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 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