T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , O REG O N , D E C E M B E R 13, E. M. 300 (1900.)
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theological solution of the world
Torch of Reason 1 and
of M an’s lot and fate therein
raled, the Agent of hie Holiness let th e facts to The Torch.
Im m edi­
them know th a t the Pope would ate legal action m ay be necessary,
is not true , and the in q u irer be- inform them th a t th eir salvation and only effective when taken at
The O nly P ap er of Its K ind.
comes em ancipated, th a t is, a true depended upon th eir obedienee to once.
Liberal— one freed from all of the M other C hurch, and their work for
P ublished W eekly by th e L iberal U n i­
churches, spooks,
dogm as and its interests; and then he wound
versity C om pany, in th e In te re sts of
L. U. O. Abroad.
up with a detailed description of a
C onstructive, M oral S ecularism .
creeds of the past.
-----I Here he stops and rejoices awhile “ m iracle, ’ the “ liquifaction” afore-
The presence of the Business
W akem an
E d ito r by way of celebrating his indepen- said.
He assured them th a t “ it M anager of L. U. O. and of the E d ­
T. B
dence. But he is hum an and soon was a m iracle,” All acted, if they itor of the Torch, a t the Secular
P. W . G eer..........................M an a g er
finds th a t he cannot enjoy his lib­ did not express, their approval. Union Congress, and on the route,
The affair was a b rillia n t success,
erty nor secure its perm anence
has made The Liberal U niversity a
E n te red a t th e postoffice at S ilverton, w ithout its triu m p h through
the and both parties in New York are
fact to thousands who never realiz­
Oregon, as second-class m ail m atte r.
co-operating liberation, help and stanch friends of “ the C hurch,” by ed what it m eant before. We find
joy of his fellow men a n t
unen. means of its w o rk e rs , and they ex­ that the great m ats of the Liberals
This grand and indisper.sible re­ pect political as well as religious are solid for Liberal E ducation and
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
sult can be attain ed only by o r­ m iracles in their behalf, if they stand by our I Diversity as at pres­
The
ganization, and so he becomes a Lib­ faithfully serve its wishes.
ent the most worthy and decisive
One year, in a d v a n c e .......................... $1 M
Six m o n th s, in a d v an c e .................... . 50 eral of the T hird Stage or Degree effusive account of this political re­ exponent of it. They will stand
T hree m onths, in ailv an ce................
-5 — an organizing, constructive build­ ception in the newspapers has by us. Every Liberal organization
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
ing Liberal. Not only free himself, brought a broad smile of amused in New’ Y ork gave us active a p ­
in ad v a n c e ..'.......................................
^5 he is convinced th a t the great use disgust to the face of every true
proval in words and means.
M oney should be se n t by registered and glory of his life will be found American who saw it. B ut it m ust
F riends every where! We ap pre­
letter or m oney order.
in educating and m aking others so. be met with more than a smile?
ciate your earnest kindness and
F or a q u arter of a century the
support. W e cannot reply to you
Notice!
Liberals of America have wandered
Bad News From Home.
all as you deserve, and as we would
in the wilderness, and struck down
like. But we will make th a t U n i­
W
hile
we
were
hopefully
speed­
the
idols,
and
blown
aw
ay
the
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes
versity a su b stan tial Liberal Suc­
th a t your su b scrip tio n has e x p ire d . spooks of the old creeds.
Now is ing hom eward over the broad cess, and on less means than any
You are earn estly requested to re ­
plains of the W est; while we were
new so th a t you m ay receive th e pa­ the tim e for them to become Ma­
other U niversity has ever succeed­
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . W e have de­ sonic, i. e. building L iberals, p u t­ laughing at the Papal genuflec­
ed upon. Take th a t as our answer!
cided th a t it is fiest for all concerned
tion of those fairly oui-w itted poli­
ting
up
th
eir
real
homes
in
the
th a t we do not send papers longer th a n
And when th a t success is assu r­
th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. new world, the “ promised la n d ” of ticians at New York, sim ilar news,
ed the success of the Lib ral Cause
T his will p revent any loss and we will
far other than am using, strikes us
E
volution,
in
which
they
are
to
know jn st w here we stand.
is assured. W hen the T rue, Scien­
We req u est you to send ub the nam es settle, and their children to inherit from our Oregon home on the other
tific Solution of the U niverse is
of S ecularists who m ight become su b ­
shore of the great, and we hoped
the
“
E
arth
ly
P
aradise”
to
be.
scrib ers and we will m ail sam ple copies.
made the basis of life, in d ividual
Every reader of
This means th a t the old Liberal free Republic.
and social, all other E ducational
societies, however called, m ust be the Torch m ust have been struck In stitu tio n s m ust line up to th a t
T hursday , D ec . 13, E. M. 300.
revived and recruited, and new dum b with wonder, a t the a n ­ T ru th , or become hack num bers.
auxiliaries m ust be formed wher- nouncem ent in our last num ber,
Then every L iberal will be re­
V
THe New Century of Liberalism.
ever two or three, or five can be th a t S tate School S uperintendent spected as th e em bodym ent of hon­
had sanctioned the
got together as a nucleus of the A ckerm an
Liberalism is called to a new N ew L ife . In this way the next reading of the Bible and the L ord’s esty and tru th . N othing will add
step of progress, a new birth for Congress will be largely one of act­ Prayer as part of the exercises of more to th a t respect than to find
bis nam e on the Roll of H onor, the
the new C entury. Its first n ational
ual delegates, th a t is a real Con­ our public schools.
list of the first founders and su p ­
organization was the Am erican
T his is a m a tttr of extrem e seri­
gress, as the original intention was.
porters of L. U. O.
