and of progress. The b rain ac-
9 u’rt*8 it« new convolutions an d
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powers by clim bing up and feeding
Io like and not to like th e sam e u n o r t h e sh n r « » f o
u
BY T. B. WAKEMAX.
I f
d r "
.gr,,Un^
and test of fn e n d sh tp .” So satd
the old R ninan, S allust; an d he
nr ght have sat,I fu rth er, th a t such
s the source an d ground of all Re-
liffions.
I he O
n lv d
I r t u r u n n o is
Jo one
ligions. The
only
difference
of ex ten t and degree; for the union
n n i t ^ i l ‘ 7 , . 8enn " en t WhiC,'i
unttes ,n .o R eltg.on” ,s our com-
mon h n al v,ew of the world, and
» the lot and ate of m an in it.
11,esc views m ake or concern the
very h.ghest thoughts an d motives
in d
, 7
g o b b le r, s tic k
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to thy last!
• • -
A shoem aker fonnd fault with an oil-painted slip p er in
N o,e' WB 9*y ™ E now - r i d .
one of the pa.ntings of a celebrated artist, but showed the
meall tll„ „ „ „ W of|d an<)
greatest ignorance in criticising the other p arts of the pain»-
ver8e> a „ d the new M
mg. Hence Iras arisen the oft-quoted saying, Let th e cobbler
up to ns (A D. 1000, by the new
S lic k to Ins last, and let every one a tte n d to his own business.
or Copernican A stronom y, of which
.1
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,
As a result of sticking to business come and see the rush
the Religion of Science and H u
at Milverton’s Busy Store and inspect the B argains, a t
m anity is the logical and inevitable
and result. T h at d isco v
er, n)ad„ ;t ,,lajn th # t a|) ((f
0,d R e |igione were aheer |||u d
|
because they ,|ad ,,0
S ilv e rto n , O re a 3 o n p r o d u c e t a k e n
mogony, no real W orld or “ Soul” “ T R 'C T L Y o n e p r ic e .
of Man, to go upon. They had ~
,
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James
we
can ever
h a v . e ,a . n d I , because they
m isdirected ~ the
atten tio n of
Man OlIT Job D e p a r tm e n t
.
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4
H I 'C I I I I U U
O i
j i a o
are the h ghest, the R el.g.on of a to the wortt of giving “ local hal,ila .
-ALWAYS GIVES
People alw ays with them covers tions and nam es” to their ’’airy
controls and dom inates everything nothings,” until the real world, for!
else. The m ain motive of a people, all higher and religious purposes.'
and th eir very life and soul, is th eir
---- BECAUSE IT G IV ES----
rem ained unexplored and alm ost
religion. Destroy suddenly their lost to view. Man was m ade to HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP
faith and confidence in th a t, and forget his only solid basis, th is
the essence, m ainspring, m otive and
earth. His atten tio n was devoted
'1
reason for living is goue.
I t is
to the ecstacy of flitting through a
sin g u lar, but a most notew orthy “ H eaven” of N othingness upon the
fact, th a t a tribe of people never or wings of “ Spixit” —and both, and
seldom survives th eir religion. A his all, were but “ the shapiug fa n
tra n sm u ta tio n of religions is a l tasies of his seething b rain s.”
most as difficult as a tran sm u tatio n
B ut now, presto, change! The
of species. The reason of all this H eavens and H ells, the N ig h t
is th a t religion determ ines atten m are, “ the fierce vexations of a
Fall term begins M onday, October i, E. M. 300 (A . D. 1900.)
tion . T heir atten tio n indicates the
D ream ” vanishl The Suu of Sci
highest and most im p o rtan t life ence rises! Copernicus and Bruno
NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY.
and death affairs, and m akes an have put us on the E a rth again. S tudents given board and rooms a t the L. U. O. D orm itory at low rates
en v iro n m en t resulting from, and Shakespeare and Goethe become
adjusted and su itable to, th eir world. the m asters of our work and play
COURSES.
We have learned two im portant They send, our atten tio n health-
K indergarten.
Scientific.
P rim ary.
th in g s ab out atten tio n : (1) T h at it fully, generally and generously
Norm al.
P reparatory.
is the “ search lig h t of th e m ind or over alt) nto find 6ermons in atonea
La w.
Commercial.
Classical.
