• TRUTH BEARS THE TORCH IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.”—ZnCZCilMS- A OL. 3. NO. 40. SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1899. give him credit for what he has rated, and while we now mourn his death, we should gratefully re done. What we need at present is an member the worth of his life and application of the methods of sci the blessings which he leaves be [W e tra n sfe r from M r. W ak em an ’s ence to the problems of religion, hind. His very enemies owe him lecture on F re e th o u g h t tw o passages w hich he gives from th e F ifth Act of th e and this is being done now, since more than they dare to acknowl Second P a rt of F au st. In them G oethe Bible criticism and a philosophical edge.—[Freethought Magazine. bsushes away th e dangerous illusions of all spook-religions,and describes th e solid interpretation of the facts of relig foundation upon w hich m an k in d m ust ious life begin to receive recognition sta n d and work to b ring in th e “ E a rth ly For the Torch of Reason. P a ra d ise ” w hich th e Law of E volution today. Dogmatism is, as much as g u a ra n tee s to o u r race. R eader, if you The Theological Hind. mythology, a phase in the religious liappen to catch on to th e h eig h th , d e p th and b rea d th of these passages, Ingersoll —The Exponent of an evolution of mankind; it is grad you will cu t th em out and keep them BY G. W. MOREHOUSE. Important Phase in the Re ually passing away now, and yields am ong your precious th in g s for ever!] ligious Evolution of its place to a scientific world con och h a b ’ ich m ich ins F re ie n ich t T is our greatest duty to so ed ception. Mankind appreciates more Mankind. gekaem pft ; ucate and influence the rising K o e n n t’ ich M agie von m einem and more the religious holiness and Pfad e n tfe rn en , generation that the succeeding moral significance of truth, which BY DR. PAUL CARL’S.* Die Z au bersprueehe ganz und gar v erler nen ! will result in a new interpretation men and women may avoid, so far S tu e n d ’ ich, N atu r! vor d ir ein M ann E side with Col. Ingersoll of the factors that produced the re as possible, mental,moral and phys allein, Da w a er’s d er M uehe w erth ein M ensch when he opposes the su ligious systems of the past. Time ical errors, and acquire, all around, zu sein ! perstitious notions of old will show whether the religion of the health, tone and discipline nec Das w ar ich sonst, eh ic h ’s im D u e stern essary to accurate thought and cor su ch te, theologies; but we urge, like many the future, the synthesis that re M it Frevel-w ort m ich und die W e lt,v e r of his opponents, that he should sults from the thesis of dogmatism rect judgment. fluchte. The mind should never cease to and the antithesis of agnosticism, Nun ist die L u ft von solchem Spuk so not take “something of value from be open to conviction, remaining voll, the life of man” unless he can give will build up new organizations, or Das n iem and weiss, wie e r ihn m eiden be the leaven in the dough of the through life as plastic and recep something more valuable in its soll. tive as the changing, aging tissue» W enn auch ein Tag uns k la r vernuenftig stead. We do not live for the pres churches of today. In either case, lac h t, we must recognize the significance permit. In T rau m g esp in n st verw ickelt uns^die ent only, and not merely to make Needless memorizing and repeti Nacnt. ourselves happy here, but must of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. W ir keh ren froh von ju n g er F lu r zurueck ; In summing up, we must repeat tion should be avoided, or we are build up the future. We are the E in Vogel k ra e c h z t; was k raech zt er? certain to fall into worn paths and M isgeschick ! continuation of the past, and what we stated in the introductory Von A berglauben frueh und sp at u m remarks. Humanity forms a great think the same thoughts, as a wag should feel our solidarity with fu g a rn t— on wheel follows the rut, or the Es eignet sich,es zeigt sich an,es w arnt :— ture generations. We are not iso unity, and the development of hu stream follows its wonted channel. U nd so v c rsch u e ch te rt,ste h en w ir allein ! lated individuals, but phases of the man ideas constitutes one great The endless repetitions of the pul Not y e t in to The C lear have I fought whole life evolution, which relation and uninterrupted wave. In the m y way. religious evolution of mankind, the piteer have made his brain a laby O th a t 1 could banish all m agic from my should not only increase our rev negative standpoint of agnosticism rinth of ruts, and it is as hopeless to p a th , erence for our ancestors, but also And all of its in ca n ta tio n s wholly reason with him and introduce to open our eyes to the responsibility as represented by Col. Ingersoll is, him new facts as it would be to at u n le a rn . Stood 1, O N atu re, before thee free — a we owe to posterity. We are fac in the