I HE T«>'tCH <>F REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , NOVEM BER 25, 1897.
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good things highest being of which we have p ern atu ral in other religions, go to
that will come when old Orthodoxy knowledge, an Infidelic,
Free- prove th a t n a tu re ’s laws have not
is dead? We think there is a way, thought, Liberal, Secularist.
changed the th o u san d th p art of a
The Only P aper of Its Kind.
and we are working at it. The
0 , great and wise being, thou midget in six thousand years. Then
Published W eekly by the Liberal I ni plan is this: All people who be- who understandeth the great evils those m iracles are ju st as possible
versity C om pany, in the In terests of
lieve that the true religion is *‘t«» in the world, thou who knowest today as they ever were, and no
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
do good’’ and by good we mean th at Science is the true savior sound, sensible person should try
J E H osm er
E d ito r everything that increases our hap- and th a t Ignorance, S uperstition, to believe th a t such wonderful, un-
P. W. Geer,
M anager piness and developcs us physically, and fear form the triu n e Devil reasonable events ever transpired.
m entally, and m orally, should at th at is destroying o u r happiness, Science finds no proof th a t any
Entere»! at th e postolfiee at <ilverton, on(»e unite and educa!«- each oth»*r we pray you to help us in our great child could be born of a virgin with
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Come right now and a su p ern atu ral being for its father,
in th e work <>¡ “ Secular b alv atio n ”, un d ertak in g
then we will he able to strike a bless us as thou »cent we need, and as we are told Jesus was; or th a t a
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Money should Ire sent by registered change right in our day; and,
Jeh o v a h ’s war generals, Joshua, a
A N u c le u s .
le tte r or m oney order.
f,i«'inls of tru th , don't you know
chance to do a little more m urder­
If
we
do
not
let
our
friends
know
that you will he far happi« r, yes,
ing.
Notice!
•what
we
w
ant,
how
can
we
expect
and far healthier if sou take a real
Every system of religion has its
A pencil m ark her«1 denotes th a t your
them
to
help
us?
We
have
m
an­
m iracles and its wonderful men,
subscription will expire w ith the next interest in this great work of rais­
aged
at
last
to
pay
for
tin*
printing
nu m b er. You are earn estly requested ing hum anity out o ftlie slimy mire
but as people investigate more into
to renew so th a t you may receive th e pa­
outfit,
hut
our
expenses
for
printing
the real and n atu ra l, faith in the
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de­ of ignorance a n d fear.
the
1
wo
papers,
etc.,
are
quite
heavy,
cided th a t it is Irest for all concerned
The one great hindrance to our
supernatural declines. H um an good
th a t we do not send papers longer th an
and
we
are
still
in
debt
a
little.
will yet be the object of all, and
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. work is the little prejudices that
N'»w
this
worries
us
some,
ami
we
Tnis will p revent any loss ami we will many Freethinkers have. There is
scientific wisdom the only m eans
ku -w just w here we stan d .
could
do
better
work
if
we
were
of grace.
There were plenty of
We («‘quest you to send us the nam es no individual or organization th a t
free.
Then
we
want
to
raise
mon­
of Secularists who m ight beeome sub- cati ju st suit everybody, and see
disturbances and
wars before
scrib» rs ami we will mail sam ple copies.
ey
to
fin is h the new building next
her»*. F reethinker. d<> you realize
C hrist lived. Some of his teachings
spring.
Of
course
there
is
some
in­
THURSDAY, NOV. 25, E. M. 297 I th a t the won we have undertaken
were good and far ahead of his
side
work
th
a
t
could
he
done
this
is the verv best there is in the I
time; but others were so bad th a t
w
inter,
hut
perhaps
it
is
as
well
to
world? It is the only school of the
soon after the introduction of C hris­
W e P ra y .
wait
until
we
commence
work
on
kind in existence of which we have
tian ity •/ disturbances and wars in-
•
he
main
building.
This
will
be
It has been predict» d by high knowledge, ami all that is re«juired
creased tenfold. See M att, x, 34:
just
as
soon
as
the
good
w
eather
C hristian auth o rity, Rev. Thom as to make its establishm ent the graini­
“ I come not to send peace, but a
c o n ie s.
Dixon J r . , th a t in less than 200 est thing of the nineteenth century,
sword.” M orality is in ju red by
Now
h"W
had
we
better
go
at
the
years there will not he a single is the hearty su p p -ri of the friends
prescribing to it duties th a t are im ­
b
u
s
i
.
<
f
raising
the
m
oney?
We
church in existance.
of tru th and right, before the cen­
possible to perform , like “ Love your
think
tu
a
t
it
would
be
a
good
“ He contended th at church or­ tury goes the way of all the earth.
enem ies”. If such were possible it
plan
for
some
one
who
expects
to
ganism was a failure, and th a t it We are now in a position to know-
would be productive of evil, offer­
help,
to
deposit,
say
$100,
more
or
m ust change with the developm ent ju st what vve can do, and it is a
ing a prem ium for crime.
of man. Churches m ust re-organ- fact th a t if we had the money to less, in Coo'idze& McClaitie’s bank,
W»* know th a t C hristian ity has
suhj
ct
to
<.ur
order
when
a
certain
ize or perish, and those th at w ereltin i-h our buildings and get the
filled the world with bloody wars
not re-organiz ng were perishing necessary ap p aratu s we could soon am ount, say $3000, is there depos­ and persecutions.
