Torch of reason., February 05, 1903, Page 3, Image 3

THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 5, E. M. 303 (1903.)
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would be well founded; but the
“ I t is clear from au exam ination No, during th e form ation of the all the States, But how far away
court is of the opinion th a t the mere of our constitution, and the history m ists and their condensation to a fro m this aim we still are, you c&n
oral repetition of the L ord’s prayer of its adoption, th a t its fram ers > dense gas, the planets were cast off. see by the following fact:
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and the tw enty-third psalm , under recognized, in some form, the exist- for the earth was, on its beginning, your paper you find the advertise-
the circum stances shown by the ence of a God, because in the pre- a hall of red-hot gas.
Now nothing m e n t o f t h e N . L . P . i n C i n c i n n a t i *
evidence in this ease, does not con- am ble it is said th at ‘We, the p e o p le hinders us to ad m it th a t the so- with the adm onition to join with
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It is clear tn a i the mere reading of for our c iv il and religious privi different influences of these balls, secretary of this organization but
the L ord’s p rayer and the tw enty- leges, in order to insure the full en- according to their size and density. received no answ er ! When it is
th ird psalm , or the mere reading in joym ents of our rights as A m erican
There is no reasonable cause why true th a t these men believe th a t
the schools of an y other portion of citizens, do ordain and establish we should not u n d erstan d the differ­ they alone can change an y th in g
the Bible, is not prohibited but is this .constitution of the S tate of ent celerity of rotation of different they are badly m istaken. W hy
perm itted by our statu te. In this K ansas.’
planets and th eir satellites. But not join with other F reeth in k in g
respect the Bible is placed upon the
“ Counsel on both sides have pre­ to th at end, we must be educated lodges ?
\\ hy not organize the
sam e footing with all other books, sented this case at great length, scientifically and not autodacticallv; F reethinkers all over Am erica ?
P arag rap h 6082, G eneral Statues of both in oral an d w ritten argum ents. and in no case we should intend to Why not form a universal league ?
1899, provides th a t ‘no sectarian or They have shown great research of make the im pression, as if we alone
P rof . T. P. B aur ,
religious doctrine shall be tau g h t or the authorities bearing upon the were able to know what Science is
712 N. 5th St.,
Pres. L. R.
inculcated in any of the public questions, or supposed legal ques- I am convinced, and can prove it
P hiladelphia, Pa.
schools of the state, but nothing in tions, involved, but on account of) th a t all these so-called scientific
P. S. The editor of the T orch
this section shall be construed to the stress of other business, ami for papers, trea tin g of psychology,
prohibit the reading of the holy lack of time, the court does not care tru th , science, reform, are entirely should publish this letter in the in ­
scrip tu res.’ It appears from this to go into any lengthy discussion of ignorant of scientific tru th , and terest of all Freethinkers.
D r . B aur .
section th a t the legislature recog­ the law of the case, but upon the babble of their so-called sciences in
nizes the right to read portions of facts in the case the court is of the the sole purpose to puzzle their
C omment .— Dr. B aur is well
the Bible in the schools, and it is opinion that the plaintiff is not en­ readers and m ake money nut of a
equally clear th a t the teaching or titled to a writ of m andam us against hum buggish science. It is, helas I known as the au th o r of “ The Free­
inculcating of it in the public schools the school authorities to compel the true, th a t our universities an d col­ th in k e r’s H and-book” (in E n g lish )
is prohibited.
reinstatem ent of P h ilip B illard .”
leges stand under the influence of in which “ the world is solved hy
“ If the teacher in the Quincy
religious fake-priestlings and fake- electricity,” which hook those who
street school had read from the TH E PRO PH ET O F ELEC I RICII Y codlings, and it is also true, that wish to understand him , and much
Bible th a t which she had com m itted
every scientific progress comes to besides, may obtain hy sending for
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to memory and orally repeated, the
us through E uropean S cientists, it. He is at a disadvantage in the
“ Nebular Hyphthesis?” and Tells
result m ust, of necessity, have b eeu
but it is entirely useless th a t now English language, hut too genuine
Liberal
Papers
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to
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th e sam e, and yet the reading is
fake-scientists of obscure papers and sincere to change. He seems
clearly recognized and p erm itted by E d ito r T o rc h o „. Keason:
will imbibe us with their foolish to us a fine specim en of the “ cock-
sureness” and lim itations he con­
o ur statu te; an d thia rig h t to read
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from the Bible seem» to have been y()llr Gfcrniai) (V orueber) poetling ,nen w" r" religiously depraved, a»
M ay be the soul in Sociology
recognized by the decisions of quite speaks
a soul (Seele), but I bet th ey indeed are, there is alw ays
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one thousand d ollars against one hope th a t one day or other they and Psychology is more than the
“ It is fu rth er contended on behalf nickel, th a t he does not know begin to acknowledge their foolish- sim ple m echanical process of elec­
of plaintiff, th a t the repetition of neither the construction, nor the neHS ar,d become the true disciples tricity, and th at w hat we feel, th in k ,
the L ord’s prayer and the tw enty- nature, nor the size, etc., o f this <d sc>ence.
will and do is the self and us th a t
th ird psalm is an interference with “ soul,” which, by the way, is no
And now one word about the constantly passes over into and
the rights of conscience and is vio­ soul, hut an electric force.
