4 Torch of Reason T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, JU N E 7, 1Ö00. has alw ays been a success. W hen tie n t’s head a little— there, see, the will be, and w hat help our Univer- ever we have tried to touch the W orld is gome better already. Do sity will receive when we are prop hem of the beautiful garm ent of not let us be discouraged because erly organized. In towns, a house- The Only Paper of Its Kind. the world is so large and we are on to-house canvass can be m ade by Science we have been blessed and ly one little cell. Think of the bil you or by com m ittees appointed by P u b lish e d W eekly by th e L iberal U n i received virtue, and this finding o f lions of cells in our own bodies,and the society, which could be easily versity C om pany, in the In te re sts of the great tru th s of nature, coupled yet it takes but little to m ake us organized if only some one will C onstructive, Moral Secularism . _ with the love for others, which is sick and m iserable and but little to m ake it a business and carefully attend »n „it 7W » ; gg. ■ he . sffrpf all th e .y e lL for good FditoYT^11^ proved by. .our" alilllally ...eli-l X . F G o« m e r . .^,11. happy Even p riv ate or public, according to con- 'dea vorlbg to ¡earn how " to ^h eip . «nake. W . G e e r,........................M an a g er now’, after only four years of w hat ditions, but if some one will onlv p. them enjoy life to th e very highest be considered prep arato ry take it in band in each town and degree, is the on ily real enjoym ent work, a th rill of pleasure has been go at it in a steady, stick-to-it-ive E n te red a t th e postoffice at S ilverton, there is, after having as a basis th a t felt away across the A tlantic and m anner, ju st th in k w hat can be O regon, as second-class m ail m atter. anim al happiness th a t comes alike across the Pacific, and the dear, done! E v ery th in g is in our favor SUBSCRIPTION RATES. to all healthy anim als surrounded d istan t brothers who feel th a t we if we will only organize, and if really and tru ly have the rem edy, you , dear F reethou g h t reader, will by a norm al environm ent. If, then, the only remedy for the ills of m an- wisely go at it and get everyone O ne year, in a d v a n c e .......................... $1 00 Six m o n th s, in a d v an c e .................... 50 knowledge of the great universe kind, are now, as we write, carrying else to help th a t you can, not discouraged even if no T h ree m o n th s, in a d v an c e ................ 25 of which we are a part, and love “ the glad tidings of great jo y ” to being In clubs of five or m ore, one year, else takes hold for ten those they love. To be sure, other one in a d v an c e ........................................... "5 for our fellows and its consequent remedies have been carried to d is years, ju st planning and work Money should he se n t by registered harm ony, music of life, is the p an a tan t parts of the world, but they ing whenever you can get tim e la tte r or m oney order. cea for individuals, why is it not have failed. Only the right one , from your other duties you can ac the fountain of im m ortal youth, will produce the desired result and com plish wonders. N ever give u p ! Notice! the balm in G ilead of the whole h u be quickly assim ilated and ac T ry again , and the little seeds of knowledged to be the treatm ent tru th sown, and the help the L. U. m an race? I t certainly is! “ we long have sought and griev O. will receive ju s t from your spare A h a n d poin tin g to th is notice denotes And how to secure this A laddin’s th a t your su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . ed because we found it not.” The moments, which will become the You áre earn estly requested to re lam p, this treasure-trove, this re old religions can never become u n i happiest of your life if you are a new so th a t you m ay receive th e pa p er w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . We have de ligion of Science and H u m an ity for versal, but the Religion of Science true-blue L iberal, will grow into cided th a t it is best for all concerned the whole world is the great prob and H um anity can and certainly m ighty results, which will be a th a t we do n o t send p ap ers longer th a n will. Jesus can never be proven to m onum ent th a t will grow larger th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. lem of this age. To be satisfied be the true savior of the world, nor and larger ages after you are T his will p rev e n t any loss and we will with “ seeking” and “ knocking” for can M oham rnet. It does no good through acting well your part. know just w here we sta n d . our own special seat in this new Our work We request you to send us th e nam es to w orship either, but to work for Please do sem ething. of Secularists who m ig h t becom e su b heaven is contrary to the spirit of the introduction of the new and drags. We need help. scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. E very F reeth in k er who lives in this new religion, and selfishness beneficial tru th s of nature, all be a city can organize some system atic soon brands itself upon the brow of cause we love our fellow7 men and plan of w’ork and do us untold good. T hursday , J une 7, E. M. 300. him who, as the m illions do, become want to make th is world a happy place for ages yet to come, does do F irst, work, or su p erin ten d the backsliders— infidel to th is n atural good; makes us exceedingly h a p p y ; w orking of your ward, and branch religion. Today, in every country takes away the fear of death, and out as you can. Send us the nam es OUR CO NFUSION A N D IT S REM EDY. in the world, the environm ent into will ultim ately .make new beings of of those L iberally inclined and we which a child is born is such as to us w ithout the trouble of our being will send each a sam ple copy of the C hristians are woefully divided, have his better nature, his desire “ horn ag ain ,” as receiving the forced Torch. F in ally , if there