THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 18-.U.
Bohemian Evening, No. 3.
By C. E lto n B lanchard.
T H E ID EA OF IM M O RTA L S P IR IT .
tim id. Here is a proof of the origin
of the spirit idea from the fields
of philology, and I refer you to
Prof. Max M uller for more light on
this subject
The worship of ancestry is closely
connected with this double idea,
and both thoughts doubtless had
much to do with th e early religions,
Nothing better can be found th an
be im agined how g n at m ust have
been the joy of the sp irits when
they at last made the stupid Fox
family u n d erstand that certain raps
m ean yes. while others mean no.
T hus was S piritualism born. To-
day it stands as a pure system of
deception under hypnotic influences,
or it is an unexplored realm of
force in m atter. Those of th e world
there is so much th at is good, and
hfe m eans so much to me, th a t I
ask you 10 come again, that I may
spem out who e evening inite ing
you .»f the good things in this life.
1 shall now hid you goodnight and
tru st you m ay meet no hobgobbhns
or ghosts on your way home. v ito
many exprtbMon. o me» y int
the young m en^departe .)
The young men had discussed
the two previous talks given them
by the old Doctor among th eir fel
lows so much th a t num erous ap p li
cations from other truthseekers.for
an invitation to atten d bad been
E ditor ’ s N o te : Any stu d en t of
received. Mr. Palivec was sent as H erbert Spencer’s works on soeiol- of science who do not ignore the
a com m ittee of one to confer with ogy for this subject. Once fixed m atter entirely, as unw orthy of t his subject wishing to ask the Doc-
the Doctor about allowing more to in the m ind, a concept of this kind fu rth er attention, rest in the ex tor a question is at liberty to ad
will stand unchallenged generation pectation th a t so-called spirit man-
hear the talk on Spirit. G ladly did
dress him , in care of C harles E lton
after
generation,
especially
when
ifestations
of
the
several
sorts
will
Dr. Brown arrauge the commodious
l>e explained by an unknow n power B lanchard, e d i t o r of C u r r e n t
it
represents
a
pleasing
idea.
We
dining room as a lecture ball for
of mind, to set up unknow n forms Thought, 802 Ansel Ave., Cleveland
the occasion, and told the boys to all love life. The very worm wig
of motion in ether
Many men of Ohio.
bring all they wished. He was su r gles away from harm . W e delight
great intelligence who seem entirely
prised to find him self facing about in thin k in g th a t a few short year»
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Among the existence in spirit th a t is not evi
scientific
brethren
who
have
not
num ber were some who still clung dent, painted with all its colorings
b een so fa v o re d by th e spirit realm,
to th eir church m em bership, en of heavenly bliss and comfort.
and calm ly say, ‘‘because you have E l HER HARDESTY,
couraged to come by the original T hus has the spirit idea been fos
no spiritual eyes or sp iritual sense,
visitors, as those who needed the tered. The nations have im parted
it from the older to th e younger do not conclude th a t von see all.”
inform ation.
Dr. Brown: (S troking his beard from all time, and so long ago did Thus the original spirit idea has Will practice in all courtH of th e sta te .
developed. Today the holders of
and looking about the room.) My this concept hold sway in hum an
Special a tten tio n given to collections
the
belief
in
spirit
a re divided, into
thought,
th
a
t
it
is
now
a
current
and n o tary work.
friends, you are welcome to our
R oom 3, W olf B lock .
home tonight, and welcome to what argum ent with su p ern atu ralists, C hristian and S piritualist sects.
Mr. Czek: As a scientist, Dr. SILVERTON,
OREGON,
ever help I may be able to give you spiritsts, etc., th a t all nations and
in this great search for tru th . Let tribes hold some form of im m ortal Brow’n, do you find any place for
us be honest, open-m inded seekers, life belief, hence there must be some spirit in any form of life?
J . H . Lynns.
N, jB rm a ii,
Dr. Brown: Wc search the world
grounds
for
the
notion.
No
more
w ithout conceit or narrowness. I
JERMAN & LYONS,
am asked to talk to you about the so than because all organized bodies over. We find a uniform ity of law.
idea of the S pirit. M any centuries have the elem ent carbon; this U nder the lens we study the cell
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ago the slowly developing m ind of p ro v es t h a t ca rb o n w as desig n ed s tru c tu re of th e e m b ry o s of v a rio u s
anim als. They all look alike; they
House, sign and carriage pain>-
m an began to conceive of a double for the special use of anim al life
act
alike
under
our
chem
icals;
there
ing.
