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. 3 I We did not come h ere in ’49 or th e sp rin g of ’50, b u t cam e here on Ja n . 16, 1S;>9 To Sell Goods at P o p u lar Prices! and S trictly one price to all. The o ld -tim e m e rc h a n ts said, “ You c a n ’t do i t ’’, b u t we are doing it right aiong, giving you b e tter goods and m ore for your $1 th a n ever was know n in S ilverton. For a few days we have a line of F IV E S P E C IA L S 300 Y ds Y ukon Plaids a t ............ _ 75 Yds. Crepe C loth, ......................................................... I5 C d u e e d t o . . . .......................... 100 Yds. ed to W oolettea, 20c, reduc- ._ ..................................IU** 250 Yds. 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