THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 26, ISit'J.
a dead ? Shall we know of any greater as yet become acquainted, are re-
the present time. Once I heard
e xh ila ra tio n from its oxygeu or sponsible for the presence and
For the Torch of R e o o n .
“ eentlem an of the cloth” deliver a
C ertain w hereabouts of this em inently dan-
S o u l a n d U n k n o w n O rg a n s .— discourse, so filled with, s„blime more horn dead
] Be-
T h e ir R e la tio n s a n d Re­
thoughts that
" " ^ r e d ’ me in plainest, sim plest m anner possible; ing outside of our knowledge it
s p o n s ib ilitie s .
f','r " C"*’ • ..R w » never printed, for, as life conveys to ns no other would be the h.ghest » ,u s t.e e to
these words. It wd
I
COUCeption th an th e raising of in- attem p t to fix upon us any respons-
BV ISAAC A. POOL.
I have no copy mys .
organic m atter into the state of or- ibility 'for the conduct of such
wind;
it
has
blown
m erely
■ear th a t ganic m atter; th a t is, m atter made guests of those organs, for whose
To attem pt this conversation with
”
Really,
I
fear
gone.
and
h , r e we a re a f a n d capable of building organs and per- presence in them we not only h a ie
you— lor such I propose it shall be; I
we
U
, nt Of the circles we forming their several functions as never given consent, b u t never
th a t is, open to rem arks, questions 8 could
we get out of the J
knew' of
of anfih
such inbabltancv
inhabitancy endang.
endang­
and answers pro and con, and only
dem anding from those who take
it js ’o n iy wind (air) and has m als or p lan ts; so death can con- ering our peace.
• . C la re s , i t IB u u ij
v
/
....... „ „ « . k o v m o - n i n a t h a n t heces-
It is so far from the justice claim ­
vey no other m eaning th an the ces-
p art in this search for tru th , the
same courtesy which I extend to ’ w e a r T n o t to escape ho easily. sation of such functions and the re- ed as one of the attrib u tes of an a l­
others,— to attem pt this, 1 say l’’ Always ltefore us stands the state- tu rn of all its p arts to the state in m ighty creator, th a t a suggestion
may provoke some who are al l ' ( m e,.t of the church. T h at our which it was fo u n d -d e a d . Now, of such conditions becomes a per­
ready more thoroughly satisfied soula are im m ortal, undying; coup-i soul, .p i n t , breath, air, does live sonal assault upon and insult to
with their attainm ents in knowl­ led with the statem ent th a t the soul and die again, continually in the his tru th and intelligence. I t is an
edge than I am , to a querulousness th a t sins shall die. They try to organic anim al and p lan t condi- assault before which the soul, or its
quite unnecessary, lest some pet hinge it all upon the act of Adam, tious; doing so, it is safe to say, creator, m ust at once an d forever
disappear along with other (lead
theory of theirs shall he treated
who, not dying for eating the a p ­ forever. In the changes com ing to
with disrespect, which, in their per­
fables an d m yths. We have q u ite
ple, is claim ed to have died in his “ air,” when it enters one of the an-
sonal opinions only, it does not im m ortal part, l h a t for this act, mal forms, comes the first h in t th a t thoroughly made ourselves ac­
m erit. So, in the beginning, I beg the undying soul died! l h a t only it shall live again after this life. quainted with this aerial portion of
leave to assert fran k ly , th a t, as through a ransom by a son of God, In the “ this life” it dies out into our bodies and know the organs
through which it is of use to us.
opinions, whether my own or those
could life be restored to the dead carbonic acid, pointing to and useful,
of any others, w hether of the pres­ souls— and th a t return to life, not necessary for its next stage of exist­ We know th a t when this air u n d er­
ent time or the most remote, they to take place as a fixed and finish­ ence. Born to another lift— plant goes its death w ith every in sp ira­
are to obtain notice and recogni­
ed transaction, in obedience to life, which absolutely could not be tion, th a t it is no longer the soul,
tion only in proportion to the ac­ some principle of com pensation to in existence w ithout the dead m at­ as defined, th at entered our lungs;
companying apparent reasons for
but it has become a deadly poison
offended justice; but they hinge it ter which the living soul found in
to us and m ust be expelled or we
them .
again upon us. lh a t our belief is the anim al; dying itself to become
I mean by this, th a t whenever
the only power th a t can secure that able to serve the hungry plant; so perish. W e also know th a t th is
any opinion may be reasonably ac­
ransom from the death of our soul, th a t the p la n t m ay feed the dying dead soul is of the utm ost value to
cepted by the m ajority of thinking
through Adam. T h a t any m an ’s ox back into vigorous life, which jlan ts, w ithout winch they could
persons, because of the reasonable­
not continue to exist; and, there-
unbelief, incredulity, is strong will furnish the roasts to feed the
ness of its accom panying corrobo­
enough to thw art the intention of m an, while soul performs its m any ore, th a t other and dangerous pet
rations, it shall pass over into the
of the theologians, if in h ab itin g us,
God, and render null and void the resurrections.
dom ain of knowledge; and, there­
So much for the “ soul, ghost, m ust be assigned certain other
death of his son, the Redeemer, for
fore those only rem aining as opin­
each m an upon earth, taken one at spirit, air.” These organs of plants q uarters by God, the w’hereof, as
ions, which have widely varying
and anim als have led the airy soul any p art of our organic structure,
a time into consideration.
