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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1901)
TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 24, E. M. 301 (1901.) i> spairing cry for it like th a t which b rillia n c y of its glory, and even ( he, is concentrated in these few lions of the world and m an. There ends the R evelation, ‘‘Even so, fa rte r th a n we can find w ords to words. C arlyle was heard to rep ea t m ay be a “creato r” too, to work th at come thou, Lord Je su s” was enough express it? \ e t all this revelation snatches from it as he passed away. °u t for you, and th at ins plan will j t appeared to him as ‘ The Song,” be ’ a “ house of blocks,” unless it is to bring it, if infinitely w anting a is made by scientists as the servants thing im possible could m ake it pos of H u m an ity , the hum an C hrist, for one of the successors of the L ord’s in some unscientific and inconceiv- sible to get it. The prom ise of only by the knowledge we in h erit prayer and one of those most re- ible way to effect your present Cl tint *nd of Jo h n , and of Paul, frorn them and by the co-operation ' m arkable of hum an utterances. wishes in some other inconceivable a ...th a t it would come in ..Ueeir day has never been realized to this u^es and the glories of N ature made ¡e^ stored in the memory. Af- “ b a n k ru p t” unless it pays off the day. By the absolute failure of all know n. Tor by Man only do we (er years of UFe jt will have deeper whims of our s* ifinh wants based on of these their most sacred prom ises come unto N ature. For is it not an(j fresher m eaning than when our unscientific illusions. In our and hopes, all of th eir religion, and w ritten? “ No one cometh unto the eye and heart first tried to make 5 (‘linger nays the said fis k e gave all of their schemes for tAe future father except by the son!” som ething out of it. In time it us the cure for this “ katzenjam m er” Heaven are wholly b an k rupted and Yes, only the blind can fail to may become the key of the new in one precarious bit of word we their whole business and theory of see th a t Science has got hold of, im m ortality. have never forgotten, viz: things has already ended in n o th and is now anchoring on this earth , DEANTH ROPOMORPHISATION. ingness. (M atthew , x v : 33-51, 1st th a t old heaven which has floated Transcendental Immortsííty. We now recommend this m edicine Thess., iv,v, Rev., xx.) about am ong the sta rs—anchoring to its au th o r, and to all those who Now what the C hristian religion it in and by the hum an heart, on John Fiske has placed personal need sim ilar treatm en t, like A. R came to do, but has u tterly failed this ea rth . T hus, gradually is it post mortem im m ortality in an W allace & Co. It is a’sure c u r e - to do, can not science do ? For draw ing dow nw ard and becoming am using position, for a scientist, far better than vaccination for the Science is our Providence and seems a reality here as the early C h rist He is compelled to give up the ma- sm allpox. The p rim ary class m ay able, if we only use it right, to do ians believed. And are not the terial and im m aterial “en tity so u l” need the “ H indoo Sceptic” as a nearly everything. Let us see. Can cherubs, angels and saints, who of R evelation and spiritism . He pleasant sy ru p to m ake it go dow n; we not catch and moor this Heaven m ake it realizable our children, says “ It m ust ever remain an affair ending th u s:__ floating in the stars? Can we not blessed women, and beneficent of religion ra th e r than Science.” “ W h en th e fish sw im s o u t of th e w ater, anchor it to our earth and thus men ? “ W hat goes on in the brain is an \\ hen th e b ird soars o u t of th e b lu e, m ake it a joy forever as the early Men and women of the T w enti am azingly complex series of molec M an 's th o u g h t m ay tran scen d m a n ’s C hristians dream ed it was to be? eth C entury, “ why stand ye gazing ular movements with which thought know ledge, The first thing they dream ed about up into the heavens?” Whom ye and feeling are in some unknown A nd y o u r God be no reflex of you. ” th a t Heaven was, th a t though it seek is no longer there, but here. way correlated , not as effects or Let us take our hum an im m or should come down to earth , it w’as “ He th a t h ath ears to hear, let him causes, as concomitants . ” tality and m ake the best of it, and -- y hut - — - -- to be the eternal home of those who | h e a r.” “ H e th a t h ath an ear let “ During the present life we know CPft8fi childish blasphem y of lived, and loved and served their him hear w hat the S pirit (Science) s o u l only in its association with ^ lci3Ting to the Infinite God : the highest, “ The Son of M an,” which hath said unto the Churches. To body, and therefore cannot discover Infinite All. was the highest good of all. And him th a t overcouieth will I give to disembodied soul w ithout dying th a t such an eternal home should eat of the tree of life which is in ourselves . This fact must always be a common possession, becoming the garden of the Paradise of God.” prevent us from obtaining direct glorified bvcom inniou of the S aints, AND — Revelation II, 7. W here was evidence for the belief in the