T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , JU L Y 22, 1897
this life. He believe* that no book
Instead of pointing to th e bible
is infallible and is on his guard as au th o rity tin- Secularist points
lest he he ltd into error by « h a t he to the great hooks of science a ml
real Is. He heli* v es th a t e te r n a l says, “ these are the opinions of in< n
I II I. < » X I.Y S E C T I. . n P a pek
z. P l beihjieo <» n
h i e P a c if ic ( «» amt .
punishm ents and rew ard- are u n who have stu d ied ; study jhis»*,
p.ibl.Rhed Weekly l»v the bn-em l U ni-
just anti luineces.-ary and without com pare, reason.” If he does not
versity t oiupaiiv.
foundation. He looks upon the know the answ er to a problem he
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E d ito r
v C hristian as a brother who is srtys so frankly, hut w ill search
J. E. HOSMER
M an ag er
iiiipiv m aking a gr< at m istake, with the youth and thus lead loin
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H
hut to he given a hearing and only into fields of pleasure ami useful
E ntered at th e p<>-h.tliee at < dverton,
to he met, reasoned with, hut never ness. The fittest will survive.
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second-ci.oK II.all m atter.
silenced by force.
solid, perfectly understood organi-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
He does not lie, steal nor m urder
M o n e y F o r L u m b e r.
$1 00 z a tio n -“ known and read of all m en”
< hi«- y e a r, ill a d v a n c e .
but he holds one day as sacred or
•Six u ionihs in a d v a n c e ....................
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and th a t is what the Oregon State
The lum ber for the dining hall
2o
as holy as another.
He is a kind-
1 hice m ouths, in a d v a n c e ................
Secular
Union
is
trying
to
perfect.
In clubs of live or m ote, one year,
hearted man, a good h u d ,a n d , a | is being hauled now, the carp en ter-
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in a d v a n c e . . . .
When we were in the C hristian tender father and a noble citizen.
» '* a«a ‘" a ‘ * o,k a " d w” ex IM?e'
M o lie y s h o u l d be sent by registered
ranks,
we
could
get
a
letter
of
intro
le tte r or money or< er.
Much of his tim e is used in th a t the excavation for I he C i.tv .t-
from ■ our local m inister
N o tite '
I" duction
,
,
r studying the n a tu ra l sciences and -¡'y building will be done this
n ttu v t,
and, presenting this to the pastor OI
*
week
The masons will soon begin
A pencil mark here denotes th a t your
. . .
. • ,» r . ;„ ,i the great economic questions of our | weeK- m e n u so i.s wm ..o n . gio
s u b s c r ip tio n Will e x p ir e w ith t h .- n e x t any proP-stant church in the I .. .
and he gives liberally of the 1 0,1 the basem ent, hut what we want
num ber. You an- earn estly requested , g U(et< or p ^ a p s ¡n the world, we
. next is the lum ber for the u main
to
renew s o l hat you n.av z receive
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fruits
labor ivr
to support what
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receiv e th
i p e a pa-
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i r u n > h of i u his
in i»«n»i
m i« * " cxl is trie iu iiiih r
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . . \Ye
o u ld i im
mm
e ediately
d i a t e l y receive
teceive
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building.
The
b ill fo
r the 110,000
W e have
h a v e de- c could
m
friendly
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f
b
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in
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hill
for
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to him seems the tru e p rin c ip le s of m m u in g . m e m u a n
cided th a t it is best tor
.r ail concerned greeting and any help or advice the
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A f ipt hap not been ordered vet ho
th
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justice and right.
He is a good met nae not m en oruei u y i
th a t w e do not send p a p tels
e ... longer
.
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th e tim e paid tor unless
<OUld give.
giv<
¡ess so ordered, m a n of G o d could
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i ca u se we did not feel justified
justified in
.cause
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T his will pn-vcnt any loss ami we will ji,,d t h a t am o n g tr u e S e c u la rists
Now if this were tlm whole story ordering it sawed until we were
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Llhl'I’P Wtt
.
.
I exists,
’ - only
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kT
q ¡nut t„e«'youW
m ’ StHIld.
