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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1896)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THERSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1 , Torch of Reason ».4x 4 *■ «»*•« them ««▼ that ,1..— d 1»9G. poke«. I ex predion through the .ctUm of “J«mi i. kin«.” Now the adv.nti.te of mean' long periodo of tim e, b u t ' the I,rain? W hen we die and the , claim th a t the bible teaches th a t this is a miserable subterfuge, for brain decays does the m ind cease Jesus is to be mg T his is infidelity an d is m aking U N I V E R S A L M E N T A L L IB in the ten com m andm ents, sup to exist? W hat is the m ind? Can skeptics and hindering the great ERTY. posed to have been w ritten by the it exist separate from th e brain or work of th e C am pbellites i. e., true ... ♦ in , r w c t? ’ ¡0 these, w ords, not? W >. ■ _ , .--- ' •I. " i . > fil» “ Six d a y s s b a lt thou labor' atiof do Then the m ethodist’s infidelity all tb v work: but the seventh day and we can only give our ideas and The Only Secular Paper Published on the was shown to be doing much harm , is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: show the proof which is satisfactory Pacific Coast. and we re and the B aptists and other denom in it thou sh alt not do any work, to our m inds alize th at no m atter which side inations each in tu rn received the Published Weekly by the Oregon State thou, nor th y son, nor thy daughter, of the question we take, the other awful nam e of infidel. th v m anservant, nor th y m aid Secular Union. One of the strongest points servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy side will declare themselves on a brought out was the thought th a t stranger th a t is w ithin thy gates: higher plain and th a t they can see J . E . H O S M E R ....................... E d ito r. better than we, but we m ust all the bible is not taken by the other p W G E E R - - - B u sin e ss M a n a g e r. For in six days the Lord m ade churches as sufficient, but they have heaven am i earth, the sea, and all rem em ber th a t mere assertion of being on a higher plane is no a r crec-ds which is infidelity in itself for E ntered a t th e poatoffice at Silverton, th a t in them is, and rested the the bible teaches t h a t , “ If any m an 0 rvu,.i, :., (,n < l'-lasr in a il m a tt.- i. seventh day: wherefore the Lord gum ent and is the old, worn out shall add unto these things, God blessed the Sabbath day ami h a l last resort of defeated reason. Let us reason together. I believe th a t shall add unto him the plagues th at gU B ttC R IP T lO M KATfcM. lowed it.” ....... «too are w ritten in this book.” Now the O ne Y ear, in advance.......... T his is proof positive th a t six the mind is not a thing th at can S ix Month», in advance....................................... o exist separate from the body, either creeds of these churches are ad d T hree Month», in a d v a n c e ..... ................. ; ' literal days is m eant and according In Clnba of .» or m ore one year, in a d v a n c e ... - now or after our brain ceases to itions to the bible and therefore all Money ahoold be »ent by r e n d e r e d le tte r o r to science this is impossible and protestant churches excepting the act. m oney order. . , ,_ therefore the Itook called the Holy The only way we learn about the C am pbellites are infidels. Of course He»«»e »end ns the name« and ad lre#»e» of sec Bible is not infallible and we have ularist» wl.o are not regular subscriber». objects around us is by their a ttr i such reasoning is sufficient to m ake the right to reject w hatever does butes, and so in studying the m ind, some people th in k th a t bis creed is not accord w ith our reason. Ab! THURSDAY . . . .DECEMBER 31, E. M. 296. the best way is to study its a ttr i th e right one; and surely no one can yes, it is not only a right, it is our butes, its powers, its m anifes dispute th a t the belief in the bible d u ty to reject these gross errors The World is W aitin g. as the word of a god, in baptism by tations. which have gnawed at the vitals The brain acts or m anifests it im m ersion being essential to sal W e lielieve th a t th e only heaven and corrupted the life blond ot our self in three ways, in knowing, vation, in the Cam pbellites being the and hell there is, is right here on civilization ever since civilization in feeling and in willing; f< r ex- the only tru e Church etc. etc. is creed- earth. W hat shall we do? Shall began. imple, if I learn th at a friend has ism of the worst stam p. we allow the heaven to be sw al broken bis arm I feel sorry for the W ebster says th a t a creed is a Is flan Im m ortal? lowed up by the hell, so th a t the an poor fellow and determ ine to visit definite sum m ary of what is be cients who are here now repesented I f a n in fid e l s h o u ld te ll a good him and see if I can do an y th in g lieved; especially a sum m ary of by us, their offspring, will be C h ris tia n frie n d t h a t w h e n h e d ie d , to help niui in bis trouble. In C hristian belief. Now if our Camp- obliged to undergo the tortures of an lie d ie d lik e a h o rs e o r a co w , a n d these acts the three m anifestations bellite friends will th in k ,a n d think e a rth ly hell, or shall we unite to t h a t t h a t w a s th e e n d o f h im , t h e are shown i. e., I know of his h ard fora few m inutes, they will see better our conditions, and w ithdraw p o o r C h ris tia n w o u ld w a s te m u c h broken limb; I feel sorry; I will go th a t the only people who hav en ’t o ur support from the old system sot o f Ids m e n t a l fo rce p r a y i n g fo r t h e to see him. Then knowing, feeling any ^reed are those who haven’t any priestly robbery and servitude, and conversion of t h e a w f u l infidel*, and willing are t h e different things religion and surely Secularists are th e scheming, unreasoning elem ents h u t a lt h o u g h it is d i s p u t e d in o t h e r of which the brain is capable and the only people who haven’t any of greed which are literally and p a r t s o f G o d ’s ( ? ) w o rd , lis te n to the knowing the feeling and the thing like w hat is properly called tru ly lining this hell w ith the skulls t h i s fro m o n e of ih e in s p i r e d one.