6 T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O REG O N , JU L Y 19, E. M. 300 (1900.) sim ply illusion, fraud, or hypocrisy, F o r thp Torch of Reason W H A T WE HAVE “ Has Hell been O bliterated.” especially the latter. The soul or TO S E L L . religion of a people is the action University Number of Freethought Magazine BY MRS. M. M. TU R N ER . and result of their nervous systems, W ith Pearl W . < z ee r't p o rtrait 1 5 c and the attem p t to con vert the Chi- Epitome of Positive Philosophy Dese religion io to th e Y ankee’s m ost “ The Rev. George W olf C hunn By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... | 5 C be preceded by m aking the Y ankee has an article in the North American , i s A BOOK O F . . . brains lake th e placg ol the C h in a -, Review for June, ‘R i s Hell been Freethought: Past Present and Future. O bliterated,’ he says: ‘The appeal m an ’s, which is sim ply absurd By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re am i life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12 to fear has wellnigh ceased, and No trepanning or surgical opera copies, $1,00; e a c h ........................ -JOc lion can help the m atter. Religions y e t ‘here is no fact which we are so Emancipation of Education. cannot be exchanged like coats, compelled to see as th e fact of An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T. B. and those absurd and destructive retribution. The law of retrib u tio n W akeman , D elivered on th e in co r On th e follow ing an d attem p ts should be m ade to subside works in our present life. It is p o ratio n of th e L iberal U n iv ersity . k in d re d S u b jects : P ric e ....................................................... 5 c by tu rn in g the light of Science fair to assum e th a t w hat holds gotal upon them . How destructive t h e y . '" 'h e present life, th a t which is a S e l f C o n t r o l Photographs of the Faculty are, and why, we m av show further p art of m an ’s very structure here, g e ( f R e s p e c t of th e Lil»eral U n iv ersity , s u it able for fram in g . P r ic e .............. 5 0 c hereafter. In a word, they cannot will continue hereafter. We may W h a t is M o ra lity ? the notion oi of a m aterial Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. give a new faith, hut they discon give up tne hell, b u t we cannot give up the W h a t is Ignorance cert and dem oralize the old. We doctrine of retribution. W hat then P r ic e .......................................... .. 10c Fraud a C rim e have only space now to indicate the has become of hell? I t has not Freethought Magazine H a b it, 2 n d N a tu re been obliterated. Men in our day way out, which is this: for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o retribution in P o liten ess rial n u m b e r; O cto b er, w ith W e should do for other peoples have overlooked W a k e m a n ’s sp e e c h ; N ovem ber, seeking to g e t rid of M aterialistic w hat we did by Jap an ,th ro u g h Com w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. faculty. notions concerning hell. The tim e W isdom P ric e ....................................................... 15c m odore P erry in 1S q 2, only better. has come to recall the awful fact of E tc , e tc ., e tc . Forstner Auger Bit. Give them protection and the Sci retribution, hut it m ust be done O ne of th ese c h a p te rs is ence and m aterials to g rad u ally directly, and alw ays with those W o rth m ore to P rice, any s iz e .............................. 6 0 c Y oung and old th a n th e exceptions in mind which so g reat grow into a higher and better civili Liberal and Scientific Books P rice of th e book. zation, from the basis of the re ly modi by it.’” From “ The L iterary of all k in d s. See a d v e rtise m e n t . . IT S H O U L D B E IN . . Digest” for June. elsew here. ligions morals and custom s they The Rev. Mr. G. W olf C hunn is Send all o rd ers to have already evoluted up to. But not willing to give up the doctrine T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o , do not knock the bottom out of of a hell of some kind. T h a t which a n d r e c e iv e a S ilve rto n . Oregon $i„®® men suffer here for w rongdoing is n e a tly c lo th " everything by sm ashing, suddenly b o u n d c o p y , p o s t p a id . not enough as Mr. C hunn thinks. We believe th a t c a rd s lik e th e fo llow ing copy, and directly, such religions, m orals, neatly p rin te d and d istrib u te d all over th e U n it When the brain ceases to act and ed S tates, w ill help us to b u ild th e L iberal U ni A G E N T S W ANTED. cu sto m .