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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, OCTOBER 4. E. M. 300 (1900.) o Spookism Versus B u sin ess. --------- P erhaps the stran g est p art of this spook business is the fact th a t commonsense business Business men, men, who have never known and would not for a m in u te believe in any such thing in connection with their bus iness; who, in fact, know’ as cer tain ly as they know an y th in g th at the universality and im m u tab ility of n atu ra l law is a postulate not «». . T Kev. M inot J, Savage asks: “ Will they Pray in the church of th e fu- ture >’ and adds: “ The only thing 'n prayer of the past th a t any neW t ^eory °f the universe th re a t- ens to outgrow and leave behind is th at which all noble men and wo men ought to get rid of. We have outgrown th a t conception of prayer th a t supposes th a t we, petty, ig norant, p e tu lan t changing children, D° ra have power to interfere with the universe.” Guilded Points. BY JO H N P . G U ILD . diamonds . A good conscience with a poor ¡,„V"e u° f tbe r* rest gifts is th e ta le n t to judgem ent is a very troublesom e judge accu rately a d iam ond in all it« various q u alitie s. As gen iu s for tn u ik thing. or p a in tin g m u st be in b o rn to produce There is nothing quite so m is the g reat a rtis t, so th e faculty to X - t y d e te rm in e a d iam ond in all its chievous, as are good intentions f ' ,d •’* “ ^ -« eristic « ea,; m isdirected. n e \e r tie acq u ired , unless by th e rare few who are gifted in th is direction 4 B etter be in hell with reason, dealer m ay be a good jew eler, a success than in heaven insane. Folly will ful m erc h an t an d an h o n est m an and y et deceive you on a d iam o n d , sim ply K m ake hell of heaven; wisdom will because he him self is deceived. been In th e business forty years I Let us learn wisdom from the m ake heaven of hell. n?U d. h ° niti re k ‘ deceived7 on a d ia heathen (so-called and su b th e re are some things which get m ond th a n th e c a sh ie r of th e Bank of scribe to the sentim ent of the J a p helped along by being kicked; the E n g lan d could be on a b a n k n o te . W hen buying d iam o n d s I use no glasses ask anese (shinto) poet, M ichizane: L. U. O. is one of them . Kick no q u estio n s ex cep t tb e p r i ^ ; ’ m acute vision in sta n tly d etects th e slig h t- away. im p e ^ c U o n 06 V CO,°-r 6Very flaw and only in accordance with all exper ience, but one which could not be violated w ithout throw ing into iu- extricible confusion the whole bus iness of hu m an society,— th a t such men can be m ade to believe the ‘ ‘Only if our in n er h e a rt is in h arm o n y very reverse of this when they get Sin w ith th e tru e wav w hat does som e h u rt; 11 I>e n e t turn. \ o u r in te re sts will be ’ s'.' d "y l? e - " >'uu w ant into the han d s of men and women T he gods will p ro tect us, even though R ight is w hat does some good. a R h ii in n g ’ ln ’ b t o d ,e tc ., for $10, $20, $50 who are alm ost in v ariab ly vulgar, we do not p ra y .” Morals is a m atter of justice, and iio t' o r up, send to m e. I » ill send o ,,an*ird,’“i‘L K<* P tllem '* uneducated, cunning and grasping — F aith or Fact. justice is a m atter of m athem atics. or‘t» I undem e . iy “ U arv 8‘ltieliwl th a t ch arlatan s. F o r w hat does the PeUt° r8’ return The wrong thing about all godly get sp iritu a list claim am ount to? C lS in s f° i price ,i8t of W atches, Sim ply an assertion th a t work can An Unverified Uprising of Citi religions is the scheme to get some H i ’e nJ e 1Welry, Silverw are, Free- thing w ithout earning it. Free be done w ithout th e expenditure of y Trait ‘‘T?8’- InK?rs° n and zens. l ’ Ihei8In ,n th e C ru c ib le,” salvation is w orthless unless work ,,-cc force; th a t substance can be crea ed out. ted and again a n n ih ilated , or “ de There are two radically wrong The ascension is not m entioned m aterialized”; th a t bodiless “ spir O tto W e tts te in , its ” can m ake sounds th a t we know by Mathew, M ark, and John. things about Bible m orals; The Bi R o c h e lle , I II. require vocal organs, an d other o r Luke says sim ply th a t Jesus, in ble m is-states m an ’s status, m aking gans to set those vocal organs in blessing his disciples at B ethany, him to be to tally depraved; and it m otion; and a general reversal of was parted from them and carried m is-states the ground of rig h t do UST AS NATURAL “,C ing, m aking it to be the com m and and a pxal deal more reliable. Doewi t up into heaven, and in the Acts of all our present day scientific no break ft« eggs or make ita thick» louev. Doe»ll’tat»y off the neatand allow the CgU* of god, instead of the condition lo c h ili but hatci.ee every einf that can i. of tions. And we are asked to ex the Apostles it is asserted th a t “ he hatched. TH E things. plain the tricks or “ investigate” was taken up and a cloud received PETALUMA INCUBATOI) C hristians profess to follow the stories supposed to su b sta n ti him out of th eir sig h t.” li t . * ! ? .! * n<l v «*l,t l l i | <lon. F o r 60 to JW) eirirs. PAW ANYWHERE in th e V. S. Handsome catalog free ate these things, un d er pain, if we This m iraculous disappearance m aster— som etim es a long way be FREIGHT t e tu lu m a In c u b a to r Co . B ox , P e ta lu m a . < » L F reethinkers have some refuse to do so, of being condem ned was not any more wonderful than hind. as one who does not desire “ tru th 1” his m iraculous appearing and d is thing better than a m aster to fol V erily, we are in a strange world appearing at his several m eetings low— the idea of ratio n al liberty SAM M°piee of l9C on address in PLE i l u upon Newspapers and diffeient Maeazin» « Loading M..»