TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , OCTOBER
for I have suffered deeply.
I d<» his accustomed thoroughness and
not think (hat m arriage is altogether vigor, “ there is a radical upheaval
[ a romance by samuel p . P utnam .]
HH now regulated by hum an taking place in the old order of
letter from her. I know it by heart, cus'orn. Yet in m arriage there is things. Theology has for ages been
I have read it over and over again: something sacred ami beautiiul held as the only divinely appointed
“ To m \ dear Friend, \\ ill Burn- which we can never believe will be means tor m an’s redem otion, the-
h a m :— 1 can only write yon a few overthrow n, hence the delicacy of ology the only connecting medium
words,—tne fewer, the better. We this question which so profoundly between this world and the next,
have spent happy days together,— affects all hum an happiness.”
theology the only thing th a t could
to me, most happy. Fate separated
It Was late, but Charlie still leach man how to live and die.
us, 1 thought th at you were dead, lingered. He w as not one to let T hu- has theology, built upon the
Mr. Raymond has been to me the even a dear-bought happiness take Idea of an inspired revelation to
kindest of friends, the. dearest of hiin from a com panion in trouble, man, been used as the fountain
husbands. To him I have pb dged if he could give one word of sym ­ source of all religious and moral
my faith. I did so in my youth, pathy or help. The night was su r­ authority; and man has accordingly
my sorrow, my despair, and my passing! v fair. Do we not some­ looked to no higher law for hum an
desolation. P erhaps it was a m is­ times feel th at nature will help us, conduct.
Almost every idea of
take, hut for me there is no return- jf we could but get close enough to duty, goodness, purity, has been
¡ng.
Perhaps you penetrate the her, if we could remove som ething been conceived and
shapened
secret of my heart.
I could not which divides us from her real through this theojiigie system . But
keep it altogether from you, hut 'presence >l'intelligence and good- now do we see around us the br< ak-
from this time henceforth it is buried ness?
Will evidently appealed ing of a new light, the revealm ent
from hum an sight.
Only mv own thus in m ute sorrow to nature for of science, from which inevitably
sp irit shall know what I feel, and some clue to I his painful problem, i must form a new and more perfect
th u s what I feel shall he forever for he broke th e silence w ith these system of m orality.
pure. I shall not be asham ed of it. im p assio n ed w o rd s;—
••Prophets and leaders are every­
I t shall mingle with my divinest I “ W hat a double service nature where turning to science as the con­
joy, and he a part of my woman- m ight perform, if with her transcen- sistent explainer of creation, and to
hood and my conscience.
If you dent loveliness and power she could scientific m ethods of thought and
are my friend, and I know th a t you I answ er by some sign or token to investigation as best m eeting the
are, if you seek my dearest happi- m an’s conscience of the tru th ! He growing needs and problems of our
ness, and I know th a t you will, i feels th a t he has a right to expect age. I latelv read this in a leading
please to leave me without a word this; for n atu re is eloquent in journal from a professor in one of
more. Let me riot see you again, beauty, and eloquence should al- our fo re m o s t colleges: ‘It is now
Let the ocean, if need he, roll he- ways hear some message. We gaze regarded among the active workers
tween us.
We cannot come to- adm iringly, im plotingly; vet she of science as a waste of tim e to dis­
getlier. The more d istan t we are, has nothing to tell us we would
cuss the tru th of evolution.
The
th e better. No look, no touch, no know.”
battle has been fought and won.’
voice m ust ever pass between us.
After the joyous feast, the doctor All this points to the significant
Such is the cry of my wom an’s soul. had quietly taken up a ease he bad
fact th a t man must give up his old
Every feeling that you have must been a d d in g a few e x p e rim e n ta l
conception of rl ings, and work out
urge to renunciation. I need not links to, b fore h»* could annotine** I
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i his salvation and happiness on
write more. I think I can tru st it
as a confirmed discovery.
Elated
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fundam entally different principles
you. I th in k you know what justice w ith th e p ro s p e c t o f success and
from w hat he has doi <*. And, true
is, what wisdom is, ami th a t love too excited to sleep, h e went out in-
t<> the : ecess’ties of the hour, do we
w ithout justice ami w ithout wisdom | to the calm , cool night.
Full of
not see a univ« rsal m ovem ent to
is hut a blasting fire.
his suppressed enthusiasm , ami
adjust hum an rights and happiness
I am your true friend,
more than usually abstracted, he
in accordance with these broader
Lorena Peyton R aym ond.”
tell upon C harlie and Will in time and tru er m ethods?
It i& being
“ I read the letter, and read i t 1 to catch these words, “ You say in-
learned th at it is no longer godlike
again and again.
I knew she was evitably where we see the largest
to be ineek and poor, th a t poverty
right, hut my heart was rebellious. : happiness there do we see the
is unnecessary, an im position and
I wanted to he near her. I t seemed largest duty; hut in this ease, as in
a curse, to which m an sh >uhl not
as if I could not break away.
It m arriage, almost universally we
subm it, and labor is rising to resist
was like tu rn in g from light to d a rk ­ find u n happiness.”—
oppression and dem and the rights
ness, yet to what other conclusion
“ Hollo, hoys! W h at’s the m atter upon term s of equity.
