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For the Torch of Reason
never m ind w hat.
To a m an who
has or who knows of no duties, the M lvanon by illusion is like the joy
bT intoxication. R is neither last',
m
otives
which
prom
ise
to
give
him
BY ISAAC A. POOL.
pleasure will become the strongest- ri'g n o r i s i t wholesome, and when
>s gone it will leave ng ead,jer To Hy “Spiritualist Friends”
MIND me of a pair, sincere, devout
I they 7 will
. 1 direct his energies, as it
th an before. In stead ol helping it
Churches and Out.
" ’set
o
'it°
n
the
road
to
Heaven
^
ere’
,n
th
e
line
°
f
least
resistance.
set o u t;
will harm .
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■ most complete “ ence rises ‘he so-called n atu ra l
Keeping themselves
in
A m an who, like F au st, can sat-
x
accord
‘
BY T. B. WAKEMAN.
destre for pleasure. B ut this so-
With “ book” an d )“ |>rieet,” as servant of
J*fy
all
his
desires,
is
tru
ly
in
the
ealled n a tu ra l dslre for pleasure is
h e way in which the diecu
Bound by the looked-for “ Crown,” and the greatest danger for m an. And hands of S atan , as Goethe in his
. fearing “ H ell,”
great philosophical allegory dem on
8,on of the subject of S p iritu a
" lu le “ inspiration” fills each vacant w herever we investigate the m eth
strates.
O
nly
a
strong
character,
ods of progress we sh all find th a t
ism has been left a t the Libert
They «'‘»t^H iro’ welcome suffering a n d , *i is ia r irom tak in g p lace in the as is F au st, who yearns for a h ig h clubs, the Silverton T hought Ex
it is far from tak in g p laCe In the
er hfe, can overcome all the tem p change and o th er places, where th,
linn
1_
Then Sne’ l t mor^ne“ enKer’.’ appeare-
' De ° Ieast resistance.
On the
one at morning, one at noon, de- c o n tra ry alm ost every progress tations. He tastes of the pleasures <>bl and new views of the world art
“ Up” 10 ‘ n?t S tar™ 8” each fliuing 8pi- leadS in th e iin e o f 8 re a te a t re s is t- of life and finds them shallow. brought into conflict, seems to me ic
Ih e re is no satisfaction for the long some respects unsatisfactory. We
Forget, no m atter where the “ White “« T - The develoPm ent in the line
Throne” shines,
of least resistance leads to inevito ing of his soul in any of them. Yet bad hostility instead of adjustm ent-
There never^meet in space, divergent ble ruin.
tH“ as soon as F au st abandons the N either party have been able to d e
i <»i here, jh e^w h irlin g earth disturbs
H e n c e it follows th a t the great- stan d p o in t of egotism he finds a rive the benefits th a t each ought to
W hose zenith points for ever to another i V ^ ess^ng ^or a m an is to have satisfaction which he had never be able to bestow upon th e o th er.
Hs own rofaUon and its orbit wide
I
’ hiC.h
d ° 8Omp expected. H e forgets the im petu Fach party has come to feel th a t
ous desire for pleasures in a great be has a tru th of which the o th er
Rich people who,
B u Y l o T « MmasrAf,nToP. S - :- in useful work.
w ithout becoming exactly crim inal, work th a t he undertakes for h u would deprive him and th e world.
space,
m anity. He finds th a t satisfaction Can we learn to realize, appreciate,
can allow them selves to let their
J’ursues forever his unending chase;
V heels thro some orbit vast, among actions follow the line of least re lies not in the aim solely, but in and finally reconcile these differ
the stars,
.
6
the effort to reach the aim ; not in
here no “ W hite Throne” nor constel sistance, are in a m ost dangerous liberty, but in a tta in in g and deserv ences? If 8O, instead of being hos
tile, m ight we not become friendly
lation bars.
plight.
“ How h ard ly sh all they
ing liberty; not in the harm onious and co-operative in furth erin g the
What shall we say? W hat duty lies th a t have riches” attain a m oral,
enjoym ent of life, but in being the satisfaction and progress of in d i
before?
not
to
say
a
strong
developm
ent
of
How stay the shame, and cleanse the
their souls’ Those th a t are rich m aster of one’s fate, in building vidual life and th a t of the com m u
blood-stained door?
\ n* Question n o t! All sacrifice is vain • th a t can live well, th a t can live for one’s own life and m aking it h a r nity, and to some ex ten t th a t of
All prayers to “ God,” and all “ Redeem
monious:
the w orld a t large?
the sake of enjoying life, should for
ers” slain *
These add fresh horrors to the ghastly the sake of th eir own soul-life im “ Yes! To this thought I hold with firm
Three hundred years ago the su p
scheme,
persistence;
Fit only for a “ beast” or “ Devil’s ” dream. pose upon them selves heavy duties,
Thetru e re8ult ° f wis(loni stamps it ern a tu ra l, i. e., the theological view
of the world prevailed over every
il schools . Not for credulity’s abuse, as heavy as they can bear. They H W h lyi ? r"’ bisfreedom and existence,
thing. G rad u ally the intellect has
But giv n to Science and “ Right Rea should educate th eir children so
W ho daily conquers them anew .”
son’s ” use.
worked out S cien ce and made it
First bring the “ W reckers:” tear the th a t they feel unhappy unless they F aust has become too old to enjoy
have great duties to perform. The the fruits of his labor himself, but the real, i. e., the bottom verifiable
i f
away,
Let all their darkness see the light of day.
basis of our life. I n the m ean tim e
WiVh^n \ reethl” ker bringa single brick, m oral w orth o f a man does not de he feels e te rn ity b reath in g through
the Liberal S p iritu alsts, have large
V\ith just enough of T ruth to make it pend upon the am o u n t of pleasure
•is
soul.
