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The consorvatlvo mind must approach a dis
cussion of this subject with much hesitancy,
and question, as to his cqulpmont to treat a
problem which has engaged the thoughtful at
tention of -the greatest Intellects of all ages,
without results which placo the nfllrmntivo
view beyond tho realm of doubt
That thcro Is doubt on tho part of many on
this subject is certainly not in tho least sur
prising, as thoro is no proposition, oven ns it
rolates to material, or so called truo science,
which may not bo gainsaid, questioned and ar
gued, for and against
This being truo, skepticism and doubt Is
certainly to bo anticipated when wo enter tho
field of speculative science, and deal with In-
tanglblo entitles.
The readiness on tho part of many to accept
tho strictly 'materialistic view of Hfo, Is ex
plained In part, by tho fact that many aro dis
qualified by lack, of capability for logical de
duction, but moro especially, bocauso wo live
In a matorlal world, and our flvo special
senses, aro brought to bear only on material
things.
It is- a strugglo for tho possession of material
acquisitions which principally occupies our
attention through Hfo.
It being known full woll that such posses
sions constltuto tho moans bywhlch matorlal
comforts and gratifications aro secured
Thcro is also, PRIORITY of IMPRESSION;
as, tho developing mind ordinarily becomes
fairly well Informed as to his material envi
ronments and relations, boforo it Is suffi
ciently matured to enter the flold of Bpooula
tlve study.
Many articles on tho subject of Immortality,
(mostly materialistic) have lately appcarod
In tho San Francisco Press, In ono of which
It is sontontiously declared that a belief in
Immortality is "degrading."
Another tells us that "Death ends all,"
"Death Is annihilation" and a fowtBontoncos
further on declares that lcath Is "otornnl rest
and sloop," unwittingly porhaps, In his last
declaration endorsing somo form of etornal
oxistenco, as it is lnconcclvablo, that a thing,
or person can sloop or rest, without having an
oxistenco, or, aftor having been "annihilated."
Ono Rov. gentleman of somo note 1b reported
to liavo said in a discourse dollvored at Golden
Qato Hall, March 2nd., last, "Thoro Is nothing
known of immortality." "I am moro concorncd
la having tho best thoro Is In tho Hfo of now."
As ho did. not say what ha considered tho
best in tho Hfo of now, ho leaves much latitudo
for construction by those who accept him for
a teacher and thereby renders- hlmsolf oxceod
lngly popular with an average San Francisco
popular audience
If ho had said HE know nothing of Immortal
ity, and was willing to mortgage his possible
chances' of a Hfo to come, In order to socuro
tho best thcro la la this life, wo would have
been ablo to definitely classify his position,
ani to concludo that ho aught to transfer bis
allegianco from tho pulpit to Amorlcan politics
whero his typo of talent would hayo full play,
unembarrassed by possible scruples. To say
thoro Is "nothing known" on any subject,
smacks of a demagogic protonso of a possession
of all knowledge on tho subject, and suggests
tho possibility of a degree- of egotism most
malignant, and out of keeping with his pro
fession. Every muUt-mllllonalro who baa acquired his
wealth by wrecking tho material Interests of
his follow men, and (ninety nlno out of a
hundred) -havo pledged their possible future
for tho "Hfo of now'' will gladly onllst undor
tho Rev, gentleman'e banner.
Tho unscrupulous, tho avaricious, tho de
bauchee, tho forger and tho libertine, will read
such discourses with marked approval, and
construo It as license, without tho deterrent
fear of penalty.
The discourse in question la only noticed on
account of Its source, and tho demoralizing
effect It may liavo on immature minds.
BELIEF.
There aro degrees of bell of, depending on
tho conclusiveness of evldenco.
Very few Indeed bolieve any proposition un
qualifiedly, BUT ACCEPT, because of a prepon
derance of evidence. There is no question) n
which Is limited, and of which wo knowvallr
If wo could" at onco master every dotal!- of
solencc, In ono or all departments, then -progress
would cease, and tho purpose of creation
would bo defeated.
