T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , .11 I- V -'■t , 189'
express f i l e principles but all men
are and alw ays have lieen fallible
ami we should he on our guard lest
C ounting centuries as the hours
we fall in t" the »»Id way of m aking
t T e O nly S ecular P aper P ublished os which go to m ake up
the world's
gods of men after tin y are dead.
i he P acific C oast .
Idsfcorv, yesterday Science was liori»,
I f the w orld could he governed
P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U ni-
.¿j,.eH(|v , lie b ir th of this w on-
hv the living, influenced of course
,cr' :ly '
deriu,
........by »heinter-
bv the good of those who have lived
I E HOSMER
............ E d it o r course of the H um an In te lle c t w ith
before us, it would he far in ad ­
R . W . G E E R . . . . . . . ___ M an ag er virg in T ruth, has been heralded to
vance of w hat it is to-day, hut the
every nation and its go»|»el preach-
E ntered at the postoffice at S ilverton, i
’
,
world is practically governed by
Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r.
e d to e v e ry pe >p •
Prim itive m an, lik e the barbar-
the dead.
slbscrirtion RATES..................ous
of to-day, could only re­
In some countries dead kings
tin e year, in a d v an c e .......................... U
| cejve th e nourishm ent for body and
reach hack and point out the p res­
ent rulers; a m an ’s wealth w ith all
T hree m o n th .? i n a d v a n e e ..
'• » brain th at hi» w ild and Bcienceleas
In clubs of live or m ore, one year,
its power is given to whomsoever
condition would perm it; his shelter
in a d v an c e .......................... ...........
the dead, through a legal docum ent
Money should lie sent hv registered was a cave or a rude nest in the
le tte r or m oney order.
called a will, may determ ine; a
wood anil his whole thought was to
large class of people believe th at
satisfy
his desire for anim al
N o tic e !
th eir dead friends are all about them
pleasure. Ah! wonderful change;
A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your
O u r S t a r t an d O u r A im .
and
thus com pletly give tin m
Hubserintion will ex p ire with th e next yesterday the hum an being was but
n um ber. You are earnestly requested
We tru st th a t our fri» nds will control of their lives; others believe
to renew so th a t you may reeeive th e pa­ a naked anim al, wild and rude, but
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . We have de­ to day he is thought to be but not lose sight of w hat we are try in g th a t somewhere up in the sky
cide»! th a t it is best for all concerned
to accom plish. At present we have th eir dead friends are w atching
th a t we do not semi papers longer th a n little low» r than the angels.
When in the course of the up­ no medical d epartm ent, no dental them and thus loose sight of their
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered
T his will prevent any loss and we w i l l ward m arch of evolution the great departm ent and m any things we e x ­ friends here on earth . Nearly all
know ju st where we stan d .
We request you to semi us th e nam es day cam»*, the savior, which was in pect to teach a little later is not of religion is m ade up of the sayings
of Secularists who m ight become sub-
yet possible.
of the “old dead p a st” anti in this
ncriliers and we will m ail sam ple copies. th* beginning with all tru th , en­
AU should keep this thought 1 he greatest— the freest nation under
tered the world of thought and took
T H U R S D A Y , J U L Y 29, E . M . 2 9 7 upoll itself the attrib u tes necessary well in m ind: th a t we expect to the sun, men arc still willing and
ow n weak- make our school em brace tin* whole obedient servants of a man who
to save man from his own
S p r e a d t h e G o p e l.
uesses
Yes, the real Savior of the circle of knowledge so th a t a stu ­ died Nineteen Centuries ago.
W hen this frenzy to be governed
One of the m ost far-reaching ami world has really come, hut as in dent may enter at any age and fit
himself
or
herself
for
any
honorable
by the dead, ceases, and men look
genuine philanthropic plans for the ! the stories of the *^viors of old, its
salvation of m ankind fro m igno- gospel m ust overcome the prejudice occupation or profession, and we at past centuries as the steps by
rance, superstition, and crim e, has ! of ignorance and the worship of hope to send out every g rad u ate which we have ascended to our pres­
with some practical means of gain­ en t height, then and not till then
been undertaken by Eliza Mowery ! strange gods.
And this is the work th at Savior ing a livelihood as well as possess­ will we take a most w onderful step
Bliven of Brooklyn, Conn.
ing theoretical knowledge.
tow ard the m ountain peaks of a
I he success of her plan will de­ Science requires of its dovotees: to
The
work
has
been
begun
most glorious existence.
pend on the h earty co-operation of show th a t it is the true savior,
most
practical m an ­
The men and women of to-dav,
F reethinkers in the different states th a t it overcomes pain, th a t it in the
ner.
