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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MAY 31, 1900.
The Suu of Science has arisen!
Heaven on Earth, whose existence that sensation, consciousness aid
The Twilight of the Gods is gone!
is warranted and even anticipated intellection are modes or resultant
in the laws of the ( osmos and of concomitabtg of ¡¡fe motions, which
‘D iis e x tin c tis, Deoque,
Man himself. The Religion of Hu-
Successit H u m a n ita s ! ’
inanity, in a word, is that religion
which counts man as the center of objective world changes and reali- To th e Gods e x tin c t, and to God,
the world, and solves all relations ties—the environment, around us. H u m a n ity succeeds.
T. B. W .
by reference to that center Tt is,
From these changes we discover
K OF
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r j tiia llire re sD rt« a n d U e o n tlw t ear* I
cause the only vc ; .n-ci./r.r;- ti ogion
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w’e*6eiieye th at c a rd s liito the i ofiowiuR “copy»
p rin te d and d istrib u te d all over th e U nit-
of the human race; and, strange as reli“ ,ve Proce9s- ’’ e nntl iurtner neatly
ed States, w ill help uh to b u ild th e L iberal U ni­
it may at first appear, it constitutes, that life is the result of certain versity. Header, how m any can you d is trib u te to
advantage? I b i s will cost you n o th in g b u t
when understood, the highest satis- changes in protoplasm only , of a good
little effort, and may help th e cause of Free-
faction for the religious emotions which our bodies and brains are th o u g h t very m uch
longings and instincts. It does so rl)Wtll9 The further ,act of thfc
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On th e follow ing and
because it includes and combines
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REASONS
WHY
II emotion,
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u .tl.r arising „ r-z,™
of all
k in d re d S u b jects :
all
from co-relation and equivalence
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you
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the Infinite, or from the Cosmos, or of these changes proves that life re-
S e lf C o n tr o l
from Humanity.
suits, and so can exist (under the Ï
* S e lf R e s p e c t
The Religion of Humanity meets jaw of economy and exclusive caus- &
S hould H e lp t o B u l d
you upon that ground in the fullest ajjon\ ¡n no other possible way
.
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.
W h a t is M o ra lity ?
reconciliation and fellowship. As
thegreater includes the less.thia uni- l,ut ae » concomitant rnsultant of = s L lb e ra l U n iv e rs ity |\X /h a t is Ig n o ra n c e
AT S IL V E R T O N , REQON.
versal faith includes all other faiths, these protoplasmic changes,
F raud a C rim e
as having in them some inherent But the protoplasm on the surface
H a b it, 2 n d N a tu re
1 It will help m an y young m en an d
truths, scientific, emotional or mor- of thisEarth is the only protoplasm
. We knQW ¡, has evo!llted young women to a h ig h er education who P o lite n e s s
al. They are not only all stages of
o th erw ise will grow up w ith o u t its g reat
evolution, but relatively inevitable
W is d o m
advantages.
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as
to
produce
the
human
race,
as components of the Religion of
2 It will ed u cate w orkers for th e g reat
the great social Family of Man. with its known sensation and con­ forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro ­ E tc , e tc ., e tc .
One of th ese c h a jite rs is
All of these religions come from the sciousness, intellectual, social and gress.
3
It
will
forever
silence
th
e
accusation
W o rth m ore to
attempts of Man to get some live­ moral. It follows, that until pro­ th a t S ecu larists have never d o n e -a n y ­
Y oung and old th a n th e
able theory about the three grand toplasm is discovered elsewhere, th in g .
P rice of th e book.
divisions of the world. These are,
4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason
. . IT SOULD BE IN . .
(l)T he Infinite, or the Unkuown there is no material, and so no pos­ an d Love will reign, and w hen su p e rsti­
and h a te will be forever gone.
or Unknowable; (2) The Cosmos, or sibility, elsewhere, or in any other tion
will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to
World about him; and, lastly, (3) mode or form, of the existence,other b u 5 ild I t yourself
and o th ers a m o n u m en t,
.©CTldl S L ® ® a"«1 re c e iv e a
Himself. He wonders at them, and than human (and on this Earth),of w hile you yet live, th a t will do a m illion
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v
n e a tly c lo t h -
asks the three great religious ques­ sensation, consciousness and intel­ tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost costly b ound
co p y, p ost p aid
one
of
cold,
senseless
m
arble.
tions: Whence am I? Whither go
lection. The law of the relativity
AG EN TS WANTED.
