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2 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 14, 1899. tion of Church and State. That of it, with emphasis on the clauses The first thing, then, to be con - philosophical antiquarian. But as was a great step towards liberty jni relevant to us: ^^sidered about this festival is, that it the new Era of Man came in with England when Robert Brown (1550-A ’’Brethren—We are now quicklyHHs an attempt to cultivate, en- the new astronomy of 1600, certain 1630) discovered that a church need to part from one another, and large, discipline and enjoy the it is that the bounties remain , and not be a part of the State, but whether I may ever live to see your aroused affections. In short, it was thus break forth healthfully the might, and should be, independent faces on earth any more, the God of an attempt to raise a crop of joy by consequent “joy and gladness, or, better, separated from it. Thence heaven only knows, but, whether farming the emotions! Now was thanksgiving and voice of melody.” But will the prayer remain? And arose the “Independents,” of which the Lord has appointed that or no, this a scientific, practical and sen to whom will the “peace offerings Milton and Cromwell were leaders, I charge you, before God and his sible thing for them to do? In answer tothisquestion consider and the joy and melody of thanks and who remained Puritans-Protest- blessed angels, that you follow me ants within the Church and State, no farther than you have seen me the “ text ” of this sermon, which a giving” arise in this heliocentric But the Pilgrims, the “Separatists’, follow the Lord Jesus Christ. [Now regular “clergy” would have given age of a boundless Cosmos? For you at the start, but which may be there is no more motionless earth proper, wholly separated from Humanity.] Church andState and went and dwelt “If God reveal anything to you, more to the point now. It is from beneath, nor firmament nor heaven in Holland for twelve years. But by any other instrument of his, be one of our last, and best books: above; and the gods who dwelt in not being able to assimilate with the as ready to receive it as ever you Prof. Lester F. Ward’s “Outlines of “heaven,” supposedly, until A. D. Dutch language and customs, they were to receive any truth by my Sociology” (published by the Mac 1600, are gone—and whither? Sci determined to emigrate, and left for ministry; for I am verily persuad- millan Co., N. Y., Vol. I., pp. 300.) ence alone can tell. And when we ask—is not the following diagram Amejrica at a most untoward season ed, the Lord has more truth yet at page 143, thus:— x>f the year. They were quite dif to break forth out of iiis holy word . “ Intellect, memory, reflection her answer? Must we not farm our ferent from the Puritans, who want For my part, 1 cannot sufficiently and other admittedly remarkable hearts according to the facts, thus? S cience says : Spirits, ghosts, ed to reform the Church within the bewail the condition of the reform phenomena have been long studied, State. The Separatists set the ed churches, who are come to a per and a vast amount of speculation spooks, gods, devils — none ! but fashion of not having the Church iod in religp . and will go at pre has been done in those fields. But there is an Infinite Cosmo:, Uni and State administered together at sent no „ituer than the instru ihe affective side of the mind, in verse or World, of— r C osmology :—Sun, Earth and all. They were Congregationalists. ments of their reformation. The which the forces reside, has been Stars, with activity in all and in They saw no reason why, if the Lutherans cannot be drawn to go ignored so far as any attempt to every atom! king, queen or parliament changed beyond what Luther saw; whatever understand iis relations to the rest The Cosmos never changes by religion over night, that the whole part of his will our God has reveal of the mind is concerned. The ap whim or caprice, but only by nation and people of England must ed to Calvin, they will rather die petites, passions and even emotions , Immutable Laws of exact turn over and pretend to believe than embrace it; and the Calvin though recognized as having a nec and knowable correlation. Prayers to the Cosmos as a accordingly the next day. The first ists, you see, stick fast where they essary relation to ethics, have not whole, or to its parts — as a noted come-outer of this kind was were left by that great man of God, been thought of as an integral part mountain or river—are wholly of mind. They are in fact the ge Robert Brown aforesaid, who after who YF.T SAW NOT ALL THINGS. in vain, and absurd. netic source of all the other facul wards became “reconciled” to the r BroLOGY: — Microbes, Plants “Tins is a misery much to be la ties, the seat of psychic power, and English church; but the Pilgrims mented ; for, though they were and Animals, with never-ceas the basis of any true science of ing V ital P rocesses of Proto and their leading pastor were true burning and shining lights in their plasm in all cells and tissues. to the end about “separation,” and times, yet they penetrated not into mind,” that is to say, of human na No animal, not even the An- disliked to be called Brownists. So the w hole counsel of God, but, were ture and life, either individual, 2<( thropoids,have any conception of they made a Church without a they now living, they