It
was
not
desirable
nor
who have profited both by the t r i­
of the Union anti we do hope th a t opens fields of pleasure the half of
all will take hold of the work. which has never yet been told, that would it have been . possible, w ith ­ um phs and m istakes of the past
All can help in this work w hether it illum inates our pathw ay that we out great financial stren g th , to have should he allowed to govern this
they have money or not and this is may read true prophecies of future started this w»»rk a t the top, world am i we should do as the man
one of the great beauties of the plan. victori s over enemies of our race, th a t is, to have started with Jesus is said to have said, “ Let
E nglish
university
idea th e dead bury th eir dead.” Then
The T orch of B eason , although th at it puts out the tires of eternal the
it has much work of its own, will I torm ent, robs »h ath of its terror and and afterw ards have added the pre­ let us draw our inspiratio n for our
do everything it can to help th is we can truely sav, “ O grave where paratory work. Now with proper work from each other, from live
brave sister of liberty and light to is thy victory? (),death where is m anagem ent and support, our men and women of to-day and a l­
school will grow not only to include though we should revere and keep
spread her grand principles of Sci- thy stin g ?”
entific Wisdom; and if the world
Science with its great m oral in- all the professions, but an in d u st­ alive the words and works of our
has not yet advanced far enough to fluence has brought about a great rial departm ent, so th a t no m atter • ancestors we should alw ays he
appreciate and carry on her great change in th e religious beliefs of w hat sphere in life one is tilted for governed by the living present and
plan, we are sure th a t the effort the highest types of civilized peo he or she m ay find am ple o p p o rtu n ­ not by the old dead past.
will not he in vain, hut will help to pie. Although there is a vast num ­ ity to prepare for life's grand work.
Let us m ake w hat we have
O u r H o m e and O u r W o rk .
prepare the way for some other ber who still cling to the old ex­
started
a
success
and
others,
seeing
brave “ prom oter” in the future, ploded dogm as, the astrology and
We are well satisfied th a t we
Every one who reads these lines witchcraft of theology is fast being our good works, will co-operate
could
have
found
no better
should study Mrs. Bliven’s plan for swept away by the m ighty Hood of w ith us and m ake our university
state than Oregon nor a better local­
the Prom otion of Scientific \\ isdom, tru th let in by raising the gates of another great victory for freedom
ity th a n Silverton in which to start
read her article in this issue and investigation, and a new religion is of thought.
our great work.
write to her. Please do not w ait; the result. F»»r ages and ages the
There are m any people, and good
vou will be dead bye and bye. bards and sages have s u n g and
G o v e r n e d by T h e D e a d .
people too, who do not yet com pre­
Now is the tim e to do good and this prophesied of the glorious future,
The whole world has m ade, and hend the m agnitude nor the im por­
brave woman needs encouragem ent when all men would he brothers
tance of th is great educational
at once.
and poverty, misery and crime is m aking a great m istake by ta k ­
would only be known through the ing the opinions of men who are undertaking.
The following taken from the
Im p r o v e
history of a past and gloomy age; dead, as sacred, as a u th o rity or as
a Secularists
. 1 let s r form ulate
I * some plan
1
and we who live d u rin g the closing of more weight than the ideas of S ta n d a rd dictionary shows th at our
.
...
,
.
hours of the nineteenth century those now living. The words of all idea is in accord with m odern
by which we can m ake our home,
.
... , ,
•
can catch glim pses and hear the men should he carefully weighed thought:
Silverton, the prettiest place in the JicG . v,« m iK
6 in
. 1
.
“ A m odern U niversity is not
IT OriOllM and our l>est judgem ent used in re­
d istan t music
of I th h ilt
a t glorious
world. If we could m anage to uti
happy day, and bask our souls in jecting the wrong, selecting the m erely an institu tio n for im parting
lize all the time that is squandered
right and applying th eir good special kinds of knowledge for pro­
by those who need exercise, we the effulgent light th a t alr«*ady
fessional purposes; it has also the
co u ld pave th e stn'tets of this little shines for those who will hut step thoughts to our lives, th u s rapidly
city with gold and could beat the out from the dark recesses of an- advancing to a higher state of civ­ function of advancing knowledge
New Jerusalem story “ all hollow.” cient err(l|.? int0 ,h e , Hy so f Science, ilization ami happiness. We often generally and facilitating its ac­
Shall we call a meet ng of the cit-1 .
.
,
quote the sayings of dead men quirem ents hv students whose aim s
, o
». the sun of tru th .
tzens am i form ulate a plan? Don t
lets forget this. Pin it in yo u r
A n l> w ha t doe!‘ ,l,e e "*a' n,' w and this is perfectly right especial­ are purely scientific.”
There are but very few really
h a t!
1 testam ent, w ritten in the rocks, and ly those words which we believe»
Torch of Reason
The
M is s io n of S c ie n c e .
sea and sky, ami the living epistles
of plant ami anim al forms reveal
to us? W hat is th e mission th a t
science brings, if it is not th a t old
forms should pass aw ay, th at pro­
gress is the law, th a t developm ent
to higher ideals is in accord with
nature, th at happier homes, truer,
nobler men and women are what
we should try to have faith in,
that the tim e when all men shall he
free and happy, when kindness,
and love, and liberty of thought,
and all th at goes to make our lives
worth living in this beautiful world
of ours, is the heaven th a t we
should strive for. th e paradise,
th at if lost, is lost forever.