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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1899)
B eason . OF VOL. 3. S IL V E R T O N , O REGON , TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y 12, 1899. Y earnings. i' finite God to say th at every be-1 aition, ar.d kindly and lovable af- ir g He m ade, deserved to be dam n- fection are unknow n to these un- H E R E ’S an aid to evolution ed the m inute H e got him done, reasonable, irascible, touch-m e-not, In th e h ig h est form of life, I t is wasting som ething b e tte r and th a t He will dam n everybody thin skinned people. T h an th e b itte r toil and strife H * has not had a chance to m ake It can be avoided. I used to be A fter bread and a fte r honors, After gold an d afte r m ig h t. over? Is it possible th a t somebody easily angered. But about forty ’Tis for T ru th and rig h t conditions el“e can be good for me, and th a t years ago I was so com pletely To enjoy its holy light. tnia doctrine of atonem ent is the overcome by this passion th at I was x B u t th is y earning of th e h u m a n , In its w eakness, all too soon ouly anchor for the hum an soul?— alm ost delerious and came near be- W as perverted by th e leaders, [ V ¡stakes of Moses. com ing a crim inal. Then I was And like babes who w a ii the m oon, W e have reached for gods ;^id heaven, determ ined I would not again be Reached for life beyond tn e grave, angry; and I g rad u ally found th a t W hile th e real, th e e a rth ly savior, Science, w aits o u r race to save. Effect.* of Anger. by thorough training my em otions and m aking reason suprem e, 1 L ist’ning, longing for a w hisper From th e fa th e r in th e skv, N G ER is the intoxication of could control myself under the Y ears have fled an d m yriads slu m b e r; L the passions; and, like in most provoking circum stances, till P u n y h ap d s still reach on high, Or are tu rn ed to gross endeavor ebriety, by indulgence it it is now perhaps twenty years since A fter gold or a fte r fam e, Now*, I w ant to give an idea or grows into a disease. “ I can not I have been conscious of being Till o u r loving M other N atu re Takes them to h e r breast again. two in regard to the C hristian’s beip it,” says the d ru n k a rd ; and, an g ry .—[P opular Science. O ye th in k e rs! tu rn your longings heaven. Of all the selfish things with equal vehemence, the passion Tow ard the tru th and tow ard th e r i g h t ; in this world, it is one m an w ant ate m an declares he can not help Use y o ur reason, not false y e a rn in g s ! Free D iscussion. T urn th e d a rk n ess in to lig h t; ing to get to heaven, caring noth being angry when the occasion Kill th e gods an d kill th e d ev ils; pushes him into it. At first strong B urn the heavens a n d q u e n c h th e h ell, ing w hat becomes of the rest of BY J. P. MENDUM. A nd, u n ite d , teach our h e ath en m ankind. “ If I can only get my pr< vocations are necessary to over How in peace and love to dw ell. little soul in!” I have alw ays no come him , but g rad u ally he is more T he m an not imbued with su p er T hen th e re ’ll be a revolution, ticed th a t the people who have the an ! more easily provoked till mere stitions, and who en tertain s a sin For in union th e re is pow er, sm allest souls n.ake the most fuss trifles unbalance him , and results cere desire to prom ote the h a p p i And a rapid evolution. B ringing blessings e v ’ry h o u r— about getting them saved. H ere is en- ie u tterly disproportionate to ness of the hum an race, will readily B ringing peace and bringing com fort, w hat we are ta u g h t by the church the cause. adm it th a t open and im p artial dis K iltirg h ate, d estro y in g greed; And a paradise w orth having V c can not afford to be angry. cussion is the foundation of hum an today. We are tau g h t by it that W ill have come to e a rth indeed. fathers and m others, brothers and i t '‘osts us too much of energy and liberty. Free, u n restrain ed in q u i sisters can all be happy in heaven ne it costs ry on all subjects in, in fact, the * and «elf-OMitro!; . . L and , The Bible and Hehven. no m atter who may be in bell; that I us too much in rep u tatio n , charac- source of knowledge and wisdom; the husband can he happy there ter and social standing. I t unfits for how’ can we detect error, or dis BY R. G. INGERSOLL. with the wife, who would have died us for every pleasure, unm ans us tinguish tru th , if there is one topic H E Bible th a t H enry V I I I for him at any m om ent-cf his life, for skilful labor, and em barrasses which we are not to investigate? got up did not suit, and in hell. But they say, ‘‘We don’t us in every kind of business. It W e may expatiate for centuries on then bis dau g h ter, the m ur believe in fire. W hat we believe in becomes a weakness th a t disgusts the advantages attending correct deress of M ary, Queen of Scotts, got now is rem orse.” W hat will you our best friends, pleases our worst views and correct