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 29, 1897
and others who have pet ideas
m ight com plain in the sam e
m anner an d call us bigots, etc. but
we get used to such things and take
no offense.
Let us rem ain broad enough to
embrace the study of all n a tu re ’s
laws and not go to building fancy
pictures of a future life and thus
repeat the bigoted presum ptions
of the dism al past, or if we are so
constituted th a t we m ust p ain t
these pictures let us be broad
erfough to refrain from try in g to
force th>se ideas on to those who
can not appreciate them .
T urks and Arabs—God and Mo­
ham m ed.
C hristians — Jehovah,
Jesus,
M ary, Angels, Cheribim, etc.
Secularists — No gods. W ork
for H um anity.
W hich is right?
A S p iritu alist 5peaks.
tional institution in the state and S IL V E R T O N ...
would undoubtedly have patron­
ized the Silverton school largely;
but since its prom oters and the m a­
jority of the Secular Union conven­
tion see fit to class them with “ free-
..... A rtistic W o rk
lovers, libertines” and “other su­
perstitions,’’ they certainly cannot
have the sam e friendly feeling to­ W hen vou w ant a ....
ward the Secular Union which ex­
Good S m oo th S have
isted before this juvenile at tern pt
Or a F irst-C lass.........
to narrow Liberalism down to a
H a ir -C u t
certain groove of pet ideas. This
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action is in harm ony with the
m ethods em ployed by religious big­
o try — an enem y we have been fight­
ing shoulder to shoulder.
S il v e r t o n , ..................................... O regon
W hile I endorse the action of the
convention in refusing to issue cer­
tificates to h ab itu al users of liquor
or tobacco, or in fact an y th in g
which tends to lower the refined in­
colored w ith “ P E R F E C T IO N ”
tellectual sensibilities of m an, ye'
Dyes will m ake b eau tifu l C ar­
I am forced to ask th is question:
pets an d R ugs, an d , u n lik e
o th e r dyes, th e colors o b tain ed
Does a study o f th e laws governing
will not wash o u t o r fade.
our being tend to degrade m an?
They are sim ple am i econom ­
If not, then why should th at study
ical to use, and th e new “ P e r­
be restricted? I t was this very pro­
fection” 0 )tton Dyes a re esp e­
hibition of the thorough investiga
cially ad ap ted for Rugs and Rag
tion of n a tu re ’s laws ami forces
C arpet m aking.
which kept the hum an race in ig­
For Sale By All
norance wherever the priesthood
D R U G G IS T S .
could enforce it. And now’ we see
G UISS & SON,
the very people who have fought
W holesale A gents.
for centuries for a certain privilege
S IL V E R T O N ,.....................OREGON.
to study and investigate nature,
turn about and enact the very same
law which th eir forefathers consid­
ered so odious.
If m en who are adm itted to be
Force and M atter, B u ch n er, c l o t h . . $1 00
intellectual, by a close and scru ti­ Locke
on H u m an U n d e rsta n d in g .. 140
nizing study, have been forced to An Ideal R ep u b lic, p a q e r.................. 50
A risto tle’s E th ic s, G illies, c lo th ___ 1 40
th e conclusion, by the weight of T he N atu re C u re, Dr. Conger, new,
c l o t h ................................................... 2 00
evidence discovered, th a t th e h u ­
Sam e as last in le a th e r e tte ................ 1 00
m an ego does continue to exist in a V olney’s R u in s, c lo th , 76c p a p e r ... 60
finer body th an th a t which is visi­ V ital Force, A. C hevannes, “ . . . . 20
risto tle ’s P olitics, E llis, cloth ___
60
ble to our physical eyes—if they T A rials
an d T riu m p h s of Lalxjr, Ber-
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are forced to this conclusion by the
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it
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its
facts discovered, who dare say they
Uses an d its D angers, J a m e s II.
Cocke, M. I)., c lo th ......................
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are wrong, and do not have a right
Dialogues of P la to , tra n s la te d by
to be recognized; and especially if
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their judges have not studied the Del M ar’s H isto ry of M onetary
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sam e
questions
in
a
scien­ R e n a n ’s Life of Je su s, p a p e r ............ 60
tific m annner? Such m en as M olecular H y p o th esis of N atu re,
L o c k w o o d ..........................................
26
Crookes, W allace and V arley are H andbook of C urrency and w ealth,
W a ld ro n .............................................
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recognized as highest a u th o rity in
R a p h e a l’s A strological A lm anac and
their respective branches of science,
E p h e m e r ic .........................................
