THE TORCH of REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 21, 1899.
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Torch of Reason '
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The O nly Paper of Its fund.
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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.
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C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
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a cut of a bare-
Editor
when
the
great
expenditure
of
men-
ready
obedience
to
the
voice
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footed, loosely-clothed m an, with
J. E. H o s m e r,........................
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the nro-
pro- neonle
people the
the sam
sam e e as
as a a child
child ph
shou
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»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
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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
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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.
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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