4 THE TORCH O F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JULY 26, E. M. 300 (1900.) i , " Quoting Jesus words, “ love your enem ies.” did not seem to change The Only Paper of Its Kind. m atters much either. He insists th at the scriptures clearly show P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U n i­ that it is best to “ leave them alone” versity C om pany, in the In te re sts of and that it is im possible for him to C onstructive, Moral S ecularism . j do good to those who h ate him although he would gladly forgive . .. . Editor J. E. H osm er,. them if they come and ask forgiv- . M anager ‘ ness in a proper spirit. Now some P. W. G eer,. . . •.*>.* ».<• ' • -, - think he is wrong, and yet a G od’s » , : j. • »«J « Entered a t th e postoffice at S ilverton, book should he so w ritten th a t Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r. “ way-faring men though fools need not err therein,” ness of any of it will show th at it arouse ourselves as we never have is im perfect and not divine, this before, and cease our m ourning will suffice. and put away our meekness. Let ‘‘Blessed are the poor in spirit.” us shout aloud, so th a t all may If it is a good thing to have a hear the good tidings of great joy spirit, it is certainly not a blessing th a t a brighter and better day is to have it a poor one. C hristians daw ning. are not agreed as to what the “ Blessed are they which do spirit is, hut if by sp irit is m eant hunger and th irst after righteous- m ird . ho w fo o lis h a ih jn a if is |p ..nPRs. C-T- th.-.u-_a.V.o.l-L think a p e r s c E * a Uü-dtV”' ’jji wpef Oofidfûufis," ’petTp'ie poor mind and th a t he would be would be continu ally filled with more apt to inherit the kingdom of righteousness. To be hungry and heaven on account of his weak­ thirsty for righteousness shows a SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ness. If heaven is a home for im ­ lack of it, and it is a curse to be beciles, we prefer to be dam ned starving or choking to death for One year, in a d v an c e .......................... $1 On M O UNTAIN CAMP. Six m o nths in a d v an c e .................... 50 with fire, because we would soon the want of this very essential con­ T hree m o n th s, in a d v an c e ................ 25 get used to it; and we’ve seen dition of m ind. Many C hristians In clubs of five or m ore, one year, People are apt to “get wheels in in a d v a n e e .......................................... 7 > enough im becility in this world. are em pty a good share of the time, Money should be sent by registered their heads” if they work and “ Blessed are they th a t m ourn, for and if one can judge by their state­ le tte r or m oney order. think loo long on the sam e subject they shall be comforted. Blessed m ents a t “ experience m eetings,” without a change so we (th e editor) are the meek, for they shall inherit they think it a sm art thing to be Notice! in com pany with the sweetest and the e a rth .” Should we be meek, unrighteous so as to be very best young lady he ever met(his wife) V • * <1 / k i ' . • — » ■ - m ournful creatures instead of a hungry. One who does rig h t as A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes m ounted one of those most wouder- th a t your subscription lias e x p ire d . brave and happy people? It can near as he knows how need not You are earn estly requested to re ­ ful wheel horses, hum an steam new so th a t you m ay receive th e p a ­ engines, traveling gym nasium s and not be tru e; and if the C hristians worry about being blessed. He p e r w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have de­ w ant to be really blessed, they had has enough righteousness to eat cided th a t it is best for all concerned em bryonic flying m achines, the th a t we do n o t send papers longer th a n bicycle, and started for a cooler better take the Torch of R eason’s and d rin k all the time, and if the th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. advice instead of th a t of their young are well born and trained T his will p rev e n t any loss a n d we w il’ clim ate on the beach of the great “ blessed m aster.” It is not best properly they will have strong, know ju st w here we sta n d . Pacific. We request you to send us th e nam es for any to m ourn. Be happy; robust characters, unlike those who I t is night and as we write by of Secularists who m ight becom e su b ­ work for w hat you honestly think need to be filled continuallv * with scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. the light of the cam p fire we | is right, and your life will be worth artificial, look-at-me-be-good rig h t­ feel happy to th in k th a t there is, much to yourselves, to your friends eousness. particularly speaking,a new canal in T hursday , J uly 26, E. M. 300. and to the world. I t is a good It would be a poor sermon, in ­ this locality which, as far as we are th in g ’ to be comforted when