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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1900)
4 as a sacred nam e to he followed with tru st and reverence, and to he blessed by a ll' coming generations C LA R EN C E 8. DA RROW ESQ ., AS The Only P ap er of Its Kind. No address before our great Con of men! “ d e v il ’ s AD V O CA TE.” gress excited njore m arked a tte n U p went the approving shout of P ublished W eekly by th e L ite ra l L m- tion, than th at in which the three The F reethinkers, Liberals, and the Judges, like the acclaim of the n atu ra l degrees of Liberalism were versity C om pany, in the In te re sts of Secularists of the L nited States angels in the heaven of M ilton. C onstructive, Moral Secularism . announced and explained. But alas! America is the land have just closed one of their most ¿1 cc is in ~ 1. The F reetbought Degree . , . , successful A nnual Congresses at of “ glorious u n c e rta in ty ,” not only T. B. W a k e m a n ................... E d ito r the first, in winch the aw akened Cincino8ti OnB of ite striking of the law, but also of the result of P. W . G eer......................... M an ag er victim of superstition and ignor features was an Ingersoll M emorial an election, the verdict of a ju ry , ance begins the enquiry after relig Meeting” at the G rand Opera the sain t hood of the living— and ious tru th on the Scientific, evolu House, which was intended as an worst of all, of the dead. E ntered a t th e poetoffice at Silverton, tional method in the place of the Apothesis, or at least as a sort of a There was an om inous pause, for Oregon, as second-class m ail m a tte r. i j nis • - . old au th o rity of Revelation. i. j This - S ecu lar C o n o n iz a tio n , of th e ir g re a t “ The Devil’s A dvocate” had yet to is bis era of exploration and die- T( e proceeding?> ¡ndeed. he m ade; no saint-hood in the old SUBSCRIPTION RA TES. oovery of the New World of New w,.re qllite aa ragu|ar a8 au up-to- church is possible w ithout th at. Life of M a n k in d nil E a r th . ‘ date trial for saint-hood would be We learn in F au st how the soul of every hum an is a prize-fighter’s One year, in advance...................... I1 2. The Liberal Degree is the Jn (he Romigt cliurch. Six months, in advance................. next. In i t the inquirer has fol- The first father (P ater P rim us) hall buffeted back and forth by T hree m onths, in a d v an c e ................ low .......... ed th e m eth o d of Science u n til to open the case for the proposed God and Devil, in w hat is called ..... In clubs of five or m ore, one year, he has — actually lauded upon and , g ain t i ngfcrsoll was his old school -------- ------- his “ life;” and the Devil’s interest in a d v an c e .......................................... 1 — J A .V . K T -a— thu . _ - « • 1 1 _ cannot he known, nor extinguished Money should t e sen t by registered explored the New W orld until the m ate an j life long friend and asso- until he has heard. d esire to be founded u p o n the ciate, Dr. S. W. W - etmore, of - ~ - letter or money order. Buffa He was duly called. He ap T ruth about the World and Man as lo, who from personal experiences it actually is, becomes the dom in of a lifetime, brought the proofs of peared by his Advocate, and when N otice! a n t purpose of his life. He gives the n atu ral (divine) endow m ents of his A dvocate’s nam e was an n o u n c up all of the illusions of the past the deceased, and of the beneficent ed, a m urm ur of surprise swept A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes about Gods, Devils, S pirits and and glorious uses he had m ade of tnrough the court, for it was none th a t your subscription has e x p ired . Spooks, and determ ines th at he them in the developm ent and de other th an Clarence S. Darrow Eaq., You are earn estly requested to new so th a t you may receive th e a_ will be their victim, dupe and fool fense of the new Secular church o f one of the leacj^rs of the Chicago ner w ithout in te rru p tio n . W e h a v t ie Some said “ he seems like no more. That is, he becomes a Liberty, Science and H um anity; bar. cided th a t it is best for all concerne th a t we do not send papers longer th an tru e Liberal, th at is to say, a liber Had he not m ade the New E ra of W ebster— is he a ‘Daniel come to th e tim e paid for unless so or< j O thers said “ No This will prevent any loss and we will ated man (L at., liber, free), one the New W orld known to all men, ju d g em en t?’ ” know iust w here we stand. em ancipated from all of the faiths, and brought great m ultitudes by W ebster’s heart was tough, slow, We request you to send us the nam es The of Secularists who m ight become su b revelations, creeds, churches and the m iraculous charm of his heart, anu at last flabby and dull. scrib ers and we will m ail sam ple copies. spiritism s of the past and present. brain, tongue end pen, to ei ter that heart of Darrow is tender, gifted He is “ out in the clear,” and so New W orld, and there to live, ever with the divine power to feel and to T hursday , D ec . 