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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1900)
TOB TORCH O f REASON, 81LVBBTOW, OBlTOON, NOVEMBEB w ,Ä ° - oo“ ! X ‘ ¡ S 1 ? “Ì •** el and changed. S'.Y ■■■ . . c l H u d p h u n n u /l E „ * h ,re P" W" d i n ^ u a l‘® »»r own a n d b e y o n d our - .b ey only disagreeably crowded h u ? ” con,act and relatione suff-rably tiresom e. Prof I X . u h d ¡“ T , “" 7 PeOpl" ’B ° f ,b is m any cen«ur e a n d I t. g ‘‘ ’ ilh » f ">« .« p e r .« ,i „ „ , of and „ot ,,ece ear ‘v ' T , ' T , ’ li,t|tien8“ we »“ ^selves . r e here a t them down Vh , o t|,ers tore the ancient Hebrews cam e to take function T h m ,' n p ro d “ c' ” 8 <«- The Deity th at suffers us, we 2 , r “ grand and i,8 p lttc e - Thia new creed was a don o f ?h , * " fUhC' " '“-V b - s o r e , can suffer m anv an a n d ! n b h i Of” P" ,ioD8aod ‘«reams different one from the old, a n d , ' tea-kett « btHa" , 7 “7 “ 7 " ,e " " ler M-eer and wonderous' and and am bitions of men lie stranded though original.ng from the « a n J *ettle> but» s the color-fan of the only half-delightful thing ” dow n the long stretch of the past! race, was suited ,o different condi o in h “ “ ' ° “ l rpfri,cti"S P "'8” - Such is the ch a racter of Professor Each one, m its,h o u r of necessity, tions and peoples. 7 P r''9" 1S’ ” “ dalne8’8 re fu tatio n s of the c u rre n t » a s the o u tb u rst of the very soul The C hristian religion never ful- 'etern’itv is " f L i ' p ‘h *’l;Sh ’ o f | «»jeotions to the doctrine of O(>,. or intellect of those who believed in satisfied the needs ° of th e people ^ d if 1MIIJ f e r e L is e t r r a n ^ s m i t t e ^ d : L e a j r ^ n , h ^ u e . T h e , are broad a n d to w lio m ït w à s '7 „ |ì d tht"l 1 '"| le different dfigree80f tra n sm issib ility , it. E* 8 <‘8cl> - E u r e n t degrees of effective- elastic, and ad m it of varied in te r In his progress from savagery re.igion w ithout 7 p retatio n s; and these features— not a J .... . " J the tendency W iiu u u i J p ’¿ r o g r e ' s s Ï io n E a n , T ï Whefn ° ne sto PH- “ tb a t special oward civilization, m an’s history, the tendency of of all western people (heir definiteness— will recommend stream of consciousness which it religions6'' T ’ ” a" “ Pr°gre88ive' Ah 8 consequence them to all persons who seek su p subserved vanishes e n tirely from religions. Ih ese contained the C hristianity failed port for the im m o rtality th at they best thoughts of the ages in which F urtherm ore, had C hristianity this natural world. But th e sphere in d iv id u ally have most a t h eart.__ ey were born. But religion is been a «‘god given” in sd iu d o n why of being th a t supplied th e con [Open Court. only aggregated public opinion, me was it not given to the world long sciousness will still be in tact; and accum ulation of m any generations b-fore it was? If it is a perfect re- in th at more real world with which, of trad itio n s, evolved am id s u p e r-: ligioi. it m ust be suited to all times even whilst here, it was co n tin u Cats Knocked Out! St,nous surroundings. So, as a n a- 1 and surely m an had need for it if’ ous, the consciousness m ay, in ways don lost some trad itio n or added I it is a good thing. The evidence is unknown to us, continue s till.” W atch-C ats g en erally u ndersell th e <,reH' . b u t sin ce I am giving my e n tire It is difficult to see how this a new one, or as its science dis- th a t it is not the perfection and a tte n tio n to m ail o rd ers, I have facili- prism atic and tran scen d en tal es- llm ise s Under8e11 th e b est C atalogue proved some o.d rotten i theory, theory, its its i culm culm ination ination of of all all tru tru th th , but but ra rath th e e r r lu , / ce n aen tal es the .»loi old ¡one of the ««send h ill-”’ r" sed , n » chatology 7 7 can " , be reC‘” ,ciled in a any "i reconciled religion changed. So all »•>« „r .1 r, , .......... creeds passed and new ' ones have course of progressive ideas- and , 7 " r ‘r l “ e ° ' i,,<liVid tQ. , in tim e ------ ............. r*^'C Bf»ive id e 7 a s; an 7 d . 1U*“ '™m o rtal,ty- The only logical C o m p a r e C a r e f u ll w it h L a te s t to i like all o t h e r ’ m J , L . 2 . ’ ¿ taken th eir place, only in time to j like all others, m ust he swept away ' 9 0 1 C a ta lo g u e s . conclusion from it would share the sam e fate. a ,id be supplanted by grander and seem ------ to I B.ePt A m erican w atches, 18 size in 2, 3 be this, .h a t im m o rtality ¡a an at- ! I he religion of the Hebrews has nobler ideas. trib u te of the universal ocean of ? 