P aper-hanging and interior
O ut of this early notion grew the
in himself, and the origin of this
decoration
a specialty
Charges
conception is generally accepted by idea of G reat Spirit, Holy Spirit, is no place for an y th in g of the kind
reasonable. Wo»k guaranteed.
men of science about a» follows: H oly Ghost. God, the Devil, and in the anim al organization. We
The shadow, the dream , the trance, th e whole list of m ental creations, j find no holes in the brain, as assert-
the semi-conscious states brought T hus the nations advanced through • ed by the early Greeks. We hnd
M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN
about by sickness or injury, all all these ages, in the m ain carrying i no place in the cell. 1 he m other
these may have been aides in fix the dual notion, and into nearly of all anim al life, the protoplasm ,
ing in the m ind this idea of the all religions it became a leading has yet m any tru th s to give up. In
double. W hat could be more sug tenent of the faith. It was pleas- the cell there is no m ystery. Our
gestive than the savage’» dream of ing. It prom ised much, and since biologists know th a t life is co-eter
m eeting friends who afterw ards he men are ap t to believe th a t which nal with m atter. The Monists hold
-All k in d s of choice-
found to be far away, of m eeting they desire to be true, it was c b e r-1 th a t all m atter is alive. I hat form
No one came back after and v itality are in h eren t in m atter
dead friends, or dream s of various ished.
I his
conditions easily shown to be im death to dispute the claim s of spirit as part and parcel of it.
Always on b an d and sohi at
possible in the usual state of things? theory, since no m eans were a t i m akes a great trin ity , m atter, form
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The subjective im pression was real. hand to prove anything to the con- and m otion. Feeling is but a high- C f a n H a r d
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The conclusion is n a tu ra l, there tra ry , and the theory of im m ortal- I er form of motion. I bought is but
We ,>ay the higheBt price
m ust be a som ething in us th a t is ity stands today the cornerstone a higher form of feeling. This will
upon which the whole structure of require too m uch tim e to discuss
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more than m atter. It is spirit.
the C hristian church rests.
Re- intelligently, hut is shows how C a s h f O T F a t O t O C K .
The philologist traces the origin
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of words to the concept in the move it, and C h ristian ity , as a sup- easily a true stu d en t of hum an na-
m ind.
We have been often told e rn a tu ra l religion, falls to pieces ture can see what life is. It s h o w s _________________________________
th a t spirit m eant originally, in th e A new developm ent in the theory how hard it is to find a place in
several languages where the soul is now w orthy of our notice. I p this wonderful continuity for any S IL V E R T O N ...
idea is found, the wind. Can we to the vear 1848 no single instance such u n n atu ral notion as spirit, or
not easily picture some forest slope had »»e’e n recorded in which a spirit ghost en tity . It is yet possible to
where the rude huts or ten ts of the was claim ed to have taken enough listen when men propose J h at mind
prim itive m an stood against the interest in the world or flesh to visit is so wonderful in its workings th a t
. . . A r t i s t i c W o rk
the scenes of our m ortal struggle, even after the brain has been lost,
w inter's wind? It m oans through
But in that year, on the evening of th e activity goes on in the waves of
the forest, it sighs through the
branches. The hours of darkness March 31st, in a little town in west- endless ether, ju st as the ripples when you w ant a ....
s h o r e long after
Good S m c o oth S h a v e
come on. The instinctive fear of ern New York a fam ily named m uriner along the
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Fox,
or
Voss,
the
G
erm
an
of
their
the
stone
has
dropped
to
the
bot-
Or a F irst-C lass
things not understood hastens the
H a ir -C u t
belated h u n ter to the friendly fire nam e, discovered th a t they could tom of the lake. T his m ay be, but
secure intelligent answers to ques- let us hasten to have it scientifically
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of the fam ily hut. The spirits are
abroad. They may be enemies or tions, and th a t such answers were dem onstrated, is our answer,
Mr. \o tip k a : But, Doctor, w hat
ancestors, but the sighs and m oans given by raps from spirit hands.
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of the night wind, even to this day, These raps had been troubling this is our life good for?
Dr. Brown: My dear friends, 1 S ilvbkton , ............................. O kkoon
sends shivers over the spine of the j fam ily for a long time, and it can.
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