T H E TORCH GF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y G, 1898.
Uorrespendence.
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andm U B ' t a k e a " ¡m erest ¡n these
things in order to accomplish any­
thing. There are enough Liberals
f le r r y Christm as.
at the present time in the United
E ditor T orch oe R eason and its States to put the F reethought plan
M any R eaders :
on a firm basis if they would only
It gives me great pleasure th at I
an interest and do what they
car, vvish the workers and many can. S'» m any, either through fear
readers of the T orch of R eason a or indifference, stand idly hv
m erry Chrh î-mas. 1 hope th at the watching the struggling few’, r»• fil­
T orch will illum inate more and ing to lend aid, yet in full sympa­
more from week to week until its thy with the m ovem ent. Some no
light is seen entering into every doubt through fear of ridicule refuse
home in this great land of Am eri­ us aid. To these I would say, bet­
ca, and I sincerely hope that its ter stand the ridicule and scorn of
light will become so strong th at it selfish and prejudiced C hristians to­
will penetrate into even all the day than he subject to the tyran­
C hristian homes and all th e church­ nical laws that would he enacted in
es of the land, as the most, if not the n ear future should C hristianity
all of th e m , have very | o<»r “ light” . he allowed to gain absolute control
I k n o w very well th at if th e T orch of our governm ent.
was re',d by a
ot »b<* mem bers
W ashington said, “ E ternal vigi-
of each C hristian church it would
and
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, p rice
, . of .. lib e rty ,” ai
♦ hpir follow ers we h ive o n lv to ex- i
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not he long u n til th»- b rig h t lig h t ° n b by e te rn a l vigilance an d un­
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th eir followeis, we have only to ex lessness or discontent am ong Meth-
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h
ceasing
easing work
work will
win we
we accompli
accomplish
am ine older catechism s ot the Ko- odist women, much less a boycott.
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our grand object.
W ashington
m an church.
If it were not for the women there
in eVer«V col“ n’u n ity. 1 th -re- helped to frame a liberal form of
W hen the concept o f spirit had i would he practically no support of
hope foi the w< lfan of .ill hu governm ent, and it rem ains for Lib­
been fixed in hum an thought all!'M ethodism nor any other creed ju , irjan’tv, and e. p ic ia lh tin laity of erals to m aintain th at form of
m anner of theories were invented to the U nited States, which effectually the CaU,olic eh u rch > w h».se t^ e '.e s governm ent and prevent the Chris­
tian s from incorporating God in the
answ er the most n atu ra l of inquir- disposes of the alleged futility and a ,e hardly evel Gummed, and as a constitution. C hristians from far
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. rule they must use the old tallow and near are wakening to the fact
ies. The study of ancestor-w orship
silliness of a boycott upon the p art
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shows us th a t the Egyptians cher­ of the female m em bers of the organ- can ,,le> as th eir sp iritu al advisers th a t F reeth o u g h t is m a k in g s grand
ished the belief th at spirits took up ization. In fact, if the proposed tell them the old candle is g o o d s tr o k e to fre e th e country forever
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enough; th a t too much light isd a n - tr»»m ecclesiastical control, there­
th eir abode in the bodies of various , bovcott
should go into effect lin-
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fore they are doubling their efforts
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and an injury
to
theii
anim als.
These anim als became m ediately, there would be no sal- =*
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to crush us.
Shall we let them?
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souls.
My
dear
Catholic
friends,
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sacred.
The cat, m onkey, croco­ an es paid to the clergymen of the .
Never!
Liberals, arouse, uniiel
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sincerely
sym
pathize
with
vou.
one
Remember
th at “ eterr al vigilance
dile, birds of various kinds, as well denom ination next year, which of
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as num erous oth« r anim als, have course, would put a stop to all and a " ’ a " d °"'-v h,'Pe ,h a t thP is ’he price of liberty.” Yours for
pi ogre-ie,
M. P. G ifford .
been the innocent subjects of such preaching, for it is a peculiar f a c t! illu m in atin g light of reason will one
m ysterious notions.
In E gypt at th a t no m inister ever vet felt called d a y- and th a t 1,1 lhc npar lu tu re-
N inety-N ine Men W anted.
by
the
Lord
to
preach
C
hrist
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«hi'ie
over
you
all.
one time, in certain localities, it
I once more, dear readers of the E ditor 'P orch <» f R eason :
was a capital crim e to kill a cat. him
crucified w ithout suitable
Enclose»! find money order, for
H istory tells us of a battle in which financial rem uneration. The claim T orch of R eason and its work-
which please continue the T orch
th e enemies of Egypt won a great th a t there is no restlessness or dis- ers
and m a,iagCTS> wish
Keep of R eason to my address.
victory, because each soldi» r of the content am ong M ethodist women is a lon8 l,fe and happiness.
front ranks carried a cat, and an offset hv the fact th a t for several T he ToRCH b n r" ,n K ulltil tl" ’ '¡«bt
Perm it me to m ake this proposi-
E gyptian would rath e r suffer defeat years past they have been con- Penetrates and clears out all the ti«»n, viz.: I will be one of one
and death than injure this sacred ducting a vigorous cam paign for d ark n ess where ignorance and su- hundred who will give fifty dollars
an im al— the keeper of the spirit of adm ission to the G eneral Confer- Per8tltlon exist.
toward the U niversity fund. That
Dr. L. 8. S toll , Ex-Catholic.
some loved relative — a m other-in- ence— .1 cam paign which in the end
would m ake five thousand dollars,
a sufficient sum to erect a respecta­
law, perhaps I
will undoubtedly prove successful.
