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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He again a n ­
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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
....G iv e Us a C a ll. . . .
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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