To say thero Is "nothing known of Immortal
ity1' la dogmatic and extravagant, but to., cay
that (ho evldenco of Immortality la not bo suffi
ciently conclusive as to convlnco all minds,
and, that arguments may bo made both foraaad.
agalnst, the statement would be rational, land
bring ua back to the question of the prepoa-t
deranee- and convincing nature of testimony
bj which we ACCEPT a given theory aa moat
nearly proven- and therefore, to .the . rational
mind, most worthy of our ACCEPTANCE as their being saturated1 with theso Irritating antt
our rule and guido of Hfo. 'soptlcsT No chemist or alchemist ever lived
If It is required to provo any proposition, bo-who cdn toU yoUi Ho. simply knows that out
yond tho domain of question or argument, bo-of a 8aturnted Nation of poisonous chemicals,
foro wo can say thero is anything known of by 8omo mlrnclo 8urpasslng human compre
it, then wo may safely challenge the material-, hen9f0B. wo aro gtvea distilled and absolutely
istic to provo that thoro Is a material world,lpuro wator, Honco w0, aro forced to conolude
or that ho has n material body, and declare nothtng js not posaosscd with measure
thoro is nothing known of physical existence lofMJ wl8donii design and bonoflconce
or of material In any form. of pUrpoS0i Tnat thero la an lntolllgonco en-
If, In the absenco of Infallible and unquos- . d lth mca8urolo83 PoWOr, wisdom, dosig
tlonablo evidence, wo aro justified In declaring, . .. '
thero Is "nothing, known" on a given subject, and beneflcenco, who Is tho author of our
then no human being Is la possession of a world, and who oroatod and sot In motion tho
definite unqualified fact. As, when tho ma- ! 'which control tho- functional activities ot
torlallst attempts to provo that ho has a physl- every detail of Us mochanlclsm. Hero can bo
cal body, ho must depend on the testimony of found no olement of chance, but perfect pro
his five special SENSES' for' tho ovldonco and clslon and co-ordination of innumerable occult
theso MATERIAL- avenues aro all subject to and silent forces, moving lrroslstably forward
dlseaso and perversion of function, and nr to the accomplishment of nbsolutoly definite
therefore by no mcana- Infallible I purposes.
Double vision, heating sounds, voices and THE FULFILLMENT OF A WONDERFUL
whisperings whero none exist, perversion of
tasto, smelling and feeling, aro all of common
occuiTonco, and persons afflicted with theso
functional aberrations of tho special senses, human hQdy, Tho measures for protection of
aro by no means all confined to lnsano asylumB. J varjQU9 organo . oMctly proportioned
Notwithstanding the universally acknowl- L thop dolIcacy and jmportanco in tho physi
edged fallibility of those witnesses, (and thpylcal economy.
aro tho only source from which ovldonco canj Tho body j, ft Hvlng and movln& lllU8tratlon
bo dorlvod, In proof of physical cxlatonco) whoIQf almoat M known prinoplos ot bco and
wm oo so irrational as to aeciaro, -tncro is no
ovldonco of tho existence of a physical body
or a material world?
Wo bellovo thoro aro ovldonces that tho mind
D01I0VO UlOrO aro OVIUOnCOB mat mo minu
is a doflnito though Intangiblo ENTITY a
nrlnclnle: tho disease, death or destruction of
which Is lnconcclvablo; andNvlowod In this
light immortality seems an assured fact A
nresontntlon of somo of tho ovldonces of a
soul entity, and indestructlbllty Is tho pur-
pose of this paper.
Tho most wonderful entitles of our worm
arc, in fact, things unseen; wo cannot soo tho
forco of gravitation any moro than wo can see
tho immortal Hfo principle In man, becauso
seeing with matorlal oyes, wo can only soo
material things. ,
PRIMAL LAW PROVE8 AN ORIGINAL LAW
MAKER. No rational person questions tho existence
of a power called gravitation forco, a forco
which rovolves tho earth on Its axis; which
carries our earth around tho sun in Its orbit,
which causes birth, Hfo and death to como to
all animate things with perfect uniformity. As
theso forces always act exactly in tho samo
way, without variation, repeating thomolvos
millions of times without varying an iota, wo
must cortainly all agree that they aro directed
and governed by law. No ono can rationally
claim that a law can mako or creato ltsolf. It
Is beyond our concoption; nothing cannot
creato. So wo aro forced into a recognition
of an original law-maker. Law In Its systematic
and ordorly dlroctlon of forco Is, of itself a
flat contradiction' of chanco In tho promises.
Theso propositions must bo most conclusively
Impressed on tho rational mind, whoa ho ob
serves tho fact that tho Infinite Creator always
moves along tho lines of perfect laws, for tho
accomplishment of absolutely doflnito purposes,
demonstrating design, and theroforo, a De
signer, and, loading to bcnoflclent results
Reasoning from results to causo, (and surely
thoro can bo no results without a cause,) wo
aro thus enabled to demonstrate tho oxlstonco
of not only a first great original causo, but
wo also learn most unqualifiedly that this
original and only sourco of creative power, Is
endowed with tho attributes of design, Inflnlto
wisdom, beneflcenco of purposo and measure
less power.
