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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 22, 189: O b itu a ry . Mrs. J u lia A nn Brooks, wife of John E. Brooks of th is city, died at her home Sunday April 5th. 1897, aaed 67 years am i 23 days. She was one of the early pioneers of this state, having crossed the plains from Iowa in th e year 1852. In the growth and developm ent of progressive liberal th ought in this country Mrs, Brooks’ nam e figures conspicuously, she having been a life-long*F reethinker and a fear less cham pion of the principles of Liberalism . She was a subscriber to the T ru th Seeker and the Torch of Reason, and one of th e m ain stays in the F irst Secular church of M cM innville, of which she was a member and faithful a tte n d a n t. She was a lover and student of nature, and found rare beauty in th e most lowly forms. H er genial, generous n atu re an d broad hospi- © tality , together with her keen perception of justice and right, made her loved and honored by all who knew her. The funeral was conducted from the home on M onday April 6, Nettie O lds-H aight, lecturer of the F irst Secular church, delivering the oration. I t was a beautiful, touching trib u te to tbe virtues of the deceased. In p a rt she said: Not for out dead need we m ourn. In any case all is well with them . W hether death be an eternal dream less sleep, or w hether it be simply a tran sitio n period between this life and life in another form, we know not; but w hatever the change, it is a n a tu ra l one, th a t is necessary to the well-being of the race. W e m ay have u n lim ited fa ith —we m ay hope with all the in ten sity of our being and yet the h an d s on th e dial of time are not swerved one iota from their n a tu ra l course. B ut this we are a ssu re d ,th a t since we all came from N ature, each an d all her children are heirs to a com m on fate. No superstitious fear h au n ts (he m inds of those m ourning loved ones for the peace of th eir deaJ. They knew th a t in the great d ram a of life she played h er p a rt well. T his vast concourse of friends, anxious to pay a last trib u te of respect to one who has ever been faithful, kind and true, is evidence of the high place h er m erits won in the affectionate m em ory of all who knew her. We all know with w hat heroic bravery this sister ever faced the b attles of life, and how her loyalty to the conscientious conviction of rig h t ever m ade her a valuable friend, a splendid citizen, a kind an d generous neighbor. F ar and near she was noted for u n tirin g efforts in behalf of th e poor, needy an d afflicted. H er religion m ust he judged by her actions. If they were good, a bad religion could not have prom pted them. H er life is a m onum ent of grand and noble deeds th a t will endure for all tim e in the m em ory of all who knew her, and will bless the coming generations with its living presence. T ru th and love forever survive. The eternal years of Tim e are theirs. No kind act, no generous im pulse of the h u m an heart was ever wasted. O ur individual lives are but the rounds by which the future generations m ount higher and higher on the ladder of progression. It required all th a t has ever gone before to make the present m om ent possible. It takes our lives, our every thought and action to m ake possible th a t which shall come after. We live forever in the good th a t we have done, an d for a g ran d er im m o rta l ity none can wish. Let us honor the dear dead by em ulating her virtues, and by tr y ing to make our own lives and the lives of those around us happier a n d better. The question is not “ Are we prepared to die?’’ The question most im portant for us is “ Are we prepared to live?” He who knows to live shall know to die. MRS. A. E. barker ’ s A D DRESS. verdure, were em blem atic of the S U V E R T O N . . . springtim e of her life; the m anv- hued flowers dotted here and there of her hopes and joys. The bridge less stream s on whose ban k s they rested after perhaps a perilous ..... Artistic Work crossing, were indicative of ven tures and successes. T he clim bing of the rock-ribbed m ountain with W hen you w ant a .... its yaw ning chasm s is suggestive G ood S m o o th S h a v e of the graves into which they drop Or a F irst-C lass......... th eir choicest pearls. The sum m it, H a ir -C u t the noontide of life; then down the ----------- CALL ON------------ western slope to the setting of the sun, and the day is done. T he last hour hade fair to sweep aw ay the accum ulations of a lifetime. In one S ilverton , ............................... O regon short m om ent the home w ith its treasures wealth could not replace, its keepsakes fashioned by tender hands now silent and at rest, all went up in smoke. Again th« grave was opened to receive her child. H er m other-heart beat lov ingly for her own and received wiih equal fondness those left m other less. But her hands, scarred and seamed w ith toil, are folded peace fully and still. She was great because she was good. She had the courage of her honest convictions. She loved na- ure in her m anifold beauties. From the m ountain fern she could draw a lesson and a beauty others could not see. She loved to scale the loftiest peak, and on the moss- clad boulders, read the story of evolution. She could sit upon the sea-girt shore and listen to the Force and M atter, B uchner, c lo th . $1 (X) ocean’s th u n d e r and call it sweetest Locke on H u m an U n d e rs ta n d in g .. 