-: willing all together is the mind religion. T he secularists are ag o f the innocent? ami we have been tau g h t to use the nostic in regard to gods, holy books, [ECCLESIASTES III 18-22] One of the worst things we can 18. I s a i'l in m v h e a r t c o n c e r n in g word m ind where we should use the sons of gods etc. So they really b ear in public, and we have heard word brain. T hen, if knowing, have no C hristian belief an d are it all our lives, issom thing like this: th e e s t a t e o f t h e s o u s of m e n , th at G o d m ig h t m a n if e s t th e m , a n d t h a t feeling, and willing constitute the therefore free from the creeds th at “ I don’t believe I have any th e y m ig h t see t h a t th e y th e m s e lv e s sum total of the m ind, it is imposs keep good people from u n itin g and thing io say and I beg to be ex ible for the m ind to exist outside killing the (d)evil th a t is in the b e a s ts . cused.” There are too m any who a r e 19. For t h a t which befalletb t h e ' of the brain for we can see at once world. beg to l>e excused and the world is th a t neither knowing, feeling or The adventists could quote script- patiently w aiting, for those who are sons of men befalletb beasts; even willing can exist as objects, more ture and prove th a t all o th er de doing nothing but being excused. one thing befalletb them : as the one dictb, so dieth the other; yea, than running, singing or talking. nom inations are infidelic. 1 he O, friends don’t w ait for others. W hat an absurdity it would be to Catholics could quote scrip- See how m uch needs to he done. they have all one breath; so th a t a claim that our w alking and singing ure and show th a t the Catholic Let us all work for what we believe man bath no pre-eminence above a exist alter we are dead; but no Church is the only true church and to be right and true. Don’t be beast; for all is vanity. 20. All go unto one place; all more so th a n th a t the action of so on though the whole category. afraid of losing a few dollars. Money our brains can run around stark The fact is, my deluded C h ristian earned by being a coward is dearly are of the dust, and ill turn to dust naked either here or in some friends, th e bible was w ritten by earned. T alk with your friends! again. 21. W ho know eth the spirit of iappy hunting ground beyond the ¿ift*erent au th o rs and can not be Advocate your views’ Reason! man th at goeth upw ard, and the skies, proven to be the word of a god. Get others to think! You will be ! There are m any contradictions in happier th an the coward with his spirit of the beast that goeth down Deluded R evivalists. this book and people never can ward to the earth? m illions. — — —* At the last m eeting of the C am p 22. W herefore I perceive th a t , ... . x agree as to its m eaning as long as bellite revivalist in this City we were , , . • t ~ there is nothing better, th an th a t a . ‘ I they look a t it as coming from one Is The Bible Infallible? m ade sad by his vain attem pts!. . j - m an should rejoice in his own r -xi, .v . r infallible author. When good peo , . th at . is • hts , . . portion: , reasons for th e faith th at he if geology is tru e, an d we have works: for for to give * ple out grow their childish play of e a im s to possess, p o sse ss, and a n u although a n n » » u g n we • . .. , ? . , v , shall . », i bring i- . . .. „.».«♦ eiaitns no reason to dispute it, the world who bun to see what . , 1 . . . ’ , . . * , , fighting over an old book, they I believe he <li«l much goodfor the! . ... „ was not created in six days a ta li be after him? will accomplish som ething w orth) Cause of M ental Liberty by showing with all the anim als and plants and of a civilized people. up the infidelity in the other pro man in the image of a perfect be The Mind. O, h >w silly it is to be fighting testan t churches, yet this good was ing called God. It’s a sham e how over this old book th at was w ritten There seems to be two coin mon ...v.v ............................. - - .............. ftll wttnotit intention. ... all without intention pome of the lam bs of th e upper ideas of what m ind is and the tw o I t seems th a t as the adventists " r ' °Pie' * 8 fold wiggle and twist to m ake tiiis q u a tio ... « r i - ; is m ind « .m ed , ¡ng ,each »h»t which in his estim ation X - u k t v T n d ‘ ri‘.e '’priM ing " p X ' foolish heathen account ag-ee with pciei.ee but the umre they wiggle which leaves the body and returns ¡s co n trary to certa in passagesof the y o u n g friends you don’t know how the deeper they sink into the quag at will, or is it sim ply a fo rce o r word of God they are infidels. He ignorant and foolish you appear (C o n tin u e d on page 6.) m ire of decaying error. Some of e n e r g y ” i the b rain and only has claim s th at the bible teaches th a t -5"