THE TOUCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1897.
L IT T L E P O IN T S.
no wore work with S p iritu alists
th a n they can with Catholics.
If decency is a creed we want it.
M aster Henry Fisher is am ong Neither should be blam ed for not
the new students this week.
working with the o ilier — th e y
T ru th se e k e rs sh o u ld p u t in p ra c
Our office has turned out a large ' should he blam ed for try in g it
tice th e tr u th s th a t th e y discover.
am ount of job work this week.
Our philosophy class was pre-
Some people fear being laughed
N E W S AND N O TES.
Notice the new ad. on seventh rented with a large, clear, gla-s
m a rb le by Mr. L. A m es th is week,
page.
Buy your reserved seat ticket of I t w a . a t o n ce used in e x p la in in g
G u iss <& Son for th e co n cert F rid a y th e p h e n o m -n n n of th e ra in b o w ,
and we are quite sure the claws now
evening.
C aptain Lora Ames’ side scored understands this subject much het-.
198 points at the Y. P. S. S. C. ter th an the m an who th o u g h t it
was a sign from a god.
meeting last F rid ay evening.
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need one.
not 'ie so
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liberal (? ) as to allow their fellow
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Under the m anagem ent of Prof.
men to suffer w ithout trying to
Mason, our w riting class is doing the Rev. G ilham , of the C hristian help them .
church, preached a sermon there in
some splendid work.
The facts of e v o lu tio n are knock
which he affirmed there is no devil.
The Clow Fam ily Concert Co.,
ing the theories of theology into a
The congregation took offense and
who will be here F riday night, are |
cocked hat. Let us help the good
the next tim e the reverend gentle
all Secularists.
m an undertook to speak he was work along.
The Sunday school e n te rta in ejected from the house and about
Every individual has e v »luted
m ent last Sunday evening was twenty pistol shots were fired at from a “ sim ple form ” ; why should
the “ lords of creation” feel shocked
thought by some to be the best our him.
at the race having done the sam e?
school ever gave.
We will send th e T orch of R eas
The m eeting of the Y. P. S. S. C. on one vear to five new subscribers
If C hrist was “ God m an ifest in
has been postponed till Sunday ev for $3.75. and the party getting up the flesh,” when he cried. “ My god!
ening, on account of the Clow Fam the club will receive fifty visiting my god! why hast thou forsaken
ily concert on F riday evening.
cards for his trouble. These cards m e?” he only m eant, “ Myself! ray-
The first final exam ination for are w hat all S -cularists should self! why have I forsaken m yself?”
the completion of the Preparatory use, as they have an engraving of This is a question th at it would be
Course will be given in geography. the famous W ettstein badge b eau ti well for m any to ask themselves.
About twelve students will take the fully lithographed at the left of “To thine own self be tru e .”
your name
Thia offer holds good
exam ination soon.
If God would let us have the
gold th a t the streets, harps, and
We now have buckw heat cakes until Jan . 1st.
for breakfast. How can we afford
The Clow Fam ily Concert Co. crowns in heaven are made of, and
such luxuries?
W hy, Mr. Julius will be in Silverton F riday and make the streets of asp h alt, the
F isher belongs to “ the gang of In perhaps S aturday of this «.«,.1!. i crowns of gilt pa,.er, and the harps
fidels th a t wants to see the con Their en tertain m en ts are well spo of alum inum and catgut, we be
structive work go o n ”. See?
ken of everywhere, and we earn est lieve it would he a better plan of
salvation th a n the shedding of in
W hen a ray of light passes from ly request our readers to hear them
nocent blood.
one medium to another the index w h ile here if possible. The prices
of refraction is the ratio between are exceedingly low’ for so good an
Pride of the West.
the sines of the incident and refract entertainm ent. General adm ission
ed angles.
If you wish this ex 20 cents; children 10 cents; reserv
E ditor T orch of R eason :
plained call on one of the members ed seats 25 cents.
, Y our paper is the pride of the
of the philosophy class.
W hile we are hard at work teach- West, and we m ust keep the T orch
This is the day th a t those who ing, w riting, editing, etc., we have 0F r eason burning un til it has 20,-
are rich thank God th a t they are not tim e to follow up unprincipled 000 subscribers. You have accom-
not poor, and those who are poor people who are try in g to “grind pHghed good work, and the West is
retu rn th an k s because they are n<> their axes” as we tu rn , so we will ahead of the E ast in F reethought
poorer; those in good health th a n k be obliged to let them grind until a nd reason. It is surprising w hat
G od for it, and those who suffer they get too bold and then we will Rig salaries preachers get for telling
•thank hitn because he don’t m ake do som ething radical. We wish to
pPOple lies.
th em suffer more.
th an k our friends who so kindly
j enclose five dollars for new su b
As this is Thanksgiving, we wish sent us “ letters of recom m endation’. scriptions and the U niversity fund.
