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T H E T O R C H O F R E A S O N , S I L V E R T O N , O R E G O N , M A Y 17, 1900.
T ru e an d New Bible C h ap ters.
lence” of all the changes (forces) of
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the world, has not left room for a
The first page of this Torch justi- single, even evanescent or iinagin-
fies the exclam ation: “ The last is ary fume of this old Spook-God!
A shoem aker found fault with an oil-painted slipper in
the best!” Those extracts are better As Dr. C arus points out as soon as
one of the paintings of a celebrated artist, but showed the
than any bible chapters. Let us keep the changes of the infinite world
greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the p a in t­
them and make the most of them , are found to be equivalents of each
ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saving, Let the cobbler
then,the ^lorioueiNGi usoLL o th er they a<e the whole of cxist-
stick to his last, and let every one atten d to his own business.
gives us his indictm ent of A lcohol ence or of any possible “ phenome-
and G od . They are the two bad n a.’’ But we are one of those
As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush
“ S p irits” of the world; and his in- changes and are constantly created
at S ilverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, at
dictm ent is a “ True B ill” against and continued by them , so th a t our
them both. The idea th a t any good will is the hinge of the world be­
comes from these two Spirits when tween the objective is, and the sub­
ta k e n into the body or the mind of jective felt .
E xistence is thus
m an is sim ply a superstition —the scientifically found to be the touch
worst of superstitions— th at every (gam e of tag), or friction, between
S ilv e r to n , O re g o n
Liberal should take especial pains this objective not I ,—world without
PRODUCE TAKEN
to get free from. Is he, in fact, a us, and the subjective world of sen- S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E .
Liberal (an em ancipated one) unti* sat ions and ideas and will within
he has succeeded? Ingersoll knew us. Our existence is the co n stan
as much about the effects of alcohol equating of these two conceptions,
as any one; he tried it him self and and each of these ultim ates can
eaw every phase of its trial in b e explained only in term s of the
T hus: Objective, or not I
others, and at last he gave his final other.
verdict— which was and is: Let gives usSubjective,orI. T hus we find
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“ the damned stuff ” alone!—abso­ the subjective to be the product and
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out-flow eringof the objective world,
lutely alone!!
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Ingersoll is right, for Science and thus only intelligible or ex­
backs him up and sustains him ful­ plainable. And on the other side
ly in every word he has left us of the equation of existence,we find
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against w hat Shakespeare (in th a t the objective world is only in­
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O thello) calls the “ Evil Spirit, the telligible and explainable as the
S pirit of W ine, the D evil ” ! The fact and result of our subjective
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sensations,
our
touch
and
tag
play
late attem p t of Prof. A tw ater, of
the W esleyan U niversity, to prove with it. The etymological root of
the word tag , and its cognate
th a t alcohol does some good to the words, tells the whole story. But
hum an system in some way, and of this more anon, in the Torch,
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No. 2.
th a t it is not a thief th a t “ steals too,— watch out, and see when the
away the brains of m an,” as S hake­ U ltim ate of Existence drifts by!
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L astly ’,on our first page stand the
speare says, do not stand cross-ex­
H eroic words of George Jacob
“ T ru th b e a rs th e Torch in th e
am ination at all, and have utterly H olyoake and of Rufus Choate,
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se a rc h F or T r u t h .”
broken down under chem ical and backing the golden and inspiring
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physiological criticism .
Alcohol Poem thereon. There could not be
stands now ju s t where Shakespeare, a more fitting bugle call to the
Ingersoll and Science placed it, as healthy glory of the New Life, of
the New E ra, of our New W orld
th e “ fire w ater,” the liquid Devil. th at ¡Science has opened up to us—
S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N :
L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS
Its fearful, deadly superstition so new and so bright th a t it alm ost
1899
we should get so far off from that seems as if newly created for us?
we would instinctively regard its As Choate says, sucn New Epochs
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:
are
the
ever
true
Heroic
Ages
with
sight and fumes with a sort of
P R IC E T E N C E N T S .
their deeds, ideas, purposes, cares
horror, as the breath (that is spirit) and agonies,followed by superlative
from the face of death itself. For joys, as they raise them selves and
such in fact it really is. The Torch us into THE NOBLE— in the upspring-
will show you th a t it is the para- ing growth of our time and race!
