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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , JU L Y 19, E. M. 300 (1900.)
Torch of Reason
scourge the scribes and Pharisees
in the orthodox churches, it will
probably he because he is afraid of
losing traile.
must be, then, th at the people have tem ple of ours in order, in keeping
sown corruptions, and what can it it in order and in leaching the
T he O nly P ap er of Its K ind.
be but th at which the missionaries young how to do likewise. But
have been sowing in C hina? Lies, working for self furnishes us
P nblished W eekly by th e Liberal U n i­
the black, corrupting lies of C hris­ only a basis on which to do the
versity C om pany, in th e In te re sts of
C onstructive, Moral Secularism .
W ould it he ap p ro p riate for tianity, have alw ays produced real work of life, and the energies
C hristians to pray: “ H eavenly bloodshed and made even a m an ’s thus spent should alw ays be with
J. E. H o sm e r,........................E d ito r father, we thank thee for dam n- foes o f his own household.
the main object in view. We
P. W . G e e r,........................M an ag er ;Jng the whole hum an race, betaine
to ( ’h ris t”
J'b.t what else are we r e 'i p H g 9 .-h-jubLJe-iro t->.
two very green people ate too m any W onderful inventions, such as the (H um anity) always, -for if one loses
world has never seen before; great sight of the good he can do in the
E n te red a t th e postoffiee a t Silverton, green apples?”
O regon, as second-class m ail m a tte r.
public libraries; m useum s, schools world, he soon becomes a narrow,
of science, lite ratu re and art. O, selfish m achine, with a very •r small
HOW T H IN G S SH O ULD MOVE.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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there is a wonderful harvest of object (him self) for which to labor,
Iu every successful business we
fruit, and this fruit, according and when he begins to com prehend
One year, in a d v an c e .......................... $1 00
axiom, is the same as was th at the individual life is very
Six m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ....................
50 find th a t after the necessary ability t()
T h ree m onths, in a d v a n c e ...............
25 to do the work, success comes from eown, and it is certainly not C hris- short, his object begins to grow
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
t ' an
Scientific tru th s have sm aller and sm aller, until he is at
in a d v an c e ...........................................
75 dispatch, coupled with endurance.
M oney should be se n t by registered
If a carpenter fram es a rafter and been sown, and, in spite of the old last disgusted, discouraged and,
le tte r or m oney order.
then sits down and waits, the rafter weeils <>f falsehood, we have quite finally, has nothing lor which to
will not go to its place, at.d such a a harvest. And now the little gar- live and labor. But he who works
Notice!
w aiting fellow can not successfully den known as the L. U. O. has with the larger, more lasting object
build a house.
W ith successful been planted, and m any are watch of H um anity in view, stu d y in g ,
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes
th a t your su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . workers,when a tim ber is ready, up ing it as its F reethought seeds toiling, getting the in stru m e n ta li­
You are earn estly requested to re ­ it goes to its place, and another hum bly lift their little cotyledons ties with which to bring peace,
new so th a t you m ay receive th e p a ­
We love, liberty and tru th on earth
per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . We have de­ and another board, lath or shingle toward the beautiful light.
cided th a t it is .b e s t for all concerned goes on with alacrity, u n til the who have sown and cultivated it and good will to men, has an ever-
th a t we do no t send p ap ers longer th a n
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. house is com pleted. Knowing this, believe its seeds of tru th , unm ixed increasing interest in life and its
T his will p rev en t any lows and we will and th at delays are very injurious with weeds, will produce a perfect object, respects him self as a p art of
know ju st w here we sta n d .
We request you to send us th e nam es in business and especially in such antidote for the poisons of su p er­ the great object, never loses the
oi Secularists who m ig h t becom e sub- a new and com bated enterprise as stition; and surely our garden, right kind of faith, hope nor c h a r­
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
our F reethought school, it makes free from the noxious dogmas, will ity, and, dying, “ wraps the d ra p ­
us alm ost, if not quite sick, to wait. bring to the world w hat it is itself ery of his couch about him and
T hursday , J uly 19, E. M. 300. But a t present we are obliged to in ernbryo--Science(classified truth), lies down to” perfect rest .
wait.
We dare not go in debt love, peace, union—an earth ly p a r­
Po love im aginary gods and to
T H E SERM O N ON T H E MOUNT.
more than we are at present, and adise; for verily we say unto keep their priest-invented com ­
.Matt y . 1-fi.
we haven’t the money to complete all who read these lines, th a t m andm ents has been the object of
even th a t p art of the building now whatsoever men soweth th a t will m any peoples for m any ages, and
W e, seeing th e m u ltitu d e s,
And how they are set
iu the course of construction; and they also reap, for if they sow to with w hat result? The priests,
On praying to m yths,
devils,
saviors,
egoistic th eir judges and kings have had
to m ake it worse, the time before gods,
W hich cause them to fret
next y e a r’s school work is very heavens, hells and m iracles, they plenty of m utton; the people have
’Bout angels, an d ghosts,
short. Every day should he a day will reap a harvest of lies, cor­ toiled much harder than is good
And devils, an d G od,
Forever rem aining
of progress, or we will again be ruptions of all kinds, fear, hate, for th eir health; diseases of body
In m iracles’ fog.
