THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSO AY, MAY <i, 1*97.
A T heosophist P a n th e ist.
A very ol«l woman had a very old cheese,
T he age of th is cheese still rem ains a
great riddle;
In sum m er twould thaw , in 'Aintt r
’tw ould freeze;
But a grub reincarnate once appeared
in its m iddle.
W hen th at cheese froze again, th is grub
was no m o re ;
H is soul, now decarnate, floated off in
th e c h e e se ;
B u t th is theosophic g ru b had left m ill­
ions of s p o re ;
So when th is cheese thaw ed, m any
grubs cam e from these.
T hus, year after year, grubs w ent and
grubs c a m e ;
Till trad itio n e ’en failed to explain
th e ir b e g in n in g ;
B ut a scientific grub, rein carn ate, now
cam e,
Born again in th is cheese, to atone for
old sinning.
Miss Kate DePeatt, of Ashland,
Ore., is helping us in the University
The negro minstrel was very this week. We hope to secure Miss
DePeatt as a permanent worker.
laughable at the 5 . P. S. S. C.
Mrs. H. C. Page, of Zena, made Her mother, Mrs. A. DePeatt, a
well-k nown Secularist of Ash’and,
us a visit Monday and Tuesday.
talks of moving to this place on ac­
H. C. Page donated twelve vol­ count of the Liberal 1 niversity.
umes to our library this week.
“Who’ll he the next?”
r ic n in n v ille .
Elvin Ames was obliged to stay
The following officers from Mc­
at home part of this week on
Minnville Secular church were
account of not being well.
Don’t forget the literary contest elected April 11th: H. M. Danel,
next Sunday evening at Liberal president; M. J.Olds, vice-president;
Hall. Admission, 10 cents.
Lewis Hoptields, vice-prssideut;
The deed is being made out for William Lambert, secretary. W. T.
our University land and work on Booth, Treasurer; Mrs. Nettie O.
Haight, Lecturer.
the building will begin soon.
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Some ministers seem to think
that infidelity caused The French
Revolution and attending butcher­
ies, hut we hold that the cause was
too much kingcraft and priestcraft.
Shall we allow the chains to he
fastened around our limbs until it
will be necessary to have another
French Revolution in order to free
ourselves?
Some think that god is no larger
than an ordinary man while others
believe him to be very large. One
man seems to think that one of his
eyes is as large as the earth.
R eliable K now ledge.
The growing complexity of civil­
ized life demands with each age
broader and more exact knowledge
as to the material surroundings
B lank No. i.
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and the greatec precisions in our
For ages an>l ages h e ’d floated in space,
recognition of the invisible forces
All through th is great cheese—so j
E i b e p a l k l n i t t e r t s i t s F u n d • ••
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or tendencies about us. \\ e are in the
surely ’tw as old—
hands of the fates; and the greater
All th e tim e looking ou t for a su itable
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our activities the more evident be­
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In which to in carn ate and fu rth e r u n ­
come these limiting conditions.
fold.
M r . J ohn H ic k s , T reasu rer F in an ce B uilding C om m ittee, S ilverton. O r e ..
The secret of power with man is to
B eing now a wise grub, far w iser th a n
know its limitations. To this end
o th e r s ;
for
we need constantly new accessions
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Like B lavatsky, or O lcott, he resolved
of truth as to the universe and a
L iberal U niversity F u n d , said fu n d to be used solely for th e c o n stru c tio n ,
to a d v is e ;
better definition of the truths
And th e m any wise d octrines he
m aintenance an d fu rn ish in g of th e L beral U niversity of S ilv erto n , Ore.
preached to his b ro th ers
which are old.
W ere receive« 1 w ith great joy, and w ith
Such knowledge, tested and
E. L. S mith , Silverton,
wide-open eyes.
R obert S cott , Woodburn,
placed in order, we call science.
So he called a convention, m ost solemn
J ohn H icks , T reasu rer, S ilverton,
Science is the gathered wisdom of
C o m m i t t e e o n I in a n e » *
and odd—
the race. Only a part of it can he
Big grubs, little grubs, grubs of all a g e ;
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grasped by any one man. Each
T he question to discuss w as: “ W hat and
must enter into the work of others.
w here’s God ?”
