B eason .
OF
SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899.
VOL. 3.
NO. 14.
current of evolutionary cha* ges, a full-grow n y o u n g g ia n t wh«>sp I dowed men w ith th a t sort of per­
but possess some power of selection ___
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invincibility
they
are doom ed to fection of which their natu re is
If some men are
and adaptation. T h at such power publicly recognize. The foundat susceptible?
BY G. H . WALSF.R.
of choice may be wisely used, every jong of science are real and solid good -or render them selves agree­
HERE
more p precious
e n d e a v o r sh
o u ld be
he d directed
irec ted t to o o oh-
H
E R E liveth
livetn a jewel morv
r e iuuO endeavor
should
n - There is a difference between able to their god, why did not th is
god bestow the same favor or give
a n gold.
th an
gold,
i taining a better knowledge of nat- w orld-m aterial and dream s.
Vnre precious than diamonds i
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from
ir o m Africa’s
r t ili v ® o field.
, ure
— - s m eth o d s, , tn a t we m a y
. avoid
In building anew, and with new the same dispositions to all beings
Which
a p p ears i—
[as th e w earer ¿to
a g irti
far no
as possible the
aterial,
avoid m
the r u danger
of of our kind? \Yhv does the n u m ­
( men b rig h te r «pi-----
v--’ m istakes al-
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iija
ir ija i, we
v* c avuiu
a iig n VI
grows old,
I
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ber of wicked exceed so greatly the
Prottcthi'g
tecting the
th e breast
breast asjan
asaa n armor
a rm o r and
and ways attending superstition or im- , |)H coming scientific civilization
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'r accom
. plish
r,.,u being weakened hv aging beams num ber of good people? W hy, for
shield.
perfect knowledge.
To
When th ’ shadow of T im e as th e m a n tle t h i s d e s ire d result we must give and braces, and by needless ex- every friend, does God find ten
of night,
our attention (now that we know posure to theological disease germs. thousand enemies in a world which
In silence approaches, perfo rm in g its
the danger of the old and have re* The great evolutionary movement depended npon him alone to people
task,
Then welcomed the future will be with solved
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• i or en with honest men? I f it is true th at
rebuild),
to the new • does
not require
the aid
delight,
The wearer will have no reg rets of th e work. Is it not our duty to tu rn dorsem ent of any diluted brand of God intends to form in heaven a
p ast.
our hacks on the condemned creeds C hristianitv or anv other kind of court of saints, of chosen ones, or of
It softens the h e a rt and it b rig h te n s th e and give undivided attention to religion. It does depend upon a men who have lived in this world
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Enhances the cheeks with sweet In- the new work in hand? We have strict adherence to scientific tru th . according to his views, would he not
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f i l l ? —
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a
nocence’s bloom ,
ceased to be mere “ u n b e lie v e rs” in
Freethinkers would strengthen have had a court more num erous,
It wards from the b reast th e sh a rp sting
the old, we are believers in, and their Clause by a scientific study of more brilliant, and more honorable
of a sigh „
And keepeth th e m ind from th e tra m ­ workers for the new.
nature, and by so doing arm them ­ to him, if it were composed of all
mels of gloom.
This course is n atu ra l. The new selves with an invincible array of men to whom, in creating them , he
It honors th e brow of both m anhood sprout starts before the old branch facts ami reasonable and legiti­ could have granted the degree of
*
and age,
goodness
necessary
to
obtain
eter­
And sh ield eth from evil th e footsteps is entirely dead, ami by the vigor m ate conclusions therefrom . It is
F inally, were it
of y o u th ;
of its growth aids in the early possible to build better than we in nal happiness?
Enriches th e m ind of lx>th sta te sm a n
elim ination of its once useful and this generation know. The fruits not easier to take man from no­
and sage,
W ho foster, w ith care th is b rig h t vigorous, but now dw indling and of good as well as the fruits of evil thingness than to create him full of
jewel of T ru th .
harm ful predecessor.
Keep the are progressive. The enem y’s de­ defects, rebellious to his creator,
old house watched and propped fenses are down; let us strengthen perpetually exposed to lose him ­
For the Torch of Reason.
self by a fatal abuse of his liberty?
enough for safety, until the new our own.
Solid Foundations.
structure is readv for occupancy.
Scientific knowledge is not some­ Instead of creating men, a perfect
H as th at tim e arrive«!?
Does thing out o f reach of the average god ought to have created only do­
BY G. W . M OREHOUSE.
cile and subm issive angels.
