t T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 23, 1897. it seems to me. we strike bed-rnek. claim more th an their ju st rights. The •‘The moral motive, therefore, Strikes result from injustice. arises not by contem plation of the cause of m urders, riots, theft, etc., gratification given by a certain d» e is one claim ing more th an his due. of conduct to G 'd . 1« urines from Justice is founded on experience, the viv'd ideal repres» n ta tiu i of history, biography, which prove by the relation between a< ii<»n and facts, not by religion, what con life. The com pulsion cf m orality duces to the welfare, prosperity and is inner, and not outer com pulsion, peace of individuals and nations. its au th o rity inner, ami m»t outer Intem perance, diseases, lack of m en au th o rity , its restraints those aris tal ability, etc , are due to lack of ing from the connection of cause, hygienic k m w b d g e, ami ot»eOi' i < e Hygienic knowledge is and effect, its sanctions natural, thereto. not su p ern atu ral; essential, not for based on facts, not on religion. tuitous. The foundations of the The social evil is both unjust and m oral cotie thus belong to the very u n h y g ie n ic .— E. M. B. n atu re of sentient life itself, and its dictates therefore possess a validity, Poor Excuse Better Than None. a reach, a significance, a sacredness The Nt-w York Observer excuses to which no other can conceivably the annual sum m er decline in re lay claim. ligious activity by rem inding Gs ‘‘T h at to affiliate ethical princi readers th a t opportunities to serve pies in this way upon n atural law the lord may he found everyw here, adds im m easurably to the deep and and th at sea-shorn and m ountain terrible n sponsioilities with which m ay be recognized as sanctuaries life is coming to confound the where praise may perpetually m odern m an, must he acknowledged. ascend to the great Creator. This Front no other point of view does is all right as lar as it goes; but the the high seriousness of conduct, the trouble is th a t if church-going may im periousness of duty, ¿he s tre n - be dispensed with half the year on uousness of living, h* come so em such grounds as these.it may easily phatic; in no other way are we be dispensed with the other half of forced to so trem endous a realiza the year for equally triv ial reasons. tion of all th at is m eant by the W hen the tim e coined th a t religion fatal chain of action ami conse is carried on w ithout the aid of quence—a chain, the links of which, churches and paid clergy, then will fragile and delicate and silken as C h ristian ity suffer a decline and they may seem, are yet woven in fall.— Investigator. the loom of etem itv , and are never to be swept asunder. ‘Not heaven Notice our ad for our New’ Song itself upon the past hath power.’ Iujustice, dishonesty, im purity of Book. These little hooks have cost every kind, will and m ust, in the! us much labor and we want to sell everlasting order of the world, work them . Send for one and write to out th eir inevitable results, all our | your friends about it. prayers, all our remorse notwith-1 stan d in g .” E l HER HARDESTY, This quotation from Prof. H u d son’s work is profound, and ought [Ig & W . to su it th inkers. But as an ex am ple to those who would learn to W ill practice in all courts of th e state. Special a tte n tio n given to collections write brief!v, as for a tract, and so and n o tary work. as to he understood by ordinary R< m )M 3, W o l f B l o c k . people, I condense the whole selec S IL V E R T O N , OREGON. tion into the following: “ M oral conduct betters existence, | adds to its happiness, decreases its pain, makes life more worth living. Tin* m otive is not the pleasing of God, but the relations of cause and eff< ct. J b u s , conduct, d u ty , re Salem , Oregon. sponsibility, rest on knowledge of “ the fatal c h a in of action ami con LEADING NEW SPAPER, DAILY AND sequence.” Then add the last WEEKLY, OE W ESTERN OREGON paragraph as it is. Its daily consists of eig h t pages E liza M owry B liven . anil its w eekly of tw elve. The s The S tatesm an . M orality. M orality is doing, hence it is not a science, for science is what men know, system atized. M orality is nearer an art, but it is founded on the scientific principles of justice and hygiene. The little chihl takes a n o th er’s playthings, perhaps breaks one; the o th er reliels; words h*ad to blows. It began with injustice. So wars result where nations or rulers weekly is recognized as th e leading farm pap er of its section. The daily plays second fiddle to no ; paper in th e U nited S tates printed in a city of S alem ’s size. Its circulation is grow ing con sta n tly . It is read and valued highly by a w idespread constituen cy . 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