TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 1«, E. M. 300 (190Q.> 4 One good church of Science and clear Torch of R eason The Only Paper of Its Kind. 7 " '" Hum anity could be well «upported plan S S . P C h H .ti.n . a ld 'n o n e a T c h X i a n s d . Bho are not good. He showed th a t £ = » t C P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U n i versity C om pany, in th e In te re sts of C onstructive, Moral S ecularism . S Ä ¡ j - Ä x - = s ; - - Ä - ’ - • - - - » i . ' o . ,1. . . r - a . „ . d i v a . , . I. . . . . . . X E. H osm er,........................ Editor other- is as bad as the weaknesses p. W. G eer,........................ M anager you, as a part of the crucified Hu- ‘ han any dream book of ig n o ran t lie condemns. Some whom he in an ity , to help .Io aw ay with the Jewish prteste._________ classifies as our people d rin k in to x i- E n tered a t th e postoffice at S ilv erto n , , devil of superstition, and to estab t is not C hrist- eating liquor, and this we th in k Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r. lish u n ity , love and progress where “ The Old T estam ent n to us the very foolish and stu ltify in g ; but now reign anarchy, hate and war. ian ,” said a C hristian now reign anarchy, hate and war. > ;B L w i . l i ” V ery our C hristian friend uses tobacco SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Be quick for “ tim e in too p reco u s ¿ ’8 n(), ()f , au th o rilv to excess, and th is is also a costly, One year, in a d v an c e .......................... I 1 10 WaS‘e- ____________ Six m onths in a d v an c e .................... » T hree m o n th s, in a d v a n c e ................ I f we can get money enough to In clubs of five or m ore, one year, hire the right kind of teachers, fin- in a d v a n c e .......................................... M oney should t>e sent by registered ish our building and buy the much le tte r or m oney order. needed ap p a ratu s, we can soon have , with the New Testament, the story filthy, disgusting, ■»■nd-destroy.ng ^ ’ J m o s t does , V “ "» oti.Lr weak- adds bigotry to one’s other weak nesses. We ought not to he classi the best school in the world. Let Notice! fied as “ the sheep’’ and “ the u? all talk , work and pay w ithout goats.” The people of the world ” . , i ceasing, until our efforts are re A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes uhnnlil a ll feel tow ard each other sh o u ld a n ieei uw th a t vour su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . warded with a w ell-earned victory 1 ll___ and ~ « .1 mnfnra as brothers sisters, ond and noVOl» never You are e arn estly requested to re al ignorance. for Science and H um anity. new so th a t you m ay ^ c e iv e th e pa- condemn to hell, as the old Jew ish per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n . W e have d e God did, all those who do not wor cided th a t it is best for all concerned W e have much sport as well as Rev. D ollarhide of Tillam ook is th a t we do n o t send p a p ers longer th a n ship to suit them . Creeds separate, th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. fond of quoting to us who do not satisfaction in quoting, “Give to him hut Science will unite. T his will p rev en t any loss and we will th a t asketh thee,” to our C hristian believe in the S anta C laus God in know iust w here we sta n d . We request you to send us th e nam es the sky, “ The fool hath said in his friends. One “ follower of the lam b ” ( i Secularists who m ight become su h - T H E H E L L OF CASTE. recently explained to us th a t Jesus scriljers and we will m ail sam ple copies. h eart, there is no God.” He forgets th a t Jesus said: “ B ut whosoever was not speaking of m aterial things. The caste system in In d ia is a shall say, Thou fool, shall be in A fterw ards he said th a t it m eans danger of hell fire.” “ The goblin» th at if we see any in need, we great hindrance to the H indoos es- will get you if you don’t watch should help them ; and th a t each tab lish in g a high civ ilizatio n . 1 he M an created a god in bis own one’s conscience is to be the judge division m ade by these castes out!” im age; a m ale god created he him. of the needy. It is too bad th a t makes m any unaffiliating peoples T he two accounts of the creation Jesus did not have our friend as right in the sam e country, each The effects of C hristian m ission of m an in Genesis suggests to some his private secretary, for he would caste hindering the others from ary work in China are hat<, rt th a t God lost sight of the first pair have w ritten the serm on in such progressing instead of all working hellion, crim e, war! H as it ever and th a t they w andered to the land a way th a t even the “ lost” could for each and each for all. The been an y th in g else? of Nod. T h at country was thus have been saved. An ex-C hristian C hristian creeds ai;e doing for us w hat the caste system has done for Secularists, unless our righteous populated when Cain went there iu friend sa js , “ th a t is ju st w hat ails search of a wife. If God was so the dam ned th in g —the Bible; it In d ia. Instead of being um tef in ness shall exceed the righteousness easily deceived in his younger days, don’t say w hat it m eans and it building up our homes and our of the orthodox Scribes and P h a ri perhaps we “ Infidels” m ay sneak d o n ’t mean w hat it says.” governm ent, we are sep arated ,ev en sees of our tim e, we shall in no case into heaven and find our “ sp irit | ----------------- down to the mem bers of fam ilies, build a heaven here on earth. m ates” after all. | W inking on the ignorance of by these religious castes. The Fro- their flock, m any preachers stu ltify testan ts look upon C atholics as T he evils which C hristians and T he preachers are forever m aking the m inds of the defenseless by non-C hristians and m ost as bad as Secularists alike condemn have much out of the awful m ysteries, m aking m ysteries out of th a t which the Infidels, and the C atholics oo been largely caused by the evils in We should never forget th at w hat ¡g understood and enjoyed by all upon the P ro testan ts as not fit to C hristianity; and the only good in we d o n ’t know is ju s t as sim ple as Scientists. For exam ple, the beauty even m arry good Catholics. I he C hristianity is purely Secular, all w hat we do know. Wise men solve of the form and coloring of the lily different P ro testan t churches have of which was borrowed from P agans th e problem s of nature, but fools, in j8 often m ade to appear to be th eir little clannish sets who on y and “ Infidels.” w ide-open-m outhed wonder, cry, caused by the caprice of God to work for “ our church, as the} ca please his children “ here below.” it, boycotting each o th er and only T h a t th e kingdom of heaven is “O ur God alone u n d erstan d s these now and then show ing any love or a t hand was preached two thousand m ysteries and he will reveal them How false and dw arfing are such sy m p ath y , and th a t only when doctrines. To the Scientist every years ago, and the A dventists are to us in his own good tim e, if we they think policy dem ands it. And still at it. W hy on earth don’t it only watch and p ray .” F a ith oi step in the flower’s grow th, from we have become so used to th is come? P erhaps it is here,but, being Science, which does the world need? the time when the attractio n of hell th a t it d o n ’t seem very hot, gravity pulls the seed and earth like to a grain of m ustard seed, it! One of T illam ook’s preachers, in together till the corolla is delicately either. We could do much better m ay have escaped our notice. a private conversation, said th a t we striped, the little ovules fertilized work if we were all united, and the and more seed ready to propogate common ground on which all good One of T illam ook’s late converts F reethinkers are not as accommo _______ ______ its kind is well known. Spencer’s men and women can unite is the to C h ristian ity was heard to say dating and kind as the C hristians. The same day a F reethinker (W . E. ’ S ynthetic Philosophy is worth far religion of Right Living, with Sci th a t it is a good thing for his busi Page) m ade us a present of a fine more th an all the Bibles of the ence as the in terp re te r of the uni ness to belong to the chnrch. But Prince A lbert coat from his store, world. B ut p rep arato ry work m ust verse. The old castes m ust he a m an who joins for th a t reason is broken up; we m ust be a united apt to be found out and lose more T his coat will last us all winter he done before such books can be people; we m ust learn to love all to teach in, and we feel very proud understo )d. M oral: If you have . . . th an he gains. Be honest! of it, as it is a visible proof th a t the not learned to read yet, d o n ’t pray, m ankind, and especially our fathers m an of God, and not the m inister hut go to the L. U. O. One is never and m others, and brethren ant If our Tillam ook challenge is r.ot sisters, yea, and even our own life taken up, m any of the most in te lli of th e Gospel of H u m an ity , was too old to learn, also; we m ust drop the artificial gent citizens of the city will th in k m istaken in the argum ent. A C hristian insinuated to us in props th a t the priests have given it is because the preachers are An indiv id u al aud a nation need a private conversation this week us and get hack to n a tu re , we m ust afraid to do so. T heir devotees nothing more th an they need th a t the followers of our doctrines not condem n, but we m ust find m ight hear som ething th a t would definiteness of purpose and a are very bad people. He judges , causes and rectify > purify an he a disadvantage to the church. z of the “ fall of m an” is not au tb en - tic, only a Jewish story; and if there is doubt about the “ fall” there m ust be doubt about m a n s redem ption through G od’s only he- gotten son. M an never fell. Jesus was not Science war nut a son b ’ mi of a god. .....— . . • in • - will redeem h u m a n ity from o rig h a ^ t- 1