“ , t h e names , this sam e . br„.berb,.nd
Now
we m ight say as some do, “ Let every sure we could pay for it.
of S e c u la ris ts w ho m ig h t become sub-
jR very
lim ited
on ac- one lielieve as he chooses; as long what we want is at least five bun-
s. rin< rs .OKI W» » io
j
i
count of tlie lack of o rg a n iz a tio n .
as people d o n ’t bother me I will let dred dollars in the bank before we
THURSDAY, JULY 22, E. M. 297 We can sc- in the future the them alone;” hut no honest Chris- order. We should order a t once,
gradu d displacem ent of the C’hris- tian nor honest Secularist can It is only a question of tim e when
A re You W a s h e d ?
tia n d e n o m in a tio n s by th e m ore do this, for the u ltim ate effect of we will have the money, hut time
cosm opolitian
brotherhood, free one’s life-work on t his and com ing is precious and as the sum m er is
W hen men who are prom inent in
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, from all superstition and hypocrisy generations, fur good or for evil, is alm ost gone we ought not to delay
any work turn out had, it hurts
.
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the cause for which they have been an d u m t.n g .n t.s lov.ug eutbrace a I Bin)p,y |l(Iy,„ id ,,„ r c„ m ,,utlltioD) an o th er week. Secularists, can we
laboring for those who are not g° O< inen a “ ‘
an< h " ‘l > and conscientious men and women, get the five hundred?
thoroughly grounded in the princi- as >t displaces these old forms
lle they C hristian or Inlid..|, can not
pies will let go and perhaps never grows larger and larger " " " 1 t h e , fee ,)appy with(>ll, , rying t((
all
G re a t
E n c o u r a g e m e n ts .
he induced to take hold again: hut old weaknesses have become ex m et , U r, g(M(d they c a n . An(l 8O
Dr. F ranklin says in his autobi
we should he so thoroughly cun- a " ‘' thJ l'-u.,,pum proph es.es" ‘ He ,)a,t k g w s
(he C hristian work-
ography, “ I soon after obtained,
v in c e d o f the genuineness of th e poets have been h .lh ll-d W .11 you ¡|)g p) ge, the j nfidel (o ,)Hicvei
through mv friend H am ilton, the
principles of Secularism hy this l>e one to he p t is rap.
11
aI„| t },e ¡„(¡del w orking to get the
p rin tin g of the Newcastle paper
i
a h ig
. n to
. reaso n .
» h er life? A re •’ you capable?
1
C h ris tia
time, th a t no individual could he-
money, another profitable job, as I
Can you m ake yourself capable?
'p^e ideal Chi*tia
e corne
r n e a stum bling block to us. 7 " '
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the filth of
,
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■ then thought it; sm all things ap-
W hen one proves him self weak we A ‘ ? '>u wa’ llel1 frn,n
a »d precept I» '"“ ’* t he y<"ln g a8P>-
.
. , 1(>8e in 8ma|i cir.
should become all tl.e stronger and «dhshness, superstition and I,ypoc- riUlt ,„ r SUCWK8f„| living,
to
the
P
a
r
i
n
g
great
to
those in sm all cir
ung,
Simula income an i
g
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...
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.. . , enrnstances.
cum stances, and these to me were
bible. If th e y o u th is superficial,
rem em ber th a t it is principle we are ris^ *
really great advantages, as they
he reads but little, and only
working for and not individuals.
S e c u la r is m vs C h r is tia n ity .
ihose^goo.! parts io which his a.ten-1 WCTe Bre a t encouragem ents.”
.
If all others forsake what to us is
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tiun is specially called. He Im cm esl E very one wh<> h a ’ e ''er tn w l
right it is no excuse for us to hypo-
Let us exam ine an ideal Ct.ris-
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eritieallv work for what we th in k tia " a " d a " 'd™ 1 S ecnlari-t and one of the happy, unconscious s tu m -: <*° work f,,r ,h e Publlu
is w ro n g e r p u t ourselves in t|„ . I see which is the better and then bling blocks.o others; hut, if he is a how the th en,young, stru g g l.n g fel-
th in k er, he reads m uch more, and J low felt an d w hat great encourage-
detestable State of doing nothing.