soul’s with higher joys th an could be th a t P aradise and G arden ? W here rev iv al” otherwise conceived of. Now’ is not will it alw ays be ? On this earth Prof. Haeckel would say: “ D on’t M a in S t r e e t S ilv e r t o n , O re Science anchoring th a t H eavenly where it alw ays was. And so our quote further, bis case is up 1” No home of hope, and rest, and love, floating celestial heaven has re- one now takes the old Cabenais m a CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF upon this earth , ju st as the early i turned to the earth from whence it terialistic view, th a t feeling and C hristians hoped and prayed th at rose to be realized as our E a rth ly thought are “ products of m atter, ” School it should come? Is it not our fact P aradise h ere . but th a t they are “ concom itants” of, of Science th a t the perm anent, th a t is atten d an ts of the am azingly S u p p lies etern al home now, and ever m ust complex series of brain “ m olecular The Song. be on this ea rth ? Is not th a t home m overnents” and so ‘correlated’ with Books and enlarging yearly, so th a t the future them . Now if we are certain of generations will reach in it a life On our f ir s t page appears G oethe’s an y th in g it is th a t correlates are S ta tio n e ry . of unspeakable satisfaction— a com celebrated Masonic Symbol Chant. fort and glory more th an we can It sum s uj> the poems we have giv the constantequivaleuts of previous D e a le rs in Fruits. Vegetables c o rre la tio n s , w h e th e r c a lle d re s u lts , ’ ® now foretell— more than Paul ever en relatin g to e a rth ly hum an duty . i . ... • r , ,, , atten d an ts, or “concom itants,” or n f o n G ™ « ,.,, saw when he went up iuto th a t an im m o rtality , viz: Longfellow s . m> a n a C - o onrectionery. T) | e t z, w hat llVla not. X I Uvl here V V cannot cXIIII be tw o “ th ird H eav en ” and heard and saw Is a lm of Life, George E llio tt’s „ . a t ■ , . . . pu t • -Li c - r a i ii therefore, in which the sam e things u n u tterab le? Is not the re C hoir Invisible, S p iller’s Love Sha „ •. ,, , . concom itant” can be produced sult of hum an love the “ C hrist th a t C onquer, and now th is ' sublim e and so the “ m olecular m ovem ent’ is to be” on this e a rth ? H ave not C hant the last of all. way is the only one possible. those who have lived and loved, W e are not to say w hether we But after death he th in k s there In Place of C h ris tia n ity : and sacrificed for th a t “ C h rist,” like these and sim ilar voices of m ay be another way for “ feeling” to been by him redeem ed, as he is Fate, for w hether we will or no, w e , exiet. But how can a “ coocon.il- 1 Can Sine be Forgiven? crucified by the death of each are m easured by them . Not to a n t” exist after the “ m olecular o o • generation to enable a better gen learn to like them , if we do not, is ' m ovem ents ” of which it was a con- i Chra‘“ " ty P™not. Civil- eration to he born in its place? Is to close the gates of the E a rth ly com itant have wholly ceased-? The iat1011'' not each generation a step in the P aradise ag ain st ourselves. The more you think the more does the 3 Ia Region or Science More Reliable? ladder th a t leads to the “ higher life” im agery of t h i s Sym bol, considers whole «uiiig thing become absurd. How 4 — Evolution and winpuuovu Comparison ui of iv Religions, Mvvuinc a'/ru iu , now —«r— -..v* which is yet ever fu rth er in the fu- our earth as the Lodge of M an— can the dead .John Fiske coDcotai- 5 Does Belief in M Benefit? ure on this earth itself ? Does not the W orker Mason : the F u tu re tate, th at is, continue to correlate 6 Immortality or Annihilation? this C hrist th a t is to be, this “ Son Tim e as our great unexplored seed the living John Fiske th a t has of Man,” give his beloved eternal field with a veil seem ingly ever wholly ceased to exist ? How can JU ST T H E T H IN G rest, and yet with a continuous i mp advancing before us as we press on you sit on a lim b after you have m ortality in which they live as the with our work between the great sawed it off? This is sim ply Fisk- to hand to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send Choir Invisible, helping and cheer sdencea realizing ever anew “ the ian absurdity throw n out to am use 2 cen ts for 6, o r 6 cen ts for 26 tra c ts, ing those who continue th eir life to E liza M owry B livex , Brook powers of the good in the ever open- or wheedle the gullible?, on earth , by their higher life of ing f u tu re , not above (droben) but ly n , C o n n ., o r send 10 cen ts His next argum ent is, th at though love ? Is not the Infinite Universe, for 60. e itiie r kind o r a s before and in the beyond (driiben.) it u r n not be Science, it may b e ’ sorted k in d s, to the all , the “ F a th e r,” being grad H ere the crown? come to the ac- “ religion,” and if you w ant a th in g ' ually revealed by Science— re ttve as their work and hope. All hard enough, then w hat you w ant T H E L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y vealed as fast as we can stan d the .th a t M ankind wa?, and is or can ought to be according to your n o - ’ «. n « A M B « BW W J I V • A — . — KINNEV PORTER : S c ie n tific W isdom / Silverton, Oregon.