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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1900)
TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 18, E. M. 300 (1900.) 5 ae now known, are neutralized or bu m an i nihil a me ahenum the old word to not applied to the conduct and pur- puto, “l a m a man; nothing hu- Ailed b y y o u r labors n T J ’ ,O" ’ K y ’ T he ground of the de poses of life iu eith er feeling, intel- >*ct or action. C,S,on U th » ‘ «he article in •*“ “ “ >« W » man I th in k foreign to m e;” could U n le s s your labors '„re , hll. hardly have a more forceful ap- creamed by the blessedI ou tco m e" qnes M ar, T ake the com m on in sta, ce; the plication. Science d H H n u m ,... It was sim ly a a Science an and m .n an itv ity , „ th a t is, u of " r . as ; nu‘ „ o,’8«=»e. T n 8l(" p ply i f ee « a y ot illu stra tin g the absurd- belio-centric or Copernican A etron-i For the same reason the Pres b v - T r u t h a n d r - l ruth and Love, now, how can thev ¡ .u - nf v . , omy. No U niversity now dares to j te m p s ought not to be indifféré... en t but fail hereafter? The world th a t Ulld r .1 ,7 i * nd m ,g h t’ rid. th ....... uniier the old laws have teach the co n trary , yet th a t dis- to the L iberal and outside world, is, m ust and will he the , foundation "a™ been »een call- covery and its consequences has As hum an beings, the tim e has of the future We or .y v„u r e . blasphem ous. We co n g ratu la te 1 ? • rec the accused on t h i a been alm ost entirely lim ited to the past when eith er can consider the o g n ................ izeit. The world of Ptolem y , 7- ° th< . ,, * persecution ag ain st them nn nr> Special Science of A stronom y. The others as enem ies, or indifferent to and i- its “ firm am ents” and “ spheres” ! g ’ c sun still “ rises and sets,” the soul each other. The Revision is to take and mi ansions,” and all th a t thev °? Whi° h appearR *'> 'h e still goes to Heaven or H ell as of effect on th is planet, and be a bene- im plied, are hopelessly g o n e - g o n e !, r Ou‘ober H . E d ito r f --------. rr, , us to adjust .. .. Moore deserves our g ra titu d e for oid an d all knowledge is lim ited fit or an in ju ry to all of u a - e v e n forever! Teach our’ liv 1 i i 1 • r jl • • • J i 1 * no iu aUjUnl HUT IlV* • . ~ and used, and lift is inspired and to the whole h u m an race. The es and fate to th e new world and its vlc“ ,neR ft» free th o u g h t an d a lived, and aspirations and m otives injunction, t o ’'R egard the inle e<ta new H um an E ra !— Tin n will you freH prPRS’ 1,1 a 'o rm e r case he for the future are m easured, accord-1 of H u m a n ity ” is the highest ohliga-1 succeed.' T he young educated neo- succeed« > h a v i n g it held th at i n g t o t h e old A stronom y, or NOT tion resting upon hum an b e in g s.! pie will come to you. They will blasphem y was not an in d ictable AT A L L . It rests upon those who do aught come to help you to open the gate offense under our A m erican law. The law of E q u iv alent C orrela th a t will effect the future of man- to the new’, the grander H eaven. And now it is held th a t free ex tion, is the great discovery of the kind. N othing can effect th a t fu- grander than it was ever in the posures and ridicule of theological P hysical Sciences, hut its conse ture more deeply th an th e legisla- heart, or “ revelation” of the old stories and dogm as for F reetb o u g h t quences as to p u r conception of tion which will modify’ the religous purposes are not indictable. The world to even dream “ God and The W o rld ,” are not and views of a large and active portion It is to the highest in terest and language of the discussion is left by dare not be tak en , outside of a L ib of the hum an com m unity. good of all to heed the substance the law to be a m easure of the eral U niversity, because of theolog 1 he first thing therefore, we c a n of this prayer. Then indeed, the w rite r’s sense of decency, good taste ical and m etaphysical assum ptions. not fail to do, and they m ust allow intelligent young men and women and respect for the feeling» of W here such assum ptions actually or us to’do, is to congratulate them , will come to you, else they can not , otheis. 1 hat leaves all to consider silently prevail, aud neutralize the with ail our hearts, upon th eir unless they become in carn ate whether, as a general thing, L ib er new science and its conclusions u n d ertak in g this work. Things falsehoods— the most horrid fate al w ritings and discussions will not which would replace them by the are not as they were before A. D., th a t can befall a hum an being. be more effective, if th a t m easure is carefully regarded. know n tru th , no com plete, fearless 1600. Times change, and all peo 1 hey will stan d , as one stood 46 em ancipation, no really enlighten ple m ust grow to enlarged concep years ago on th a t Princeton C am H um bugging th e H eathen. ing and hum an education is possible. tions of th e ir own religions; and if pus at the end of a college course, The Board of Trustees and F acu l in the end they should grow into gazing into the starry -d ep th s, made In the first C hristian new spaper ty of the Liberal U niversity of Ore such enlarged and general concep intelligent by th e'A stro n o m y and published in C hina there is an gon feel called, therefore, to realize, tions of a religion, th a t they lead Science or this E ra. And the ques “ Essay on H eav en ” for the in by all of the m eans in th eir power, to a religious or higher life and tion came: “ Does the Confession o struction of C hina. It is the m is a tru e U niversity as its nam e L ib Union of thecivilized and enlighten F aith describe or belong to this sio n ary ’s idea of P aradise arran g ed eral im plies: T h at is, an In stitu tio n ed people of the world! where is the new infinite and glorious world? where, in the end, all branches of hum an being who would not re Does it describe and indicate the to tem pt the M ongolian;and, indeed, it is very much on a p lan e w ith learn in g may be thoroughly tau g h t; joice? lot, fate and future o f man therein? th a t of the negro with his “golden and where prim arily the Scientific As Dr. C am s gently points out, The answ er was No! a thousand instead of the Theological Solution and as Col. Ingersoll used to throw tim es N o!'’ Then he said; “ It is bet s ta irs ” to be ascended in “ dem gol den slippers.” A fte rq u o tin g R ev of the world and of m an, and of his out with the vengence of a ju st in ter to die th an to lie. The senti elations, the C h ristia n ’s appeal to lot, fate and future, will m ake the dignation, th a t P resb y terian s re m ents, hopes and obligations of the heathen Chinee reads as fol cleariug knowledge th a t gives free tained word - traditions in their the old religion m ust fail, or find lows: “ All the cities of the world dom. T h at knowledge is tau g h t creed which were inhuman and an reality to sustain them in th is new’ are built of e a rth , or bricks, or as th a t of most w orth, and the opprobrium to the hum an race. world. In and by th a t they m ust stone, or wood. H as anyone ever basis and condition of all Special Presbyterians! The prayer of be interpreted. My Alma M ater heard of a city of silver and gold? Sciences and of th eir applications every hum an heart to you is, that has proved the church to he imomis Has anyone ever seen a pagoda and uses. We ask all Libera] people these old and cruel relics of b a r sible to any honest m an. rfh e hat was roofed with golden tiles? to consider w hether it should not barous ages may he dropped, and childish nursery’of its garden of A nyone who should see such a be the delight and privilege of m ay be replaced by the true, h u ¿den has becomes a prison to be m ilding would he surprised a t its every free m an and woman to man and progressive feelings, con opened out into the garden of the cost. B ut in the C ity of H eaven make sure th a t such an In stitu te cepts and ideas which prophesy a whole earth. In to th a t greater the houses them selves are not only is sustained by all of the m eans Heaven for the future of m ankind, G arden and C hurch of the World m ade of gold, but even the roads w hether upon this earth , or, as you has my A lm a M ater, by teaching and patronage in th eir power. are paved with it; the houses are m ay prefer to say, in some, to us me Scientific tru th , called me to roofed with it; the city is full of it. unknow n “ Celestial M ansion.” live and work, and th ith e r, and A Prayer to the Revisors of the Pres E v ery th in g is of the m ost precious T h at is the fundam ental sentim ent. not to the Theological S em inary, gold.” N evertheless, th e chosen byterian Creed. Then next, can you disregard the m ust [ go.” consent to linger on this brick an d prayer of the intellect and science T housands of honest and ta le n t On our first page will be found of the world? T hat says, “ The only ed young men are repeating these m o rtar and wooden world! And . ------ when they are hard-Dressed with Dr. Paul C am s’ A dm onition to the wisdom IS in 1 r u t h .’ Let th a t thoughts, _ asking these questions rebellious natives, they do not call P resbyterians, who are about to alleglence to tru th he stated as and w aiting upon you, P resh y tersl in the All-powerful of ’ whom they consider the revision of their creed the final test by which all for the answer. They only, and preach, hut rely on soldiers with or “ Confession of F a ith .” traditions, books, and ideas, are to n o t t e ig n o raq t, stupid and cow- carn al weapons, and some of whom It may be said: Is th a t our busi be m easured, construed, realized, ard ly , can save our old C hnrch by a re not C h ristian s a t all. Is not ness? or, can it he other th an an modified, and all lives conducted. m aking it a blessing to the world, this playing the great M ission im pertenance for L iberals and o u t T hat is not a new prayer. W hen ra th e r low?— [F reeth in k er,L o n d o n , siders to say an y th in g about it? the P astor Robinson dismissed the E ngland. Victory and Moore’s Release! The answ er is th a t the Presbyter Pilgrim F ath ers to the new world, ¡ans, in num bers and in influence was not his prayer, in substance, Send 10 cents in silver or stam p s AU L iberals and n o u u u i friends i i r u u r i of /f r a * are an im p o rtan t p art of the more the above? H e prayed against “ a F r se Press wi ill be pleased to learn 1,1 the Liberal Subscription Agency, advanced peoples of Europe and PERIOD in religion.” uh - 128 Locust 8 ‘- O ttaw a, Kas., and He exhorted th a t U. S. Ju idee d g e E vans has h ans- -------------------------- N orth Am erica, and by th e ir edu to let “ new tru th shine from G od’s tained th e D em urrer to the indict- r<‘ceive d u rin g «he next m onth cation and missions they are no word, ’ to he “com pared with other mer.t agt. C harles C. Moore and copieR of »H leading F reeth o u g h t, sm all Item in the w orld’s fu tu re ., S criptures of T rvth I” We pray Ja m e s E. H ughes, the p u b lis h e r.; L iberal and New T hought papers Therefore the m otto: Hom o sum :, you to let this sacred injunction of of the Blue G rass Blade at Lexing- and m agazines