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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1899)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, OCTOBER 19, 1899. Relation of the New Faith to the Old. BY T . B. W A K E M A N . 3 m ortality, th a t already feels itself Our offer of the Torch of Reason Secularists would you not like to working for and in the heaven th a t and [he Oregonian for »1.50 is a t have some letterheads p rinted'w ith is to be; and thus the instinct of aQ im m ortality becomes the m ainstay , ~ __________ of m orals and of earthly life. ° ld rate of *1,75’ which is very ^pondence with your friends? We But what is true in these respects reasonable, and we hope to get J 1?®“ ? 0 Z ° U ? ith ? onr as to the heart is equally so as to the intellect. In philosophy the scientific view of th e world is far completed th a t the vexing diffi- lx* of /• m etaphysics 1 • « have gener _ culties -G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R — ally found their reconciliation in their solution or in their dem on A few words seem to be needed in regard to th e relations of the new faith to the other and older phases of religion, and also to its own phases and teachers. It differs from the older faiths in the the conviction th a t a heaven of m ankind will certainly be in the future of this world, and in inciting s tra te d fu tility . and directing the whole m anage T hus the clear distinction of the m ent of the hum an race so as to re objective and subjective has laid, or alize it more and more. The main banished, a host of wordy ghosts, sphere and objects of the old relig and specters. H u m an ity as th e; ions lay out of this world and were center and real unity of all th at is J regardless of its future. The B ud m eant by these two words brings i dhists longed for its ann ihilation, both into harm ony by revealing | the C hristiane aw aited the day of both as relative to her. For exam - J fl new Tamilv medical Ulork judgm ent w ithin the lifetime of pie, the necessity and free will puz bv Dr. 3. fi. 6reer, Cbicaao«««««««««» those who labored with th eir Christ zle is a confusion of the objective H IS hook is up to d ate in every p a r —and, still more d isa stro u sly , they and subjective. The invariable ticu lar. waited at the end of 1000 years in laws which prevail in the world It tells you how to cure yourself by sim ple and h arm less hom e rem the M iddle Ages, and still they considered independent of man do edies. wait. The new faith does not include his m otives aud will. Yet It recom m ends no poisonous or dangerous drugs. wait for anything. It works for a when the will of m an is taken as It teaches sim ple com m on-sense m ethods in heaven under the realization of it the basis of his action, and of the accordance w ith n a tu re ’s law s.. It does not endorse dangerous ex p erim ets with in “ the h e a rt” now’. It is the re changes he desires in modifying th e su rg eo n ’8 knife. ligion of “ One world a t a tim e,” th a t otheiw ise invariable order, it It teaches how to save h e alth and life hv safe and therefore of th is world and of is in th a t regard ap p aren tly free I ,,"‘^ 1.O<18- , 1f , . . T . I J1 18 e n tirely tree trom technical ru b b ish , its future. and self-determ ining. J u s t as in It teaches prev en tio n —th a t it is b e tte r to know W hat other worlds there m ay be objective astronom y, the earth , and ¡??w to avoul disea8e th a n to ta k e any m edicine —— it does not pretend to say. It de not the sun and stars,revolves,w hile It teaches how ty p h o id am i o th e r fevers can be _ astronom y, for the IHevent<M and cured, an d gives th e best know n tre a tm e n t for la grippe, dip nies nothing. It says the “ previ in subjective - . . . . . . . tn e n a , c a ta rrh , c o n su m p tio n , a p p en d icitis and every o th e r disease. It is not an a d v ertisem en t an d has no m edicine to sell. ous question” is the proper and hu p u r p o s e s of o u r p ractical life, th e It m akes uncom prom ising w ar on vaccination and th e use of anti-toxine. man disposition of the world we are sun and stars still rise and set; so It has 16 colored plates show ing d ifferent p a rts of th e h u m an body. This cannoU aU T to o please please' you. vou. J his hook can n o t fail If you are looking for h e alth by th e safest in, for we are living p arts of it, and in objective psychology, the will is ami easiest m eans, do not delay g e ttin g it. not free, while in the subjective our wills and conduct count im Hr. .). H . G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p rac tic ing physician in Chicago, is Professor of sense— in the practical, m oral, re mensely in its future. W hat we .G e n ito -U rin a ry Diseases in th e C o lle g e C olltgt rTfSidCRt i CtStiltlOn | of M edicine and Surgery, Ph vsician-in- ligious, social, legal