140 50 music. She met the change called An Ideal R epublic, p a q e r.................. A risto tle ’« E th ic s, G illies, c lo th . . . . 1 40 death calm ly and serenely. She T he N a tu re C u re, I)r. Conger, new, c lo th ............................................. 2 00 provided for even the m in u tae of Sam e as last in le a th e r e tte ................ 1 (X) her dress, who should prepare her V o ln ev ’s R uins, c lo th , 75c p a p e r ... 50 for burial, and how she would be V ital Force, A. C h ev an n es, “ . . . . 20 A risto tle ’s P olitics, Ellis, c lo th ........ 60 buried. I asked her if she had any Trial« and T riu m p h s of L abor, Ber- n a rd i, p a p e r ....................................... 50 special request to make. She re H y p n o tism , How it is Done, it« plied: “ I have been studying over Uses am i its D angers, .Jam es R . Cocke, M. D ., c lo th ...................... 150 th is all n ight; I would like to see Dialogues of PJato, tra n s la te d by Cooper provided for. W hen I am C arey, c lo th ......................................... 80 Del M ar’s H isto ry of M onetary gone Brooks will not w ant to stay S ystem s, c lo th .................................. 2 00 here.” See th e greatness of her R e n an ’s Life of .Jesus, p a p e r............ 50 m other-love go out to her boy, even M olecular H y pothesis of N ature. L o c k w o o d .......................................... 25 when the death -d am p was reaching H a u d te o k of C urrency am i w ealth, W a ld ro n .............................................. 50 to her h e a rt’s center. But her pulse R a p h e a l’s Astrological A lm anac and is stilled; all has been done th a t E p h e m e r i c ......................................... 35 Language of th e S ta r s ........................ 50 could be done; no expense has been W h ith e r are We D riftin g as a N a spared; no care, no w atchfulness, tio n , W iley, p a p er ........................ 50 no skill; and on behalf of the fam We keep u p w ith th e tim es in L ite ra l, Progressive i Reform books, am i ask ily and friends perm it me to say you for all y am o u r hook orders ; will fu rn ish th a t the atten d in g physician holds you any bonk you w ant a t th e low est A ddress all o rders, W. E. Jo n es, an exalted position in th eir esteem price. 201 A lder stre e t, P o rtla n d , Oregon. an d opinions. He left no corner unsearched, no leaf untu rn ed . 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In the study of the history of the w orld’s peoples a universal verdic- has been rendered “ T hat to be truly great is to be tru ly good.’’ From the poems of H om er to the biographies of Socrates, P ythagoras, Confucius or Plato, from the say ings attrib u ted to Budda and re it erated in the sayings a ttrib u te d to .Jesus, and along down the ce n tu ries to our im m ortal Lincoln, whose greatness consisted in his in n ate goodness, the sam e verdict is ren dered. B ut we need not go to the history of peoples or biographies of m en alone to find greatness. We can find it in our present genera tion and in the hum ble walks of life. I t is not my province here to lecture or serm onize, nor do I stand a representative of any order to which our deceased belonged or to represent an y p a rtic u la r line of thought in which she believed for we believed alike along m any lines— but I am privileged to stand here as a friend, for she was my friend and proved herself so when I needed a friend, and I am her friend and have tried to prove m y self so. The m aiden nam e of my de ceased friend was J u lia Ann Rav. On A pril 13th, forty-five years ago, she and Jo h n E. Brooks m utually united their love, th eir sym pathies and future destinies, in sickness and h ealth, ’till death should p a rt them . One week after the consum m ation of this union by law, they started on an overland journey from Iowa to Oregon, here to try th e realities and priv atio n s of pio neer life and are honored mem bers of the Pioneer Association of Or egon. T he Rebecca lodge, of which she I have thought w hat a m iniature reflection th a t journey was of her was a m ember, conducted the ser future life. The plains, rich in vices at th e grave. B arber Shop^^ E. E. T A Y LO R . ♦ w w w G ood B o o k s VJanîed—An Idea S B A A p a m p h l e t , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with ¿cost of same in the U . S. and foreign countries i sent free. Address, , C .A .S N O W & C O O pp . P a t e n t O f f ic e , W a s h in g t o n . D. C