T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, D EC EM B ER 6, E. M. 300 (1900.)
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Ingersoll th e Illu strio u s.
BY JO U R PRESCOTT GUILD.
G ram ’« o rato r of rightful joy.
Well may his nam e our lips em ploy,
W hen to those tem ples we a tta in
W here th in k e rs honor T hom as Paine.
W ith steady round tu rn s N atu re’s wheel,
No m iracle can m ake it r e e l;
H ence fear no ghosts nor gods a t a ll,—
So tau g h t Robert Ingersoll.
T he flowers of speech, at his com m and,
He plucked to w reath a circling band,
A c h a p le t for life’s ste rn e r facts,
To b eau tify w hat tru th exacts.
H is voice in season rich did pour,
T hroughout th e n ation, R eason’s sto re;
A nd C hristians, courage«! by his hope,
A long L ife’s way less gloo’my grope.
F reed o m and tru th ami right and peace,
By such as he have th e ir increase.
In vain th e bigots bark and growl,
In vain th e grossly varlets howl.
I n F re e th o u g h t’s School let Com m on-
sense
Speak in h u m a n ity ’s defense;
And never give th e conflict o’er
Till S u p erstitio n strives no m ore.
F o r th e T orch of Rennon.
Guilded
BY JO H N
Points.
I’. G U ILD .
The L. U. O. isO . K., I C.
Be a whole individual, do not
be a mere in itial.
F reethought is fuller than any
federation, and it will last longer.
The Secular F reethought Feder­
ation Congress at C in cin n ati has
voted a grand success.
The most successful thing in the
last F reeth in k ers’ convention was
W a k em an ’s chairm anship.
The election of Mrs. H enry as V.
President was a happy in sp iratio n .
Only her refusal of the first place,
left her in the second position.
P etty Bings make one fret for a
sh o rt time, hut brave work will not
stop long to mind the hurt.
Words hard or soft should not be
always taken seriously. People do
not alw ays mean half as had or as
good as they talk.
Moore’s Blade is bright, M acdon­
a ld ’s T ruth-S eeker is a searcher,
the Investigator is an instructor,
there is nothing “ gre^-n” in G reen’s
M agazine, Semple’s Ideal is an ideal
♦simple of freethought, the In d e­
pendent Pulpit is well Sbawed, hut
tak e the Torch of Reason and I see
in every season.
Silverton, Oregon, Nov. 3.
i
M rs. H enry L auds Col. Ingersoll.
The chief speech in the Ingersoll
memorial exercises at the Secular
Congress w ashy Mrs. Josephine K.
H enry of K entucky. The Inquirer
gives this a b stra c t:
When the news reached me that
Ingerroll had passed away
I
thought more tl an a great man
had passed away, and I shed tears
of anguish th at this great Intellect«
ual giant was dead ; but mingled addition to our little Freethought
with them wer* tears of joy th a t so family.
great and good a man had lived.
Surgeon-G eneral V an Reypen
The last words th a t trem bled on
his lips was “ B etter”, significant of does not consider th a t Guam is a
good naval station.
He says th a t
the condition of the people.
He always fought in the open and typhoid fever is practically ep i­
alw ays returned from encounters demic in the island, owing to the
with other great m inds with his a r­ polution of the drinking water.
mor unscathed and colors flying. There have been twenty-five cases
and four deaths from this cause in
The religious world claim ed th a t
a force of 143 men.
The clim ate
Ingersoll could teardow n but could
is also debilitating, hut is not o th ­
not build up. He did not claim to
erwise had.
The mean annual
be a builder.
tem perature is above 77 degrees
After 1900 years of religion the
Fall. The Surgeon-General consid­
upper ten-thousand live in luxury
ers it would he better to establish a
while the lower ten million live in
station at Cabras Island, which, as
poverty. After 1900 years of C hris­
it is not inhabited at present, has
tian ity all the civilized great na­
tions are now arm ed to the teeth its soil free from infection.
ready to spring upon the heathen,
C ats Knocked Out!
and wrest their all from them , leav­
ing only their souls to an unknown
W atch-C ats generally undersell th e
stores,
hut since I am giving my e n tire
God.
a tte n tio n to m ail orders, I have facili­
It has been said Ingersoll was ties to undersell the best C atalogue
not a scholar, hut he had all the H ouses.
scholarship necessary to m ake arg u ­ C o m p a re C a r e fu ll w ith L a te s t
1 9 0 1 C a ta lo g u e s .
m ents th a t the combined clergy
Best Am erican w atches, IS size in 2, 3
could not answer. Had all lived
or 4 ounce Silverine screw cases; “ T ren ­
as good lives as did Ingersoll there to n ,” “ S ta n d a rd ” or “ C e n tu ry ,” 7
would be no need for a plan of sal­ Jew els, $3.50. H am pden, $4.50; Elgin
or W altham , $5; Rockford 11 Jew els,
vation or of a fountain of blood to $5.50; 15 Jew els, $6.50; 17 Jew els a d ­
ju sted , $9, Sam e, H am d en , $10. Sam e
wash away the sins of the world.