3 -50. H a m p d e n , $4.50; Elgin changed till about all th a t is left of Pierce City, M o., consciousnese only, and not of Iran- $5.50;] i^Jew ida J c ^ r 'T ” rn its rites and forms are those dead October 26, E. M. 300. Hient and perishable in d iv id u al *«. Sarne, H am d en , $10*' Same’ teachings contained in the “ Old stream s th a t flow from it; in a justed, 17 Jewels niikle “ A nneton T estam en t.” U n p re ju d ic e d h is The Ingersoll L ectureship On word, th a t the individual is im Tracy & Co.” -Hh.50; «-Bunn^ tory tells us th at the original wor Im m ortality. * W ettstein,” m ortal only in so far as he is not U vv Otm . . Raymond ” $19 “ New 21 Railway,” J e ship of .Jehovah had alm ost passed H a y m o n d ,” $19. 21 Jewel,.-, e x tra from existence when Jesus of Naz areth gave his 8' " ” " “ ' lX X V , ' " ............................ ... ..................................... M ount” and his “ p arab les” to his - t H arv ard L ii.versity 1»»3 by lion where it was o rig in ally taken R . » ± ^ 7 ' " 1 181« sm all band of followers. To these a bequest of the late Caroline Has-1 up. The transm ission-theory of « J e w e s s «) ' ° r « “""Special,” were added the w ritings of his dis ngcrsoll. Every year, Some Professor Jam es, furtherm ore “ outs *4 a,bove. 4’o,,nce Silver case, ciples; and these teachings finally person Clergyman or lay m an , i r - i t s e l f in touch” ’with th e phe’nom e’ ! gained stren g th , co n tin u ally ch an g respective of denom ination or pro- na now being investigated bv th e ^ e a r ¡'» » tin g case, $G.5O e x tra, or in 25 ing and m oulding them selves with fession, is appointed to give the ex- Psychical R e s e a t i g J f ’I f i T 6’ *8”50 extra’ g ex • 1 sych ,cal Research Society, and . A H hlled cases are a rt-stic h an d public opinion till they became opinion till they became pression of his persona I views re. this i„ itself is ,,o mean recom- S X ° r ? h een «m e o f ^ r ' v 1 ■ EV(“" ‘h ''9 P- t . f ^ n d E ^ to U e ' ^ t Z “ one ’>f. W illia m ^ '7 ' find many religion, changes till go,ng"«" C hristian in the in M t'he i t I IS P s’l 'n d T s lecn m e n d a tio n to th e ' vear. r ler ,o r o n ' A8 ‘° " ' he ">8 i «»'.vtldog Ä 7 " ' 68,8'''1 L;r,,Wd''d ,"iS <* C°"d H eaven, Professor t h Ä 8o,id Ä S°,d u ie a « n - T “"v s a for v as save - ............- - but little in common with its first teachings. Its M nnasficism was en tirely opposite to the m issionary in stru ctio n s to the “ Seventy - And now public opinion h as Îp iit the church u bodv ., «k.v-zvi i inm • . „I.™ , •ata- - Save : T w o Supposed Suprem e S S pirit, God, and and affirm affirm s s ' m io o n rtality , P' „ ° Ohjec- bJec- !hllpre,n8 p irb , - or r God, tio n s \ to ‘ 1 th e E D h octri IIP.^ i [¿not An and "'"? ' f *he gO8p,;l ° f tbe P»r«™<’« n t «¡gni- ' Co P ' 7n I? ‘., ',ght,On- 4 ««•»<*of ,he individual life. “ G od,” P, f f " 7' ' C,° tb ’ ” ° ° ) b> “ ba8 "» in ex h au stib le a nT, O T T O W E T T S T E IN . R o c h e lle , III ______ eh u rca body into aim ost innum er- aide divisions. Besides, the C hrist- lan relig.on never received such a sanction as some other religions, nnJ , t • , • • a n d l O f i a v IS l n a i n r v i f e k ~ 1 .J _______ tbe in te ll^ c tu a T X ld and"ldgainiug b ut little in o th „ r a- g S„-el ,, « a h dlrec,lon8- bu ely the flood ,s sweeping in and Hgion “ ; ^ hp , Z i,ariaU re ’ ,‘9; or. J .jarueM a n ”' 8 nas ba8 trea,<‘d * . tre a te d ,be tlie problem io his usual apt and de- lightful m anner; he is alw ays graphic and trenchent; and the delicate tinge of em otional mys uencate tinge ot em otional mys- . . . . . . . J i t T , W!‘-Ch COi° " ' hi8 phil<’8° pbE ,e" d8 bls « P » 8' “ '’" 8 « charm » b ich few can resist. The two ob- jections Professor Jam es considers The inference from physi- epk » P • are reasons why the flood There swept over the Jew B h ‘ swept over the Jew ish people in i n 7 . e 7 t ^ : X w r e i X n PT ‘ °b>gy th a t since th o u g h t is a and illusory notion a «ion nf hr. 1 °?dertakin,r8’ a" h develops power of fu n n in n of ,t 1 brain, • k .. » ^ y notion, a sign of hu- i* r« Ption th a tta u ^ n ^ Ic tu ; function the when [“ " » ' / h e brain, when the m an incapacity, a rem nant of the « E M * 8 l' S g S i • brain perishes so also m ust th e lo id n a r r o w - p a r t e d ^ ; 'r i „ « . r . « 7 ' ‘h ° Ught a "d infer- creed.” The ¡ „ . f i i T “ iHigion. J o r ence from biology and history th at ...»v a people of th eir n om adir hchitc ; h l / P y oi m eir nom adic habits since d if - since countless countless num num bers bers o o f f in indif- and barbaric custom s, som ething comment and reply on on like the A rabian of a later d ay , no ’ • See 7 editorial bt" rial.comn C8l”“ t'ty for love th a t hie call and need is for a literally endless ac MflGflZIN&S cum ulation of created lives. He can never faint nr grow weary, as free we should, under the increasing iner™ «;«« S ecular S c ienc e and C ommon S e n s e ” points 8upP| T- H '8 « ’«I« ¡8 in fin ite in a ll vÿ3 the w ay to the goal of your am b ition . A m aga things. 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