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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
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Fraud
a
C
rim
e
have only space now to indicate the has become of hell? I t has not
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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
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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
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Y
oung
and
old
th
a
n
th
e
exceptions
in
mind
which
so
g
reat­
grow into a higher and better civili­
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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?
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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. It is an in stru m en t
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