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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1898)
H I E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 21, 1898. conditions such th at now there are enough who see the truth to form a nucleus. W’e will unite here in the west. We will es tablish a school. We will publish to the world the tru th and send it by living epistles. Investigation will then soon become popular, a r volution of thought, take nlaçp . . ’ii u be ours. . a Secular- , ,nd . victory will . A r ; ,, 1 v • h a v e made ist. do you believe in th e h a rm o n iz - ltig of our race? Do you believe that by doing away with creedism, men now stran g e rs or enemies will become friends and brothers? Js there any shorter or better m eth- Effect of Preachers’ Opposition. ( continued from t h ir d pa g e .) any unkind rem arks about him. 1 hey will even go so far as to ac knowledge that he was a good man, at least that he m eant well. Some of them , from the more Liberal de nom inations, as the U nitarians, will even . come out and hold un 1 Thom as Paine as a sam ple of t truthfulness; ru th fu ln e s s : and such preachers as the Rev. Copeland, of Salem, will in time compel other m inisters to come for ward and acknowledge P aine’s , . . , Wort ° r 1 >e J° r< e ect are get' Od of uniting mankind than tb e , ‘>»8 P '- ^ e enough to adjust them- . j tl - i r selves to present conditions, and one we have undertaken? Ih in k of , ’ the C hristian religion itself is sub- ,he possibilities, yes, the actual re- ject t0 ewlM ion> and no niatter 5 LIBERAL UNIVERSITY ». T H E O N L Y S C H O O L OF T H E K IN D F re e from S u p e rstitio n S tric tly N o n -S ectarian Pupils are (liven Every O p p o rtu n ity to Learn W ithout And, if you how tenaciously the churches try to Being H am pered hy S u p erstitio n s and Dogmas. suits, if we succeed! think our plan is not an idle stem the cu rren t of evolution, they dream, go through, or over, or un- are g radually being dragged along j I ^ O C E i t i O F l , , i a i , hy its irresistable force, der, or around every obstacle and J w.i»«»v H arry F r ic k e r . come and help us. P ortland, Ore. I I C c 1 1t 1 T f t 1 1 S o e ie tv G ood. E x p e n s e s M o d e ra te . Scientific Wisdom C.ikcnpinfiAn Per ’ “ar <5° copies m onthly) $ i . I < ELIZA MOWRY BLIVEN, OUDStripilOll per Month (50 copies), 10c. ( I Sec’y Tract S ociety. Brooklyn, Conn. P u b lis h e d M o n th ly by th e L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o m p a n y E N T E R E D A T T H E S IL V E R T O N VOL. T. OREGON, P A Splendid ( ’orps of Teachers and Good F acilities feaehing.. Lor inform ation, address for J. E. HOSMER, Ph.I)., B.S.D , President, SILVERTON. OREGON. S T O F F lC E AS S C O N D -C L A S S M A T T E R SILVERTON, OR., APRIL, E. M. 298. No. 6. C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt Im m o r t a lit y or A n n ih ila tio n ? H E A L E R S IN- A baby knows little. Brain-cells and body, received fro »» p a i n t s , m ultiply as plants grow, from nutritious food. Intelligence trr»»ws with brain-growth. Thought, conscience, memory, all knowledge, are activ i ties of living brain cells, growing and decaying with the brain. L arg est, healthy, cultured brains, with finest convolutions, think and know most. Intoxicants, u n h ealth y foods, narcotics, inactivity, diseases, de Corner Main and Water Streets, stroy nu tritio n of the blood; then body and brain weaken ami die. By SILVERTON, ORE. choice we use certain p arts of the brain, and thus exercised, these parts grow; hence, developm ent corresponds to character. The brains of all anim als and insects, in q u an tity and q u ality , corre spond with their intelligence; the intellect-part in man as far exceeds these as his thought-capacity, variety of activities, keener enjoym ent DEALERS IN and suffering exceed theirs. Aggregation of organs, brain, etc., in cor rect order and favorable conditions of chem ical elem ents, produce life- activity with consciousness th at can see, hear, reason, propagate. The organs giving out, destroys this balance of activity, life. Death ends A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S nourishm ent, circulation, brain-activity, m ind <r s«»ul; disintegrating, other forms of life evolve from the lifeless atom s G uns, Fishing Tackle, C utlery, S porting Goods, Etc., Intelligence is the highest form of activity yet evolved, and requires exact adjustm ent of the finest, most com plicated aggregation of m ate SILVERTON, OREGON. rials. Hence wisdom is rare. All intelligence is transient, instead of everywhere present and eternal, as generally believed. M aterials and forces are unintelligent; alw ays have been; with tim e and space they Í are im m ortal. T heir com binations are tran sien t, including m in e ra l.' plant, anim al, m an, all life-activities,intelligence, soul. Soulless nature I evolved man by chem ical com bination. Man by c h o ic e evolves smil X through his surroundings, activities, nourishm ent; and destroys soul by starvation. Each p 'a n t. insect, anim al, m an, propagates its kind; sometimes sleeps; but when eith er d ie s it decays and never resurrects. S p rin g - resurrection aw akens live plants from sleep. Dead seeds never sprout. ! Man is horn, lives and dies as anim als, differing only in development and abilities. H e k ew nothing before birth and car» know nothing I after death. Eccles, ix. 5-10 contradicts M att. xxv. 46. No visible soul departs at death. Invisible, bodyless, eyeless, brainless souls could not We W ill Do It For You recognize friends, enjoy, learn, know anything. Our desires and < njoy- ments are bodily-sense gratifications. No body, no enjoym ent. Mono tonous, changeless, helple>s, com pulsory, eternal living? Horrible! At eighty, health, happiness, faileth; tired, surfeited, worn out, d e a th , eternity’s peace, an n ih ilates all. W e choose from nature s exhaustless treasure-house of beneficiáis and hurtfuls, according to our k n o w le d g e of Than You can Get It Elsewhere. results, and m ake life a heaven <»r a hell. Rewards and punishm ent- are tran sien t.o r life-long, according to our virtuous or sinful doings. We do nothing deserving everlasting bliss or endless torm ent. Scientist»* cannot find heaven, hell, nor bodyless souls. Desires are not realities. Death-bed visions are flightiness. Im m o rtality is ‘orthodox soothing- -vrup” for all losses. Reunions would disappoint. W h a t c ru e l, h e a r t less happiness if m illions shriek’d in torm ent! Spiritualism suits im aginative dream ers, easiiv “ gulled’’ hy free-love seducers, slight-of-hand mysticisms in darkened rooms, and mesmeric m agnetism of strong will power over weak, superstitious minds. Dearth of good results proves its fallacy. 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