35
and when thev w m ake the statem ent Language of th e S ta r s ........................ 50
h ith e r are We D rifting as a N a­
th a t they have dem onstrated to a W tio
n , W iley, p ap er ........................
60
satisfactory conclusion, th a t we do
We keep u p w ith th e tim es in L ib e ral,
continue to exist after discarding Progressive and Reform txx)ks, and ask
you for all y o u r Ixxik o rd e rs; will fu rn ish
the aggregation of elem ents called you any Ixxik you w ant a t th e low est
the physical body, we cannot, as price. A ddress all o rd ers, W . E. Jo n e s,
291 A lder stre e t, P o rtla n d , O regon.
th in k in g , intelligent L iberals u tte r­
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Let us rem ain broad enough to
em brace the study of all of n a tu re ’s
laws, and not go to building a fence
about us, thus repeating the bigoted
exclusiveness of the dism al past.
C. S. H A R N IS H .
Barber
E ditor Torch of Reason:
By your kind permission, I wish
to use a little of your space in order
to express a few thoughts regarding
one feature of the by-laws adopted
at the recent convention. The p ar­
ticu lar [K>int which I wish to brief­
ly discuss is th a t which reads: “ No
L ittle Points.
lecturer or teacher shall be granted
Secularist— You say th a t God is a certificate who is an habitual user
of intoxicating liquors, or tobacco,
a spirit?
or who advocates free-love, libertin-
Preacher— Yes.
S.— Did vou sav th a t th e Holy age, a future life, or any other p rin ­
ciples, superstitions or doctrines
Ghost is the spirit of God?
which are detrim ental to our m e m ­
P.— Yes.
S.— Well, then the Holy G host is bers, our homes or our state, and
co n trary to the teachings of Secu­
the spirit of a sp irit, isn ’t it?
P.— No-o, yes, th a t is------ (The l a r i s m .”
A casual glance at this wording
preacher then changed the subject.)
reveals the fact th a t the p a rt refer
S e c u la rist— D o you believe in a ring to “ a future life” is intended
to be aimed at S piritualists. Wt
p erso n al God?
P reacher— Yes, I know there is a do not in the least question th
right of th e Secular Union to force
God.
S.— Do you th in k th a t God is all S piritualists out of its ranks,
hut we do question the advisability
everywhere?
of such action.
P.— Yes, he is everywhere.
J u s t as far as the Secular Union
S.— How can a personal God be
reaches, the S p iritu alists stand on
everyw here?
P .—W ell, yon see, i t ’s like this: the same ground exactly. They
I f a m an m akes an engine we can are the two great divisions wdiich
see the m an ’s m ind, i. e., his idea m ake up the arm y of Liberalism .
in the engine, an d so we can say On all reform questions upon which
th a t we can see our friends in their the Secularists have taken a stand,
the S p iritu alists are w’th them ,
works.
S.— O, we u n d erstan d ; God is not and have been for nearly h a lf a
really everyw here then any more century.
W hy this exclusive insertion was
than the man who makes engines
is in every state in the Union and placed in the bylaw s we neither
when you tell people th a t God is know nor ask. However, it ap­
everywhere you are deceiving them ; pears to have been t h e work of some
you are lying to them , are you over-enthusiastic advocate of Secu­
not? (P reacher gets m ad and walks larism , who undoubtedly perm itted
his zeal to get the better of his ju d g ­
hastily aw ay.)
m ent. At this time, especially,
The C am pbellites claim th a t the when the U niversity problem is on
M ethodists are not C hristians hut hand, and all the forces w’hich Lib­
creedists. Is n ’t the belief in gods, eralism can rally should be united
devils, angels, holy ghosts and th a t in assisting to establish the insti­
we are going to live after we are tu tio n —at this tim e, leaHt of all,
dead the worst kind of a creed? should the S p iritu alists be slapped
W hy not work for “ one world a t a in the face in th a t kind of style.
All the other wording c o u ll have
tim e” ?
been used to ju st as good a d v a n t­
S ecularist—You know there is a age, th e strength of the section
God? How do you know it?
would not have been weakened by
P reacher— I know it by faith.
the omission of th a t reference to “ a
S.— Is n ’t it true th a t when you future life.” I t would have done
know a n y th in g you have to know no harm to the Secular cause to
it by knowledge and not by fa ith ? have left th a t out, while it has done
W hen you say you know it by faith incalculable harm to the cause of
isn’t th a t ju st the sam e as saying Liberalism in Oregon to have
th a t you do not really know it?
it iuserted. I fail to see wdierein
the Secular Union is benefitted in
We give the Torch of Reason and
In d ia n s—G reat Spirit.
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