DESIGN AND ULTIMATE, PURP08E.
To illustrate, let us considor tho subject" ot
rainfall. From the surface of tho ocean vapor
arises, aa a result ot heat this vapor la carried
ovor tho earth's surfaco by air currents; when
tho vapor laden curront moots another air
current of a lower temperature, condensation
results, and tho wator is brought (la drops, for
better distribution) by gravitation forco di
rected by Jaw to tho earth's surfaco, not only
giving us puro water to drink, but affording a
system ot Irrigation, which rondors our world
productive, beautiful ' and habitable. Oravl
tation forco carries away tho excess of wator,
and Id bo doing, washes and cleanses tho
earth's surfaco, carries away refuse, debris,
and disease, generating matters through the
rivulets, creeks and rivers, Into tho ocean
This gives us the first great universal system
of sanitation, and sewerage of which all human
efforts are but mero Imitations. Tho constant
reception of theso currents ot waste matter,
reinforced by tho death and decomposition of
marine animals, would soon rendor all oceans
putrid; and the wlndB sweeping over these ex
pansive surfaces would carry pestllenco and
universal death ovor tho earth's surface.
But for this, Inflnlto wisdom, design and be
noflconco inakoa ample provision by saturating
all the oceans with four of the most perfect
antiseptics known to chemical sclonco, (viz:)
Iodine, Bromine, Chlorine and Chlorldo of
Sodium.
Now, at first thought It would soem that tho
whole plan would provo abortive, because vapor
ladened- with the chemicals Just mentioned,
and deposited on tho earth's surface by rain
fall would Just as surely destroy all vegetables
and animal life, as would the air currents com
ing from the surface of putrid oceans, JJero we,
recognlzo tho wonder of wonaerf! Tho
miracle of mlraoles! How ia H possible- to
bring these vapors frbtnfiho ooeona without
DESIGN.
For furthor lllusratioh lot us, for a moment
contemplate that labratory of wondors, tho
philosophy. Tho monBtor vessels which plow
tho oceans have a prototypo of their motor
power in tho human heart. Tho scienco of
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action of tho human lungs. Thero novor was
a musical instrument which was not fashioned
after the human vocal organs. Fvom tho sim
nlost classes to tho largest toloBcopo in exist-
f coco aro all constructed In nccordanco with tho
I scienco of optics, as primarily existent in tno
human oyo. Every tojegraphlc system with
Its operator manipulating his instrument and
sending dispatches along its lines, has its pro
totypo In tho Hfo prlnclplo, tho real though
Intangiblo man, manipulating tho brain, as Its
instrument, conceiving and transmitting Ideas,
and motor forco along all tho lines ot tho
norvoua system.
Tho primal illustration of all architectural
effort la found In tho human skeleton frame
work, Its enclosuro ami oxternal embellishments.
Thoro is nothing known to sanitary scienco
which is not lmltatlvo of emunctorles and ellm-
lnatlvo processes found to exist for tho mala
tonnnco of tho health and purity of tho human
body. Thero la nothing In tho science of no
oustlco which is not found to liavo existed In
tho human; oar from tho dato of man's oxlst
onco on earth. Tho philosophy of tho sjmplo
and compound' lovor aro all well portrayed In
tho flexion of both tho upper and lower ox
tromlties. It would seem also that our whole
system of Jurisprudence oxlsts primarily, with
in ub. Tho analogy, to Bay tho least la certain
ly Interesting, of a Judgo presiding In court
hearing tho testimony of witnesses and oocld
Ing tho question at issuo upon tho testimony,
and tho ossential but Intangiblo man slmlllarly,
siting In Judgemont, usng tho brain as its in
strument, receiving thq testimony of tho flvo
special sonsos as witnesses; In each court a
vordlct Is rendered on tho testimony, and tho
FORCES dlrocted by LAW aro sot in motion
for carrying out tho court's mandate, wno
can contemplato tho measureless splondor of
genius who designed and fashioned this won
dorfully constructed toncment houso for tho
soul's habitation, without an .overwhelming
sense of wonder, awe, and admiration.
" Tril8 PERFECTION OF DE8IGN.