E ’.gin or W alth am , >11. Fine full a d ­
The preacher of to-day is not a ju sted , 17 Jew els, nickle, “ A ppleton,
man am ong men, but a man among Tracy & C o.” $16.50; “ B u n n ” $17;
“ O tto W e ttste in ,” “ New R ailw ay,” “ B.
women.
Ingersoll spoke fearless W . R aym ond,” $19. 21 Jew els, e x tra
“ Jo h n H an co ck ,”
words for the liberty of m an, wo­ fine th ro u g h o u t;
$20; “ Bunn S p ecial,” $22.50; “ C res­
man and child.
Ingersoll was cen t S ir .” $22; “ O tto W ettstein Spec­
never treated fairly by the church ia l,” “ V an g u ard ,” “ Special R ailw ay ,”
or Elgin 149, 150 or 181, $25.
“ Special
which has always treated the sin ­ R ailw ay ,” 23 Jew els, or “ B unn S p ecial,”
ner better than the honest skeptic. , 24 Jew els, $28.50.
The above in 4-ounce Silver case,
He was condemned because he de­ $4.50 e x t r a ; in 20-year gold filled, open
manded tru th for any thing he ac-j face, $4 e x tr a ; 25 year, $6.50 e x tra ; 20- '
y ear h u n tin g case, $6.50 e x tra, or in 25-
cepted. N either priest nor potent- ' y ear h u n tin g case, $8.50 e x tra .
All gold filled cases are art'S tic h an d
ate can stay the m ighty inarch of
chased,
accom panied by M fr.’s g u a ra n ­
m ind, and Ingersoll’s w r i t i n g s
tee and w atches kept in order for one
should find a place in every public year.
O th er styles an d solid gold equally as
library in the land.
M r. Guild W ith Lis.
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O T T O W E T T S T E IN .
Mr. John Prescott Guild leaves
R o c h e lle , I I I .
Lowell to-day for C incinnati to a t­
W tb elie v e th a t ci rd s like tt e fo llc w irg copy
tend the annual congress of the neatly
p rin te d and d istrib u te d all over th e U nited
American Secular Union and Free- S tates, w ill help us to build the L iberal U ni­
Reader, how m any can you d is trib u te to
thought Federation.
Thence he versity.
good advantage?
his will cost yon n o th in g b u t
little effort, snd may help th e cause of Free-
will go to Silverton, Oregon, to as­ ano
u g h t very m uch
sist in the general work of the Lib­
eral U niversity, a rapidly growing
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REASONS W HY
teaching scieence w ithout supersti­
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tion, and m orality without miracles.
Mr. Guild has been an occasional
contributor to the “ M ail” for the
S hould H e l p to B u ilo
last twelve years and is well known
for his work in the Liberal Associa­ It? L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity
AT SILVERTON, OREGON.
tion, in which he has been ch a ir­
m an and lecturer.— Lowell (Mess.)
1 It will help m any young m en an d
young women to a higher education who
Mail, Nov. 20.
S ilv e r t o n , O re
S ta tio n e r y .
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Scientific W isdom
In Place of C h ris tia n ity :
1 Can Sins be Forgiven?
2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil­
ization?
3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable?
4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions.
otherw ise will grow up w ith o u t its g reat
advantages.
2 It will educate w orkers for th e g reat 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit?
forward m arch of F re eth o u g h t and P ro­
6 Immortality or Annihilation?
gress.
3 It will forever silence th e accusation
th a t Secularists have never done a n y ­
JU ST T H E T H IN G
th in g .
4 It will hasten th e tim e w hen Reason
and Love will reign, and w hen su p e rsti­
to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n friends. Send
tion and h ate will l>e forever gone
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Mr. Guild arrived in Silverton
Monday noon, and at once took off
his m aterial and mental coats and
set himself to work. He is very
much pleased with our In stitu tio n ,
its location, buildings, pupils and
teachers; the students and faculty
are also well pleased with his short,
introductory lecture to the school.
W ith h is experience in newspaper
w ik, his tem perate habits and his
I f a ll h elp a lit t le , w e ca n a c *
great love for our grand Cause, Mr.
c o m p lis h m u c h .
W ill you h e lp T H E
G uild will prove a very valuable a little ?
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