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R eason . T orch of “ TRUTH BEARS TH E TORCH IN THE SEARCH FOR TR U TH .” — Lucretius. * •» VOL. 6. S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , NOVEM BER 20, E. M. 302 (1902.) ’ TTTTTTT▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ^▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ v▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ NO. 46. th at the river Jo rd an cut itself in SOCIOLOGY— 0 two and allowed the lower end to THE MARCH OF TH E W ORKERS. M ► - 4 ► 4 run aw ay? (Jo s h .iii, 16). Or th a t In the Early History of Society—Origin ► 4 b 4 of Social.Mental Ideas. seven priests could blow seven ram ’s BY WILLIAM MORRIS. a ► 4 horns loud enough to throw down BY F . H . G ID D IN G S, PROFESSOR O F SO CI the walls of a city (Josh, vi, 20); ► 4 OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y . or th a t God, after A chan had con- \ X / H A T is th is, th e so u n d a n d ru m o r? W h at is th is th a t all m en hear? ’ ’ L ik e th e wind in hollow valleys, w hen th e sto rm is d raw ing n e ar; H fessed th a t he had secreted a g a r X A “Elements of Sociology.”) (From L ik e th e ro llin g on of o cean in th e e v e n tid e of fear? « m ent and a wedge of gold, became ECONDARYT T raditions .— In ’Tis th e people m a rc h in g on. W h ith e r go th e y a n d w hence com e th e y ? W h at are th e se of whom ye tell? these various groups of social ► 4 good natured as.soon as Achan and In w hat c o u n tr y are th e y d w elling ’t.wixt th e g ates of heaven an d hell? ideas were the beginnings of his sons and daughters had been A re th e y m ine o r th in e fo r m oney? W ill th ey serve a m a s te r well? S till th e r u m o r’s m a rc h in g on. stoned to death aud th eir bodies the economic, the juristic, and the C horus — H a rk th e ro llin g of th e th u n d e r! ▼ 4 4 burned (Josh, vii, 23, 25). Is it political traditions. They all p er ► L o th e sun! a n d lo th e re u n d e r ;1 ► 4 tained to those fu n d am en tal re la ► 4 not a virtue to abhor such a God? R ise th w rath a n d hope a n d w onder. ► 4 Must we believe th a t God san c tions which a conscious organism A n d th e h o st co m es m a rc h in g on. g 0 tioned and comm anded all the cruel holds to the tangible world of p al H ties and horrors described in the pable creatures and m aterial th in g s. F o r th they com e from g rief a n d to rm e n t, on th e y w end to w a rd h e a lth But in the very process of reflect a n d m irth ; Old T estam ent; th a t he waged the A ll th e wide w orld is th e ir d w elling, every c o rn e r of th e e a rth ; ing upon its own ideas, the m ind of m B uy th e m ,8 e ll th em fo r th y service! T ry th e b arg ain w hat ’tis w orth , u most relentless and heartless wars; that he declared mercy a crime; man was beginning to look in upon F o r th e d a y s a re m a rc h in g on. T hese a re th e y who b u ild th y h o u ses, weave th y ra im e n t, win th y w heat, 0 that to spare life was to excite his itself and to apprehend phenom ena m S m o o th th e ragged, fill th e b a rre n , t u r n th e b itte r to th e sw eet, 0 w rath; th at he sm iled when maidens of which the anim al m ind had never A ll fo r th ee, th is d a y —a n d ever. W hat rew ard fo r th e m is m eet? T ill th e h o st com es m a rc h in g on. were violated,laughed when m others been conscious. It was beginning u► 4 to have ideas of ideas; ideas of vo- 3. h were ripped open with a sword, 0 and shouted with joy when babes liton, life, and cause ; ideas of the M any a h u n d re d y e ars p assed over have th e y lab o re d d e a f a n d b lin d ; 0 N ever tid in g s rea ch e d th e ir sorrow , n e v er hope th e ir to il m ig h t find. were butchered in their m others’ sources of those m anifestations of Now a t la s t th e y ’ve h e ard au d h e ar it, a n d th e ir cry com es dow n th e w ind, A nd th e ir feet are m a rc h in g on. M arm s? Read the infam ous book of power th a t had aw akened wonder O, ye ric h m en, h e a r a n d trem b le ! F o r w ith w o rd s th e so u n d is rife; Joshua, and then w orship the God and fear. It was beginning to p er “O nce fo r you a u d d e a th we lab o red ; c h an g e d h e n ce fo rw ard is th e strife . I ceive an intangible world. These who inspired it if you can. W e a re M EN , a n d we sh a ll b a ttle fo r th e w orld of m en a n d life; Cl A nd o u r h o st is m a rc h in g on. F ift ie t h . Can any sane m an notions of an intangible world, com a » « cr believe th at the sun stood still in m unicated and discussed, became ► 0 the m idst of heaven and hasted not the elem ents of the secondary tr a ► 4 4 Is it w ar th en ? W ill ye p e rish as th e d ry wood in th e fire? » Is it peace? T h en be ye of us; le t y o u r hope be o u r d e sire , to go down about a whole day, and ditions; nam ely, the anim istic, «► Com e a n d live! fo r life a w ak e th , an d th e w orld sh a ll n e v e r tire ; * that the moon stayed? T h at these poetic, and the religious. A nd h ope is m a rc h in g on. On we m arch th e n , we, th e W o rk e rs, a u d th e ru m o r th a t ye h e ar ► 4 miracles were performed in the in 1. P rimitive A nimistic I deas .