2 TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , S E P T E M B E R 23, 1897.
TH H
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lo rc n i
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D pq c n tl ’1 is better to educate p,‘*,ple out of
K vd^vll
T h e O n ly P a p e r of Its K in d .
t uieii
|)ejr fo|hfc8
by
iwimwv and superstitions,
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th e allegiance of conscience.”
C o u n te r fe its .
Christianity »»
is no m ore .v
responsible
vnrisiianiiy
nvson asks:
go<Hl, sound reasoning, than to pro- ,or , | le frauds which have u « st her fair Ah !w hen shall all men s good Ire each
voke th em to a n g e r by rid ic u lin g nam e to m ask th e ir baseness, th a n is A nd universal peace lie like a sh aft of
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lo a m
n t t roBTs
>nsi I >1 p f for
nr
th e U nited U S to
tates
m i in
responsible
now, if one woman can devote so th e c o u n te rfeit « d u e w hich rogues have
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.,ut in to circu latio n . T he very fact th a t
P ublished Weekly by the Liberal Uni- w f|a t ¡g t() t h e m very sacred. Surely
Ve^n H U u X ^?\io raih»ecularism.
Ten-
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lijiht across th e lan d ?
J u > ti
i n t e g r i t y , h u m a n ity
,
m uch time and energy to this grand t here have been and are spurious Chris- *he other
J. E. H osm er.........................E ditor effortj the Secularists in general can tia n s, is proof of th e value of g en u in e
P. W. G eer......................... M anager encourage jjer by sending her $1 C h ristia n ity . A U nited S tates coin is
¡and re c e iv in g in r e t u r n fifty of the counterfeited because, for th e rogue’s
and
v ntues have et
veloped by m an “ by the practice of
com radeship through long centuries
of 8Ocja l ¡¡fe” for the benefit of man
now and here.
The editor of P opular Science
E n te red a t th e postoffice at Silverton,
.,
,
.. r..r purpose, it is w orth c o u n terfeitin g . F o r
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atter.
| t r a c ts to d is trib u te e a c h m o n th for the sa m e reason th e re are co u n terfeit
one
y j L e t a i r ' . u S v tu u d ' . y j h
er p r lan , , —
a n d —
J 0 v n j irig|
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who
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ut w
o o e ev
\ e er
i I heard
ir a iu o of . a
subscription RATES.
, for y o u rselv es th a t if it succeeds it co u n terfeit “ F re e th in k e r? ” —A m erican M onthly a s k s in last M ay n u m b e r:
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‘ W hen do our learned men pro-
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Money should l>e sent by registered
le tte r or m oney order.
tract
ir a c i
is. “ Can bins he fo rg iv e n ?”
If
you have anything hearing on the
subject th a t will help her, send it
to her- it will he thankfully re-
ism .
The
T
he
of tn
the e first
title or
n rsi
A counterfeiter follows his trade
n.
------- pose to swoop
dow n
from
th e ir
because there is “ money in it,” and heights with cu ltu re in th eir wings
people very often pretend to he f(,r the help and inspiration of the
C hristians for the sam e reason. We masses of th eir co u n try m en ?”
Th»* Inquisition, religious
will agree with th e Sentinel th a t as
— perse-
Notice!
a money „ m aking „ scheme, C hristian- curious and revenge are in keeping
ceived.
A peneil m ark here denotes th a t your
itv has been a great success, ami it with Leviticus xxxvi: 27-29. When
subscription will expire w ith the next
number. You are earnestly requested W h a t I t W a s an d W h a t I t is is safe to say th a t a m ajority of the t pe m other restrains the child, or
B e c o m in g .
members of the Chri.-tian churches even spats its hands, does she do it
to renew so th a t you may receive the pa­
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de­
are in the church for th a t purpose. in th is spirit of revenge?
The re­
cided th a t it is liest for all concerned
A short tim e ago a friend of tin-
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
Take away from C h ristian ity or sults of Scientific teaching will lead
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. Oregon State Secular Union wrote
T his will prev en t any loss and we will us a very nice letter and incident­ any other religion its popularity our courts to feel th a t they have no
know ju st w here we stand.
and it becomes a poor investm ent. right to revenge, or inflet physical
We request you to send us the nam es ally wanted to know what had be­
of Secularists who m ight læcome su b ­ come of certain members, m ention­ H ypocrites will not flock to it then, torture. We should feel tow ard
scribers ami we will mail sam ple copies.
and the ones who rem ain will do so the crim inals as we do tow ard those
ing three nr four, who were once
afflicted by sm allpox, leprosy and
He expressed for principle's sake only.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, E. M. 297 active in the work.
C ertainly you do not find ‘‘co u n ­ other diseases; we do not let them
a desire to know why he did not
terfeit F reethinkers.”
The cans'* go free to spread these loathsom e
G o n e , b u t N o t F o rg o tte n .
see their nam es m entioned in the
of Freethought is not popular, and diseases. Science has proved th a t
Our editor has gone. God d id n ’t 'P orch and other Freethought for that reason it is not filled with very few crim inals are so from
take him , as he did Enoch, hut his jo u rn als as in times of old; and hypocrites. When a m an tells you choice and in spit'* of all favorable
father-in-law took him . The facts thinking it m ight he of interest to he is a F reethinker, and is not surrounding». C rim in ality is the
in the case are just these: E arly m any of our readers we venture a afraid to announce it openly, you result of m any lives h ading from
The
Thursday m orning—not so early few words of explanation.
may he pretty sure th a t he is not the past. The crim inal is the vic­
last
time
we
saw
one
of
the
mem­
hut th a t the chickens had left their
afraid of the devil, nor s< eking pop­ tim of m any causes.
