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T H E TORCH O F REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUGUST 9, E. M. 300 (l*W .)
Called to P reach th e T ru th !
certainly better prom ote both edu- leading Liberals of E urope and
cation and m orals, than the puerile America. Let th is U niversity be-
nonsenee at present prevailing there cornea Beacon L ight of the E a rth ly
BY T. B. W AKEM AN.
But the Clergy are not ready for Paradise! Did you ever feel a
Rev. J. P. B land’s notew orthy th a t reform yet, and no one stands drift, a ‘‘call ’ to the old m inistry?
Now th
a t is
new
Articles on “The Gospel of Evolu- ready to supply the deficiency. xww
u.av
.r a surer call to
w the
m e »cv
lion ” in the Boston Investigator o f 1 Scientists and scholars d are not yet — to replace error, fraud and false
Ju ly 28 came to this “ conclusion of publicly attem pt it.” T h e a p p a re n t hood by the actual realization of
the whole m atter” :—
hope of Mr. Tenney is, th at “ Theo- the True, the Good, the Noblel Do
“ Since we now clearly see our logical drivel cannot subsist for- you think th at you can tu rn back
earth ly goal, and see, too. the main ever.” Therefore the “clergy them - after putting “ your hands to tha
conditions on which its attain in g selves are very gradually approach- plow,” or th at you will not find a
depends, our chief duty lies in ing the goal of common sense and devil in all the universe to meet you
if you do? If for personal and ego-
bringing this knowledge home to will get there in duef?J tim e.”
We ask seriously, is it the best istic motives you have deserted
men. and in doing our best to per­
suade them to obey it. And any th a t can be done for H um anity to and proven false to the highest, the
noblest of life in your day and gen­
religion which rises to the level of wait u n til the Clergy gradually
eration, will not th a t Devil of R e­
today's tru th , m ust in some way evolute into “common sense,” and
voice these things and seek to make actually discover th a t they and the morse find his home in your heart?
H um an Race are living and are to
them flesh and sp irit.”
T hat E arth ly goal is described in live in and for this world?
W H A T WE HAVE
No! The progress of m ankind can
these words:
TO S E L L .
“ 1 should like you to bear in never wait for the Clergy to con­
They are too University Number of Freethought Magazine
mind th a t life’s real and only s u ­ vert them selves.
W ith P e a rl W. G e e r’s p o r t r a i t . -15c
preme problem is sim ply and sole­ turtle-like to expect them to lead
ly this: How can we all live so as unless there are coals close behind Epitome of Positive Philosophy
By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... ( 5 C
to experience as much as possible them or on their backs. The Sci­
of rational and honorable hap p i­ entists and Liberals are com para­ Freethought: Past, Present and Future.
ness, and as little as possible of any tively a few, but they are the d riv ­
By T. B. W akbman , w ith p ictu re
an
d life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12
ers
and
leaders
of
the
rest
of
the
thing else?
And the solving of
copies,
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this problem lies in first pointing world. Only as the people at large
Emancipation of Education.
out the causes on which this h ap p i­ are educated, aroused and led by
In au g u ral A ddress, by T. B.
ness depends, and next in seeking them , will the Clergy advance in to | W An
akeman , D elivered on th e in co r­
p o ratio n oi th e L iberal U n iv ersity .
to control these causes so as to lead the higher M inistry oi the Religion
of
Science
and
H
um
anity.
The
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them to yield it.”
In his statem ents of w hat the Theological students who find the Photographs of the Faculty
of th e L iberal U n iv ersity , s u it­
“ causes” and conditions of rational T ruth about Evolution to he as
ab le for fram ing. P ric e ................ 5 O c
stated
in
Mr.
B
land’s
Gospel
of
and honorable happiness really
are, be seems to lay em phasis upon Evolution, should go right forward Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2.