we are deed, th a t had no good in it, and concerned, is much more im portant I f the Torch of Reason and than the N icaragua canal. It is forced to m ourn, but it is not a some things in this Christian m as­ Liberal U niversity are not doing our A lim entary canal which is blessing for people to m ourn for terpiece, when separated from the ju st w hat is for the best interests sure to be much bene fit ted by our the sake of being comforted any chaff, are food for the mind, but of F reethought and the Religion of short outing before next year's more than it is for a man and wife they are purely hum an, as their Science and H um anity, write to us active school work begins. To be to fight in order to kiss and make origin, their history, the illogic about it. We need help, and sure, every p art of our hum an up. of m any of them , and the light The priests have alw ays advised perhaps the very best help you can anatom y is lam e and sore, but my, of modern thought plainly show. the people to be meek, and it seems give us, dear reader, is the very low we eat! Y esterday, in the to us unnecessary to show why. thing needed. W illam ette valley, although it is But those who have taken the ad ­ The King of Death not as bad as the East, we suffered vice, t’heir children and their ch il­ We asked a C hristian the o th er with the heat, and here it is cool d re n ’s children have inherited very day to loan us a bicycle and being and delightful all day. sm all portions of the earth in cou- BY R. G. INGERSOLL. Well, the cam p fire is low and stubbornly refused, after much sequence, while the priests of re­ urging we quoted: “ And from him we m ust sleep, so as the sleeping ligion and the priests of politics th a t would borrow of thee tu rn not ap artm en ts of M ountain cam p are have owned it all and made us How is it known th a t it was in order we give our readers a rest thou aw ay.” Our friend saw the slaves. « • » r T he children of meekness claim ed, d u rin g the life of Christ, trap , acted em barrassed, but still and go to roost. Good night. are born to poverty and are stood th a t he had w rought a m iracle? clung to the bicycle. V erily, the up before cunningly devised in ­ And if the claim was made, how is products of science are more’ T H E SERM O N ON T H E MOUNT. stru m en ts of death to protect and it known th a t it was not denied? valuable th an th e teachings of secure the earth for those who are Did the Jews believe th a t Christ Jesus. M att. 5. far from being meek. If these was clothed with m iraculous power? Our little rhym es in last week’s false doctrines were not w ritten ex­ W ould they have dared to- crucify Jesus never rode a bicycle. Do issue, composed from the exam ina­ pressly for the priests’ use in rob­ a man who had the power to thrill you suppose he will learn how tion of th e first six verses of the bing the people, they have a t least the dead with life? Is it not when he comes again in his glory? Sermon on the M ount, caused us to been used for th a t purpose and are wonderful th a t no one at the trial W e ask this with all reverence, as study this most of all divine(?) the very best of instrum ents. T h e' of C hrist said one word about the the preachers say. We w ant people pieces of literatu re in regard to its priests need only to point to the m iracles he had wrought? Nothing to * see how foolish it is to be wait- practicability as a guide. To show words of Jesu s in case we rebel about the sick th a t he had healed, ing for the coming of an old Jew ish, th a t it is faulty, and thus not d i­ against the unm eek. Be meek! or the dead th a t he had raised? If trad itio n al savior, and nothing vine, is our object, to the end th a t Take your medicine, ye meek and C hrist had w rought the miracle« much can be done tow ard bringing C hristians m ay be led to the light lowly, for it is God’s will; and if attrib u ted to him ; if he had cured about right conditions until we of our Religion of Science and they take your sons and set them the m aim ed, the leprous, and the stop w aiting for som ething to Come H um anity. We will say nothing in the front of b attle and craftily h alt; if he had changed the night from the skies. W e m ust look to about its being w ritten, not by watch the game of robbing others of blindness into blessed day; if he the earth for our redem ption from Jesus, but, even according to for th eir own aggrandizem ent, re­ had wrested from the fleshless hand ( hristian scholars themselves, years member th a t, “ Blessed are they of avaricious death the stolen jewel* ignorance and sin. after C hrist was dead, by priests or th a t m ourn, for they shall be com­ of a life, and clothed again with disciples. C hristians say from forted.” They will g ra n t you a throbbing flesh the pulseless dust, A C hristian of S ilverton, one of memory; we th in k m ostly from pension, or board and lodge you in he would have won the love and