— ► ► 4 * Is th e b len d ed so u n d of b a ttle a n d d éliv ran c e d raw in g n e a r; terest of m assacre and bloodshed; The ideas constituli ng the anim istic every c re a tu re is th e b a n n e r th a t we bear, 0 ► 4 F o r th e hope of A nd th e world is m a rc h in g o n .” d 0 that the Jew s destroyed men, wom tradition man derived from his first —[T aken from th e C o-O p erato r. en and children by the m illion, and crude attem p ts to analyze him self. ► ?▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ V▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ 1 practiced every cruelty th at the in O rdinarily, body and th o u g h t seem ÍA A ▼ A ▼ A A a A A A A A A -A A A A A A A A I ▼ iA A A A U ▼ X A iA A i ▼ À ▼ Ü A A A A 4 V▼ ill A ▼ À ▼ A ▼ A ▼ A ▼ A A i ▼ À ▼ AÀ À j ▼ genuity of their God could suggest? ed inseparable. But when th e p r i a plague (N um . xxv, 8 ), th a t any ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE,* m itive man observed the bodies of good m an ever ordered his soldiers Is it possible th a t these things Is it possible the dead, he discovered th a t m ani- Sixty-one Reasons for Doubting. to slay the men and keep the m ai really happened? festations of thought, expressed in dens alive for themselves; th a t God th a t God commanded them to be BY R O B E R T G. IN G E R SO LL. action and speech, could no longer com m anded men not to show mercy done? Again I ask you to read the book of Joshua. After reading all be expected. H is own experiences D ivided in to S u n d a y B ible L esso n s fo r to each other; th a t he induced its horrors you will feel a grim sat- dream ing and in im aginative s tu d y a n d reflectio n . men to obey his com m andm ents by isfaction in the dying words of waking moods, when his own m ind E IG H T H SUNDAY. prom ising them th a t he would Jo sh u a to the children of Israel: seemed to wander aw ay from his O R T Y -E IG H T H . I cannot assist them in m urdering the wives “ Know for a certainty th a t the Lord body, led him Vo in terp ert these believe th a t a d ry stick and children of th eir neighbors; or your God will no more drive out facts as due to a sim ple and n a tu ra l budded, blossomed, and th a t he ever com m anded a man to any of these nations from before separation of m ind and body under bore alm onds; th a t the ashes of a kill his wife because she differed you; but they shall he snares and certain circum stances. H e in te r red heifer are a purification for sin with him about religion (D eut. xiii, traps unto you, and scourges in your prated him self and every other liv- (N um . xix, 2-10), th a t God gave 6 -1 0 ), or th a t God was mistaken sides, and thorns in your eyes, un til ing thing as double — as consisting the cities into the hands of the Jews about hares chewing th e c u d (D e u t. y e perish from off this good la n d .” of two selves, which m ight live to- because they solem nly agreed to xiv, 7); or th a t he objected to the (Jo sh . xiii, 13). gether or m ight w ander ap a rt. m urder all the in h ab itan ts; th a t people raising horses (D eut. xvii, T hink of a God who boasted th a t From this notion it followed by God became enraged and induced 16); or th at God wanted a camp he gave th e Jews a land for which prim itive reasoning th a t w hatever snakes to bite his chosen people; kept clean because he walked they did not labor, cities which they m anifested life was personal and th a t God told B alaam to go with through it at night (D eut. xxiii, did not build, and allowed them to was actuated by motives like those the Princess of Moab, and then got 1*0, or th a t he commanded eat of oliveyards and vineyards of hum an beings. The prim itive angry because he did go; th a t an widows to spit in the faces of their which they did not plant (Jo sh .x x iv m an concluded th a t conscious will anim al ever saw an angel and con- brothers-in-law (D eut. xxv, 9); or versed with a m an. I cannot be- th a t he ever threatened to giveany- 13). T hink of a God who m urders was in everything th a t moved or lieve th a t th ru stin g a spear through body the itch (D eut. xxviii, 27); or some of his children for the benefit changed; and th a t it was prom pted, the body of a woman ever stayed th a t he ever secretly buried a man of the rest, and then kills the rest like m an ’s will, by appetite, desire, and allowed the corpse to write an because they are not th an k fu l friendliness, and m alevalence. The »T I ipss 61 reasons h o rn Ingersoll are now to be enough. T hink of a God who had world seemed to him to be a be- had of the N . Y. T ruth S eeker a n d in V olum e 11 account of the funeral. of the Dresden E d itio n . They were w ritten in the power to stop the sun and moon, wildering aggregation of conscious th e SUs, but n o t published till a fte r his death. We F orty - ninth . Does it necessarily but could not defeat an arm arm y v th th a a t t powers, powers. Some of them were con w ill p rin t them in p a rts—each p a rt reads as a whole. We do th is because u n til th e people are em an cip ated from th e t ath o lic C hurch, the P ro t follow th at a m an wishes to commit had iron chariots (Judges i, 19). tem ptible, and man could abuse or e sta n t Bible, and the belief in “ th e s u p e rn a tu r some crim e if he refuses to adm it) al,” th ere is no hope for th is w orld.—E d . T o r c h . 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