THE TORCH OF REASON. SILVERTON, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 1 , 1 8 9 7 .
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kingdom.
1 bat’s a wise way of living, if we barbarous people are placed by the flower of the population of all
“Take a seat,” said Charlie. can only stretch our conscience to
Europe was led on by the emperors
“There are plenty of chairs, if you’ll it. Jt is well enough to keep a look­ priest and professor, above the of Germany and kings of England
reason of mankind, we shall reap
only sit on the floor.”
out for the hereafter; for, if the but little benefit from church or and I rance and a large array of
‘ Thank you, I don’t care to sit,” orthodox God has the management school
the nobility of manv other coun-
said the deacon.
of things, he’ll make it hot for us
Instead of dismissing professors tries, but they were doomed to
•lak e a smoke’
Xotv, if ive can serve the devil in
for finding something our, let us find defeat by the so called infidel
• I don’t wish to. The Lord does this world and have a good time
I urk and thus free government
not permit me.”
and theu at la, t turn 1|p wi(h a rather discharge those who do not. anil mental liberty arc somewhat
Let each teacher understand that
“ He aught to, for he smokes him- harp of gold, why, that’s a good
investigation is not dangerous for indebted to the infidel Turks for
eelf,” said Paddie.
game to play.”
him; that his bread is safe, no mat­ the barrier they raised against the
“How do you know that?” queried
“Certainlv,” said Charlie “ Its
further advance of that tyrannical
the deacon, solemnly.
four ace8 Hnd a king> anJ we are ter how much truth he may discover despotic persecuting power known
and that his salary will not he re­
“Doesn’t the bible say that smoke sure of a pot.”
duced, simply because he finds that as the church under the popes of
came out of his nostrils?”
“I can’t play it though. I want 1 he ancient Jews did not know the Home.
“The Lord’s ways are not our a fair and square deal, and take mv entire history of the world.
Again the thirty year’s war in
ways. We are not to do as he did,” chances.”
Besides, it is not fair to make a Germany virtually between the
responded the deacon.
<.So do j. p mgoing to 1>e a man
( atholic support a Protestant same persecuting power, and the
“I should say not,” said Paddie. and I dont care whether there’s a school, nor is it just to collect taxes protestant electors who fought for
‘If you did you’d be a mighty mean God or not. He can’t hurt my from Infidels and Atheists to sup­ liberty of conscience in religion
fellow.”
manhood, whatever else he mav
port schools in which any system against the emperor of Germany
“It’s a mystery, and I tremble for do.”
of religion is taught. The sciences who fought to re-establish the
you that you make light of it.”
There came a crv for help from are not sectarian. People do not Catholic religion.
“Of course you don’t want any outside,—a boyish crv.
Here then we have two of the
prosecute each other on account of
light on the subject. The less you
“By thunder, I believe that’s
greatest Christian powers of that
know, the better.”
little pe te » said ch ar,ie ,4J wo„. dissagreement in mathematics. time who professed to worship the
I ami lies are not divided about
“It isn’t for us to understand,” der what the trouble is now,” and
botany, and astronomy does not same God and having similar forms
said the deacon. “ We must believe the two men hurried out.
even tend to make a man hate bis of worship engaged in mortal strife,
and trust.”
CTo Be Continued.)
father and mother. It is what on many fields of battle for thirty
“Trust is a dead dog nowdays,”
people do not know, that they per­ years, tearing each other from
said Charlie. “It’s cast down with
Free Schools.
secute each other about. Science limb to limb and drenching the
me. ”
will bring, not a sword, but peace. sacred earth with their heart’s blood.
6 ‘I’ll pray for ye,” said the deacon.
Here let us pause a moment and
Just as long as religion has con­
“I came to borrow a little whiskey.
It ,s a^H<) my desire to free the
think of the horrors, pain and
I feel sick at my stomach.”
schools. When a professor in a trol of the schools, science will be agony of even one battlefield, the
“ Why don’t you pray, then, and college finds a fact, he should make an outcast. Let us free our insti­ sufferings of the wounded, the wid­
get cured?”
it known, even if it is inconsistent tutions o f learning. Let us dedi­ ows and orphans *left to want and
•‘We shouldn’t pray for temporal with something Moses said. Pub- cate them to the science of eternal misery. But we have such battles
blessings, only for spiritual.”
be opinion must not compel the truth. Let us tell every teacher ^y the thousand.