1? What shall I do?
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When the emphasis is upon the of knowledge, of the correlation and
, w e can a c ­
Unknown or the Infinite, religion equivalence of all knowable chang­ c o If m a p ll lis h h e lp m u a c h lit . t le W
ill you h e lp
becomes anthropomorphism, and es (forces),and the fact that life and a little ?
S ilverton
O regon .
we have theology; when upon the mind are such correlate changes,
Cosmos,we have fetichism, material­
ism or cosmism; when upon indi­ compel Science to write across the
vidual man,mere selfishness andfear Sky of the Human Future, in the
are the results. None of these sol­ largest letters:
utions were or are complete, or able
“EXIT SPOOK!”
to stand alone in the growth of the
A shoemaker found fault with an oil-painted slipper in
Human intelligence is measured
race and the riddling criticism of
one of the paintings of a celebrated artist, but showed the
the intellect. *
by its ability to see and read and
greatest ignorance in criticising the other parts of the paint­
‘Entre l’Homme et le Monde, il appreciate that terrible but irrevoc-
ing. Hence has arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let the cobbler
faut l’Humanité.’
‘Between
man able
, , verdict. . rp,
,«r
. , „ . has
,
,
,
.,
v
,t
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Ths
Wortd-Bate
and the world there lies (and there
stick to his last, aud let every one attend to his own business.
is need of) Humanity.’ These solv- spoken!
As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush
All of the Scientific and Philo-
ing words of Comte bring solution
and harmony in religion,, as we gophic World in the past, as Mr.
at Silverton’s Busy Store and inspect the Bargains, at
have shown that they do in phil- gpencer and Mr. Underwood have
osophy and science. 1 he collective ,
,
, ,,
Man an,l hie history has been the ehown- have
agreed to
missing factor, which once discov- ^ ie ^a c ^ a n ^ la w of “ I he Relativity
ered reduces the former chaos to of Knowledge.” How long will it
S ilv e r to n , O re g o n .
cosmos in every domain of thought, take to come to this—its inevitable
PRODUCE TAKEN
feeling or action. With it Science consequence; that the Universe is S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E -
makes a true and practical solution limitless, free from human limita-
of Ihe \\ orld and of Mankind, and (ions of life and consciousness, and
Six Tracts to Promote
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of Man’s lot and fate and duty, utterly unbespooked ? That col-
E X P E R IE N C E
present and future. ’
lective man has no partner in his
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
sensation and consciousness—intel­
Sins be Forgiven?
Humanity, W ithout God or
lectual, social, or moral. That he 1 2 Can
Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
King, Boss or Partner.
is in those respects the sole result-
ization?
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ant and occupant of an infinite, 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
T rade M a rks
D e s ig n s
The fact that our knowledge is a lawful , and correlative world ,and 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
C o p y r ig h t s A c .
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Annihilation?
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R A L U N IV E R S IT Y ,
fact of the relativity of knowledge, things and changing processes, Sci- T H E L I B E Silverton,
O regon.
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things lead up to Man with his selves as we are of it—-as the Real
T he O ldest ! the
hat.hed.
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argest ! M usic
sensation and consciousness as one V
,a n^ ^ an> collective and in­
PETAI.U1A tNCIlBATOR
S tore. L eading P •
dividual, as the One intelligent la abeolvtely perfect M to Inca haine resent'ale- p r o p e r a p p l i c a ­
i s t tr
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o f b e . a t u n d n:ul«t<ir<s r e ç u -
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f u r n r n z li iz > z ,z l
t l i o n a n d « d lle
lb u u t tlu
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and O rgans.
Being it has
far produced,
pro_.
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’ i>eing
nas so iar
to in- i FBtlOHT
. n . . n ,,„«i v e a t i ia t t ® « . r . r » t « » , » eg g s- W i . M i
□op-ait First S t.,
AHYWMERE In th i-r
Hoed- .mec«tai « free.
leaves but one conclusion. That is: terpret, use and enjoy it.
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