would h.’ as social or political. Telesis, or reaching ends by in This text, the last word of Scien bishop in England, and a State willing to embrace further light as termediate means, and so can never answer prayers even if without a king in America, both that which they first received. I tific Sociology on the subject, an they were understood. Love quite popular, as the Dissenters beseech you remember, it is an ar swers the question that the time to protection and care go to ani there, and the Republicans here, ticle of your church covenant, that begin the scientific business of V mals, but never prayers. heart - farming is at hand. For afterwards abundantly proved. r S ociology : — Man, Woman, you be ready to receive whatever until we can get that heart-farm in Children and H umanity , with And there seems to be another truth shall be made known to you ever-active, vital and telic pre order (to rights), so that there will thing for which we can nevor be from the written word of God. R e vision in each individual and too grateful to them; they were member that, and every other arti be a good crop of feelings and in in societies, from year to year, deeply religious according to the cle of your sacred covenant. But I tentions from it, neither man, wo 3<( and age to age. light of their day and generation, must herewithal exhort you to take man, child nor society , economic or M an only, can and does ap political, can ever evolute except as preciate thanks and can answer but they believed that more and heed what you receive as truth; ex prayer individually and socially, greater light would come; in a word, amine it, CONSIDER IT , and COMPARE a discord and a free fight. Of for he is the only T elic B eing . they wero the religious evolution IT WITH OTHER SCRIPTURES OF TRUTH, course, Science is but the more- V1 A little careful meditation over ists of their time, and expected to before you receive it; for it is not knowing and exact way of realizing and applying common sense, and this diagram, which gives the scien grow—and so they did. For they possible the Christian world should were the first Separatist-Congrega- come so lately out of such thick this lesson of the need of a concor tific view of things, will show the tionalists, from whence came the antichristian darkness, and that dant “well-wishing” and co-opera impossibility of sending up “fer Unitarians, whence came theTrans- perfection of knowledge should tive heart is too old to find the be vent prayers” to the Universe or ginning of, and so old are the first Cosmos or World. The emotions cendentalistsand Universalists,etc., break forth at once. festivals of joy. When our Pilgrim excited by the infinite world are whence finally came the L iberals “I must also advise you to aban (emancipated people), who are don, avoid, and shake off the name Fathers looked into their old Tes those of awe, wonder, curiosity, largely the spiritual descendants of of Brownists; it is a mere nick tament they found “prayer” and sublimity, etc., etc., known as the them and of their influences—even name, and a brand for the making “thanksgiving” and “peace offer cosmic emotions , which have be here and now, in this valley of the of religion, and the professors of it, ings” well instituted and good pre come the grandeur of modern Art cedents at hand for “joy and glad in paintings of landscapes and Willamette. We may decline to |odiou8 ,0 Uie Christian world... ness, thanksgiving and the voice of cosmic scenes, like Church’s “Nia take stock in our President’s “ferv> Thus on July 1, 1620, about 120 melody” (Is. li.,3.), which is vent prayers,” but we will not fail gara,” or Bierstadt’s “Heart of the in gratitude to these “Separatists” of them started for a new’ home and O ur . S econd T ext . Andes,” Moran’s “Views of the who taught us to keep ou separat that higher light and truth which It would be very interesting to ran Ocean;”—or in Poetry,like the union ing in the pursuit of and for greater should break forth out of the sack the past and find how nearly and delight of the human emotion? light than that of which they ever “written” w’ord—and “such other every people had some harvest fes in and with Nature, set forth 60 dreamed—for in all this we have scriptures of truth ” as they could tival of joy and gratitude on the gloriously and rapturously by been following their injunction compare and consider with it, first, or some month, i. e., moon , Byron, Shelley, Coleridge, and and example. In proof of this, and whether in the Bible or not. prior to the winter solstice, and Wordsworth. Now prayer to the as an act of gratitude, let us listen Under this injunction we are to how they always had associated whole cosmos of immutable law cow to the Farewell Address of their compare and consider their festival prayer to some god, as the Jews to would be, and is, just as meaning venerable pastor, J ohn R obinson , of “prayer and thanksgiving,” and Yahveh, as the giver of the bounty less and fruitless as if we should as they embarked at Leyden, Hol see what of it has sense and reason they had themselves produced or make our morning prayers to the land, on their perilous voyage to an for us under all of “the scriptures obtained. But all of these old fes Sun and to Mount Hood, the unknown land. This is the whole of truth”—old and new. tivals of joy we must leave to the “father and mother” of our Silver