Arouse,
Ye
Liberals.
ble
building and show your good
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At the beginning of this paper - [ E x .
' works in the way of teaching and
the w riter offered the opinion th a t
E ditor T orch of R eason :
tu rn in g out good scholars.
See
Divine Revelation.
the influence of mysticism has been,
Enclosed you will find tw enty- what influence this proposition will
on the whole, detrim ental to the
We have seen th a t a divine reve­ five cents, for which send me ten have. I will pay any time when
race, but one good th a t has come lation is such only by virtue of cents worth of Tract No. 2 of Scien- the one hundred is assured.
Respectfully,
P. C. M osier .
therefrom should not be overlooked, com m unicating to us som ething tific W isdom, and for th e rem ain-
If the sun, moon ami stars were which we cannot know w ithout it, der T ract No. 3, th a t will he print-
Scientific and flaterialistic.
gods, it was a good thing to watch ail<j which is in fact undiscoverable ed >n J a n u a ry . I think this plan
them . 1 he m o v em en ts of th e gods by hum an reason, and th a t m irac- <>f Scientific Wisdom a grand un- ’ E ditor 1 or < h of R eason :
should be studied. The C haldeans „lous evidence is absolutely requi- del-taking ami with the encourage-; E ncl° 8pd please find one dollar
were noted star-w atchers, probably ¿¡te to establish its reality. It is ad- m ent and support due it from Lib- <or an o th er y ea r’s subscription to
because they thought the moon the m jtted (hat n<> other \ e8tlm onv erals it will be a decided success. I »he T orch . 1 am very well pleased
principal deity instead of »he sun, cou|d j UHtifv o(lr
t|)e
intend to contribute to its support with >»•
>8 both scientific and
an historical fact our modern social cific revelation which we are con- as much as I possibly can and will m aterialistic in its views, and that
reform ers can use to good advau- sidering, the very substance of d istrib u te all the tracts I can get I »s about the highest testim onials I
tape in advocating w om an’s rights. '
» ¡ Ä f i ’,*1 earnestly hope th a ta ll Liberals will C(,uld Pa X a ".V Jo u rn al. Some
I b is star-w atching led to the a , t<„ lt)di„ K a n n o u n c ,.cents, tf mit ,ake a " in ‘eref“ »" this Plan a "d t,m e
1 Pron,ised .vou 8,,n,e
ui < ing ol tem ple observatories, dem onstrated to be m iraculous try and m ake it a success. Very scientific ar>d h reethought books
som e of which in Babylon were said truths, m ust inevitably b«^ pro- little from each one would accom- for the U niversity Library. You
to be set with great accuracy, so nounced the wildest delusions. On! plish wonders. It don’t require a
certainly get them , hut as the
the sun would shine to the western exam ining the supposed m iracu- big donation from all, but what, it charges are very high, alm ost one
end on the day of the spring equi- ,OU® ev.i(lence, however, we find th a t does require, and what it deserves, ,ldrd wl>at the hooka c a t, I have
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grounds .
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1 hose earlv star-w atchers
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antecedently incredible, but th a t is the united support of the Free- sometime next sum m er* in which
originated the zodiac, and from th e testim ony by which its reality thought elem ent.
“ U nited we case I will bring them with me. If
th eir work of try in g to find out the m supported, so far from establish- atand> dividcd Me
Let u9 I cannot m ake the trip I will se d
w ays of the gods, which the bible ‘" 8 ‘he inferences draw n from th e llnjte and work jn ,
a n d them by freight. W ishing the
says are past finding out, the great ^ P l " ” *'* su p ern atu ral phenom ena,
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T orch every success, and the live
science of astronomy was original- “ ¡he ’
to cent- 1
« « I d th at this planet Freethinkers of SilverUm a Ha; py
.Sir, Homy wa. original fv the actua( ^ „ r r e n c e ,,f ,h e can be governed w ithout any su- Xew Y ear I remain Yours ior
ed. We cannot dwell longer u p o n , events n a rra te d .— [A non.
p ern atu ral agency. Liberals should M ental Liberty, J o h s M c A rdie .
devils, evil spirits, enemies of m an. ih<* discussion of prim itive life with
After a time there developed a ¡tH great store of facts relative to
class of individuals who pretended our topic. Let u» see w hat m ysti-
or really thought they had special cjsm has done for religion, both an-
power and influence with the gods., (.p.n t and modern.
( continued next w eek .)
Let us be charitable to believe th at
enough of coincident occurred to fix
N ote . — Address the “ Old Doc-
an honest belief in their m inds of
• t o r , ’ care of C. Elton B lanchard,
some m ysterious power. Here orig
editor C urrent I bought, 802 Ansel
inated priestcraft, one of the great­
Ave., C leveland, O.
est burdens the race has had to
carry , and I lam ent to say it, but
W oman and the M ethodist
seemingly one of t h e e v ils of m ysti­
Church.
cism which clings to the hum an
race in wonderful pow er—the source
Zion’s H erald says of the propos-
and propagator of superstition and a j of , he women to bo y co tt the
bigotry, the producer of m ental M,.,h()diat (>,.gaI,iZatin., because of
slav ery and intellectual lethargy—
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the pious priest of m odern super-
n atu ralism
cnee to a d m it w om en to ils member-
As sn illustration of how c o m -' ship: “ There is not the slightest
pletely this class of individuals has ground for the th rea t. It is as fu-
u n k m erged
o ra w l reason
r p n s o n i in
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tb«- t n m .in
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o f ' |,ile
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