If Immortality awaits us, It Is bocauso tho soul
Is a prlnclplo and thoroforo of vory necessity
lndostructlblo, and, asi an Immaterial ontlty
cannot mako ltsolf manifest and fulfill a
mission In contact with a MATERIAL world, w
aro given material bodies for tho sours oc
cupancy during our earthly assignment Hero
in, wo soo the design and philosophy of tho
physical aspect of our oxistenco. Wo bollovo
wo-havo proven clearly, that In our matorlal
world thoro is no element of chance. That a
oroatod oblect proves a creator. That tho ox-
Istonco of primal law, proves tho oxlstonco of
an original law-maker--that tho perfection of
design and perfect co-ormnauon or lorces ior
tho production of doflnito results, proves tho
existence of a designer, and In tho fact that
boneflcent results always corao from those co
rolatlvo forcos, we recognize also his attribute
of perfect beneflcenco. Wo bollovo that by
this line of reasoning wo cannpt only provo the
oxlstonco of a Creator, but by reasoning from
results, wo can unorringly diBcovor in him the
attributes of Powor, Wisdom, Doslgn and
Beneflconoe In a degroo which surpass human
understanding. If tho material body emanates
from an original power, tendowod with the
attributes as above Indicated It must bo equally
truo that tho Intellectual and moral consti
tution of tho mind of man emanates from the
same sourco.
Indeed, so far as wocan conceivo, It can
come from no other, anddoslgn Is bore dearly
portrayed, as In tho moohanlolsm of tho ma
terial body or tho material world.
The desire for immortality, , Belonging for a
,.nin nftrr death with, those we lovo, is an
inherent primal attribute of tho uouL It ex-
Ists In all from the barbarian to tho most en-
i,nAfi ' We are sol constituted and so
emanate from the creatlvo hand of tho Inflnlto
and Allwleo first causS- No- one ever lays
away one of his famijytyhjrayo, without
bis soul goes out In pleallng and supplloaUon
hat ho, may meet that one again. In a new
and bettor world. Such hopo and, ballot Is tho
moral ballast of the human rnco. Man did
not creato this deslro and hopo, for ho can
creato nothing. Wo soq design In qvory de
partment of tho Creator's constructive Labra
tory, also in tils. To creato man with this
longing for Immortality, and wlthold tho menns
ot its realization, would show tho absenco of
nil designs or Intelligent ultlmato purposo, and
instead, tho roflnomont of cruelty. It would
bo tho ono absolute folltiro of a doflnito de
sign, and ultlmato wiso and benoflcont purposo,
In tho wholo realm ot creatlvo effort. Thoro
would bo no purposo, design or wisdom in
man's oxistenco if ("Death onda all,") as tho
materialist tolls us. It cortainly la consistent
and rational to bollovo that tho author and
creator ot our matorlal world and all matorlal
things Is equally tho designor and creator of
tho Intangiblo entitles. In tho formulation ot
tho human soul, Ho lino not endowod It with
a Binglo nttrlbuto without a wiso purpose
Ho has not glvon tho soul any longing or
desire, without a possibility of a realization of
that dcslro at somo tlmo, in somo placo;
othorwlso his plan as it rolates to man would
bo devoid of Juottco, reason, consistency and
boueflcenco, which obtain so universally olso
whoro In his economy.
Man did 'not creato-tho dcslro within himself
for immortality. Man -can creato nothing. All
tho human agencies tho world has ever known
cannot add to, or take away ono slnglo soul
attribute. Ho Is endowed with capabilities to
do right or wrong, and the promptings of a con
scienco to direct him In bis course in lire, no
Is possessed with tho powor of keeping thoso
qualities of mind, which If In control load to
violation of moral law, nnd tnorororo puiUBn
mont, in oboyanco. Henco tho Lox-Tallonls,
la rational and just and by Its rcmlndors and
penalties, bocomca tho basis of moral progress.
All must admit tho restraining .Influence ot a
knowlcdgo ot tho fact, that a penalty must
xillow a violation ot tho law. From tomporal
law, ono may escape, but from tho ponalty for
violation ot tho laws of tho-Inflnito, thoro Is
no escapo, ovon though lta infliction may be
postponed for half a Hfo Umo, br oven to
otornlty. Tho rational mind, convorsant with
this truth is thereby .promptod- to mako a
constant effort tor align ltsolf with tho ways
of moral rectltudo, and thoroby-lneuro not only
hla own happiness, but becomo an. actlvo corw
trlbutor in tho accomplishment ot the ultl
mnto destiny ot man.