objectors ami supporters. And I do
It m ight be objected th a t this in ­ a ghostly dance with spirit from we have no knowledge nor any a t ­
not recognize even an opinion bas­
dividual transaction is only a the 2Eozoon to Lepidodendrons and tachable responsibility concerning
ed solely upon personal vanity or
scheme of church polity, to put the m an, and back forever beyond, as its coming, its conduct, or pleasure
upon the assum ptions of helpless
subject of it within the control of they will forever to come. Every to vacate the premises a t any mo­
ignoiance. It is further desirable
its assum ed au th o rity , one at a time air enters the lungs of an a n i­ m ent. T h a t it is capable of any or
to place some other lim it to know l­
tim e; and, doing so, giving a more m al; every tim e it enters the sp ira­ or all of these is a self evident p ro­
edge th an the simple dictum , ‘‘I
cles or breathing pores of an in ­ position, since our volition m ust of
thorough m astery.
know.” If a thing is known, it is
You will each of you be com pel­ sect; whenever it passes into com ­ necessity have neither let nor h in d ­
only known so far as the know l­
led to solve this p art of it for y o u r­ bination with any other form of rance over a thing we do not and
edge is attended by proofs of its ac­
selves, for they insist th at a man is m atter so as to wake it into life or cannot know.
curacy. T h at is not knowledge af­ “ a free m oral agent”— if you do add to its already organic exist
If w ithin us there exists an organ
ter which you m ust write, “quod
ence,
th
a
t
recipient
is,
by
th
a
t
act,
w hat they wish you to do! Not do­
suitable for the en tertain in g of such
erat d em onstrandum .”
the
possessor
of
a
“
living
soul,”
as
ing th a t, you are consigned, not to
.
a consequential personage, it is of
have your soul rem ain dead in the j much as the m an of The Boo , great im portance th a t we know of
SOUL.
We speak after a habit; we use deatb of Adam , but, perforce, to be no more and no less. Of these or- its whereabouts th a t we m ay keep
words which have no definitions re8tored to eternal life— for eternal gans we know. Know in a man it “ sw ept and g arnish ed ” and its
ner th a t is capable of dem onstra­ “ lam ps trim m ed and burning,” else
outside of the circle; neither in the dam nation!
lexicons nor in our consciousness.
Now,we are compelled to take up tion. T he uses prove their ad ap ta the guest m ight soon become a fa u lt­
To illustrate; I go to W alker;— “ soul t be cause of this “ breath of life,” tion and entire devotion to the per- finder w ith his surroundings, and,
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-- m an; which
“ blows aw ay” every tim e we petual new birth of aii the only not being acquainted w ith his lan d ­
..............
—the im
m —
ortal
p a rt of
sp irit;” and he writes after these Open our m ouths, for it seems like- soul, from Genesis till today
lord, have no relief nor redress in
r U f i n i t i n n w “ “ S
b f i t f t n t i v e .”
“ “ S
n i r i t l j . y . ♦..........
. us
. . ¡nto t trouble,
r . „ , k l „ * this
k ;a Q.„
,l
unknown organs .
definitions:
S n ubstantive.”
Spirit
(O
soul.
any case of fancied im perfect hous­
T
h
at
the
soul,
so
considered,
is
— b reath ; ghost; vigor; courage;
substance and its whereabouts
ing. T h a t any unknow n organ or
substantive;” and “breath _alri m ust he determ ined. W hile p e r­ an actual existence, is a fact capa- cell can hold the physical m an re-
for thg presence „ con­
substantive.” We are ’round the form ing the function of “ breath of ble of proof. Its ponderable m a-
an „ „ k n o w n an d unbi
circle. The only real thing we
chem istry tells us all about it. terial associates w ith the organs of duct of an
unknow n an d unbidden
m
an
and
all
below
him
,
in
such
1
m
m
...
»
u
,g
dq
,egg absurd tb an the
have reached is air, and th a t takes As breath, it is air. Air is oxygen
as to
utilize tbe gUtement tb at tbe maD-8 bebavior
us back to “ The Book,” where we and nitrogen. It goes into the ways
--j- —
-- completely
— x
read: “ And God breathed into his i ung9. The probabilities are th a t functions and powers of such or- can cause that guest to enter upon
nostrils the breath of life, and m an
went into the lungs of Adam. gans.
eternal iife or pass into eternal
living
soul!”
A
nother
W
hen
it
died
for
his
sin,
where
did
If
an
entity,
capable
of
sinning,
vapaazx» w.
B ¡d a m n a tjOn>
became
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...
. ,
,
. . .
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; intelligent
..» n l lir» n n t i m
l l l dividu-
liv illll.
circle. 'I he Greek language is cred-
go? W as Adam less perfectly possessing an
Seeing it all in this way I can
ited with saving, “ Psychos” (Psy- nourished ; fter this “ soul, spirit, a lity ; held in durance
u u ia u w d u uring
Ull..6 the
-
p n titv
che), soul, or “ Psuchos,” m eaning ghost, a ir” died? W hen its place anim al life of its citadel, from bu pronoun
rpaDOnsi-
h re ath —air. A circle. R eally, 1 j8 found and it is dragged forth to
am inclined tola* facetious enough life, either for “ salvation or dam na-
to tell a story. I think it has a r e - tion » wm ¡t be of any better uge
mote bearing upon our condition at or tbe body lb an wben Jt wa8
which it cannot escape w ithout the (an
"
man* and th a t
chauge we recognize as death; is 1
a
„ ’ , . « :rr
w ithin us— then some other or- , ®°U S’ * ° 8 S’
F S„
,g an s, th a n any with which we h a v e , th a t is ‘ blown away.