THE TORCH of REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 21, 1899. . r> doing th in » , the majority is the zation g iv e s-th a t no man or wo S . t X of appeaL Now, man should have do u ._ u t . « . the u right to « a. these simple rules of action,made by wrong, and th at the majority l es u p haye (he Hay as Torch of Reason ' . o < Its Kind The O nly Paper of Its fund. • - ONE OF T H E M E SSIA H S ADVO CATES. There is a paper printed in O ak land,Cal.,called M essiah’s Advocate. k J e ’ * „ l . a •_ „«zl wknt IB WfftnOfî Occupying the place th a t our hree- we nope m at — ----- ---- - _ , thought badge cut occupies in the C onstructive, Moral Secularism . . .. . L i . ............ .. tn Y ield a woman will help to hasten the tim e the d u ty of every citizen to >ie ( a Torch o{ Reasonj a cut of a bare- Editor when the great expenditure of men- ready obedience to the voice of t h e ............................................................ !(, c d itn r when tne great expenuiruic o» — ----- footed, loosely-clothed m an, with J. E. H o s m e r,........................ r,....................M an ag er , tai and the nro- pro- neonle people the the sam sam e e as as a a child child ph shou __ physical __ .—. force, a an<T »wT the scraggly beard and long hair. P. W. G eer,...................... Manage Qf cur ,abor for ,,le making readily obey its parents. T his queer-looking hum an is su r rounded by these words: “ In like Entered at the post"iii' '' a t Silverton, a n d enforcing of useless and enm EnUre as l a second-class m >tia5, inal laws, will reach its m inim um , m anner as ye have seen him go Oregon, ail m a tte r S A N T A CLAUS. when personal liberty will, into heaven. This same SUBSCRIPTION RATES. through each and every citizen s Jesus which is taken up from you An exchange says: “ I t is not right living, reach its m axim um ; into heaven shall so come.” One year, in a d v an c e ................ .......... I 1 well to altogether overthrow the and when our governm ent will he U nder the cut are the following Six m onths in a d v a n c e .................... sim pler, more just, and loved and S anta Claus m yth, for an immense declarations: T hree m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ................ In clubs of five or m ore, one year, respected by all our people. But moral influence dwells in it. The “ We Look for the Savior. in a d v a n c e ........................................ . Money should I>e se n t by registered the idea of having no governm ent, “ The aim of th is p a p e r is to glorify th e belief, which is very general am ong le tte r or m oney order. excepting for each individual to he Lord Jesu s as th e G racious M aster w hose children, th a t his favor depends C om m ands cover every O bligation u n d e r a “ law unto him self,” is absolutely upon their good behavior, has an th e New C ovenant, an d a t th e sam e tim e Notice! absurd and undesirable. unequalled soothing power over re E x a lt Ili.n as th e O nly Source of I m W hen the tim e comes, as come it bellious dispositions. I f they be m o rta lity , th e Com ing R edeem er and A h a n d p ointing to th is notice denotes will if th e world continues to grow th a t your su b scrip tio n h a s e x p ire d . lieve th a t the wise sain t has his K ing, and th e P re se n t Savior from S in .” You are e arn estly requeste«! to re wiser and better, when “ all will be own recording angels, is there any new so th a t you m ay receive 1th e pa The first sentence in the body of per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . M e have de working for a ll” instead of < ach in harm in th e quaint superstition? the paper is, “ W h a t shall I do to tid e d th a t it is best for all concerned dividual anarehistically working We ourselves subscribe to sillier in h erit eternal life.” th a t we do no t sem i papers longer th an th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. for self, then our governm ent will ideas. Could we penetrate the sym Now this paper, which we con T his will p rev en t any loss and we w i l l he indeed of the people and for the bolism of some childish fancies sider a most absurd relic of b a rb a r know iust w here we sta n d . We request you to send us th e nam es people. We all will have agreed to there m ight often come to light ism, ignorance, superstition and of Secularists who m ig h t becom e su b abide by the decisions of the m ajor grains of wisdom re m n a n t from the fraud, would have never been call scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. ity. This idea of the rule of the religions of the ancient w orld.” ed to account by the Torch m ajority, coupled with free speech The above shows th a t some peo if it were not for an unjust, u n m a n THURSDAY, DEC. 21, E. M. 299- and free press, which th e m ajority has already given us,is the only way ple have yet to learn th a t it is ly and false attack upon one whom T H E N E W SE C U L A R HOM E. possible; for even if individualism wrong to lie — th a t it is wrong to we have learned to love through his T u n e :—“ Old K entucky H om e.’’ or Anarchy prevailed, the m ajority deceive the innocent ch ild ren , and great “ books,” and who is now u n would be the regulator in every to m ake little idiots out of them a b le to bring ail his opponents upon T h e sun sh in es b rig h t on o u r new . oc cont» st, the only difference being and teach them to lie. Such peo their m ental knees. u la r hom e, We quote the offending article in T he L iberals all h elping it along; th a t in the one case a wise organ ple do not know that T R I TH is And soon we will have a heaven here on ized plan would prevent the riotou the most beautiful thing in the full: e a rth , And w e’ll sing our glad redem ption anarchistic settlem en t of questions, world and th a t knowledge of tru th “ H. L. H astings and Robert Q. Ingersoll. song. is w hat m akes people happy. “ W ith in a few w eeks of each o th e r, while in the other, justice would be cho rus : T his S anta Claus idea is the same tw o g reat an ta g o n istic cham pions of each often defeated or long delayed. W eep no m ore, d e ar b ro th ers, O, weep no m ore we s a y ; We must not he m isunderstood. th a t the church is using in trying o th ers views have fallen in d e a th . One And w e’ll sing one song of our new a t six ty -eig h t, th e o th e r at six ty -th re e W e have m any warm friends am ong to m ake the older children good, years of ag e; each in th e vigor of his Secular hom e, T h a t is driving su p e rstitio n far aw ay. those who call them selves A narch and it has succeeded in ih e last m ental pow ers. B oth were A m ericans, T he world grew d ark when th e p riests ists, and while we differ from them nineteen h u ndred years in keeping both were orato rs of no m ean a b ility . and p ro p h ets ruled, “ H orace L. H astin g s, e d ito r of The And freedom was crushed to th e in regard to their non-governm ent— the world in superstitious darkness. g ro u n d ; non-organic ideas— we sym pathize God is the ad u lts’ S an ta C laus, and C h ristia n , am i for half a c e n tu ry a C h ristian m in iste r an d w riter of w orld B ut now we can sing of a h appy, happy it makes one who is free,alm ost sick with and appreciate their endea tim e, w ide fam e, p rem ille n n ia l in h is convic W hen L ib erty will w ear an honored vors to find some remedy for the to see the silly creatures who be tions, and once q u ite a vigorous w ritei crow n. lieve in this big sain t in the sky in defense of C onditional Im m o rta lity , ills of our time. And thus we sym The tru th m ust w in, and our heads and ever u n d en o m in atio n al in h is gospel pathize with all; w hether C hristian try in g to be good, especially ju st hands m u st toil To bring m en tal freedom to th e world ; or M oham m edan, Catholic or M eth before the C hristm as of death, in work ; he h eld th e sy m p a th y and a p In every th o u g h t am i deed we m u st odist, A narchist or advocate of order to get a tin elephant of a proval of all P ro te s ta n t evangelical d e “ hew to th e lin e ,” n o m in atio n s, an d especially so in his W hile we keep o u r Science’s b a n n er good governm ent, Freelover or a d golden crown. Poor, ignorant, su m any y e a rs’ w arfare against In fid elity . e ’er u n fu rled . perstitious children! How we long vocate of the m arriage system. “ For a th ird of a c en tu ry , H . L . H as W e condemn none, but we have to.help you to know th a t there is a tings has seem ed to be a se n t apostle ol God to give b a ttle to In fid elity in a strong convictions and will use the better and more enduring motive g ran d e r an d m ore effective way th a n an y ANARCHY. How we long to liberty given us by the m ajority, for doing right! o th e r m an of th e c en tu ry . Some of his explain th a t our p aren ts (our an- through the educated activity of a n ti-in fid e l p u b licatio n s h av e reached There are m any good people woo We areicesto rs) have given us the good in to m illions of copies. think they are A narchists, and it the advanced m inority, “ As a public sp e ak e r he was g ran d ly convinced th a t although the gov things th a t we possess—all the liber- may be possible th a t there are some e lo q u e n t; as a w rite r, he com bined th e ernm ents of the past have not been erty, knowledge, a rt and science who are really try in g to believe in careful, p a in sta k in g research of th e s tu the best, th a t they were the neces- all the inventions, the homes and d en t w ith th e forcible, glowing rh eto ric the “ in d iv id u al” theory. Then sarv steps to our present republic, the power to appreciate these beau- of a ready w riter. T ho he is fallen in there are others who m ay be really and th a 1 t it in tu rn m ay 1 become __ tiful things. And Ami w we a in t tu n r rn n will d e ath , h is g reat a n d num ero u s p u b lica trying to live w ithout paying heed perfected or changed to a much g iv e - a r e giving th e future chil- tions ab id e. They are th e legacy of the to the regulations or desires of their better form, hut only through the dren of e arth the increased happi- ch u rch , an d a stan d in g defense against neighbors. B ut it must be plain to accurate workings of evolution, ness th a t they will enjoy. In fid elity so long as tim e shall last. “ R otiert G. In g erso ll, on th e o th er all th at no m atter how good people w ith, perhaps, as has taken place . Is a lie a good present for parents 1hftnd the great ch a m p ion of Infidelity become and no m atter how m any • , become dead letters in th e past, subsidiary outbreaks of to give to th eir little ones? Better hag / lgo fallen in d e a th b u t a few weeks crim n inal laws become dead letters na * * onp contending elem ents, called revo- j b v f a r is the tru th with nothing agO> As a public sp eak er, Ingersoll at account of there b en g no one th in k s of doing those things ’than costly gifts with a deceitful tiu ie s w « beautifully florid and poetical. - ( ...... .... hv a re t h e in fa,.t qnHe u n eq u alled by any other lectu rer. T he sty le of h is eloquence waf