are no F reethinkers in your vicinity, work and th a t too to th eir “ s p iritu a l” for tru th and love for his fellows, and u n n atu ra l faith of the old with the tim ber at hand and d o n ’t creeds is called. It is plain th a t dilution and u ltim ate annihilation; warped, benum bed, dwarfed, m ur when tnen and women are perfectly give up under any consideration. but as yet, L iberals have but little dered by the lies of supernaturalism in love and harm ony by the tra in The building of the Liberal U n i to brag of if the word L iberal means and its a tte n d a n t evils. M any a ing which em ancipated schools of versity, Oregon, is one of the great all th a t m any u n derstand it to youth sta rts out with the very best progressive, m oral Secularism can est undertakings th a t F reethinkers of any age ever inaugurated; and if m ean. So we see the whole world of intentions, but, as a rule, only give under Secularized conditions, it is a success it will be because we they will be as good angels as can is still in a state of confusion. The those hum ans survive who are n a t be im agined. W hat kind of beings are willing to be Free workers as opposing creeds, both C hristian and urally crooked or are bent out of could he more angelic than educat well as F reethinkers. so-called Liberal can not all be shape by their cruel environm ent; ed, refined, loving m others, wives, tru e, and this confusion is the cause and all h u m an ity is now sick with sisters, sw eethearts, fathers, hus L A D IE S , A TTE N TIO N ! bands, brothers and friends? of h u m an ity ’s sufferings. selfishness and crime. Think of it! Can you im agine The unity of the hum an race is Now it is evident th a t the doctors an y th in g better than a perfected Do you know who your friends the greatest idea in the world today of divinity, with th eir old-fashioned hum anity? W ings, did you say? are? Is C h ristian ity the friend of and the question arises how can pill boxes (th eir Bibles), can not Never fear; when all men are free woman, or has it alw ays m ade her harm ony be brought out of this cure the patient. Long and faith they will turn their gaze from play second fiddle in everything? the m ythical anim als of the sky Does your em ancipation depend on awful chaos? I f we endeavor to see fully has the world taken the p at to the real things of earth . L ove the success of Secularism , or on the things as they really are, perhaps ent nostrum s of these quacks. W hat and S cience w’ill give us wings. extension of the m yths and tra d i we m ay discover the quick-acting we w ant is som ething th a t will tions of the church? H ere is a panacea— th e fabled fountain of really and tru ly give H u m an ity pointer: Silverton is noted far and im m ortal youth. Can it be th a t power to “ pick up its bed and w alk,” LET US W ORK SY ST E M A T IC A L L Y . wide as a Secular stronghold, and Mt. Angel, less th an five miles dis there is no cure for the crim e, the and th a t at once. The pretenses of We can do more in the next year ta n t, is strictly a C hristian town. sorrow, the weakness, the useless the medicine men and the hum ble This week an equal suffrage am end agony in our n atu ra lly beautiful, faith of the p atien t will not, can than has been done in the last m ent was voted on by the people of light-receiving and life-producing not, produce the desired effect. The twenty-five toward building up our Oregon, and in the Liberal" Univer- ea rth ? Is it tru e th a t “ it has a l real, true remedy m ust be found, cause, and introducing its noble sity precinct it carried with a large principles, if each F reeth in k er will majo rity , but in Mt. Angel it w ays been so and always w ill?” and then will come a change. do one very sim ple, easy thing, and " as e n t^re^y snowed un d er ’. By M ust our generation pass away The genuine, hard-w orking, take- ., . . J i c j n the next issue of the Torch we will w ithout seeing the daw n of a b rig h t th a t .8: first find an o th er Free- know w hether the S tate is to give all it-on-its-m erit plan of building a er day ? “ Is there no balm in thinker, talk over the best plan of its m oral, intelligent citizens a right U niversity which is to stand for* system atic work in your neighbor- to help m ake the laws th a t they Gilead? the Religion of Science and H um an hood, be it country, town, or city, and their sons are obliged to obey, The “good book” (p arts of it are ity, with its rapid purifying and If in th e country organize a society or w hether the old, w hite-slave re- very bad) says: “Seek and ye shall unifying effects, ie our rem edy, and if you can, no m atter if there are gime is to continue, And if this find; knock, and it shall be opened we only ask those who have held n0 more th an five or six members; noble war for freedom is reported a unto you.” Let us apply this th eir m ental fingers on the pulse of have regular meetings and read, failure it will not be because the sing, speak and discuss the best men of the S tate are Freethinkers, ® .P n or years, sometimes p ia r s for carrying on the work of but because the powerful shackles th e case in hand. In looking over hoping and som etim es despairing, helping build the Liberal Univer- of th e church, which has alw ays the specim ens in our own life’s to carefully watch the effect. D on’t sity. If there are not enough to served the political bosses, are still museum of experiences, we fiud th a t let us be too im patient; give the organize, lay your plans carefully unbroken and th a t the Goddess of w hatever we have had to do with medicine tim e to work; help us and then carry them out. If you Lil>erty is still crucified on the need sam ple copies of the Torch, bloody tree whose two m ain branch- Science and w hatever of love we keep it pure and unm ixed with the don’t be afraid to ask for them , es are known to us as the Catholic have had for our fellow creatures, filth of selfishness; raise the pa- T hink w hat a m ighty power we 1 and P ro testan t S uperstitions.