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providing to be born well; to be to fit themselves to become educated
and
worthy
exponents
before
the
Freethought Magazine
nourished and trained well; to he
for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o­
educated so as to meet our environ­ people of th at Gospel of Evolution,
rial n u m b e r;
O ctober,
w ith
and
not
wait
for
the
“
T
u
rtle”
Clergy
m ent well; and, lastly, to expend
W a k e m a n ’s sp e ec h ; N ovem ber,
w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. faculty.
our lives in m eeting it, effectively to crawl up to the work in the
course
of
ages.
If
in
the
m
eantim
e
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and pleasantly. If we err in these
inferences let us be corrected, but you have to take refuge “ behind Forstner Auger Bit.
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till then, we venture to ask, as to the b a r-’ as a lawyer, or as a doctor
or teacher, or to take to any other Liberal and Scientific Books
all of them — W h y ?
Can any individual attain this calling as a means of living, do it,
of all k in d s. See a d v e rtise m e n t
but
always
with
the
reserve
that
elsew
here.
rational and honorable happiness
Send
all orders to
of himself, by him self and for him ­ your “call to the m in istry ” was, to
T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o ,
S ilve rto n . Oregon
self “ alone”? E vidently not. “ Man you, the highest, truest and the real
m
in
istry
—
the
service
of
the
T
rue
is not, but in society.” As a social
We b elieve that cards like the follow in g copy,
anim al his Egoistic happiness is and Good to Man. If you do this neatly
printed and distributed all over the U n it­
ed States, w ill help us to hnild the Libera! U s:
not,
how
can
you
ever
achieve
dom inated by his relations to others,
versity. Header, how many can you distribute to
good advantage? This w ill Co«t you nothing bnt
“
the
rational
and
honorable
hap
and his actions and em otions, which
a little effort, and may help the cause of Eree-
thought very much
piness?
Will
you
not
feel
yourself
m ust consequently be for the wel­
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fare and general progress of others, a traito r to the highest duty, every
REASON5
W HY
T
or they end in worse than nothing tim e you dare to th in k ? See how
YOU
for himself.
T his being so, the ihe C hristian and Mormon M ission­
learned Profetsor m ight well have aries go out w ithout money or
advised his future son-in-law in knowledge to die or fulfil the com- ;
8 h o ulo H e lp t o B u ild
the story, th at instead of giving up m auds of a stupid and inhum an
^ L i b e r a l U n iversity
“ the M inistry” as a profession, he fanaticism 1
AT SILVERTON, OREOON.
In Sociology we learn th at the will
prepare himself for the new M in­
1 It will h e lp m any young m en an d
istry, on the basis of Science and of man is the supplem ent and com­
young women to a h ig h er ed u catio n who
H u m an ity , instead of theology. plem ent of the laws of N ature. otherw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its g reat
There is am ple need of a M inistry T hat which does not act and grow ad v an tag es.
2 I t will educate w orkers for th e g rea t
of th a t kind, which it would 6eem and hustle, dies . H um anity is at forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t a n d Pro­
th a t Mr. Bland him self has now this m om ent calling for thousands gress.
3 I t will forever silence th e accusation
of
young
men
and
women
fit,
able
th
a t S ecu larists have never done a n y ­
happily entered upon.
g.
In the same Investigator, of July and willing to replace “ the pulpit th in
4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen Re iso n
28, Mr. Daniel K. Tenney, than d riv el” o f heaven-m irage nonsense an d Love will reign, an d w hen s u p e rs ti­
whom there could not be a better
the true knowledge and in tion and h a te will he forever gone.
5 I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to
judge, confirms us in this view, and spirationof Science and H um anity, build yourself and o th ers a m o n u m en t,
describes the need of this new min- ¡ T hat is the m eening of the “ Inger- w hile you yet live, th a t will do a m illion
tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost c o ttlv
istry aud mission, thus:
j sollC hair” in the Liberal U niversity, one of cold, senseless m arb le.
•‘D eclarations from the pulpits of Gregon L. U. O [I set free]. T h at
I f a ll h e lp a lit t le , w e c a n a c -
churches of doctrines and p rin -‘ « why th a t chair is supported by
ciples, based upon T ru th , would the Ingersoll family and by the | # | | u , e?
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