H
is
work
will
live
after
stick •
ly em ancipated the ideal, religious,
I K Y d W ? T«"'I>le filling all the zone be provides for him self and others, bun and be a blessing unto thous
em otional, or s pir it u a l n a tu re of
An grander far than any “ G reat White hut upon the am o u n t and scope
ands:
Throne!”
man from old unscientific dogm as,
- . sure foundations,not w ith“ M yths” and weight of d u ty he is able to ‘ i ne traces cannot of mine earthly being
but have not as y e t put a scientific
carry
and wrongs,
In
aeons
p
e
ris
h
,-th
e
y
are
t
h
e
r
e
!
-
But well cemented. Right and Truth
In proud forefeeling of such lofty bliss instead of th e old su p e rn a tu ra l
_
are stro n g !
now enjoy the highest m o m e n t,-th is !” basis under them . T hus has re
ien, over these, let “ Freedom ’s Tem-
wu
< Fle ri8e>
All religions are system s of eth
F aust had pledged his life to Me- sulted the m odern antagonism of
V\ hose Torch” may well illum inate the
ics; an d ethics by the very fact pbistopheles as soon as he should The Real vs. The Ideal? Now the
skies.
H well! My brothers, yonder “ Luo” h at it teaches m an how to regulate enjoy a m om ent of satisfaction. time has come for each p a rty to
T
sta n d s!
10 dearest dome on ea rth ; in all her lis conduct is a religion. Every The m om ent is come and F aust understand the other. T he S p irit
v
lan d s!
religion comes, or pretends to come dies. But th a t which gave him this ualist m ust learn to see the world
Superstition” mars or moils;
I t throw s light satisfaction was none of S a ta n ’s as the objective Scientists see it,
° blood of M artyrs ’ in her fragant as a salvation.
v
soils;
upon the world around us in which gifts. It was none of the pleasures and the objective Scientist m ust
The rofliT» * n re to h? ng a “ C hrist” upon, we live and th u s it aids us in our
of egotism. It was a higher kind come to see the tru th s and necessi
road to Heaven is “ up”—toOregon.
Melrose Park, 111., Jan . 3, E . M. 300. endeavors to escape from the m is of pleasure which has nothing in ties o f the ideal, m oral, asp iratio n al,
eries caused hy our ignorance and common w ith w hat is generally aesthetic n atu re and p a rt of m an,
folly.
called pleasure. F or it is a satis which can only be conceived of or
The Ethical Test.
The religion of science like all faction of th e powerful super-indi discovered subjectively, or as the
other religions comes to the rescue vidual y earn in g s of th e soul. And old phrase was, “ sp iritu ally d is
BY DR. PAUL CARUS.
of m an. It is tru e th a t the tru th s th is is the only happiness th a t man cerned.”
of science appear at first sight to be can a t t a i n .- f T h e E tnical Problem.
It is only by this exchange of
s has a n a tu ra l desire f o r .
zney destroy the il-
destructive. They destroy the il
views th a t the L iberals, and m an
1
• n 9 ° f « a C « h , ldieh fai * ‘ b w b i « b
r a t 'V R r
bl 9 de 8, re i S 1U8,'O
Down forever down, with any re kind generally, can get the benefit
living tnaehin
be? aU8e m an 18 a ha8 become d ea r to us. B ut tru th , ligion th a t requires upon its ignor of the two elem ents, the real and
energy. the d
f
vital h° WeVer Sad’ “ the onlT m eans ant a lta r the sacrifice of the god the ideal, which are absolutely nec
dess Reason; th a t compels her to
KT ¡s ever o r e / 6» ? ' e “ eneI" ‘h a ‘ Can CUre tbe ills of
" abdicate th e shining throne of the essary to the w orld’s progress
does n o t-n e n d h
m3n tbSre
a " y 8alva‘i°n H roust be soul Strips from her form the im These elem ents are the objective
work hi. T m
I’
a8efUl g3ined by tru tb and bv boldly fac- perial purple; snatches from her tru th s of Science and the subjective
»ill compel h X
ac^ i t y , ia K ‘ba ‘™‘b- I f tru th c a n n o /h e .p , band the scepter of thought, and
concepts of th o u g h t and feeling in
him to do som ething, nothing can, nothing will help. A makes her th e bond-wom an of a dispensable in th e ennoblem ent of
senseless faith.
Love. Each of these, T ru th and
Going Up—To Heaven.
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