THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THERSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1 ,
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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
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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
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“ 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
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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
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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
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lowed
it.”
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are w ritten in this book.” Now the
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T his is proof positive th a t six the mind is not a thing th at can
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exist separate from the body, either creeds of these churches are ad d
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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
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our
reason.
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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.
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At the last m eeting of the C am p
22. W herefore I perceive th a t , ...
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agree as to its m eaning as long as
bellite
revivalist
in
this
City
we
were
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there is nothing better, th an th a t a
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I they look a t it as coming from one
Is The Bible Infallible?
m ade sad by his vain attem pts!. .
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m an should rejoice in his own
r -xi, .v . r infallible author. When good peo
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• hts
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reasons for th e faith th at he
if geology is tru e, an d we have works:
for
for to give
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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 • . ..
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eiaitns
no reason to dispute it, the world who
bun to see what
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fighting over an old book, they
I believe he <li«l much goodfor the!
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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
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pome of the lam bs of th e upper
ideas of what m ind is and the tw o
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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
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