In F reethinking papers: Everybody makes the hum an future? I f so, is
lative of the co nstitutional provision speaking of an “ e te rn ity ” into which knows th a t all these papers are read the Dr. or the “ poetling” crazy?
which says th a t no control of, or
So Mr. Heald may well think
the soul goes, accom panied by l»v only several hundred men and
interference with, the rights of con­
thoughts or deeds, you may see that women. And why th a t? Is there th a t calling everything electricity
science shall he perm itted.
the w riter is entirely crazy.
no need of knowledge and c u ltu re ? helps little, and th a t other th an
“ If w hat was done in this case
But there is an o th er article io W ithout doubt, yes. Can knowl- electrical problem s m ust be account­
was not a form of religious
wor- y OUr T orch signed by a certain edge be divulged hy theological ed for in disposing of the nebular
e ip, t en t ie n g ts of conscience H eald , and treating the “ N ebular controversies? A ssuredly no. W hat hypothesis.
of the plaintiff, or of his son, were H ypothesis.
should these papers bring to th eir
The co-operative union of all those
n o t in te rfe re d w ith .
F irst, I should th in k th a t if any- readers? C ertainly besides theo- who enjoy Liberal sentim ents is
It appears from the evidence in body intends to w rite about such a logical controversies the newest w hat the progressive welfare of the
this case th a t for m any years a p a rt heavy affair as Ihis problem , he scieutific theories about the think- world waits for. But let no one
of the general opening exercises of would first stu d y the laws of elec- ing and dream ing process. For as sincerely try it until he reads in
th e schools of th is city has consist- tricity. Secondly, I find the quo- soon as we prove to the reader I hat the D r.’s book how suddenly the
ed in th e use of portions of the tattoo of Colum bus very childish, the process of th in k in g is entirely Dr. himself, and the rest of them ,
Bible, in su b stan tially the sam e T hirdly, I will say th a t the Nehu- n a tu ra l, not w anting the direction will ju m p upon him .
m an n er as th a t com plained of in lar theory is very N eb ular to of a soul, everybody would be im-
We p rin t this letter as requested
tb is case, and doubtless th a t prac- H eald, because it does not s ta rt hihed with the conviction th a t Free-
and as a rare curiosity.— [ E ditor
tice would have continued w ithout w ith a sea of red-hot gas, but only thought alone is able to fu rth er the
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question had It not been for the ac- with m ists tu rn in g around a center scientific progress.
And because
tion of the M inisterial I nion, in according to the laws of electricity. Science and well positive Science
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appearing before the board of edu- According to these sam e laws the alone, w ithout speculations and
cation with a petition, requesting m ists became more and more dense theosophical controversies is cap
Mrs. E liza b e th C ady .Stanton’s books
the board to m ake the use of the and then only they began to get able of explaining every ’problem
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Bible 10 the schools com pulsory red hot. in consequence to the laws of life and d eath , Science alone, free Twoof her ion. are memberi of the firm':
a n d in representing to the board of condensation. It does now not of every devout influence, should Theodore Stanton, 9 A ve. d u T rocadern,
th a t the city superin ten d ent, Prof, m atter w hether we agree with one be the guide of these papers
Paris, F rance; Robert Livingstone Stan-
D avidson, was in hearty sym pathy of two possibilities: F irst, we may
B ut the principal f a u lt 'o f the Y ™ “ iM or“ ' ^ h e S
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with the objects for which they pe- accept th a t this im m ense ball threw F reethinkers is their divergence of Bible,” $1.00.
titioned.
Upon this proposition off the so-called planets, or we may political opinions, and th eir belief
W anted
Prof. Davidson testifies th a t he had say th a t in this m ist there were th a t this or th a t L iberal society
carefully refrained at all times from formed several centers. T he A b - could change a n y th in g in religious Men and women to Join th e A ltru ist
expressing to the M inisterial Union tronom y does not ’ pretend to --
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Î life to all accep tab le ¡»ersons. Send for
personal views, either one way or the condensation of the whole mist, while they do not form one single its m o n th ly paj>er; 10 cen ts a y e a r;
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