VOL. 2.
SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.
For the Torch of Beason.
ch an ital and m anufacturing indus-
tries increases, in ordinary times,
with the growth of population and
with the progress of*the age. The
dem and is for the greatest skill, for
the most efficient w orkm anship,
W orkm ™
¡ » ^ i o r ability, espe-
cially in times of depression when
,h " lab,,r n,!,rket
overcrowd, ,1,
stand a poor chance for steady em-
ploym ent. In every kind of work
which requires more th an m ere
a r o m a tic or routine m ovem ent,the
Doubt.
By (¡race E .< »ruher.
B ro th e rly , sisterhood, that s what we
Humanity’s sowing this beautiful seed,
WeU ' S ’a“
r ProgreS8,
For a braver, a better, a nobler race.
The «.«nd^rd o ffe n c e , for truth’, noble
V. tl
,
Will sh atter the portals of m yth ami its
flaws,
’Twill enter, w hile bearing a light which
---
w
ill ------
show
A" ’ ' ‘‘¿ nomne "giowy palh"'ay8
The world will he better, when progress
f'" ' " U r " '- "
,
quired, and paid for according to
efficiency.
In the professions only skill com-
m ands large fees. The proportion
of inefficient lawyers and doctors
whose earnings during a year are
far less than those of a common
mechanic, is very large and the
„ U,„ b ,r that is a n n u a lly starved
out of these professions, after at-
tem pting tofollow them , is greater
than most people suppose.
Jt 18 lbe ,nore sk i,,f(1, llleIllhers of
1'" se professions w ho
a re success-
and man
j and h an d , of disciplined mmd and ful practitioners. T ru e , there are
Clasp the telescope, reason, to broaden d is c rim in a tin g in te llig en ce
i h‘* lawyers and doctors who get rich
t l i j l l
l l l t l l l
I
Let tr u th ’s b rillia n t glances gleam in ( on)ld ain t today is th a t so m any hy their practices ra th e r than by
-
-
and it will
are deficient in these qualities.
th e ir p ractice, hut th e se a re e x c e p t­
Unveil the dark shadow s which invster-
r . • r ... „1
.
iee fill.
I bis fact shows th a t young men ions, a n d th e y a re very liable, soon-
o h , let us he tru e, if w ew ish t.b e m en! in learning trades and arts must j er or later, to*get into trouble. The
of the pen
a n
‘‘
ex cellen ce in th e ir chosen i rule is th at, in w hatevsr profession
NO. 14.
God who does evil or perm its it to
he done, a God full of equity and
in an em pire where innocence is so
often oppressed; a perfect God who
produces but im perfect and w retch­
ed works; such a God and His con­
duct, are they not as great m ysteries
as th a t of the in carn atio n ? You
blush, you say, for your fellow be­
ings who are persuaded th a t the
God of the universe could change
Him self into a m an and die upon a
cross in a corner of Asia. You con­
sider the ineffable m ystery of the
T rinity very absurd. N othing a p ­
pears more ridiculous to you than
a God who changes H im self into
bread and who is eaten every day
in a thousand diffierent places.
\\ ell ! are all these my steries any
more shocking to reason th an a
God who punishes and rewards
m en’s actions? Man, according to
your views, is he free or not? In
either case your God, if he has the
shadow of justice, can neither p u n ­
ish him nor rew ard him . If man
is free, it is God who m ade him
free to act or not to act; it is God,
then, who is th e prim itive cause of
all his actions; in punishing m an
for his faults, Ho would punish him
for having done th a t which He
gave him the liberty to do. If m an
is not free to act otherw ise th an he
does, would not God be the most
unjust of beings to punish him for
the faults which he could not help
com m itting? M any persons are
struck with th e detail o f absurdities
with which all religions o f the
world are filled; hut they have not
the courage to seek for the source
whence these absurdities necessar­
ily sprung. They do not see th a t a
God full of contradictions, of od­
dities, of incom patible qualities,
either inflam ing or n u rsit g the im­
agination of men, could create hut
a long line of idle fancies.—[S uper­
stition in All Ages.
F°r Hwouldity 8 ch ild ren _ if only we | work, th a t they m ust m aster its de- j » m an engages, to he successful he
Twould bind us together in true broth- 1 a d s ',n d q u a lify th em selv es to be must have the skill as well as the
erhood.
i specialists in their line. To do this personal qualities needed and in de­
Twas years tilled w ith m ystery th a t they m ust cultivate habits of con- m and in that profession.
Fu. u r b y V l no X o , , ‘sre“pbere of the ' c'-ntration, of hc ,-»racy of nb?crva <
Nei, h<..r in what is called the
d ead ;
tnm and execution, prom ptness and i educated professions, nor in the
V"1 ' ' S u a pHze"' " '" " |S
P’*” « “ ,a 1 ■ ,;V> as well as those moral ' skilled trades am i arts of industry,
And a b right light illum ined th e ir clear- habits which in the ‘struggle for can tooroiighness and efficiency be
5,,w we and diubt is fleeing, and still It I li,'e ’’ are
i " " ‘" 'n,se advantage In , „ - te d w blm ut certain failures in
has gained
their possessors. Superior skill and business and in life. The sooner
led. unchained.
em ciency win in ju re em ploym ent our young men and young women
Doubt has broken th e yo k e; it has shat- and good pay.