H um an love
roosts and begun to “ carol forth bers our friend mentioned, he was u la rity — he is a Freethinker.
and law should come to his rescue,
their lays”—the editor and his wife, d runk, and d ru n k where d ru n k en ­
In a country where M oham m ed­ treat him as diseased, and not with
with F ath er Page, boarded what ness was very much out of place. anism is the prevailing religion,
revenge and to to rtu re him . W hen
we “ Webfooters” call a hack, be­ This member and a few others arc you will find counterfeit Moham-
hum an allegiance is tu rn ed to h u ­
hind a lively little team , and sped much offended at our E thical Basis
m edans while in such a country a ,n a n ity, when we have M en-worship
away down the street. T heir desti­ and stand aloof from such “ P u ri­ man will he a C
X hristian
lt- a- .. L
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because he instead of God-w orship,
we will
tan
ical”
people
who
are
try
in
g
to
nation was the Pacific ocean, and
truly believes th a t way and there have fewer crim inals. To get rid
we hope they will not go farther make the Oregon S tate Secular
Union w hat it ought to be.
Then you will not find “ spurious C hris­ of the Bible as the word of God is a
west.
tian s.” W ith the S entinel’s line of necessity for justice to m ankind.
K ind reader, if there is anything another is som ething of a S p iritu a l­
argum ent, one can prove th e gen-
As regards “ Forgiveness of Sins”
in the T orch this week th at you ist and cannot work with an organ*
ization th a t is really S ecular.’ A uineness of any religion If he will 1 semi the following as the best I
don’t adm ire, ju st consider the edi­
Passages
to r’s absence. If there is any th in g few others arc fieelovers or liber- take for e“ m Ple a « ” » ’‘ '7 or lo k n o w of on the subject:
calitv where th at religion is pop­ copied from “ The Moral S ta n d a rd ”
th at you do adm ire, just consider tines and are now busy working
by W illiam H. H udson, professor
th at the days of miracles have re­ against our “ too orthodox” society. ular.
• Of course C h ristian ity is not re- in the Stanford U niversity:
turned. We hope th a t the editor Those m entioned above and those
“ M «ral conduct, I therefore con­
will soon retu rn loaded with a few weak enough to he influenced by sp o n sib le lot all th e c iim « th.it has
stories of fish, if not a few fish stor them , are doing noihlng for the been com m itted by C hristians, but ceive to he, in a s'ngle phrase, con-
it is responsible for the lack of ,|uct which betters existence, which
ies, and th a t he will content him ­ cause and probably never will; hut
...... stand ,.s
....... m oral education.
Education has adds to its suui total of happiness,
against
self with wielding the editorial pen our taking a «1 firm
while the w riter wields the scissors. all superstitions and im purities been based upon fear and for th a t or (h.crea*ies its sum total of pain,
is resulting just as we ex p ected .' rcason there *8 more crim e in the Action which makes life as a whole,
W hile a few are joining with the world th an th ‘‘re woul(1 be H ^ ° P ,e more fully worth living is, as such,
A G ood W o rk .
C hristians in trying to stop our had been tau g h t to do rigbt for right action; action which dimin-
Mrs. Eliza Mowry Bliven, who is work, hundreds of real Secularists rig h t’s sake, and not through fear
¡is value, is as such, wrong,
doing so much for the “ Promotion
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. . . m orality
The results upon which
of Scientific W isdom,” is receiving are flocking to our ranks ami it is of punishm ent or hope of rew ard.
P. W. G.
then bases its incentives and re­
help and encouragem ent from some unnecessary to point out to a think-!
stra in ts are therefore the actual re­
an d discouragem ent from others, er the grand results th a t will cer­
Scientific
Wisdom.
but she goes steadily ahead in the tainly follow.
sults involved in the very constitu-
work of carrying out her “ plan,”
We have not the least feeling of H elps tow ard th e tra c t “ Can Sins be tion of things, and not consequenc-
and we will not be surprised to see h a t re d tow ard those who are mak-
Wash'ingtonf
L Tu e , e8 a r tifieially imposed by any ex-
her make a great success of the
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power.
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this
tracts she is to have prepared and ing
m istakes,
for
we realize
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It w ill he well for peo- j th at “every man is as he must he,” . ligions
we shall have to prove th a t
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pie to understand that Mrs. Bliven bu, we m ust m i|ke t(lis ftn o rg a n il.
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oral
law,
and
for m / y-
religion does not mean the practice
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is in this work for the goon she can
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self, I sec no w ay e ith e r of avoid-
- she
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do, and while
m ay he capable a tio n th a t will be a real pow er in and love of the virtues, but the b e - .
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t
ing the resolution of all other i»ossi-
of w riting some splendid tracts from saving, not only our C hristian lief in and worship of a power, who
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hie criteria of conduct into the cn-
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knowledge,
yet
she
needs
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and
siste
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from
th
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v * requires worship to keep him from
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the help of all friends of hum anity, fanaticism and its awful effects, hut , '? h ..rln to the neonie or to win tenon thus established,or of getting
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a g a in
th e relig
w ho
no have
m»ve embraced
e iin ira u e u as
a« foolish
HKnisn sun-
s u p fr
lte
\ \ . i k .- . C lifford 1 sa y s: h “ I i t . of a final p
1 rin c ip E le of a more uni-
tions of the day.
erstitiona, or fallen into the slimy shall he prove«! th at theco m m u n ity 'æ^sal, fundam ental and axiom atu
Mrs. Bliven takes the stand th a t pools of gro-s sensuality.
is the sole and suprem e object of ( character. Here, and here alone,