6, E. M. 300. happy in so being, that he can rejoicing in the joy of L iberty, the suffer— so th a t it seems to touch He is light of T ru th , and the love of H u your own, as its pulsings vibrate hardly express his joy. through a voice gentle and lim ped ready to live, land or sail in the m anity. THE CONGRESS. It is the voice with new E ra and its New \\ orld ever To sustain this claim the venera and sweet. more! ble father produced a most singular which Tolstoi must he read if him The Liberals of the country are 3. The Secular or Constructive innovation; a new facility in the you would ee and u n d erstan d .” to he congratulated upon the de The first seu;euce proved all this is the T hird Degree. In th a t the trial of saint cases to which we rev cided success of their congress at em ancipated hero determ ines to erently but earnestly invite the a t f r those who heard are not likely C incinnati, which adjourned on m ake himself felt for som ething in tention of Ilis Holiness, of Rome, to forget these words: “ It is diffi the 25th, inst. Difficulties, com the new and glorious New World and all future candidates for s a in t cult to speak rightly of a m an, be plications and lim itations which We are much in of Liberty, Science and H um anity. hood; for w ithout it no such trial alive or dead. hav e long repressed and limited It clined to say worse of the living He stands firmly upon its great will hereafter be complete. the Liberal cause were swept laws of A stronom y,C orrelation and seemed like a cross between a brass than they deserve, and when they away, or placed in the way of be E volution. He takes an account cannon and the m ightiest horn of are dead we are apt to say much ing outgrown by regular amend- of stock, and discovers th at he can Gabriel, and it shot words instead better of them than they deserve. m euts of the constitution, so as to And those words were Ingersoll was one of the greatest not be a man except in perfecting of halls. secure the success of the great ob and using his relations to the the actual words and voice of In g men of his age, hut he was not per jects which were contem plated at world and his fellows about him , ersoll in his n atu ra l voice, so th a t fect nor free from m istakes.” its organization in 18if», the Cen- G radually he proceeded to devei- and th a t evolution shows th at if he spoke by and for him self in the tenial year. thus regarded and perfected, they verv tones by which his great vic ope and specify the im perfections P rom inent am ong these will be lead to an E arth ly Paradise, to be tories had been achieved— for it and m istakes which were a b ar to the representation by delegates saint-hood under our new and h u gin now in each em ancipated heart, was a superlative graphophone. from auxiliary Unions, Leagues Never did the The judges in the body of the man dispensation. and to go on increasing in strength, and Societies of the American Sec volume and grandeur, far exceed house could not restrain their a p Devil select a more d a in ty , delic ular Union. The first thing to be ing the old impossible, m irage, sky- plause; they seemed ready to ac ious, and yet more dangerous advo- done in order to set the Liberal parlor heaven, and even our power claim him as the second great Sec vocate; for he had selected not one cause upon its feet in this country ular saint of Am erica, Thom as of his own im ps, but an over sensi of prevision and expression. is therefore to revive those Unions T hink how dark and bloody the Paine being alw ays accounted the tive angel, whose tears over the or Clubs which have been, and to first. But to make assurance miseries of the world dim m ed the organize others where possible, and world was A. D. 1500, E. M. 1. doubly sure, the learned and care clear sight which alone can foresee to sustain them by sufficient means T hink of the discoveries and prog He ful Dr. Foote presiding, called up the means of their rem oval. and attendance. The Torch and ress since made! had chosen the sentim ental, ph ilo Think, what the world will be 3tM on the ex-judge, C. B. W aite, the its subscribers will certainly not be well known au th o r of “ The H istory sophical anarchist, who by night years hence? As we live and work behind others in th a t work. of C h ristian ity up to the year 200,” “ ru n s with the h ares;” in m any a Those who can lecture or teach to make th a t “ E arth ly Paradise,” to sum up and give his opinion. reform meeting, to show them how acceptably m ust prepare for th at let it shine backw ards into our This most learned, expert and ex to escape “ the hounds” with which, work, and be ready to take the hearts so that we begin to enjoy it perienced judge held th a t w ithin as a necessity, driven, versitile and field. W ho will announce the nojv. T hat Shining backward is the ancient church, the case for crushing law yer, he him self “ h unts first League Union or Club, in this our H ope , based upon K nowledge saint-hood would he clear; and he by d a y .” revival of the great cause, which So the Devil will miss again. (n o t F a ith ), and inspired and sus- asked th at within the New Secular takes a new spring of life from this For this advocate a t h eart only congress? Let us hear from you, tained by L ove , the fountain and church of the New W orld, America m ainspring of life. | should enroll the name of Ingersoll ¡means to win by compelling this for a prize aw aits you. Torch of Reason The Three Degrees of Liberalism. S A IN T IN G E R S O L L .