T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 10, 1899.
M onthly, with whom I had an in
teresting visit.
Dr. Y oum ans is
deeply interested iu the cause of
science, and is doing a grand work.
The m agazine he edits will be re
ceived regularly at the Liberal
U niversity for the use of the stu
dents. I also had a very pleasant
visit with Dr. E llio tt who is as
sociated with Prof. Adler in the
ethical work in New York City.
Dr. E llio tt is an interesting m an
and his work am ong the children of
the city is indeed beneficial to
society. I next called on brother
W akem an to bid him goodbye until
we meet again in Silverton in the
near future. I feel th a t my work
in the E ast has been very success
ful, and I am proud to have asso
ciated with me Mr. T haddeus B.
W akem an.
For th e Torch of Reason.
A Matter of Money.
B Y G. W . M O R E H O U S E .
The independent th in k ers and
workers, devoting their time ar.d
talents to the cause of F reethought
and science, are often brought face
to face with disagreeable contrasts.
W hen th eir thoughts are am ong
the cells or the stars they are rudely
jostled by bitter facts, probably re
lating to the great question of
bread, with or w ithout butter,
which takes precedence of the ques
tion of books and instrum ents.
When thus disturbed, a com parison
arises in the m ind th a t it will not
do to dwell upon. Even one well
schooled in the vicissitudes of life,
and not easily surprised, will some
tim es wince when the th ru st comes
from the hand of a friend.
Som ething like this m ust have
happened to every educator, worker
or au th o r in our ranks: “ I have
read your book,” said the friend,
‘‘and adm ire your work, and believe
you are in the right, and th at such
work is needed; hut, you see, I can
not do as I would like, my business
would suffer.”
A nother rem arks
th a t a sudden change from church
influences m ight cause his children
to d rift to the saloons, and so he
helps the church and not the l i b e
ral school. Another friend of the
cause m ight grieve his fam ily, or
lose a political opportunity, or social
recognition, if be lived up to bis
convictions.
The general fear of ostracism is
mixed with a vague idea th a t other
people need to be deceived in re
ligious m atters, th a t they m ay be
kept under safe control. The c li
max is reached when you are told,
in a m atter-of-course tone and m an
ner, th a t your friend believes every
word you have w ritten, or in the
work you are doing, but th a t to ac
com plish the things above hinted
at, they have to work to help
church en tertain m en ts, etc.; th a t
the m inister is a m an of talen t, and,
on the quiet, really believes about
ns we do; th a t he only gets $2,000
a year salary, while sm aller men
are getting much more. So the
smooth, well dressed, well fed hypo
crite is paid by unbelieving o u t
siders, to m islead the people and
pander to the popular fad, while
t|ie poor delver for the tru th goes,
worried and harassed, to an u n
tim ely grave. No one acquainted
with the world will call this a fancy
sketch. It is a m atter of daily oc
currence.
If those who think freely but
dare not speak should w ithhold
their support from the cause of su p
erstitious error, and give the same
am ount, in time, energy and money,
to the advancem ent of the cause of
tru th and n atu ra l justice, the right
would quickly trium ph. Sooner or
later there m ust come a turn in the
tide, and it m ay be in our day.
The start, the constructive effort,
with its positive purpose, m ay be
the precursor of the dawn of the
coming day. If one such attem p t
should meet with success, others
would follow, and the pocket books
of silent Liberals would after a time
become less tim id. There are a l
ready plenty of men who m ight
help the cause if they were not
helping the wrong side.
N ature is the same in principle
am idst all its diversity. Compare
hum an with fluvial action.
See
the curving stream , its bend becom
ing greater and greater as it wears
its way across the valley and into
the crum bling bank. The obstruc
tions become greater, until at last a
slight fall of earth from the bank
tu rn s the m ain cu rren t nearer the
opposite shore. It begins to recede,
wearing more in th a t direction, and
retraces its course u n til it retu rn s
to the other side of the valley. The
bed of the stream , its future course,
is mapped out for it by the steady
long continued action of the com
paratively sm all volume of water
th a t slowly erodes the shores, while
the strong current in the center,
wearing the present channel deeper,
tends to keep it in its old course.
Thus, with the moving water as in
hum an life, the great masses are
conservative.
T'his gives strong
evidence of being an a^e in the
world's history when the old chan
nels are being filled up by n atural
obstructions, and new ones are
being sought. The one offered by
scientific Freethought is the only
one founded on the rock of tru th —
safe and enduring. The wavering
current of public opinion is begin
ning to turn in its direction. It
would be disheartening for a posi
tive movement like th a t represented
by the Liberal U niversity to fail,
through the indifference or tim idity
of Freethinkers.
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