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 .
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m ortality, th a t already feels itself
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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
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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 ,
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. 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
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ligious,
social,
legal
sense
the
will
dream about an o th er world, or he
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ent
of
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to
the
will
there­
not change it; hut if there is a n y ­
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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,
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DR W. H .C oom .”
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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-
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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- •
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