T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, N OV EM BER 23, 1899.
New H am pshire Secular Union, manliness for monkery, discovery
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concealment, friendship tor fak-
I he Secularists of New H am p-
shire have organized, and it is eaid
th a t they hope to do with their or-
ganization in the E ast what the
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Oregon S tale Secular Union
U n.on is
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ing in the West.
The second Sunday 111 August
was set as th e d a te for th e a n n u a l
irage. honesty for saintliness, ju st-
’ce for alm sgiving, health for piety,
knowledge of facts for faith in lies.
£ ° m a,‘ m an ’8 eMual in ’
stead of his underling (aoulause
from M rs. Ricker), and it c ire s for
the children instead of praying to
angels, and a tte n d s to th e business
of the World we live in instead of
aspiring to ,Hn
an n im n a aginary
one after
after
^ '" a ry one
to be good and get good while we
are on earth , and th at it is a better
preparation of our ‘souls’ for the
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meeting, it coining close to the an-
m v ersary o f the birth of Col. R. G.
REGON.
Ingersoll — Aug. 11. Officers were
elected as follows: President, An-
son G. Osgood, M anchester; Vice-
president, M arilla M. Ricker, Do-
ver; Secretary, Carl B urrell, Pern-
The L iv in g Christ.
broke; F in an cial Secretary, Win.
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Concluded from 1st page,
B. W ellm an, N ashua; T reasurer, F. be a unity am ong -the faithful
J. EARL HOSMER, Ph. J)., B. S. D., P res .,
W . W in d ric h , M a n c h e ste r; E x e c u which is now conspicuous by its
Superintendent D epartm ent of Cosmology.
tive Com m ittee, Alfred Levan, Jas absence; b u t the reality which io
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, .Dynamics.
F
w™ n u ’ ,,
Vi , overshadow ed by this phantom
E. CnCRlcy, \ m B. W ellm an, C a r l; a u th o ri, ¡8 the bel.ever him self
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Burrell, M arilla M.
Ricker,
W illiam The au th o rity for each individual
ABEL A. LEONARD, M. I)., M. E. *
Superintendent D epartm ent of Biology,
C. Sturoc, F. C. R eynolds, II. B. is a creation of his own im a g in a -1
Anatomy, Physiology, Animal Electricity,
tion, and is lim ited by his own
row'.'V, George W. W hittem ore.
Physiological Psychology, .Microscopy.
Several speakers were present at m oral and m ental developm ent—
th a t is, by his ab ility to im a g in e '
the m eeting when the organization And these creations a r e a s unlike
THADDEUS B. WAKEMAN,
Superintendent
Department of Sociology and Law,
was completed.
Mr. B urrell, the each other as are th eir creators.]
General History, Sociology, Law, Linguistics,
secretary, spoke on the subject, “ Every m an who worships, wor-
Ethics.
“C h ristian ity as a M oral Force: Is ships a conception of his own m ind.”
The Bible is the only testim ony
It or Is I t N ot?”
His rem arks
MINNIE P. HOSMER, L. S., B. S. D.,
th a t there was a “ historical C hrist”
were in p art as follows:
Superintendent Preparatory D epartm ent,
and the idea th a t it is au th o rity
History, English Grammar, Botany, Vocal
“ I ask every honest, th in k in g because it testifies of C hrist, is
man and woman to answ er this w orthy of a lunatic. The New Tes-
Music.
question for him or h e rse lf— ju s t tarnent— w hat is said about C hrist,
PEARL W. GEER, M. G. H., S ecretary ,
what are the churches doing today and w hat C hrist is represented as
for tl^oir m em bers? Are they m ak having said — is the foundation
Business Methods and Correspondence.
ing them more true, honest, self- upon which C h ristian ity is built;
MINNIE PRESTON,
sacrificing, brotherly fellow beings, and if th is is subject to criticism ,
to whom we m ay safely look for and if criticism decides th a t the
Kindergarten and Primary Classes.
the upliffing of struggling h u m an most wonderful and most im port
SOPHIE WOLF,
ity? We cannot say ju st w hat God, a n t p arts are untrue; then the liv
if there be such a personality, m ay ing C hrist is a creation of the h u
Piano Music, Elocution, English Literature.
be doing for C hristians. There is m an m ind, and m an him self is his
CLARA WAKEMAN,
certainly not very much th a t we own au th o rity in religion.
can see, hut, w hat seems to me to be
Drawing and Painting.
most im p o rtan t, is w hat is the
Companion Stories tor 1900.
