The organizer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1849-09-08

found well with the exalted aspirations of
the human race Is not bound up with all that great good
and glorious in the destiny Of man.
To the influence of this religion it, that we are not
this day sunk the gosses ignorance with respect TO the
lions God and the world For if experience
has proved any thing has clearly shown thai the light Of
nature when left ITSELF invariably fades away amid the
thickening mist of superstition and dolatry. This freely
admit is not for the of sufficient ceaness in that light
for every part of the creation the footsteps the Deity are
clearly stamped he heavens declare the glory Of God and
the armament showeth his handy.work.
We could believe, indeed that the most perfect and
beautiful poem or the most eIac philosophical DISCOURSE had
been produced by merely casting letters random ON the
ground that this orderly frame othe world with the adapt
atoms and harmonious agreement Of al things therein exist
ing had sprung from any other than experimenting and de-
signing Cause The Principal ofNewon, though universally
acknowledged to be the most spendous of all the monuments
ofthe human intellect is but faint SKETCH or a dim outline Of
the grandeur and the glory Of system and the boundess
systems ofhe Universe. Shall say them that this little i'm
perfect copy leaves evident the mshlest intellect The
world has produced and the time assert that the
great original is the work Of chance, wholly dcstiuteo any
marks OF designing mind In the language Of Bacon 1--WE
had rather believe all the fables Of the legend and the Tai
mud and The Acoran, than that this universal frame is without
mind and therefore, God wrought moricle con.
vince Atheism because his ordinary works convince it." H.
Decd revelation itself declares that the Invisible things God
bis eternal power and Godhead have been clearly
manifested since the creation, in the things which God
himself has made. But yet in the very midst of these
meTabe evidences blazing all sides around U.S. the hui
mind has shown disposition, uni controlled by
revelation to away and hide itself from God the great
central light of the Universe.
We do intend upon the theology Of this subject
We simply the fact that such has been the tendency of
human exhibited in the history all heather
tries The ofhis fact the great of this tenden
cy is fully revealed in the writings and confessions Of the
aheizers of antiquity. "Wha The poets fable Of Taniaus in
HE'LL say they being always in fear of huge hanging
ever head and ready every moment tumble down upon him.
is nothing thatTue fear which have of Deity here in
this life, which, indeed the very thing mytoogzed it.
Wherefore is plain, that they who first introduced the belief
Of Deity and religion whatever they ght aim in it, decrv
ed very i'll of mankind because they did thereby infinitely de-
base and depress mems spirits under serye fear as also
cause greatest gefs caames that now disturb human
lie There can be no comfortable and happy living without
banishng from minds the bcieof these two things Of
Deity and the Souls Immortality 1t was therefore n noble
and heroeal exploit in Democris and Ecuns those two
good naed who, seeing the world under the
giovOus yoke Ofrcgion, the fear Of Deity and punishment
after death, and taking pity ofhe sad condition Of mankind
and manfLy encounter that aighm spectre or epuser of
Provential Deity, and by clear phosoPhc chase
it away and Danish it quite Of the world"t
er.
vile fear Of Deity has caused the greatest gres and caam
But God the oppressed condition of mankind long
before by Epcurus Democrus and in coming
their relief be took counsel from neither ofhese good na
ed men, In his infinite WISDOM he has provided remedy for
all these gref and cssmes y by shrouding his eternal
gOrcs, however, from the view Of MORALS, but by unfolding
the ahOmess depths and the bonndess ampuds ofthOse
gOes the admiration Of he Universe As viewed through
The medium Of revelation, God object oterror to the
human mind but Of infinite oveness and beauty Thus
hs light of Telation tends Danish superstition from the
world with all its impurities. by casting that serve fear
from which all superstition proceeds and preserve know
edge Of hs divine glory by causing that knowledge be
sired It's sublime tendency is thus restrain the human
mind that sphere Oflgh and love ia which was originally
designed TO move u
Il would indeed, require volume point all the bene
its which have ovn from the Christian Religion 10 The INTEL
ecia moral social and political condition Of mankind Bot
We have no occasion dwell this subject Il Is sufficient
say At present. that principally the influence Of Chris
ianiy that we look Cor the prosperity and glory Of orr
Institutions. For 1.-THE light Of this should be e1inguAh
A. and the powers fnfdeliy pemed rule our desines
be time would soon come when this land M IS 4 now i and
az Of promise viii be swept BY human passion as with ne
Of destruction; when institutions Of sarnne vii
appear like sparks in the midst Of raging stern, and
Be glory Of DE Rep1blic ITSELF eonspcouty dawn