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R eason .
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VOL. 3.
NO. 8.
S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , MARCH 2, 1899.
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i wise conclusions. Bovs never learn true knowlege of n ature, and where w ithout proof. Its deity is an in ­
Strength and Courage.
to swim until they gain access to it begins, science ends. There is a visible and im aginary being, m an
BY CHARLOTTE P E R K IN S 8T K T 8O ».
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the water. L iberty is th e father of higher em otion, a higher poetry of m ade, modeled after a dead p a tri­
T T takes g reat stre n g th to tra in
strong men. Free, brave and hon- science, th at is safe, tolerant, pro­ arch, chief or king, is the m ysteri­
W hen th is ous source of the “ rig h t” of kings to
To m odern service your ancestral e8( men will seek the tru th for its gressive and enduring.
To lift th<T w eight of th e u n n u m b ere d own sake, and if w ithout bias, suf- is reached, general efforts will be rule, and is waning with them .
* years
ficiently intelligent and broad m ind- put forth, w ithout fear or favor, to Science killed the devil. Science
Of dead m en ’s h a b its,m e th o d s and id eas;
To hold th a t back w ith one h a n d , and ed. will eschew all forms of super­ redeem m ankind from the in tem ­ investigates, and the people th in k .
su p p o rt
n a tu ra lism .
S tudy science, in perance of selfishness and su p ersti­ Old creeds follow the flint flakes.
W ith th e o th e r th e weak steps of a new
..
People are counting the cost and
th o u g h t.
books and nature, all your spare tion.
To unlearn the teaching of cen­ will dem and th e best.
.
i # tim e, . including
S undays,
and
It takes g rea t stre n g th to bring y o u r life
...
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/
m the
..
I t gums up th a t the whole th e ­
Up sq u are
tru th will m ake you free, l r y it. turies, em phasized with rack and
W ith your accepted th o u g h t, and hold it
Those whose interests require that torch, is a slow process. Bruno ological stru ctu re is an artificial
th e re ;
the people should be lulled to sleep was burned after the discovery of fabric, bu ilt on sand, in the in fa n ­
Resisting th e in e rtia th a t drags back
From new a tte m p ts to th e old h a b it’s are forever preaching contentm ent. America and the circum navigation cy of the race, and today is a
track .
They deprecate unrest, well know­ of the globe. We can rem em ber crum bling ruin. In tellig en t theo­
It is so easy to d rift back, to sink ;
So h ard to live a b re ast of w hat you ing th at doubt and dissatisfaction when T yndall incurred the displeas­ logians are th in k in g of what can be
th in k !
with things as they are, are the ure of the church by his Belfast saved from the tum bling pile. T he
It takes stre n g th to live w here you b e­
m ainsprings of progress. C ontent­ address, and a bishop at Buffalo ruins of ancient tem ples still show,
long
W hen o th e r people th in k th a t you are m ent would have retained the stage warned his flock against H uxley, cut in stone, th e im ages of the gods
w rong;
when he was an honored visitor at they symbolized. In tim e all dei­
People you love an d w ho love you, and coach, as it has a still more worm
eaten theology.
In stead of de­ the m eeting of the American Asso­ ties will crum ble to dust, w hether
whose
Approval is a pleasure you would choose.
ciation for the A dvancem ent of Sci­ carved in stone or impressed in th e
To bear th is p ressu re an d succeed a t pendence upon others and upon a
length
dead and decaying past, a living, ence. T yndall and H uxley were grav m atter of the brain.
In living your belief — well, it tak es
W hen the happy tim e shall come
active self-reliance is the one thing not the ones who were harm ed; and
stre n g th
a m onum ent to B runo stan d s on when men cease their efforts to a p ­
needful.
And courage, too. B ut w h a t does cour­
There is yet great and im m inent the spot where he suffered m a rty r­ pease the w rath of gods and dem ­
age m ean
o n s , they will turn vast treasures of
Save stren g th to h elp you face a pain danger th a t the higher civilization dom.
foreseen?
The time is rapidly approaching tim e, energy, love and money to
Courage to u n d e rta k e th is lifelong stra in th a t science has enabled us to en­
Of settin g yours ag ain st your g ra n d s ire ’s ter upon, may be overthrow n and when the opponents of su p e rn a t­ th e practical work of m aking life
b r a in ;
uralism will show an unw avering more useful and enjoyable. T he
Dangerous risk of w alking lone and free lost to h u m an ity for centuries to
Out of th e easy p a th s th a t used to be,
come, as was the case with the and unbroken front. In this age cost to m ankind of those relics of
of rising Science, so-called orthodox b arb arism — superstition, in tem p er­
And th e fierce pain of h u rtin g those you knowledge once centered a t Alex­
andria. I t has been well said th a t religion owes the world an apology ance, greed and war— would insure
love
W hen love m eets tru th and tr u th m ust “ E tern a l vigilance is the price of for its existence. I t should abate a life of comfort and reasonable
ride above.