ALICE DAVENPORT,
church doing for him, and w hat is
he doing for the w orld?
Stenography, Typewriting.
The stories published in the
“ I can not fully sym pathise with Y outh’s Companion po rtray the
LOUIS RAUCH, Assistant,
the destructive elem ent in Free- m anly and w om anly virtues with
Bookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic.
thought. I would not be so a n x no sacrifice of interest or vitality,
ious to see C h ristian ity destroyed; and they appeal to the sym pathies
LORA AMES, Assistant,
I would ra th e r see its m ighty, con of old and young alike. D uring
Physiology, Hygiene.
densed forces turned to some good 1900 the Com panion will offer spe
for the world.
I d o n ’t know w hat cial series of stories— am ong them
KATIE MATTESON,
it may or can do for us in heaven being stories of F orm er Political
Librarian.
oi hell, and I do not care, h u t I C am paigns and A dventures of L ine
want to do som ething for the world men. Besides these there will be a
PROFS. HOSMER, WAKEMAN, GEER,
here and now. I would like to see score ofstories for girls,by such writ-
Lecturers on Religion of Science and Humanity.
it do away with some of the hell on
as S arah Orue Jew ett, Mary E.
E M IL Y L. W AK EM AN,
earth'that we eee on every hand; I ¡W ilkins, M argaret Deland, Eliza-
M atron.
would like to see it m ake heaven heth S tuart Phelps, E dith W harton,
on earth in every home. And u n K ate Chopin and M argaret Sang-
*Dr. Leonard has consented to take this chair until some one
til it does do this, or a t least some ster. T here will he four serial sto
can be found to fill it perm anently.
thing more th an it is doing now on ries—“ A P rairie In fa n ta ,” by Eva
’his line, I can not consistently ac- W ilder B rodhead; “ R unn ing a
S T U D E N T S M A Y E N T E R A T A N Y T IM E .
n n l ''|I7 ,ge lh al, C hri“t,'a,"i(y'<8 a M a rry -g o -R o u n d ,”
by C h ir k s
moral force in th e w orld.”
| Adam s; “ The Schoolhouse F a rth e st
W e are now in our New building, which gives us room
Mr. Burrell said at one point in W est,’’ by C. A. Stephens; and
for increased attendance and much better facilities for
1''8 address th a t he would sooner “ C ushing B rothers,” by R ay Stan-
teaching. For term s and fu rth er p articu lars, address,
In addition there
"mploy a non-C hristian than a nard Baker.
will
be
two
hundred
other short
( hrietian.
He found the form er
stories by the most gifted of A m eri
S IL V E R T O N OREGON.
’»ore honest, he said. This greatly can w riters of fiction.
pleased Mrs. Ricker, who applaud-
All new subscribers will receive
‘ * and in terru p ted him and prais- the Companion for the rem aining
weeks of 1899 free from the time of
f <l the statem ent.
M r.Guild,a gentlem an from Low- subscription, and then for a full
year, fifty-tw’o weeks, to .January 1, FRIENDS OF LIBERAL AND SECULAR EDUCATION
f 11, announced his subject as Free- 1901; also the C om panion’s New
are earnestly rem inded th a t’ the above U niversity is in a c t
thought’s Mission.
He praised C alendar for 1900, suitable as an
ive and harm onious operation, but th a t it m ust be provided with
G eethought and denounced Chris- ornam ent for the prettiest room in
sufficient m eans to finish its building, now approaching com ple
’ianity as a system which did not I the house.
tion and p a rtly occupied, so th a t a paying num ber of students
Illu strated A nuonnceinent Num-
can he accom m odated.
Please to subscribe, or obtain subscrip
permit honest thought.
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her, containing a full prospectus of
tions, for our Stock, and send m em oranda of property, books or
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»ought does not,” he said, the volum e for 1900, will be sent
ap p a ratu s you can furnish.
pru f itself upon its wealth, upon free to any address.—The Y outh’s
J . E arl H osmer , P resident o f F aculty.
«mi ?™?’ npo.n
retine. It sub- C om panion, 203 Colum bus Ave.,
T. B. \\ akeman , President Board of Directors.
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