principles; but up another edition, which also did have rem orse for? F or the mean enemies and lowers us in our own if those system s which brutalize the not suit; and finally th at philo th in g s you have done when you are estim ation. It is unreasonable, m ind, which proscribe the use of sophical idiot, K ing Jam es, p re in hell? W ill vou have remorse im politic and dem oralizing. It reason, and which hold m ankind pared the edition which we now for the mean things you have done confuses the judgm ent, entangles under the dom inion of a vile su p have. There are at least one h u n when you are in heaven? Or will the sp iritsa n d leaves us prostrate he- erstition, are n*»t to be probed to dred thousand errors in the Old you be so good then th a t you won’t fore the meanest antagonist. It real- the bottom and exhibited in all Testam ent, but everybody sees th a t care how you used to be? D on’t ly unfits us for life’s duties,debauch- th eir deform ity, the most powerful it is not enough to in v alid ate its you see w hat an infinitely mean es every m anly instinct and shortens eloqueuce, the most tran scen d en t claim to in fallib ility . B ut these belief th a t ¡ h ? I tell you today life. Every tim e a m an becomes reasoning in the world (though of errors are g rad u ally being fixed, th at, no m atter in w hat heaven you “ white” or red with anger, he is in weight in th eir proper place) will and hereafter the prophet will be m ay be, no m atter in w hat sta r you danger of his life. The heart and be utterly uselesn. To convince fed by Arabs instead of “ ravens,” are spending the sum m er, if you brain are the organs m ostly aff«*ct- man th a t happiness is attain ab le, it and Sam son’s three hundred foxes meet an o th er m an whom you have ed when fits of p assio n ate indulged is not enough th at be know th is. will be three nundred “ sheaves” al- wronged, you will drop a little be- in. Not only does anger cause par- The causes which deprive him of it, ready bound, which were fired hind him in the tune. And, no tial paralysis of the sm all blood the sources of his m isery, m ust lie and throw n into the stan d ing wheat. m atter in w hat part of hell you are ! vessels, but the h e a rt’s action be- clearly and distinctly pointed out; I w ant you all to know th a t there and you meet some one you have comes in te rm itte n t; th a t is, every otherw ise he will rem ain ail his was no contem poraneous literatu re succored, whose nakedness you have now and then it drops a beat— lifetime a child of sorrow and mis- a t th e time the Bible was compos- clothed and whose famine you have much the same thing as is experi- fortune. Ignorant of the na- ed, and th a t th e Jew s were infinite- fed, the fire will cool up a little, enced by excessive sm okers. tu re of the evils which beset ly ign o ran t in th eir day and gene- According to this C hristian doc-j I believe m any a m an and wo- him , be will continue the dupe of ratio n — th a t they were isolated trine, when you are in heaven you man has unfitted them selves for a the crafty and designing, whose sole by bigotry an d wickedness from w on't care how mean you were tran q u il, peaceful, enjoyable old object it is to darken the u n d er- th e rest of the world. I w ant you once. W hat m ust be the social age, if indeed they have been per- standing, th a t they may perpetu- to know th a t there are four- condition of a gentlem an in heaven m itted to a tta in old age—by weak- ate th eir inordinate power and in- teen hundred m illions of people who will adm it th a t he never would ening and w arping their physical Alienee.— [Occasional Thoughts, in the world; and th a t with all have been there if he had not got and m oral powers through petu- the talk and work of the societies, scared? W h at m ust be the social lance of spirits and irritatio n of only one hundred and tw enty mil- position of an angel who will al- nervous strain caused by indul- W hiskey is not a factor of in tel- lions have got Bibles. I w ant you ways ad m it th a t if another had not gence in the passion of anger. H ar- lectual illum ination, but it m akes to und erstan d th a t not one person pitied him , be ought to have been mony and restfulnesg of spirit, the m an ’s bead light.— [F lam in g in one hundred in th is world ever dam ned? Is it a com plim ent to an strength and equanim ity of dispo- Sword. T T read (he Bible, and no Iw oever un- derstood it alike who did read it, and th a t no one person probably ever understood it aiig h t. I want you to u n d erstan d th a t where this Bible has been, m an has hated his brother— there have been dungeons, racks, thum bscrew s and the stvord. I w ant you to know th a t the cross has been in partnership w ith the sword, and th at the religion of J e sus C hrist was established by m ur derers, ty ra n ts and hypocrites. I w ant you to know th a t the church carried the black flag. Then talk about the civilizing influence of this ridiodnnf religion! V