I aren ts interested who are entering the «1 venues open
J the success of th eir sons, as well to all skillful workers, understand
tered th e creed ; 7
in
I t has laid our foundation and planted j
♦
bn seed.
! as
*1 voting men themselves, should
the
*
this, the better it will he for them .
*
f
Doubt hath e n tered a river, th is river is appreciate the great im porance of
T im e ;
these facts.
The D eist’s God Contradictory.
Let progress keep beating a m arch m ost
I11
these
times
skilled
labor
is
su b lim e ;
Let your actions speak loudly, for tru ly specialized, and there is not the op­
By Jean Meelier.
’tis said,
portunity
th
a
t
there
once
was
for
Creeds are d eclining, but still are not
dead;
all-around w x orkm
B » O > < anship,
A
, I ■ KJ J J I I v ) but
I f ’ I there
' I 1 " . i
The theist e x c la im s,‘‘Be careful
The key to the door of m ystery is d o u b t; I • ,. r
f
.
1,
When it en ters m yth falters am i mys- ,s t h e p o s s ib i l i ty of great excellence no; to worship the ferocious and
tery walks out.
in all the divisions of labor as well strange god of theology; mine is
With M ystery still w aiting, M yth w his-
s in ----
lne specialties
of the various
and better; He is the
pers, “ I see
, a -----
« - ------ ------------
-----------1 much wiser <•».«
v..v
Doubt hath opened our door w ith his proftssions. The young m an m ust 1 F ath er of men; He is the m ildest of
wonderful kev.
m ake up his m ind what he will do .Sovereigns; it is he who fills the uni-
and then go at it with the deter- verse with his lienefactionsl” But
For the Torch of IteaHon.
ruination to do the best work possi- I will tell him, do you not see th a t
/Manual Labor and the Professions
hie, and not be content merely to everything in th is world contradicts
“ learn a trad e,’ and get through the good qualities which you attri-
BY B. F . UNDERW OOD.
with the work with the least hide to your God? In the num er-
thought and application possible, ous fam ily of this mild F ath er I
Says the P hiladelphia Times:
Labor, when it is intelligent, see hut unfortunate ones. U nder
In the name of universal benevo­
I he tendency of young men in
when
the
laborer
is
interested
in
it
the
empir.e
of
this
ju
st
Sovereign
I
this country to em bark in the learn­
lence C hristians have hated their
ed professions with no especial apt- ar‘d can watch and see its results, se
see crim e victorious and virtue in fellow men. A lthough they have
nude for an y th in g except avoiding is ennobling, because then, how- distress.
d i.. . .
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n these henefact I been preaching universal love, the
Am ong
manual labor, is co n stan tly on the ever com m onplace, it is in a degree ions, which you boast of, and which
for tf^ air 1 f S-im llC h
ph>r» d, a | jeag| artistic; but labor without your enthusiasm alone sees, I see a C hristian nations are the w arlike
nations of the world. The most de­
i”t to such, failure is alm ost the in-
.
„ . .
. . ,
, . ,
evitable result. T he trouble with art is, as Ruskin says, brutal, mere- m ultitude of evils of all kinds, up- structive weapons ot w ar have been
all tl •ese young men is th at they do ly an exertion of strength.
on which you obstinately close invented by C h ristian s. Above all
not understand the dignity of man-
W hat is said here in regard to your eyes.
Compelled to
ac- other arts the C hristian world has
’ labor. I hey do not realize th a t young men applies as well to young knowledge th a t your good God, in
placed the art of war. A C hristian
readik- r P r fo rtu n e. !1)Hy
niore women who desire to engage in contradiction w ith Himself, dis-
nation has never had the slightest
called learned frofessions than in w° rk wh,(’h wl11 lnfiUre good pay. tributes with the sam e hand good respect for the rights of barbarians.
them, and th at it is ju st as honora- They m ust aim at excellence. Of and evil, you will find yourself N either has any C hristian sect any
Lie t.i
I-- m
- - er or to L..IJ
—.. .....
„1.1: .1 • in order
1 _ . to justify
• . •» Him
ir- , to
.
hie
to umin«.
swing —
a ham
hold .. a the —
m - any
women (a _]
n d ___
men too) obliged,
respect for the rights of other sects.
1 A as it is to m ake a speech in wbo offer th eir services as steno- send me, as the priests would, to A nciently, the sects discussed with
irt oi am putate a limb.
graphers and typew riters, for in- the other life.
In v en t,
then, fire and sword, and even now some­
thing happens alm ost every day to
I his is true. All useful work is stance,not one in twenty is capable another God than the one of tbeol-
honorable. F urtherm ore, the de- of doing the work in an office where <>gy, because your God is as con- show th a t the old sp irit which was
m the Inquisition still slum bers in
iiiand for skilled labor in the me- first-class service of this kind is re- tradictory as its God is. A good the C hristian breast.— [Ingersoll.
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