We add to
“ Well, whiskey is spiritual, and professor to hide a fact, and “like to ascertain all the facts he can
these two wars the civil religious
I ’spose you pray for that. I’ll the base Indian throw the pearl to give us light, to follow nature, wars of Erance, the religious wars
answer your prayer, if the Lord «way.” With the single exception no matter where she leads; to be of the Netherlands and many others
won’t.
<»f Cornell, there is not a college in infinitely true to himself and to too numerous to mention, all insti­
Charlie gave the deacon a gener- the United States where truth has us; to feel that he is without a gated by the church of Rome in its
ous drink.
ever been a welcome guest. The chain, except the obligation to be vain attempts to enslave the human
“I feel better now. I am much moment one hl the teachers denies honest; that he is bound by no race.
obliged to ye.”
the inspiration of the Bible, he is books, bv no creed, neither by the
Such history as this amounts to
“You are welcome. If I could discharged. If be discovers a fact sayings of the dead nor of the liv­ a positive proof that there is no
get enough whiskey in ye to get inconsistent with that book, so ing; that he is asked to look with divine omnipotent providence com­
religion out, I’d like it: it would be much the worse for the fact, and bis own eyes, to reason for him- monly called God ruling and direct­
especially for the discoverer of the
with,' u‘ fear>
investigate in
a fair exchange.”
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every possible direction, and to ing the affairs of this world. And
“I couldn’t do without mv fact. He must not corrupt the
me , .
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minds
of
his
pupils
with
de-
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us
the
fruit
of all his work. as the belief in a God is the great
religion,” said the deacon.
bulwark and mainstay of orthodox
“ Well, keep it: nobody else monstrations. He must beware of
** ev rN chllrch becomes a
religion
WantS “ ”
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every truth that cannot, in some ±
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“C,e it to is consequently
the ^ .„ c e m the
e n great
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obstacle to the advancement of
“I wish you had it: it’s better way be made to harmonize with
‘ . gJman « teacher,
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than gold.”
the superstitions of the Jews.
«■' ‘hetr hearersbraveandhon-
î“8td° r na
and mental delusion that man will
“ Why don’t you dig for it then, Science has nothing in common \
Hn
en> and n°t until
relinquish on his way to mental
as you dig for gold?”
with religion. Facts and miracles 1 H n? 511
tbe dream of poet, liberty.
philanthropist and
philos­
“Oh, it’s the gift of God. We never did, and never will agree. patriot,
Datriot. T»hilAnthri»».i«f
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In supposing that there is such a
mustn’t work for it.
I hey are not in the least related. opher, become a real and blessed God we are forced to say with
truth.
“I don’t think you do. Good- * ^ey are deadly foes. What had
Tennyson
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From
“Some
Mistakes
of
Moses.”
night, happy dreams, and a good • r< bgion to do with facts? Nothing
Avniiiug.
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A monster then
Can there be Metho,list mathemat- A definition of God is an irnpos- A
drttK°n« of the prime
long prayer.”
tic . Catholic astronomy, Presby- «¡'-¡lity.-Max Muller.
W ^ 'm e l ^ Z ^ i t h ^ ^ h t a ’
“Good-night. I shall certainly
Keligion belongs neither to the
J ohn L eitch .
enjoy praying now. I really feel terian, geology, Baptist biology, or
as if the spirit was upon me,” and Episcopal botany? Why, then, domain of science nor morals. It is Nettie A. Olds’ Lecture Dates,
should a sectarian college exist? essentially neither knowledge nor
the rejuvenated deacon departed.
that
which ■wuwuy
somebixly Knows
knows ;wuuuci,
conduct, out
but emotion
emotion only._
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should he taught in our schools. Scbliermacher,
After ninng
filling tnese
these dates she will
Charlie.
He comes here twice a We should not collect taxes m mv
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week to borrow whiskey. I suppose people for guessing The common fcrv t T “ ’ 1
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"tart °n an extended trip through
he belongs to a total abstinence school is the bread of life for the H * ’ J,H‘ ” aim of science is to Southern Oregon. Secularists along
'^e
for the
up and
and thus
thus do
do away
away with
with riiy
riiys- he, route should arrange for one or
society down east, and hastakeu a
,
1 •* bread
. shoud
L ,, of life be tone
*, c clear
earuP
bed tery.—Popular o Science
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arrange ror one or
people, and it should
not he touched
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