T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, OCTOBER 4. E. M. 300 (1900.)
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Spookism Versus B u sin ess.
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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
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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
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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
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