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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1900)
T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 2, E. M. 300 (1900.; 8 o aoooo o o o o o c o o o o o c o o o o o o N E W S AND NOTES. OOOOOC o - o o < x x OOOOOC OOOOOO Our C ontribution Box is alw ays open, w hether we are having a Donation Day or not. ... . page entitled “ A Liberal Offer.” It h as a new addition this week, and we hope it will have another next week. C arpenters, painters and tinners have been working on the L. U. O. building the past week, and just as we go to press the last ol the scaf folding is falling. Now for the porch and the inside work. J u s t as we anticipated, the dona tions were not all in when we went to press last week, and we are pleased to p rin t a good list in this issue. Probably this will rem ind others who have not contributed th at it is “ better late than never,” and we shall be pleased to hear from them . The later contributions for Do nation Day are acknowledged in the “ Contribution Box” this week. T his am ount, together with the sum acknowledged last week, makes the total amount, received for this occasion, $226.90. Let us thank you all once more for your kind consideration of this great en ter prise, which, with these friends, is bound to succeed. We are no less grateful to those whose nam es a p pear in the contribution box this week than we are to those m en tioned last week. We th an k you, one and all. The Bible God is a m yth. M iracles were never really per formed. The Bible story of creation is not true. The Bible is not a good guide. The sermon on the m ount is not an infallible guide. { ' h ric♦ ’ o r* »-♦ v rlnpB not nfivfliipp ci viiiZtttiuii. C h ristian ity does not advance m orality. We wish to meet our Tillam ook opponents in a friendly wav and discuss any of the above or kindred subjects on or before A ugust 1st. W ill they accommodate us? J. E. H osmer , President L.U.O. P. O. Box No. 106. The above challenge we extend to any of the m inisters of the gos- pel(?) of Jesus C hrist in the world, and if distance, etc., prevents a r rangem ents for our m eeting, we shall be pleased to give our oppon ents equal space in our Torch of Reason. “ Come now, and let us reason together.” “ The Dead Study of Dead L angu ages.” This was the h ap p y phrase by which T hom as Paine described the stupid stu d y of Greek and L atin in his day, chiefly to prevent the knowledge th a t would lead to the em ancipation of the Peonies. The phrase occurs in the E x tra c t on the second column of this paper, page 1, n in th line from the bottom, which, instead of “dead languages,” should read “ the dead studv of dead languages.” The omission was a p rin ter’s accident, and we take this way of calling attention to the omission and to the im portance of We gratefully acknowledge the the words them selves. We hope receipt of a com plim entary ticket th a t all of those E x tracts will he to an excursion from Chicago to read and considered as proofs and Michigan City on Sunday, August illu stra tio n s of the constructive 12th, at 9:30 a. m., from the foot of purpose of Paine’s religious wait State street. This excursion is ings, which were the real basis of given by the Chicago Liberal So his R epublicanism . To read Paine ciety, one of the few societies hold from th a t point of view is needful, ing meetings through the sum m er but may be unusual, so we rep rin t season. This society deserves the for re-reading the most relevant hearty support and co-operation of paragraphs from the Age o f Reason. But nothing was more incisive every Liberal in the neighborhood than those words om itted. The of Chicago. You are welcome every use of study to prevent or m isdirect Sunday m orning, 11 o’clock, at the learning, wisdom and progress is meetings in C orinthian H all, 17th one of the most interesting c h a p floor of the Masonic Temple, where ters in the history of oppression by Dr. T. B. Gregory will tell you repression. M acaulay alludes to it as the principal m eans bv which som ething you need to know. Mr. th e progress of the Reform ation G. B. Wheeler, 221 V ilas Place, the was arrested by the Jesuits, who chairm an of this excursion, will he became largely the schoolm asters pleased to tell you all about it and 1 of Europe. The P rotestants proved furnish round trip tickets for only themselves ready adepts at the same game as soon as they became 75 cents. the educators, nor have they for gotten the m ethods to this day. It A CHALLENGE. is because of th a t fact th a t our Liberal U niversity is a necessary The following appeared in the suggestion and m eans of the em an Tillamook H eadlight and the T ill cipation of education. The most illusory, or rath er treacherous, in amook H erald, Ju ly 26: stitu tio n s in these respects a r t A CHALLENGE. those which are called “ non-sec To the end th a t the great U n i ta ria n ,” in which no religion or versal cause of T ruth and R ight morals are really taught, for the may be advanced, I