Now, con­
could any m anly 801.1 arrive? H er ,,ow? j | wliev„
j „ st ¡„ , he
sistent with this new system which
happiness was involved, her honor, ,,k.k ,,f tinle Hgail,
Y()U foul)(,
yields to no au th o rity above reason,
her peace.
There m ust he
, hut science could help you nut on
experience, science, what shall we
eternal separation.
1 m u -t turn n)id-«xje»i.. Now> j am read t„
my face from her radiant P ^ n c e / ghow y „ u w!lat
cl)n (.() Qn do with m arriage, which is still
viewed as a distinctive and peculiar
I have not ace., her since, nor heard | al|d .
Marrjllge> unhappiness,-
attrib u te of Christianity, depending
from her. She is my h e a tt’a angel. > h y (lf
and a ,
w J|
I love Iter; hut 1 love nt the heights j u n til fo!ks H„ d e rsta „ d the 8(.ie„ w upon revelation for its sanction
and perm anence? In fact, m arriage
of my soul, where all is pure as the of , hig bu8ineiw. ,„ r ,
Ihere
has so long been deemed a sacra­
ghslentng snow. Wherever I am, ¡8 „ 8cien(,e ,,f ,ov(. ........... .
m ent, and holy above all other or­
she is with me, beautiful as a star, and it jg the fi„ egt an(, niogt
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dinal ces of the divine will to m an,
Hash,ng yet stainless as the dew .” found ,,f a „ scieIK.e
t t ,1()ch
th a t the deepest and tenderest
chapter xxxv.
binding a love, hand and foot, in sentim ents of h u m an ity have ju stly
“ Y our story touches me deeply,” the nam e of religion. Don’t forget centered around this trad itio n ; and
said Charlie. “ It b rin g s’ before me th a t a false theology is carrying it is for this reason the last issue
the liArd problem of happiness ami tens of thousands of hum an loves to be lifted from its sacred shrine,
duty. We say th a t w hat conduces over the voyage of life,—misplaced and cast before the crucible of sci­
to hum an happiness is right.
I and blighted loves, seeking to be ence. But must this not he done?
can conceive of no other standard, free, vet m anacled and chained as Profane as it m ay seem, m arriage
yet in this case two beings are made effectually as was Blanche..
must also take her place in the
infinitely unhappy in obedience to
“ To begin at the bottom of this scale of social problem s, and be
an inherited conviction.
Is this m atter,” continued the doctor, as studied in the light of science.
rig h t?
I confess th at I have though the spirit was gaining upon Look around and study the signs
thought deeply upon the m atter, bini to elaborate this them e with of the times, from the tendency of
GOLDEN THRONE.
14, 1897.
modern philosophy to the last
strike of mill operatives, and you
will realize that a new spirit is
breathing over m a n . He is in te r­
preting life anew, considering its
duties by different m ethod', b a la n c ­
ing relations by new stan d ard s,
and establishing rights upon more
enlightened premises.
In a word,
h e is discarding su p er-naturalism ,
and invoking the new au th o rity
and religion of science to serve our
growing hum anity.
S h a ll we give
every other science a place in pop­
u lar regard, and leave m arriage in
tin* shades of superstition, bu ttress­
ed by priestcraft and trad itio n ?
S hall we send other topics to schools
and probe other questions to their
cores, hut leave m arriage at home
in ignorance of itsell and its en o r­
mous possibilities of good to our
race? Now, before we can know
tin* rights of any system , we must
first know its science.
It is pre-
cisely for this reason th at I would
urge the science of m arriage, th a t
those entering into its relations
m ay know upon the most approved
and rational grounds w hat are
their rights. It is because the sci­
ence of a thing e m b r a c e s its r ig h ts
th a t I would plead for the science
of m arriage, as inseparable from its
rights, in the same Way th a t we
are striving to fix the rights of labor
and capital through a science of
economy and politics. So may the
rights of love and m arriage only he
found in their respective science.”
“ W hat do.you mean by the sci­
ence of love and m arriage?”
“ It is sim ply the science of chem ­
istry as applied to hum an affection.
In other words, it is the chem istry
of love, as explaining w hat are the
principles of attraction and repul­
sion. As a science, it embraces a
vast range of subjects pertaining
to the constitution of m an; hut, for
the direct purpose of love and
m arriage, it deals more p articu larly
with organization, tem peram ent,
organic quality, brain, developm ent,
etc., and explains what com bina­
tion of types- and q u alities are
fundam entally necessary to the
most com plete and en d uring love.
The science of m arriage, therefore,
embraces those laws by which the
greatest possible fitness and h a r­
mony between the sexes m ay be se­
cured.
Victor Hugo says th at
‘social philosophy is essentially
science and peace. Its aim is, and
its results must he, to dissolve anger
by the study of antagonism s.’
Equally tru e is the science of m a r­
riage the philosophy of social peace
and happiness, lrecause it teaches
how antagonism s m ay be avoided.
And should this not be th e grand
mission of science to prevent m is­
fortune? Give science this oppor­
tu n ity and sphere, and religion will
find her own place and follow it:
for science must ever determ ine
w hat is right, while religion m ust
furnish the impulse to |>erform it.
This is my com plaint against Chris-