It has opposed
ited
for
the
building.
This
would
rapidly. Creed was but a question have the largest and most prosper­
learning, science and
liberty,
of inherited ideas, and there was ous school in the whole world and furni.-h a nucleus and we could add thw arted justice and destroyed
110 virtue in the stones and m ortar oh, you lovers of m ental liberty, can to it as fast as possible, and by equality.
of church edifices.
you estim ate the grand and rapid spring we would probably have the
The bible seems to indicate th a t
money
raised.
‘The evolution of a hum an con­ results?
God w anted to teach some science,
Do
;
ou
think
it
a
good
plan?
science,’ lie said, ‘the object of
Come, help u>; we are doing all
as well as law, to the Jew’s; but its
Who
will
«‘art
the
ball
rolling?
which shall he the destiny of m an, w«* can. We realize th a t there are
science is th a t in use when the bi­
is what we are aim ing at. The others who might do the work b e t­
ble was w ritten.
W hen the great
evolution of C hristian civilization ter than we, hut they will not and
S c ie n tific W is d o m .
scientists, G alileo and B runo op­
has the ear m arks of a social o r­ it mu.-t he done. If you are liberal
posed those bible theories, they and
Helps Tow ard T ra c t No. 2: “ Has C h ris tia n ity
ganism th a t shall he a redeemed j r«‘Ve your lile rality bv sacrificing
or Science /“lo st Promoted C iv iliz a tio n ? “
a great m any others had to sueffr
com m unity.’ ”
a t least one-tenth as much as the
at the hands of bible-believers.
B Y J )E L M . B E R R Y .
We heiieve th a t our C hristian C hristians are com m anded to give
The bible tau g h t th a t the earth was
brother is right in thinking th a t io th e Lord. O ne-tenth of one-
Scientific wisdom, or the bible — fiat and had four corners, with
the churches will soon begone, and tenth is one-hundredth.
Some which shall it he?
The disciples great pillars upon which the found­
th at in th eir place will he found hav»* given their all to the work,
of C hrist received grace from him ation rested. It don’t tell upon w hat
such organizations a s th e Oregon but they are f«*w and need more
and w rought m iracles, cast out the pillars rested. I f God or his
State Secular Union and its a u x i ­ tli in til« \ pi» ss to m ake the work devils, had visions, prophesied of prophets w anted to prolong a day,
liaries. lor the
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. teaching of science, what it should be. \\ e need work I future events, healed the sick, and all they had to do was to com m and
l.b en y , u u .„o ral.ty; but we need ¡in y .m r locality; we need a kind raised (he dead. But how is th is — the sun to stand still. The scient­
not wait -Oil year« H every Liberal word; we need money and we need 8 re there no true disciples of C hrist ists stuck to it th a t the earth was
io " < r. .1 'ze I le nnportaoee of our «luden's. I he C hristian people today, or has C hrist lost bis power, rouud, and they had to suffer per-
r , leFt lt
* ’G • 1 to n , umi h» in- are n«»t»*d f"i begging and praying, th a t none of these wonderful things secutioiis, till finally a m an sailed
«m«( to tak« hold of it in dead and with the
exception of the are done now? Not even one poor west and by going straig h t ahead
-earnest. At
tl‘
"'G io u t object t<> which they pray and the prophet in all the world! No dev- came back home from the east.
seeing this
gr--.it t« * fo i m a tio n ’ ? ohj. ct for w hich th e y beg, we ils to cast out!
Physicians do not Then the C hristians claim ed th a t
We f« el .sure that the grand- think they are all right. Instead depend on the gift of C hrist as a the bible in scientific m atters only
c h i b i> n, th< ir children, <>t,at least, of begging for money to pay a remedy!
Nobody would bury a spoke the language of appearances,
m eir grand-children will not he preacher’s salary to preach m yths frie n d \f it were possible to raise th e and adapted itself to th e under-
tauuht th e absurd superstitions or to build a costly god-house, we dead. W hat I w ant to get into the standing of th e people. But if an
and <-vil principles that are still beg of you to help us build th is m inds of bible-believers is this: all-wise god
— 1 undertook to teach
dished up to us by “ God’s anointed” school, but perhaps we would do The laws of nature
are either anything about science he would
and th»* C hristian literature of ollr better to pray, and we will, but, changeable or they
are not. All have tau g h t them the tru th so they
d < n ,b u t is n tth « N ««»m« wa\ that instead of praying to a deaf and Science and all history, except the could understand it. B u tm e n h a v e
we » an ma •« thir.gs m o\t fa ster,¡d u m b Nothing, we pray to the bible and sim ilar records of the s u -< found out th is an d all o th er scien-
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