THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. MAY 4, 1899.
pies and m ake it one of the won-
¿, rs of the world.
It should be
eautiful, and in this clim ate it
could be made so the year round.
It should be m ade healthful, and
r o place on earth is more n a tu ra l-
lv SO than this p art of the W iliam -
be m ade a
ette valley.
valley, a It i should
b u v u iv *
i ; pv, thrifty, progressive home,
-id no people in the world a re b e t-
place. After the eighth or ninth
trial this idea was given up, but not
before thousands of lives had been
| foolishly sacrificed.
The C hristians of to-day will not
acknowledge the fact that their re-
ligion is sim ilar to the C hristian
religion of centuries ago, but un-
prejudiced people can plainly see
the sim ilarity ; but as people are
ter fitted to build such th an those becoming more and more en lig h t
who have left the lowlands of sup ened, the num ber of religious ff
erstition and live on the high pla natics will grow less and less.
O l l ie G e e r .
teaux of Freetbought.
We have only the one life to live.
Can’t we do som ething w orthy of
P robably at no tim e in history
our gfeat cause? A nd w hat is more has religious enthusiasm been as
reasonable, or what would be more great as it was during m ediaeval
beneficial to our fellow men, than times.
W hen the Saracens rose
to build a Secular Home?
We with M ohammed at th eir head, fa-
have already started a Torch of naticism so lent s tre n g th to their
Reason aud a Liberal U niversity, arm s th a t they swept all before
and while we are working away at them. They seemed crazed as they
these, can’t we get Secular Home m urdered and plundered on every
started? W rite to us and tell us hand.
what you think and what you can
D uring the th irteen th century,
do.
the pope gained great power. Even
the greatest kings of Europe had to
bow to his will. If they did not
RELIGION OF MEDIAEVAL TIMES. do exactly as lie wished, they were
excom m unicated and their sub
E ssa y s b y M e m b e rs of th e L ib e ra l
jects did not have to follow their
U n iv e rs ity M ediaeval H is to r y
lead. The popes were bitterly op
C lass in F in a l E x a m
posed by the kings, and sometimes
in a tio n s .
a king would gain a point, but in
the end he would have to ask the
The war of the investiture gave pope’s forgiveness and yield all to
the popes much power. In time, him.
In this way the pope of
even the king became subject to Rome was the head of all Europe
the pope and was often greatly h u and his word was law to both king
m iliated by him, b u t in the th ir
and subject.
teenth century the papal power
D uring the fourteenth century,
reached its zenth and the tables however, the pope’s power began
were tu rn ed . At this tim e the
to wane. There were times after
Catholic church owned most of
wards when he would gain for a
France, and within the walls of the
while, hut the general tendency
monastery were found books to was for his power to get weaker
read and study and all was peace
and weaker, until at the present
ful, while outside of the grounds of
time he has no political power
the convents everything was in a
w hatever. The only influence he
state of unrest.
now has is over his own people.
W as it any wonder the people
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flocked to the church for protection
when the country was in such a
It is an easy m atter for philoso-
condition? But as civilization a d
vanced and hooks a nd teachers P*1®1'8 to furnish knowledge, but not
could be procured w ithout going to so easy to find m inds to understand
the priests, th eir power steadily de- “ ! hence lhe Pr" v«, l >. “ You can
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the Bible did a great deal tow ard not n,ake him , , r i n k ” l hf- young
decreasing this power. At first no philosopher cannot m easure the . /
one hut the priests knew w hat the m ind he wishes to approach, hence
Bible contained, but when the peo- his m istakes. The old philosopher k A /
pie did find ont, their common w il* u ,rn with a B'kh fr0,n ,h " ’e he J K
sense told them th a t all the pomp : fain would benefit, saying, “ Alas,
and ceremony they were accus it is not well to cast pearls before Itllf
sw ine.”
No learned person will
tomed to was unnecessary.
Christ being crucified in Pales hoard knowledge, bui would gladly
tine made this place sacred to give it for i be benefit of fellowmen;
Christians. It was in possession but even those in high stations are
of the M oham m edans, and they a l blind to the knowledge th at would
lowed the pilgrim s to come and bring peace and happiness, and
view the holy sepulchre unm olest- clin g to th a t which 8Prin8fi frorn
ed; but when the T u rks took pos- Pure Helfi8hneHS ° r superstition.—
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f rusades. The C hristians were hor
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