B ut th e best courage th a t m an has ever liberty.” This is doubly true of re­ its arrogance and presum ption, see leisure for every m an, woman and
show n
ligious liberty, th e slowest growth itself as others see it, repent its past child. All these evils will he g rad­
Is daring to cu t loose and th in k alone.
of all. It will never do to forget crimes and present sins, and volun­ ually done away with as man comes
the cost of the m oiety we enjoy. It ta rily come down out of the sad­ to fully realize his place in n atu re,
A Vision of Peace.
and learns to m ake the most of it.
is our d u ty to so do our p a rt that dle. *
our posterity m ay he saved from
Its heaven has vanished into T he hope of the future rests
BY GEORGE W. MOREHOUSE.
persecutions such as our ancestors th in air. I io nell has disappeared with science .— [The W ilderness of
W orlds.
H A T superstition is to the passed through. The upw ard march with the foundations of th e ea rth ,
ig n orant, su p em atu ral- of m an k in d , shackled with the and will eventually freeze up with
The Issue.
chains
of
superstition,
has
left
all
the
planet.
Its
prayers
and
pre­
ism is to the educated.
Even in the cultivated fields of sci­ along its trail, foot p rin ts stained tended m iracles have never in ter­
H E au th o r of the valuable
with
blood.
The
m
onum
ents
of
rupted
the
course
of
the
law
of
ence insidious tares are yet found
work entitled The Clergy a
progress
have
been
broken
in
stru
­
cause
and
effect.
Its
persecutions
choking the wheat.
8ource of Danger to the R e­
m
ents
of
to
rtu
re
and
th
e
extin-
are
recoiling
upon
itself.
Its
ev­
It is difficult for the m ind to dis
public, W . F. Jam ieson, says;
ery
position
taken
in
opposition
to
tinguish between belief and knowl- guished fires of fanaticism ,
“ C h ristian ity is not only foreign,
Science
is
sincere
and
tolerant.
Science
has
been
to
it
a
boomerang.
edge. It is easy to close the eyes
hut antagonistic to A m erican lib er­
and seem to to th in k , while at the I ‘ >■»»
persecuted. Its hands I t has weakened m orality by the ty. E ith er C h ristia n ity or a peo­
same tim e we do not th in k a bit.]»™ u n stain ed . L et them alwayB insecurity of the foundations it of­ ple’s free governm ent m ust fall.
Saying we u n d erstan d is not un- rem ain so. It has suffered wrong fered. I t is being forced to revise W hich shall it be? Let liberty he
derstanding. L et us stu d y these
»Hence. To escape persecution its theory of charities to accord overthrow n in America, and where
deep subjects while we are physic- and conflict, it lias, with Galileo, with the teaching of science. Its would it dare to raise its h ea d ?”
W ill C hristians persist in th e
ally and m entally vigorous, and oi‘eD denied the tru th . To escape chronology and cosmogony are
folly and m adness of defying those
not wait for the sem i-delirium aria- ostracism and the num erous intol- overthrow n. The rib story and the in whose m inds have been inculcated
ing from the approach of death, erant aggressions o f t h e c h u r c h .i t fall of m an have vanished with the a fervent longing for liberty, an in ­
Our best m ental action while in
° f e n suppresses, and even de­ deluge and the dispersion of la n ­ tense consciousness of right, a th o r­
health should be our guide.
nie8 the tru lh
The common guages a t Babel. Its em otional ough belief in political and religious
W e should b an ish from our rem ark am ong confidential friends “ experiences” are explained on equality, an ard en t love of ju stice
and an undying conviction of the
m inds as far as possible all bias ‘h a t “ we know the8e th in g9 to ** physiological grounds. Its etern al (ultim ate) trium ph of tru th ?
arising from heredity or early train - ‘ rue, but it is best to keep still; it life will hardly survive the death
As Mr. T. B. W akem an has said:
ing. Let our judgm ent on these w*ll not do to come out openly and of the planet. It« ritu al, baptism , “The question will have to be tried
great questions be unw arped, and >e‘ it be know n,” is the expression trin ity , sym bols, im m aculate con­ out, which is the real governm ent
of the people—the republic or the
free from fear. F ear represses pro- u f a rule of conduct am ong a largt ception, relics, etc., were no less
ch u rch ?”
gress. Set people free and they and in tellig e n t class. Reason is significant to the Pagans th an to it.
W ill th is great republic survive
will develop because they are free. less aggressive th a n unguided emo- Its kind of creative work has taken the contest?
The issue is the life of the nation!
a rest. Its belief is not knowledge,
The responsibilities of freedom dis- tion.
cipline the judgm ent and lead to
Religion is em otion without the nor works; and faith is credulity —[F a ith and Fact.
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