> —or we are in a stran g e epoch of with his disciples; but, if such a A poor soldier can follow his file tuiy receipt of 10 c e n ts to inailiim U .H SURSCKipixoN A o « mcv P^ Nr It takes a hero to p lan t Liberty St, Indianapolis, Ind. its evolution. T ru th ! No, Secu thing had really happened, it would leader. M « N. larists have nothing to gain by not only have been noted down the flag on the enem ies’ walls. suppressing tru th . T ru th is w hat with m inuteness by all the lookers- H elp the Liberal U niversity to we are “ after” certainly; but not on, but it would have been known p lan t reason, refinem ent and rig h t )he W iley B. wild-goose spook stories,— Secular and com mented upon by outsiders. eousness in the field of its young Allen Co Thought. The question of im m o rtality is students, and where the soil is good T h e O ldest ! th e L argest ! M usic one of equal interest to the whole for a n y th in g but thistles, there will S to re. L ead in g P i No Prayer. race, and the chief priests and the grow a harvest to bless and glorify anos a n d O rgans. Roman governor would have been H um anity, such as is not possible 309.311 F irs t S t ., PORTLAND. o R E by the cu ltu re of orthodox Christi BY H . M. TABER . as giad as anyone else to be assured th a t a m an had really risen from anity. J u s t here comes in the It is all rig h t and needful to fell Miss Susan H . W ixon, of F all the dead. River, delivered an ad m irable ad- testim ony of M athew’s gospel, that the thorny wilderness of ignorance dress on the subject: “ W ill the “ m any bodies of the saints which and superstition and rascality, but T h e ablest p u b lic a tio n o f tbe kin d in the W o rld S ix ty -fo u r pages. Illu s tra te d . P u b lished M o n th ly . com ing woman go to c h u rc h ? ” slept arose and came out of the unless the fruits of science, philos P rice li.o o a year. F o r T W E N T Y - F IV E C E N T S H er conclusions were th a t the “com graves after his resurrection, and ophy and h u m an ity are planted in it w ill be m a ile d to any address T H R E E flO N T M S Address F R E E T H O U G H T M A G A Z IN E . ing w om an” would not go to went into the holy city and ap their place, the evil trees will up- 213 E. Indiana St., Chicago, 111 sprout and grow thicker and higher church, because (w hen th e com ing peared unto m any.” W hatever degree of prejudice than before, and like the m an who woman cam e) there would be no church to go to, th a t is, to any m ight have prevented the enemies had the unclean sp irit cast out, 0 0 Worth ol church where they read the Bible of Jesus from believing in such as taking no good ones, but seven bad indiscrim inately, sing praises to sertions respecting him, there was ones as ten an ts, the last state is * MAGAZINES the “ unknow n q u a n tity ” called the nothing to hinder the recognition worse th an the first. FREE! T rin ity , or pray to an im possible of th at com pany of resuscitated The story of the life and death “ S ecular S cience and C ommon S e n s e ” p o in ts Deity. So we m ay assum e th a t citizens, and the prom ulgation of of .Jesus is a graiid illu stra tio n of th e w a y to th e g o a l o f y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a the com ing woman will not pray the glad tidings of their continued the general cussedness, if not of the z in e o f A d v a n c e d Free and for sim ilar reasons, viz., th a t existence. total depravity of a large p art of Modern Id ea, of Rep,rm >*and S'aTn'r»! a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s . Such an event would have been m ankind. I he iron rule of evil for • 1 ^ “ m a n 't to y p !■ r a u c n tic there will be no church to go to d e rg o in g im p o r ta n t p h y s ic a l c tu a l, a n d s o c ia l c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de where prayers are requisite. We heralded over the whole known good is still in vogue, and a head m in a te n lle d s th e re n d in g o f s la v e r y ’s chain-,. T h is H fe '« e„ ,8ria « ULKp in ir "#tone to ®uccess in all m ay likewise ask th e question: world, and could never have been crowned with thorns, a body c ru c i o fd f a life s u n d e r ta k in g s , as i t develop« po w e r of ln te H e c tija l p e rc e p tio n so th a t la te n t and a c tiv e forgotten by secular history. Y et, W ill the com ing m an p ray ? As fied between thieves, and a h eart c?ea7heZii d ire c te d - in s u r in g a N o th in g lik e it or su red ly not, if the com ing woman beyond th a t daring assertion of broken by the abuse and desertion j ',.,s? * ood a a nd ? °und p r a c tic a l. T h is ra re tre a t seat i h Z Teai ; to<fether wit* > samples of oveTsc don’t pray. In te llig e n t, reflecting Mathew, there is not a word in anv of brethren, are scenes in the d ra m a record, and the phenom enon a p of life, played to the letter, beings have been Send a t once as th is o ffe r is lim ite d . S a m p le co p y w ith an in te r e s tin g book o f o v e r HO p a ge, pears to have left no trace am ong p « •* ‘‘T au g h t by m illen n iu m s of b a rre n w hether on the stage of the o rth o fre e f o r 12 c e n ts in s’ a ra p s . A d d re s s p ra y e r” the witnesses.—From “ The C hrist dox churches or th e Liberal asso 1 M yth,” by E lizabeth E. Evans. SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE its u tte r uselessness. ciations. Ihe Free Thought Magazine P.E. 532 Allis Bit, Chicifio, III,