interest of religion, very Im m an ! portant and beneficial. It repre tempt to remove a patch of Canada T hen w ere it w orth w hile a m an to be. tors for the ages to come, and thus T h a t once was I, ere I ’gan h u n tin g in we live not for the moment alone, sents the antithesis to the theolog thistles by moral suasion. Sow sure seed in the fresh soil of th e m ists, ical thesis. And w ith words of folly cursed m yself not merely for our own happiness, Agnosticism, being a mere nega youth, and waste no valuable time an d w orld. but for the duties which we owe to nor good seed on old highways and And now ’s th e a ir of every kind of spook the future. The origin of things, tive view, will not stand; it will intellectual dry bones. The theo so full T h a t how to sh u n them no one know s at the destiny of man, the unseen die on the very same day that its logical mind is mental tissue hard all. enemy expires. And by the syn Though one day w ith reaso n ’s b rig h t world of his spiritual life are not thesis will produce the religion of ened into bone. ness sm iles, unsolved problems which lie be Soon n ig h t involves us in a web of science—a religion purified by crit Take the case of the Rev. Henry yond the pale of knowledge, but d ream s. M. Field, D. I)., as an example. Though from life’s young field we come topics open to investigation. They icism from pagan supernaturalism elate, and from the monstrosities of dual He has the good fortune to live in Some bird will croak w h at croaks he? are of paramount importance, and ism, a religion which is in accord an age when science is making its È vii fate ! must not be neglected. Philosophy, T hus early and late by su p erstitio n e n ance with truth and will serve us most rapid strides toveard the fund science and historical research are sn ared , amental truths. Unfortunately, It grows upon us, leads our way, th en busily engaged in approaching a as a guide in life, affording a basis “ d a n g e r!” cries ; of ethics—not the cloister ethics of early in life he acquired the theo So like birds in fright we stan d helpless solution which will find expression logical mind, and ever after re alone ! in a new religious con viction, which the Middle Ages, but the ethics of mained nearly stationary, while practical life. This religion will [Again F a u st says]: we characterize as a trust in truth, teach man howto keep in harmony the world of thought moved on out Der E rd en k reis ist m ir genug b e k a n n t; or the religion of science. with the conditions of his exist of his sight. Noch d ru eb en ist die A ussicht uns ver- The religious views of the people Several years ago Mr. Field had ra n t. ence. This religion will elevate T hor, w er d o rth in die Augen blinzend have changed considerably during man, ennoble his aims and beauti- a discussion with Col. Ingersoll in ric h te t, i the latter half of this century. The the North American Review. In Sich ueber W olken seines G leichen fy his life. crudeness and narrowness which d ic h te t ! Although Col. Ingersoll has not justice to him it must be said that E r stehe fest und sehe h ie r sich um ! prevailed in Col. Ingersoll’s child Dem T uechtigen ist diese W elt n ic h t spoken the last word on religion, he made a very ingenious argu hood, have passed away, and we do stu m m . ment, but it failed to make up for W as b ra u c h t e r in die E w igkeit zu not hesitate to say that we owe he is a representative man, and be came the exponent of a significant his cause what was lacking in evi schw eifen ! much progress to his bold denunci Was e r e rk e n n t, la te st sich ergreifen. phase in the development of relig dence, and the victory of his more E r w andle so den E rd en tag e n tla n g ; ations and vigorous protests. He W enn G eister sp u k e n , g e h ’ e r seinen ious thought by his unusual gifts, masterly opponent was complete. I prepared the way for a purer relig G ang. his oratory, his genius, his courage, The lesson did not disturb an out ious conception, and the time will On o u r e a rth circle to live I know i his wit, and last, but not least, his work of his theological mind. This come when even the churches will enough ; honesty. His work for the purifi abnormal condition leads to easy Above th a t our vision is b a rre d . i ___ _ Fool! who blin k in g upw ards tu rn s his cation of religion can not be under acquiescence in and even preference • E d ito r Ojien C o u rt, Chicago. A Solid Liberal Lesson—In Ger man and English. Poetizing our like beyond th e skies! H ere let him firm ly sta n d , look ro u n d him h ere! To th e C apable th is world is never d u m b ! In to E te rn ity why needs M an to w an d e r? W ith w hat he really know s le t him g ra p p le ; . , T hus safeiy jo u rn ey th ro u g h his E a rth ly day; If G hosts spook keep stra ig h t on his way ; In striv in g for m ore h e ’ll find luck an d p ain , Y et, a t every tu rn unsatisfied rem a in . N I W dazzled eyes