sense the will dream about an o th er world, or he rKoF " « h coot, for thirty years n. >n or the /C hief to th e H arv ard M edical Institute., is taken to be free. The a d ju s t dubiously inform ed of about it, will th e a u th o r a» f o l lo w . an<1 1,a8 w ritten m any works of value tz> •• I h a v e e x a m in e d y o u r book, ‘ A P h y sic ia n In th e H i l t , p r o f e s s i o n 1111(1 p u b l i c . m ent of motives to the will there not change it; hut if there is a n y Hon e ,' a n d am m uch p leaded w ith its c o n te n ts an d T his liook has BOO pages, is neatly to n e . E v e ry fam ily sh o u ld know how to c a re f o r th e fore becomes a great question of thing in the laws known, or in a n bound in cloth w ith gold letters,a n d will h e a lth o f th e houi-chold. w hich is a h u m a n r i g h t an d R ives th e In fo rm a tio n n eed ed an d In lie se n t postpaid to any address on re alogy reasoned, then we m ay be culture, m orals and governm ent, d I u n ly g u . a Y g e o u th r e hook p eo p le c a n re a d ily u n d e rs ta n d . 1 co n ceipt of price, $3.00. g r a tu l a te y o u on n o t n a m in g th e use o f a n y p o iso n , certain th a t the best possible prep and rewards and punishm ents are h u t a d h e r in g s ti te lly to th e use o f n o n -in d so n o u s re m ^ P P P I A I P lF F P R B y special arrangem ent ed ies th e o n e tr u e p rin c ip le t h a t s h o u ld g u id e all O r L U l A L U r i L n w ith |>r. Q reer. we offer tr e a tm e n t o f d ise ase , a n d w h ich I h a v e a d v o c a te d in aration for any other world th at as rational as clocks and alm anacs. my p ra c tic e fo r f o rty y e a r , o r m o re. P H Y S IC IA N IN T H E HOUSE and the TORCH OF REASON fo r one y e a r fo r only P 9 f i n T'ne new philosophy is in this may be, will be the most hum an, 7oUrStnj,J'’ DR W. H .C oom .” the price of the book alone. v O iU U useful, honest, effective, or, in the way the great exorcist. Its law of new sense, the most religious life in relativity lays or allays the ghosts T h e G re a t this. The new faith is affirm ative, of theology and the entities of met positive, constructive and health- aphysics. Yet it is not destructive — it excites to no sudden changes giving in all its influences. It also differs from other relig- in the individual life, nor revolu- ions in being tolerant, reconcilia- tions in the social. It never touches No N eed to Suffer from A ny Disease. but to solve, to save and to adorn. tive and universal. It rests upon E lix ir and really includes all of the good of It replaces, and so only it destroys. B a c e ria c id e Its science does indeed scatter the th eo ld er faiths and philosophies,not V IT Æ -O R E E u c a ly p tu s O il O r e - O lin e eclectically, hut as the growth be torpor and the sleep of ignorance, M e d ic a t e d S o a p hut only to realize the “ loffy yond them . The devotion, relig ious satisfaction and “ fair hu m an i d re a m ” to the awakened heart. PEARL W. G EER A gent The new faith is one of m any ties” of the older views of the world S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n . turn gladly to the needed service phases. “ In my F a th e r’s house are of the new an d real Suprem e Be m any m ansions,” is one of the m any ing. There is no fencing in of h u adm onitions in which the “ Son of man aspiration by it, as is often M an” appears as the voice of the Hz.,», MriLp t supposed. The new faith is the great H um anity. Its main sp irit ' 3 How fz. to Make charter of liberty and of the ex p an ual bond is as yet the sentim ent of sion of the hum an soul. The infi- H um anity, to which kings and em- nite is not denied, as in the old perors feel bound to appeal to jus- The G o v e rn m e n t n atio n alized th e Postal S vsteni, why not also th e Money System ? A plan is told by C. ELTON B L A N C H A R D creeds, by a God inconsistent with, tify their conduct even in the inhu- in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. or separate from it. The Cosmos ’ m an work of declaring “ holy w ars.” has no lim it in tim e, nor has the Its creed is Science, which all the U N C L E S A M ’S future of m an on earlh. The heaven world recognizes as true. Its phi- H O M I L I E S O N F IN A N C E in the skies vanished only to m ake losophy is called the New Philoso- >----- postpaid for 25 Cents. visible to the h eart the heaven on , phy by Goethe and the Germ an profits on th is book will be given to th e Liberal U n iv ersity earth. The im m ortality of selfish- scientists and by H uxley and Tyn- S hould l»e in th All e h an d s of every th in k in g p erson. A ddress all o rd ers to ness fades before the unselfish im- • Continued on 4th page. The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton , Oregon. $3 A PH YSi Cl AN IN THE HOUSE Vitæ=0re Remedies Good Tim es for all Time