Yours for progress,
to give th an k s to whom th an k s are We will keep them for future refer
E. O. D ec k er .
due. We th an k all our friends for ence.
Alaska.
th eir m any kindnesses and take
Last S aturday, the teachers of
this way of assuring them th a t we this vicinity, met in the public
Buddhism.
appreciate th eir every effort to school house at Silverton, and or
m ake our work count on the side ganized the Silverton E ducational
The B uddhists num ber 400,000,
of progress.
Association. C ounty S uperintend- 000, or one-third of the h um an
It seems th a t the M aterialists and
S p iritualists have been having trou-
ble in Melbourne, A ustralia. It is
the same old story. The editor of
the “ L iberator” states th a t the hall
built bv the F reethinkers in gener-
al is now controlled by “ the worst
of Melbourne S piritualist«.” The
v,..x Secularists
.•«•vu.m.c.«. there have
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true
lately
organized a new society and no
doubt th eir experience with the
S p iritu alists has tau g h t them to he
careful how they build up th eir or-
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ganization. T rue Secularises can
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ent Jones conducted the meet-
ing, and very interesting papers
were read by Profs. Copeland, Buff,
and Anderson. There were seven-
teen teachers present, who are en-
gaged in teaching, and a num ber
of others who are interested in the
work. After the discussion, ar-
rangcm ents for future work, and
the election of Prof. Moores, prin-
cipal of the public school, as Presi-
dent and Prof. Beaver as Secretary,
the association adjourned to meet
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at 10 a. m. Dec. 11.
Liberals
a nation of A theists never existed,
it is no longer to be disputed th a t
the num erous B uddhist nations are
essentially A theist; for they know
no l>eings with greater su p ern atu ral
power than any m an is capable of
a ttain in g to by virtue, by au sterity ,
and by science; and a rem arkable
indication of this startlin g fact is
to be seen in the circum stances
th at some at least of the B uddhist
nations— the Chinese, the Mongols,
and the T h ib etan s— have no word
in th eir language to express the
notion of God.— [C ham ber’- Ency-
clopoed ia.
Esoteric Origin.
E ditor T orch of R eason :
I was much interested in the a r
ticle about “ sp irits” and the origin
of the word, which was published
in last week’s paper. H aving
studied on th a t subject a great deal
while going to school and since, I
found from its derivation and other
closely related words r like soul,
ghost, etc., th a t it can he traced
back to where it m eans the u lti
m ate atom s or molecules of m atter,
th a t are, as we know, indestruct-
able and therefore im m ortal. In
studying different language-, I
find this holds good in all of the
branches of the A ryian language.
Now, my theory of the origin of
the idea of im m ortality was in the
esoteric or hidden teachings of th e
priests or learned men in the tim es
when it was not safe to know too
m uch. Those ancients knew much
more than some people give them
credit for, and instead of saying
and w riting th a t m atter is in-
destructable, as we do now, they
hid th eir m eaning from the ig n o r
an t m u ltitu d e and revealed it to
th e in itiated in the m anner sug
gested. The study of languages
and their origin is very interesting,
and I would recom m end all the
stu d en ts of the Liberal U niversity
to take up a few of them as a help
tow ard u n d erstan d in g our own, if
for no other. The com parison of
languages and stud y of th eir
origin will show’ any reasonable
or unprejudiced student, where all
our m odern religions arose, in the
ancient rites and ceremonies of the
sun worshipers. T heir m ethod of
teaching the tru th s of science in d i
cate the origin of th e idea of im
m o rtality .’ T heir god was one
th a t could be seen, and the fables
and stories collected in the book
race. B uddha lived about 500 or we call the bible, nearly all show-
600 years before our era. Budd- more or less plainly th eir close re
i bists do not believe in any god or lation to the teachings of the sun
g<»ds as being pleased or displeased worshipers. The stories of Samson
by th eir actions, and as assigning and C hrist show th is system of
to the actors their future condition teaching better, probably, than any
by way of punishm ent or of reward, other p arts of the bible. I rem ain,
The very idea of a God as creating
Yours tru ly .
F. J . Beatv.
or in any way ruling, the world is
u tterly absurd in th e B uddhist
We will send th e T orch of R eas
system . God is not so much as on from now un til J a n u a ry 1st,
denied; he is sim ply not known, 1899, for one dollar.
Tell your
C ontrary to the opinion once con- friends about it and have them
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