Hero aro ovldonces ot wisdom, design and
bonoflconco, as clearly portrayed in tho montal
and moral constitution of tho- human mind or
soul, aa In tho wondorfully lntrlcato and -pop
feet adaptation ot our physical -organization
for tho fulfillment of Its purposo.
It would seem tlrat wo too. ofton fall to
recognlzo ovldonces of a Hfo to como, which
bostrow our pathway all through this Hfo. It
la certainly suggestlvo, that wo Ho down and
take a semblance of death In our slooping
hours, to awako to a now day, andnowotfort
now Hfo. Wo know In mld-wlntor whon thoro
Is a total absenco of vcgotablo Hfo, and nature
seems dead, tbftt at a glvon tlrae-tho vogotnblQ
world will spring 'Into a now Hfo. It was tho
writor's privilege to -observe the. transition
changes of an Insignificant "grub" from a ro
pulslvo creeping thing to tho dovelopmont of
wings of beautiful color which- carried It away
Into tho upper world ot sunshlno, and Into a
now Hfo.
Thoro was nover a moro iwondorful miracle,
and so BUggcntlvo, that to my ralnil it was con
clusive. Hero alono Is proof, positive of a now
form ot existonco without tho aid of any ot tho
collateral ovldonces which go so far to prove
a now Hfo, awaiting humanity. The materialist
deolares that "death ends all," that all llfo
phenomena aro tho rosult of brain function"
(mistaking results for causo) and, "that all
knowlodgo we possess la tho rosult of impres
sions rondo on tho ''Tablets" of tho brain
through tho medium ot tho .special senses."
"That these Impressions on tho brain colls aro
filed away for future reforenee, somothlng aftbr
tho method of photographer's filing away bis
negatives for future uuo, and that memory Is
explained in starching out of these negattyes
or brain impressions; that tho systematic filing
away of these Impressions mado on tho brain
cells, explains tho acquisition ot classified
knowledge."
In order to test tho truth of this material
hypothesis, I wish to call atttonUon to two
unquestioned-truths in scJonce;
First that tho body j. mado up. oLn,1aggtoii
gatlon of colls.
Second 'that In accordance with physio
logical law,'' theso coIIb servo tholr purpose,
die, disintegrate, and, aro ollminatod from the
systom. That these two latter propositions aro
unquestioned scientific truths, I thjnk no one
will attempt, to gainsay.
It la also-true, thattho creator and moriJ
perslstont functional activity of tho brain, than
In other parts and organs, renders It subject to
more active cell destruction and reconstruct'
i0n. than obtains elsewbero In tho' systom. lit
i8 nn .estimate, that by this coll destruction
ana reconsirucuon, me wuow imyoicai nirucw
ure Is ma'douanow, every seven years. While
it Drobablr occurs in much loss tlmo let- Us
accept the seven years theory aa we certainly
do. knowjtha it must coour several times' dur
log the period ot an ordinary life." Now 'In
view of tho knownfacti, as above stated; is
It not a furthor fact that If It Is truly a
matorlal proposition,- tho norvo colls which ro-
cQtyed Impressions sovon years ago. and' hare
slnco lost their vitality, boon disintegrated and
ollmlnnteu from the body,rthat they mustihavo
taken tholr Impressions with thorn T And would
not tho woll stored mind of sovon years ago
now bq a blank In consoquoncoT Excopt such
Idoas as havo been acquired during tho last
Soptonnal period. Aa a fact, would not hla
Ideas begin to grow hazy on tho day following
tholr acquisition, for, wo inuBt romombor UjIr
coll destruction la an ovory day occurrencoT
From day to day, woolc to week and mqntlj. to
month as those cells disappear, ono'a intellec
tual acquisitions must go also, or at
best Icavo only fragments of fcnowlodgo,
and such a general disarrangement of Buch
Idoao as may by any physical possibility re
main, that Intqloctual chaos could only result
If tho material theory bo truo, no poo could
know anything, definitely for any considerable
tlmo, and at tho end of overy sovon, years hie
mind must bo a blank, and ho must begin, again
and learn ovorythlng over.