“ soul” which realizes, m aterializes [geology] and good in ev ery th in g ”
Courses in Medicine, etc., will be added as soon as practicable.
and creates what it rests upon; and j„ j |8 correlate relations to every-
(2) th a t in and by so doing it e x - j ,h in g e ls e - a u d so on forever, with
T H E O N L Y IN S T IT U T IO N O F IT S K IN D IN T H E W O R L D .
eludes from sight and causes th e the ever-blostom ing B eautiful and
eye and senses, from non-use, to h e - j the Truel In th is way A ttention
STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAL.
come forgetful an d incapable of ap- healthy and universal, yet im agin’
prehending the world an d ideas a t ive, creative and selective for the Eor Catalogues and further p articu lars, address:
beyond or outside of the usual H um an, m akes our existence “ grow
J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary,
range of o u r m ain religious atten - to som ething of great constancy,”
SILVERTON, OREGON.
tion. T he past religions of th e g rad u ally unfolding itself upon
world, from Fetichism up, have “ The T heatre of Tim e.” And w hat We believe th a t card« like th e follow ing copy,
neatly p rin te d and d istrib u ted all over th e U n ited
AGAIN IN BUSINESS!
ill help ub to b nild th e L iberal Uni
been the successive stages by which is the air, spirit, life, soul, «ap and Htatee, ’ w i!LX'rPh
“w
w S w iL S i:
A NICE FRESH STOCK O F MIL-
Man has ciim ed from round to blood of this new concord and co-
LINERY can be found at
round, to ever new concepts of the operative friendship of the Each '
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M R S . R U S S E L L ’S,
world on his lad d er of evolution. and the All? W hy, it is the new 7. x
...FIVE.
SILVERTON, OREGON.
T h a t “ N atu re never m akes a ju m p ,” C orrelation, the Union within the •
REASONS WHY
She will be pleased to see all her old
is a m axim as tru e in hum an his- Universe— The Religion of L iberty T
<
YOU
Friends and C ustom ers.
STYLES AND PRICES ARE CORRECT.
tory as in th a t of p lan ts and ani- [which frees us from all super-
mals. W e can only clim b pur lad- stitio n s and lim itations, so th a t we
8 H O U L D H e l p t o B u il d
der; we can never ju m p it, nor tak e can desire and see the good and T h e i
ill •
Six Tracts to Promote
it down 80 as to change it for an- rjg iu j. 0 f gCIENCEr80 lh a t we can = l - I D e r a l U n iv e rs ity
.
o th e r’8 while we a re on it Social maUe tbe U niverse our F arm , aud
AT ^eR T O N . oreuon .
S c i e n t i f i c W lS d O IT I
! n n Z tt 7 V c n hb le9 7 7 7
a n d ,e a r " ‘ he TrUC in ° rd e r ‘° d ° th e 7 - g women to
Piace of C hristianity:
ap p reciate the horrible but ignor- Good]; of H umanity [which leaves otherwise will grow up without its great L
an t cru elty of the m issionaries who “ nothin^ hum an foreign to u s ” ail'raTnta*fiH-
•
1 Can
Sins be Forgiven?
try to replace
one religion bv an k ♦
/
,, , g ,
. ’ , 2 n ''«'I educate workers for the great 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil-
u y io replace
one religion ny an - but extends our earth ly days into forward inarch of F reethought and Pro-
ization?
other. In crossing the stream of the countless Ages of the “ E arth ly gT l t will forever silence the accusation 3 k W o n or Science More Reliable?
life, how can
we swap or change P ara aise”]. We live to forefeel, and th a t S e c u la r ists have never done a n y - 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
the horses by
which only we are work and die to m ake the reality, thing.
5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
which
we
thus
anticipate
and
enjoy.
4
,
W
^1
hasten
the
time
when
Reason
6
Immortality or Annihilation?
enabled to travel at all?
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J and Love will reign, and when supersti-
. . . Satisfaction
C ()= E D U C A T I O N A L .
„
.
.-
,
,
a.
tion
and
hate • will
be forever gone.
JU S T T H E T H IN G
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gradual
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a Dr ‘ nt one of cold, senseless marble.
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of a copy of the Torch of Reason
for 50, either kind or as
new directions, so as to evolve, step gong Book No. 2. T his will only
H a ll help a little, w e c a n ac*
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sorted ~ kinds, to
by step, a new world which shall cost you a few m in u tes’ work and a c o m p liih m u c h . W ill you h e lp t h f i i r t d a i n iu .w e -n «
replace by outgrow ing the old. 1 two-cent stam p.
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