-an d governm ents as they , he muaciPg and neryeB are at peace, versity. Header, how m any can you d is trib u te to good advantage? '» his will co«t you n o th in g b u t A D D R ESS- happen to have. Above all, don’t there m ust be, according to this a little effort, and may help th e cause of Free- th o u g h t very m uch horrify all of their holiest feelings theory of continued retribution, by an in stan t reversal. The C hina some p art of the individual th a t S zlverton ... f iv e .. - O regon . Cjj ’k can carry the unrepented, u n V % R E A S ONS W HY man is based upon ancestry-w or forgiven sin across the border th a t ship and the continuity of his social more retribution can be meted out f YOU . .F o r s t n e r ’s. . life and custom s, through genera to it in the way of some kind of tions of high Fetichism . You tell torture, “ w hether for one year or S hould H e lp to B uild him th a t all his ancestors are two or for eternity, it is not IS INVALUABE TO seething in H ell, th a t his present m aterial to decide” a s Mr. C hunn Libera I U n iversity thinks. The one im portant thing is C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , life is d am n atio n , from which he to get the sinner into hell. In this AT SILVERTON, OREGON. such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e can only escape .by traitorously de tragedy of the universe the only place of chisel a n d gouge; to serting all his family and race and actors are the brainless, nervless, 1 I t will h e lp m any young m en and C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- young women to a high er ed u catio n who individual som ething called the tak in g a lone-eternity in your im ellin g , p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and otherw ise will grow up w ith o u t its great k n o ts. In fact, no possible sky-parlor. Do you won soul and an om nipotent om niscient advantages. god who m ade for himself a home 2 It will educate w orkers for th e great der then th at he thinks you are a of peace and happiness in heaven. W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r- forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro er of piano9, o rgans, sew ing m ach in es, “ foreign devil,’’who ought to be put If Mr. C hunn could know all th a t gress. a g ric u ltu ra l im p le m e n ts, sash , b lin d s, 3 It w ill forever silence th e accusation out of the way, as you would a leads to sin in the way of in h eri fu rn itu re , nor th a t S ecu larists have n ev er done a n y tance, ignorance, superstition and rattlesn ak e? th in g. A n y O ther W oodw orker, should t»e the bitter struggle with poverty 4 It will h a sten th e tim e w hen Reason Look on y o ur m ap. See the vari w ithout it. and w ant, he m ight feel th a t, in an d Love will reig n , and w hen s u p e rs ti ous confluents which m ake the stead of retribution, justice re tion and h a te will l>e forever gone. AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. 5 I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to m ighty rivers. Never can you quired some com pensation for the build yourself and o th e rs a m o n u m en t, Il '8 th e only ro u n d b it in th e world make one confluent run over the hum an being brought into ex ist w hile you y et live, th a t will do a m illion t h a t w ill bore a SQ U A R E H O LE ence in conditions for which he is tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost costly m ountain ranges of time and space a n d do all th a t any o th e r one of cold, senseless m arb le. b it will do. th a t divide them , and be “con in no way responsible, but which m ake th a t existence oue long agony verted” into another. But notice, from the cradle to the grave. PRICE I f a ll h e lp a lit t le , w e c a n a c larger and stronger they . « grow, un Is Mr. C hunn virtuous because ! °/Ave’<^ ^ eren.t.s‘ze8,PO8tl)a^' $2.60 c o m p lis h m u c h . W ill you h e lp . .60 til they gradually converge into a he loves virtue for itself, or because ‘ in>i ’ ’ P °8 Pal a lit t le ? m ighty “ F ath er of W aters,” bear- he fears retribution? ing the commerce and helping and ^o m an Catholic priest, for a A ddress LIBERAL 03898221 .... . Six Tracts to Promote . . . price, gives absolution for sins. SILVERTON OREGON. cheering the intercourse of nations, I'n ,e blood of Christ "is a full and until sufficient sacrifice for the sins of ocean the whole world.” Surely, be- In Place of C h ris tia n ity : Let this suggest how all “ the re- tween the Rom an C atholic priest, 1 Can Sms be Forgiven? ligions” m ay be gradually guided C hrist and good, sound common 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil sense, hell has been obliterated. and leveled to converge and flow ization? The doctrine of a soul aud hell 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? on helpfully together into the all- has no proof. 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