May we not,then,be proud of this
lyzer and destroyer of every healthy
h irst Page? As we glance over it
Six Tracts to Promote
nerve and cell in the body. Watch again the S pirit of our College Yell
50 YEARS’
out for th a t article—soon to come. comes over us, and L. U. O. sends
E X P E R IE N C E
N ext , D r . P aul C arus lifts us out a “defi” to the laudators of all
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
safely over the poisonous fog-tail of of the Bibles of the world to put up, 1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
the Spirit-G od superstition th at from them all, one equal page of 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
true foundation of existence with its
ization?
Ingersoll has tru ly indicted, viz:
I n f in i t e , o f Hue 1 hilosophy f o r t h e 3 ¡g Religion or Science More Reliable?
A gnosticism . A s a fume from a l­ conduct, motives and end of life; or 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religioi
T rade M a r k s
Comparison of Religions.
D e s ig n s
cohol is a real “ S p irit” or breath of greater aspiration, satisfaction
C
o
p
y
r ig h t s A c .
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
A nyone sending a sk etch and description m »i
from it, (for breath is all th a t the and tru e glory in the result to be 6 Immortality or Annihilation?
quickly ascertain o u r opinion free w h e th e r a:i
invention is probnbly p aten tab le. C om m unica­
achieved!
Try
it,
and
let
us
see
tions stric tly confidential. H andbook on P a te n ts
word ‘sp irit’ m eans in any language)
JU S T T H E T H IN G
sent
free. Oldest ngencv for securing p aten ts.
your spook-lights flicker before the
P a te n ts tak en th ro u g h M unn A Co. receive
so the old superstition was th at Sun of Sciencel M eanwhile, as a to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send
Uncial notice, w ithout c harge, in the
2
cen
ts
for
6,
or
6
cen
ts
for
25
tra
c
ts
,
there was a “so m ething” iu every­ sort of benediction and “ recession­
to E liza M owry * B liven , B rook­
lyn, C o n n ., o r send 10 cen ts
thing th a t caused its changes and al,” take this final word, the object-
A handsom ely illu stra te d weeklv. L argest cir­
culation o f any scientific jo u rn al. T erm s.
a
for 50, e ith e r kind or a s­
end
of
life,
from
our
poet
L
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w
e
ll:—
properties, and, as a “S pirit”
y ea r; fo u r m o nths, f t Sold by all new sdealers.
sorted k in d s, to
breathed out from it. Thus God b e nori . e ! and th e nobleness th a t lies
Branch Offlc» ffiK F Rt_ W ashington. D. C.
In o th e r m en, sleeping, but never dead, ' T H E L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y ,
was the “ S p irit” or breath of the Will rise in m ajesty to m eet th in e o w n ;
S ilv e rto n , O reg o n .
whole world— the real “essence” of 1 hen wilt thou see it gleam in m any eves,
pure light aro u n d th y p a th tie
All. This im agination is th e real Then will shed,
bottom of all Theology, Fetishism , And thou wilt neverm ore be sad and lone.
_ _ ______
UST
AS NATURAL old “ hen
R he W iley B.
»nd a good deal mors reliable. l > « n l
and church or “ spook religions” of
\ es, let us have a com m union of
brv»k itaeggs or make ita chick» loawy.
Allen Co,
Doe»n't«t»y off the n ritan d allow the egg»
to c h illb u t hakhefl every egg that can he
the world, of which Agnosticism is ‘ saiuts who were not “ m edieval
T he O ld est! th e
hatched.
THF.
Largest !
Music
the last and faintest, but unhealthy, b arb arian s’ of the churches, but
INCUBATOR
who can now help us to live co­ 1» abaclntrty perfect aa to PETALUMA
S tore. L eading P i­
inrubakr
ntlal»— p r o p e r a p p l i e s *
fume. Science by its fundam ental
n an d d la tr lb a tln n o f h e a t a n d m o ist a r e . r e g u ­
anoa und Organa*
operatively in the True, the H um an l tlo
a t i o n a n d v e n t i l a t i o n . For 50 to SW egg s. WE PAT
Law of “ C orrelation and Equiva- and the Noble!
FREIGHT ANYWHERE in th e V S. H andsom e ca ta lo g fleet
209-211 F irst S t.,
t . b . w .
g o b b le r , stick to th y last!
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