Thoro la no escape from this conclusion It
mind la tho result ot brain- function. As proof
that tho mind is not tho rosult ot braiafuno
tlon but la' ltsolf an entity, tho- writer, onco
know a very aged lady who llvod during tho
Revolutionary war At 90 years of ago, Bho
ceased to know her own children, but montlba
tho Revolutionary War, Qoprgo Washington,
Groeno or any of tho leading revolutionists, and
Bho wouldKlvoadetaileddcscrlptlonot thofr per
sonal appearancoa.aml what they sald.thelt dress
and bearing and other particulars relating to'that
sanguinary and soul trying contest, surpaos
ing all tho books. Now this old' lady's brain
had boon rebuilt and mado now a dozon'tlmos
ovor, and sho ought, not and could .uoU-havo
known anything ot revolutionary tlmos If ho
matorlallstla theory bo truo, twhoreas, jthjao
Impressions woro tho only things sho dldljmow,
as Bho, was almost totally oblivious to'her jm
modlato surroundings. Would It not havo
boon nbsolutoly impussiblo for her to havoro
memborod thoso -things it mind wore the pro
duct of umln function,, ana brain coll m-
prosslono. when wo know to a certainty that
sho did not pooaess tho wmd bmlnby sovoral
romovoa Umt Bh , d , n ac(nilrod .-,.
romovos, that she had whon sho acquired theso
lqeosT uniy reconuy a man or. maturo yom
told mo that tho admonitions of Ills motnor
in hla childhood days, had como tq hla mind
In all hla years, and had boon his moral ballast
through Jlfo.
Tho matorialUt will ask you if mind is fiot
tho rosult ot brain function, how is It when
Insanity oxlsts. It growa progroadlvoly waroa
Just In proportion to tho oxtont of organlo"br
functional brain leslonsTWoanawor that har
monious mental music, (right coordination
of Ideas) results whonovor tho brain's chosen
Instrument is normally attuned: Ifitho brain
Is doranged functionally from, dlseaso, our ideas
aro erratic, Inco-onllnnto and Inconsistent
not tho fnult of tho porfonuor, howovor, nut
of a faulty Instrument Who would bo so In
consistent as to crltlclso an accomplished
pianist for producing discordant music frora a
wrockod and unstrung Instrument it sooms
plain that in oithor caso tho discordant results
como from faulty Instruments, and not from
tho porformors for, In any case, (thoro can bo
no "mind diseases." r ,
Theso facts in refutation ot tho theory of
tho-material qrhjln ot tho mind havo not, and
cannot bo disproved. , r
In tho conclusion of this pnpor, I am aware
that I havo prooontod only a fow of tho many
argumontB In proof of a llfo horeaftor. Nor is It
written for tho ontortalnmout of exports ,ntho
flold of eo-callod ''hlghor criticism," but with
I tho solo purposo of showing tho fallacy) lack
of philosophy, consistency, design, la fact, tho
theory, with every othor department of tho
abBoluto .incompatibility;, oft the jmalorlaiJiTtlo
creatora handl-work. It Is wrltton especially
to present to tho dovoloplng mind tho impor
tant fact that It Is not safo.nor for tholr good,
nolthor horo or hormftor, to cast astdo the
saving Influence ot a belief In porsonal responsi
bility and llfo aftor this. Tho cheerful ac
ceptance of tho "bust thoro Is In (ho world ot
now," without Including moral responsibility
affocting our welfare now ondhoreaftorlll
be construed as a tlconso to tho licentious and
avaricious-, to "59 tor hat, .thoro isln Bight"
for jthat In tho purposo (f any purposo thoro
be) In such a llfo. Such creeds and Influences
aro certainly calculated to antagonjzo the Cre
atlvo plan of progrotulvo, moral, advancement
of humanity, iruln the prospoctlvO hafblnws
of its dovotoe, and causo him to dlsponso mis
ery And degradation to his uwoonlatcs.
Thoro Is much restraining Influence In a
clear knowlodgo ot tho fact that thoro isnno
violation of tho primal law, without"!? resulting
ponalty, and that tho ponalty..wllL.eorretpond
with tho enormity ot the transgression.
In this propotUoa wo PVflht to soo pretty
clearly tho. philosophy of right If death end
all, th on good example, moral rectltudo, and a
clean consistent ljfugw for nauh and to
iu-'ii evu 10 as cpnsiBjdB',, aaioioacn justice
and right.
panto's Inferno Is a fitting representation of
humanity without hppe. .Thoro Is hope how
ovor. and, ,an .actlvo exorclso ot that soul at
trlbuto Is in tho breast of -every rational be
ing. Man did not creato It. It emanates from
the creatlvo hand of tho Inflnlto first causo,
whoso works show design, wtddom and bono
flaionco; who has glvtfri us np 'diljo, hope or
longing ot soul, which la not a 'subject for real
ization at some tlmo, in somo place."
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