Liberal League, a t P hiladelphia, at
We will not rush into
Then Liberalism can show its num ­ ousness.
the great C entennial, 1S76.
D ur­
bers and will be a power in the hasty com m ent or condem nation.
ing the 25 years since th a t tim e it
land.
The rights of L iberty will We will hope th a t there is some Prayer and Bible in the Public Schools.
has tiad a checkered fate of m oult-
Only the docu­
be respected.
The education of m istake about it.
ir.gs and transform ation. ItH next
The decision of A ttorney-G eneral
Liberty will become a fact.
The m ents, t h e “ best evidence,” can
Congress is to be held at the C ity
greatest glory of an American will convince us th a t such is the fact; B lackburn authorizing the L o rd ’s
of Niagara Falls, consonant with
be to sav I am a L iberal , “out in for we know S u p erin ten d en t Ack- prayer and Bible reading in our
the great American F air, which is the clear,” with a soul and a life erm an, personally som ew hat, and public schools under p enalty of
to inaugurate the new century for th at is my own!
and expulsion, has
by reputation well, and we thought suspension
Am ericans at Buffalo next fall.
th a t he would he the last m an in aroused such a storm th a t one
For to do so, the m ayor of th at city
would suppose th at it would be
the world to do this thing.
Political Genuflection, Amusing and
has kindly invited, and the late
If it is a fact every Liberal, ev­ abandoned at once out of respect to
Otherwise.
Congress of the F reethought Fed­
ery friend of religious liberty, and a m anifest public opinion and
eration and Secular Union at C in­
of a Secular republic, has no alter- wish.
cinnati unanim ously accepted the
A rchbishop Michael C orrigan, n a tive. This is the entering wedge
In the last Torch we gave an a d ­
invitation.
the bead of the Romish church at th at m eans the destruction of the m irable editorial against the whole
From th e s p irit of th a t Congress New York, has been over Io consult Republic.
It has been tried ov er business from the P o rtlan d Oregon­
aud the general sentim ent of m any | hi^ H oliness and obtain his in- and over again ¡D nearly every ian, the leading new spaper of our
leading L ibeials we have ta lk e d ' structions about the m anagem ent state, and it m ust not succeed in state, which ab u n d an tly represents
with since, in traveling from New of affairs in th a t great state, and Oregon. Ii is in violation of the the great business and secular
York to Oregon, it is m anifest th a t this republic generally.
tw o-thirds of
He also constitution ai d laws of Oregon, m asses— probably
a new E ia of Liberalism , the T hird went down to Naples lo see with and of the constitution of the our people.
Degree, the Degree of O rganization, his own eyes the an n u al “ m iracle’ U nited States.
In this Torch appears from the
See A m endm ents
will he entered upon at it.- n e x t of the liquifaction of the blood of | and 14 Religious freedom, and Oregonian of Dec. 2, the im p o rt­
C ongress.
T h ese degrees of L ib e r­ S aint Ja n u a riu s.
1 bis is a notori- “ im m u n ity y" ” irotn
from religious
religious impo
impo- an t letter of the Rabbi, Rev. Dr. N.
a lis m — ilirre in iiU in M , w o e co m ­ ous old fraud.
On his return he gjtion is now a C onstitutional right Mosessohn, who represents the H e ­
m en ted on at itie C**ngresH, a n d announced a reception, to which of ail Am erican citizen by virtue brew people w ithin our borders.
have been quite fully explained in
The Torch.
They are sim ply the
n atu ral stages of Liberal evo.ulion:
T he first is th at of aw akening, in-
quiry, exploration, etc — in a word,
the stage of F reeuiought : the sec-
ond is th at of conviction, that the
politicians were invited
Loth of
the great political parties put in a
splendid delegation as it weie, of
th eir leading bos-es and workers,
judges, etc; for not to be there
m eant a loss of votes.
W hen they were ail Ihus cor-
*
-
t
of the U nited States C onstitution,
of which no state law or official,
not even a, schoolm aster can de­
prive him.
But the price of Liberty ¡a etern-
al vigilance.
Please to send the
• docum ents and a full statem ent of
a
I
Next Torch will contain the voice
of our C atholic fellow-citizens, and
then the Liberals and others will
follow, with practical suggestions
as to th e way out.
We are pleased to see th at S uper­
intendent Ackerm an is not really