If and mind have swept off' m illions
ham pered in our work with unfin­ fakes, crime, poverty and wars
Should open o u r m ouths
ished, inconvenient rooms and the they sow to Science, hu m an ity , of the b^st types; the cultivation of
And teach th e m , by say in g :
“ You can do b e tter work
rattle-te-bang of the carpenter’s honesty, investigation and love, the m ental faculties and the acqui­
If you do less of praying.
ham m er, axe and saw; and teachers they will reap the tru th and th e sition of knowledge has been neg­
To he poor in our bodies,
happy condition which tru th alone lected; poverty^ crime, p en iten ti­
know what th a t means.
Or poor in onr purse.
O r poor in our sp irit,
How we do wish th at some of us can bring. We m ust carefully aries, asylum s, dens and everything
Is alw ays a curse.
had “cents” enough to solve this nourish the plants in our L. U. O. bad have m arched on to the re­
To ix? h ap p y ’« a d u ty ;
financial problem at once. But we garden (p arad isu s) th a t we m ay ligious music of priest-befuddled,
Though grief may"he borne,
would-be saints; while the world
m ust not get too anxious till after have a bountiful harvest.
I t ’s to nobody's in te re st
T h at any should m ourn.
has waited for our generation to
the 20th inst., for if each one of our
l o r all to be m eeklings
friends puts a sm all am ount into T H E D IR EC TIO N OF OUR LIM - bring N atu re’s revelation from the
W ould soon cause a d e arth
IT E D E N E R G IE S .
great eternal all through the
the C ontribution Box it will solve
Of real m en and women
To in h e rit th e e a rth .
tru ly auointed kings of H um anity.
the whole problem , and our m ental
It
can
never
be
em
phasized
too
Dear reader, w hat are you living
energy m ay be preserved for better
To be fill’d is th e blessing,
N ot h u n g er and th ir s t;
purposes th an crying for the where­ much th at every in d iv id u al’s en er­ for? Is it self? Is it money? Is
And regarding C h ris t’s serm on,
w ithal to properly clothe our ra p id ­ gies, and the energies of the whole it a god? Is it for Jesus? Is it, to
T h e re ’s noth in g m uch w orse;
hum an fam ily, are lim ited, and gain a home for your little self in a
ly growing L. U. O.
For it causes sta g n a tio n ;
th
a • t the m anner in which these en- j com fortable heaven of any kind?
*
And th e whole w retched hand
ergies are used, and the objects on O, generation of vipers, flee from
T hink th e ir m iseries a blessing,
M hen, really, th e y ’re dam ned.
SO W ING A N D R E A P IN G .
which our m ental and physical the w rath to come! Seek ye first
powers are exerted, are very im ­ the republic of m an, the great
In m athem atics we have axioms, portant . Every ounce of energy
The preacher’s stock-in-trade is
brotherhood of our race, the feder­
and,
taking
a
proposition,
we
rea­
spent on th a t which does not ele­ ation of the world, and all those
his flock’s ignorance of our Savior
son
hack
to
one
of
these
self-evi­
vate m akes, not only the spender things will sink into insignificance
Science.
dent tru th s, and if all is harm ony hut the whole world lack th a t good
and life will be life indeed instead
If there is a good god he should we feel satisfied th a t our propo­ which the energy expended m ight of a narrow, selfish struggle tow ard
let honest F reethinkers know th at sition is true. Here ip a Bible have brought.
nothing worth having.
he exists; the fact th a t he does not, axiom : \\ hatsoever a m an sow­
Follow ing up one of the ideas
It is foolish, in the absence of all
eth, th a t shall he also reap .” If in Prof. W a k tm a n ’s last week’s,
proves th a t he is not.
proof, to suppose th a t there is an- ‘
this is true of a m an it m ust be serm on, we see th a t every in d i-t
other life, but w hether there is or
tru e of a people, a i d we could state vidual is a t part
. of the new C
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hrist,
Teach the young th a t clear con­
not, all our energies are needed in
it thus: W hatsoever a people sow- i. e„ a p art of H u m an ity , and wnen
sciences, honest purpose and e n th u ­
this one; and w hether there is a
eth, th at shall they also reap, we are filled with love for this
siasm for knowledge, are the best
God or not, our attention, our love
Now, what have we, the people, C hrist we become, indeed, temples
churches, priests and worshipers.
and adoration should all be ex­
been sowing? Look at w hat we of a new and better Holy Ghost, j
pended on H um anity, where it is
are reaping! Are we not reaping Then one of our first duties is t o 1
When Jesus comes, if he doesn’t corruptions of m any kinds? It expend our energies in puttiug this | so mfleh needed and where it can
do so much good.