THE TOUGH OF REASON SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1897.
Secular Organizations.
It would be as sensible for reform
political parties to refuse to elect
In the Freethought Magazine for
their candidates bv ballot because
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and the marriage institution, should
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cause orthodoxy has used them.
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by its character and high aims and
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against the Cubans with clubs as
admiration of the respectable peu
it would be for Secularists to aban
ple of this country.”
don their organizations and at-
Mr. Green says further:
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with no regard to morality or
thought journal in the country,
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when its editors and Freethought
Have we no right to use the
patrons fully investigate this mat
word church for our organization,
ter, will favor this movement. For
simply because our orthodox friends
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have used it? Have they the sole
active part in such a new society, . .
ght to it? Methodists use the
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, right
but we believe there are hundreds
name league for their young peo
of young men and women, in every
ple’s organizations and Baptists
state in the Union, if the matter
use the name union. What will
was brought to their attention, who
we do, will we have to manufac
would cheerfully and gladly enlist
ture some new’ names?
in such a movement, and we know
Now let us lay aside our preju
of a number of men of wealth and
of high moral standing who united dices and get dow n to the good
ly would gladly contribute a num earnest work yf Secularism, regard
ber of thousamls of dollars to assist less of the fact that our orthodox
in such a movement. The organi- friends use some of the principles
) zation should be as perfect as any we would wish to adopt and that
Christian organization—should be will bring us success if we do adopt
run on business principles, and them. Let us organize Secular
should, by its constitution, be strict- churches and Sunday schools
. ly guarded
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our
state
conventions
and
then
ences that have wrecked and dis
graced the old associatian. Such to our national convention which
an organization would draw’ to its should be held once a year com
membership, within one year, after posed of delegates duly elected from
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state
its organization,
ten
thousand I every
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names, at least. We hope to see let us decide on a definite plan of
such a grand institution as a society organization when we can all work
of this character would be, in full for the same end, and go unhast-
operation regenerating
humanity
u ''re8tin«>y at ¡t-
before we take our departure from
this mundane sphere. Its motto
should he: ‘Truth, Justice, and
P uriiv” ’
Editor Green, in ray opinion, is
right. Let us organize and he
sure that we start on the right
basis. Heretofore in Secular or-
ganizations so little attention has
been paid to business and morals
that we have accomplished little
compared to what we would have
accomplished, had we organized on
solid business principles and an
ethical basis.
Orthodoxy is organized on sound
business principles and ,f we expect
to effectually battle against its
tyrann.es, we must adopt some of
its principles. We very often hear
people argue that it is wrong tour-
ganue Secular Sunday schools and
churches, as that is too math like
orthodoxy. Most of them object
mainly on account of the names.
Many object to taking up collec
tions at our meetings, while I
noticed that collections figured
prominently in th e program of the
late Freeth night congress at Chi
cago. . People seem io be undecided
as to just what is and is not ortho-
‘ do lad " ah‘ P‘°P le to mis-
Much
good
under-‘and me.
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haS beK" d°"e in ,he >‘aSt b-V
individual and organized work in
ranks of Liberalism hut I
" ,al" lal" ,hat In"ch "«>re Rood
COul<l have been done had a differ-
ent pla" bee" adl’P‘*-d and u<™
‘hat we realize tIds, let us lose no I
‘'"*w *" "i.iking a start.
Yours for Truth and Justice,
earl \ \ . G eer .
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