>>ve up to the ideal we choose.
W
hen the
th e soldiers
of a a brave
brave
m e ideal
m n u v.iriM
i»,, S i e v e s th
u i« a .v
n Sma
When
soldiers of
The
C hristian
t , <|(>ubts such stories as the lollowing: I n)ent even a k,,,d letter
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G od; he therefore believes in eter- burying a m an, th a t behold, they Hlart’n8 in -
o< philosophet
enemy swinging into place for
action they do not nreaK raiiK sanu nal punishm ent and eternal reward, spied a band of m ec; and thy cast the ,,ead > but h 's experiences conic
to
action they do not break ranks and
run nor throw down their arm s and H e looks upon men who do not be- Inan ¡nt(, the sepulcher of E lisha: i ‘‘K as uiessages of advice and love
prepare to go to sleep, but they ’¡eve, as lost— a great detrim ent to I a n d w|,en the m an w as let (IOWn , l l r o m a k l , , d a n d n o , l e f r , e n -
trium ph lo w in g , in a larue measure
to-daj
accom plish. A great change m ght,
under nrnner conditions, he brought
i
i
about nt once. Peihap.* some are
w aiting lor some one m an, some
modern N apo’ian to sj ring up and
,
,ea(l " s ,o vic,ory> hut 1,0 geh eral,
no m atter how wise, can conquer a
pO8t without
trained soldiers.
VV’h a tw e in*ed is o rg an izatio n —a
Iorch of Reason to
lhi. s,,.,,lari>1. ,,(
strengthen th eir works ami get every- Hie world ami and not to be given rtlHl touched the bom s of E lisha, he
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th in g in order for a desperate HVen H hearing, no m atter how revived, and stood upon his feet.”
struggle; and th ere never yet was a honest <»r sincere they are.
His
Then our young friend asks
b attle won hy those who give up concern is more for the eternal questions hut is soon silenced by
because a com rade weakens or home beyond this life than the life being told that it is very wrong to
proves traitor.
here a,,d now- He does not lie, question the word of God, aud is
We m ust expect some to fall in steal, m urder, nor work on the instructed to pray, and is prayed
this struggle against the brazen Sabbath. He is a good, kind-hearted 4,ver; but th is does not settle the
wrong of the age, but h-t us close m an, a good husband, a tender qu« stion and if the C hristian in-
up the ranks aud never think of father, a noble citizen.
Much of fiuence is strong enough the poor,
defeat. Victory is certian! We his time is used in reading the misguided youth becomes hypo-
can not fail! C ircum stances are bible to understand w hat God’s critical or defiant, a slave or a
such tla t every thing we say and will is concerning bis life-work; brigand.
do in this cause of Liberty is a vie- much taken up by p ray er and sing-
Isn ’t this th e
tru th ? Look
tory and a series of these
victories ing songs of praise to his m aker, at the world after nineteen hundred
is as sure to bring a final
triu m p h aud a goodly portion of the fruits years of C h ristian teachings. Isn ’t
as the law of evolution is to pro- of his labor is given to support the it. full of hypocrites and slaves and
duce higher forms of life.
church and G od’s representatives brigands?
There are men and
There is one verv im portant fact here
on
earth
.
H
e
is
a
good
m
an.
women
who
are tru
e and noble,
I t ’ ’ II C H I I I I .
n u u iv .il
i i
The S ecularist believes th at his hut alas, th ere are m illions who are
th at we should alw ays keep in
Io
<t
IlJ r ill.
i i v m
i v j
C h r is tia n
A u th o rity .
As paradoxical as it m ay seem,
we have good C hristian au th o rity
th a t there is not a real C hristian
¡„ t jie United States. The Metho-
d j9t,B a nd others with whom we
|,ave conversed claim th a t the
C atholics are not real C hristians
a n d the C atholics claim th a t the
protestants are children of the
devil. A dventists, U n itarian s and
1 ni versai ists are called infidels by
a ^ / rwe
o7 no C hr^tihui
Hect7 h a t is not far from being
C hristian according to some good
C hristian au th o rity . B rothers and
sisters of earth , there is too much
t° do here to bother about the o
m h e ^ ti^
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