice M Davidson, Portland, O r ... 20 00
R Sylvester, Portland, O r............... 10 00
will neither be a political in stitu -i , , ’
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" ? h,: D ° not hankw’ b u t decllued. K ^ing as a M Pritchard, Sierro Valley C a l... 2 50
B F Hyland, Corvallis, O r......... 5 00
tion. nor a n , e e n s ........................ ‘l" “ ’ •’ f ’" ' "<"g|d >or w hat you w ould
reason: “ Ours is a secular govern­ W
W Jesse, Barlow, O r................. 5 00
tion, nor a m eans of hviinood, hut
take ill from h im .”
m
ent,
and
has
no
business
to
in
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Matie
Vanhouten, Portland, O r .. 2 50
an expression of the highest m oral
J
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Hosmer,
Silverton, O r............. 10 00
“ I hat the system of m orals pro- fere in religious m atters.” In 1863
attrib u te, h u m an or div in e—dis-
Jo w
h n n L e itc
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i pounded in the New T estam ent rre
s ia e m m
ncoin, w ithout a n v y au-
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President
Lincoln,
au t W
in te re s te d
lo v e .” — 1 he H e a v e n l y ___ 4 , ;
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J ” Haddock, New Y o rk ,............. 5 00
Twins.
~ contains no maxim which had not th o rity of law, issued a T hanksgiv- J F W right. North Yamhill, Or .. 2 50
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previously enunciated, and ing proclam ation, and all the sub- Free Thought Mutual Improve-
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th a t some of th e m ost beautiful sequent presidents have followed
«°*-iety, Rock Springs, Wy. 500
passages in the apostolic w ritings his exam ple. Save an act m aking k V o h h ?
20 TO
! he m o r a l te a c h in g s o f th e Bible
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from Pagan
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legal h o lid a . j y ,, ,'J „ H . Fisk,
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Buck of the pJT” are quotations
n 1
'' authors, 7 T hanksgiving
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am ids in pre-historic ti.n y s m others are
wel1
known tn
to men*««'
every scholar;
we believe xl.«,_L
there has
been no « legis-
R • CFulkersonD ayville.
3 00
5 00
taught
th eir children
to 1>eI and so far from wippiying, as some lation bv Congress on the subject. A Officer, D a y v i l l e . '
u o m HUPP°SP’ an “Ljection against Chri>-
The day seems to have had its
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kind to each other.
Not from
h
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a
strong
recotnm
enda-
origin
in
New
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though
its
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heaven, But o , k of
hum an
thcr’s ti o n o f ‘L as indicating the intimate parallel is found in the harvest- ,T,T e areotl‘«r
resposibleparties
came the golden rule.
A moth
bis " relation
2 " ° " between ‘he
. five dollars Up to tw o hundred dollars,
the docInncR
d<x:trines o of f borne
home of olden time»,
tim es
O V H • as sufficient to reveal ‘ this
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,
‘ h® m o ral ay m p ath iea o f
T o know w h af
■ , an(, n()t
although they have not signed any par
l est rule of life.
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inspii
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rv.iv/vv niioi in jum, iSVIU liUb L(
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* that
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,be m
dy inspiration
inapirn.inn n need-d
anku.d
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hope
th at, r..,«
now
.. assert
aaaovt th
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f ’u hristianity
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we have started in earnest, the
1 required
to c a ll f o r th the expression—“ D<»
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m uni- . fucius
, am ount will,8oon be raised.