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T his question he answ ered—th is scien­
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tific sage.
of the ages, by which nothing that
• h jib e ita l ^ n i v c i t s i t ^
F u n d • • •
Q uoth h e : “ Silly grubs, in learning I ’m
lives “liveth for itself alone.” 1 he
s k ille d ;
recognition of facts and of laws is
I ’ve been born and have died m any
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the province of science. We know
h u n d red tim es o 'er.
only what lies about us from our
Now to you I declare th a t all space is
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own experience and that of others,
filled
I prom ise to pay to th e o rd er of J ohn H icks , S ilverton, O re.,
W ith God—which is ch eese—th ere can
this experience of others being
lie nothing more.
translated into terms of our own
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“ T here exists but one su b stan ce, and
experience and more or less perfect­
said fund to be used solely for th e co n stru ctio n , m ain ten a n ce a,id fu rn ish -
th a t is pure cheese;
ly blended with it. We find the
As cheese you can see it, b u t as God it
meaning of phenomena only from
ing of th e L iberal U n iv ersity of Silverton, Ore.
is sm ell.
our reasoning based on these ex­
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periences.
could sn e e z e ;
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oodburn,
And th ey all said they knew about
All knowledge which we can at­
J o h n H icks, T reasu rer, S ilverton,
God, very well.]
tain or hope to attain must, in so
C om m ittee on Finance.
“ Now w e’re in th e cheese, and th e
far as it is knowledge at all, be
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cheese is in us ;
stated in terms of human experi­
W ith cheese we are filled, a n d we fill
C ut th is out or copy it, till in w ith th e am ount you w ish to subscribe, a n d retu rn to
ence. The laws of nature are not
Jo h n H icks, treasu rer finance co m m ittee, S ilv erto n , O re.
th e cheese—
the products of science. They are
I adjourn th is convention, w ith o u t
the human glimpses of that which
fu rth e r fuss.
L ittle P o in ts.
How do you like the cut of the
Go—gnaw , and be h ap p y —you are all
is the “law before all time.”
University building? Me think
God and cheese.
If God had been a woman and
This human experience is the
—K . I). W ise in F re eth in k er.
the building will look nicer than
had come to earth and had a child foundation of all knowledge. Even
the
picture.
B. F. Underwood.
in a manger, would it have been innate ideas, if such ideas exist, are
Last Friday evening at the Y. P. said of her, “go your way and sin derived in some way from knowl­
Mr. B. F. Underwood, well known
edge possessed by our ancestors, as
on this coast, will soon start west S. S. C., Captain Arnie Forward’s no more,” or would she have been
innate impulses to action are re­
on a lecture tour and he intends to side received the highest number worshiped as the male god is today ?
lated to ancestral needs for action.
spend several weeks in ( alifornia, of credits yet given, the number
Many teachers in the universities —David Starr Jordan.
Oregon and Washington. We feel being 120.
of our country hold their positions
For S ale.
sure that Mr. Underwood will do a
Pearl W. Geer, president of the
vast amount of good to the cause Oregon State Secular Union, is con­ by being hypocrites. Many of
A farm of 160 acres situated near
and it is with pleasure that we an­ templating making a lecture tour them do not believe old orthodoxy
nounce his coming. We earnestly through Southern Oregon and Cali­ any more than we do, for they the junction of the Metolas and the
request Secularists in the Coast fornia this summer in the interest have studied the sciences and can Deschutes rivers in Crook county,
states to arrange for lectures. Let of the Oregon State Secular Union not believe; but for the sake of Oregon. 200 head of cattle go with
us give him a splendid reception and the Liberal University. For holding their positions they “lay the farm. This is a rare chance to
and keep him here if we can. For particulars address Mr. Geer at this low.” We hope the premium on obtain a splendid stock farm. For
particulars address Henry Allen,
terms and dates address Mr. I n-
nypocracy w i i i oouu do
office.
Arrange
for
lectures
if
you
derwood, at 2653 Evanston avenue,
Silverton, Ore.
Let us do all we can.
possibly
can.
Chicago.