hereby c h a l fear of offending somebody. These lenge any of the ordained m inisters are sim ply monumei ts of im po of the city of Tillam ook to publicly tence and indifference,if not of m oral debate any of the following su b cowardice. Every m an and woman jects: worthy of the nam e, and who is The Ingersoll Chair abreast with this age, knows p e r fectly well th a t hum an life, and therefore education, must be pre The am ounts subscribed and paid sided over by G od and his theo- logic priests or servants, or by in for the Ingersoll C hair are set M an , in the interests of Science forth below. This sum is actu ally and H u m an ity ; th a t the object and u ltim ate of the first is the old in the hands of our treasurer to he ritim n p d r e a m of a “ H eaven” of safely invested, the income only to “celestial m ansions;” the object of 1 be used. s. the other is the healthy, hearty, 0 M r. G eorge A nderson, E n g lan d 5 useful life on this earth as the be M r. Alfred M arsh, 3 0 ginning and anticipation of the M rs. E . H olyoake M arsh, 10 “ E a rth ly P aradise,” which, as sure Mr. Rotiert Xpplegarth, 10 1 0 as the law of Evolution, we are M r. J . M. G unson, 1 0 Mr. A rth u r G in to n , here to realize. Every intelligent 1 0 M r. Sidney G hi ton, m an is now called upon to decide M r. Jo h n Leach, 1 0 9 0 w hether his life and service is to M r. T hos. Allsop, 5 0 he devoted to spook ghosts, and a Mr. W . H olyoake B yron Sm ith 1 0 m irage dream , with their Sham ans Miss P h ip so n , 10 A. H . and F akirs, or to the H um an W orld Dr. G . Sw orn, 1 0 of Scienee and M an , which is the M rs. H olyoake S m ith , 1 0 1 0 present reality, and our and their in M iss J u lia C. S m ith , 1 0 evitable hum an future on this M r. T. R. M udie, 5 M r. A. S u m n er. ea ith . The idea of putting spooks M rs. D aniel B aker 1 0 9 0 and dream s at the head of modern H e rb e rt S pencer. . 1 0 education! Paine was entirely right M r. Ja s. W allace, S c o tla n d .. . . $10.00 i L. P. M axam , M ich.................... in his day about the “classical 5.00 Geo. N. H ill, B oston, M a s s .... studies” and the use m ade of them , E v a Ingersoll Brown, N. Y. . . . 50.00 which ended in the “ industrious ig Prof. D aniel T. Ames, C a l......... 10.00 1.00 norance” of Latin versification, Benj. D uval, C ol........................... which drew the sarcasm of even the old Tory, Dr. Sam. Johnson. T hen the Science of Linguistics C o n tr ib u tio n B ox. was not. Now it is the backbone and largely the substance of H u man H istory ami Social Evolution. Q<KXK><>O<XX><XX>CKXXXX> 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 < By words the Philosophy of the T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . W orld has been worked out and unconsciously recorded hv the race. T h is is O u r B u ild in g Fun d In th eir words they have preserved C o n tr ib u tio n B o x . tbeir true Genesis and handed down ’ 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 / to us the reins, by which we are to P reviously a ck n o w le d g e d ... $170.75 drive the coursers of tim e onward D onation Day c o n trib u tio n s 207.80 into the Future. 2.00 Jo h n Wolfe, M t. M orris, III. M athematics are the keys to the 1.00 W arren P enw ell, P a n a , III.. I objective world and its sciences— 1.00 W. M arq u ard so n , Scipio, U. from the stars— up to Man. 1.00 H . A llen, S ilv erto n , O re .. . . L inguistics , the m odern’ Science 5.00 J. D iam ond, C oburg, O r e ... of Language, places in our hands 5.00 V. H iggins, P t. Isab el, Ohio the keys which unlock the past, 25 J . M cA rdle, O m aha, Neb. .. make intelligible our present, and 1.00 G. J . M oser, Buffalo, N. Y .. open to our entranced sight the 1.60 S. W. W etm ore, ,, ,, . glorious transfo: m ation scenes of 25 E .C . Jo n e s, E ast L ynne,M o. the H um an Paradise. 1.00 M. M. D aw scn, New York . Of all of the E m ancipations of Science, th at of language— its ori gin, contents, laws and results, is only equalled in interest and u tility by the progress of A stronom y. W ould that Paine could have fore seen som ething of th a t!— which the 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 students of L. U. O. may 90011 hope to begin to see. T . b . w . A Liberal Offer. A good friend of the L. U. O. has offered to donate Two T housand D ollars in cash to our institu tio n if other F reethinkers will raise it to Five T housand. Let us fill up the contribution box! L ater — Mr. R. C. B urtis of M ich igan adds one thousand dollars to the above offer. At this rate we will soon be able to go ahead with our building. “ A friend who helps quick helps double.” S till L ater .— A friend in Silver- ton offers fifty dollars on the above plan. The am ount already re ceived and acknowledged in the C ontribution Box, goes to help m ake up the balance of this fund, which now lacks only $1552.35 o f being complete. C an't we, by a special effort, reach this am ount before Septem ber 1 st? 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