The
nature-know ledge offer the world m ind; on the contrary very much
angels, it is said, are free; a few'
E who would erect an en- more of good and promise than do of its most pleasant and useful among them have sinned; hut all
duirng stru ctu re m ust first theological authority and em otion­ teaching is within the grasp of
of them have not sinned; all have
m ake sure of the stability al credulity? H as not science a l­ nearly all. A ttention, d eterm inat­
not abused their liberty by revolt­
of its foundations. 1 he next con­ most won the battle against ig­ ion and work are necessary. ing against th eir m aster. Could
siderations are good m aterials and norance and superstition? There Once start and the m ind will be not God have created only angels
strengthened and illum inated by
skilled and careful w orkm anship. can he hut one answer.
of the good kind? If God could
In substituting scientific know l­ reading, reasoning and investigat­
The thinker of to-day is fast
create angels who have not sinned,
reaching the decision th a t the old edge for religious superstition the ing along the line of our environ­ could he not create men sinless or
creeds have leached the point /if m aterial gain to our race is every­ m ent. N ature is the fountain of those who would never abuse their
decay where every attem pt at re­ where in evidence. The intellect­ all knowledge.
liberty by doing evil. If the chos­
pair is a costly failure. T he c rit­ ual gain in the realm s of reason,
en ones are capable of sinning in
No Right to Punish.
ical inspectors, ami the advancing investigation, and m ental disci­
heaven, could not God have made
knowledge of n atu re have condem ­ pline are scarcely less m arked.
sinless men upon the e a rth ? —
BY JE A N M E H L IE R .
[Common sense.
ned the supports upon which the The m oral gain, resting on the
whole trem bling pile rests. Many solid foundations of experience,
AN’S nature, it is said, m ust
Modern Bible critics, pursuing
have seen this, and have been at after the recovery from tem porary
necessaily become corrupt. scientific m ethods of study, have
work tearing aw ay a rotten piece disturbing elem ents n atu rally aris­
God could not endow him obtained results which dem on­
here and another there, in the in­ ing during a period of rapid change
strate, so far as the subject is
with
sinlessness,
which
is
an
inal-
will
not
he
less.
terest of the safety and progress of
capable of dem onstration, th a t:
The
universal
recognition
of
a
¡enable
portion
of
divine
perfection.
The hooks com prising our m od­
hum anity. The tim e is a t hand
code
of
ethical
principles
founded
But
if
God
could
not
render
him
sin-
ern
Bible are selections from an
when the old home must he a b a n ­
ancient literatu re com prising his­
doned and a new shelter erected. on experience and the study of h-ss, why did b e ta k e the trouble of
tory, poetry and rom ance, covering
It is to tterin g to its fall, and its n atu ra l laws will tend to bringj creating m an, whose n atu re was to a period of more than a thousand
inm ates and their near neighbors about a brotherhood of m an. Only become corrupt, and which, con- years. Science and scholarship
,,, danger. .
through such enlightenm ent m ay sequently, had offended God? On have dem onstrated th a t it is wrong
are in
Some are in favor of taking ret- we hope to see the end of war, in- the other side, if God him self was in its account of the creation of the
uge tem porarily in the open, tear- ordinate greed, and needless rais­ not able to render hum an nature universe; wrong in its account of
sinless, what right had he to punish the origin of m an; wrong in its
ing down the old shell an d build- ery.
story of a universal deluge; wrong
ing anew on th e sam e site. Some
Science, which is another name men for not being sinless? It is! in accounting for the diversity of
would prefer a new site, and are for knowledge of n atu re and man w but by the right of m ight. But the languages; wrong in its ch ronol­
willing to let the old house stand relation t> the universe, is the right of the strongest is violence; ogy; wrong in much of its history;
as long as it w ill—a general recept- tru e guide and only hope o f h u - |a n d violence is not suited to the wrong in its in terp retatio n of
It is com ing of age. most just of beings. God would be n atu re ; wrong in its ideas of God;
acle for relics arul rubbish. S o m e m anity.
wrong in its ideas of men; wrong
in building, would use all new m a­ Some interested theologians try suprem ely unjust if he punished in its Christology; wrong in ac­
terial, others would select more or to m ake their «leiuded followers men for not having a portion of counting for the origin of sin and
l^ss of the old, p u ttin g old bricks believe th at Science is only in its divine perfections, or for not being wrong in m any of its m oral teach­
i n g s — [D. B. Stedm an in Free-
stage;
hut in their able to he gods like himself.
into
w new
lien buildings.
uunuiiign.
if pin-feather
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n
Could not God have at least en- thought M agazine.
We are floating along in t h e ’secret thoughts th e y know it to be
Truth.
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