The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-06

FHB NV. HENRY GILES ON 1.-THE INTRNoR LryI"
The Rev. Henry Giles delivered lecture 1t the
Brooklyn Institute last Tuesday evening, being The
eighth Of the "Ne~ England Course" upon tho
above subject. A very fair audience was present
In commencing his subject, Mr. Giles stated that
he had intended the lecture about to DO delivered
for another occasion; but circumstances imp slled
him to deliver ii this evening, and ~ ii was an
Irishman's privilege TO blund.r he would certainly
DO excused. He would dseu upon the Interior Ma
ture of Nan. He pictured in beautiful oolorA .
winters evening in a oostAgo-the 10 setting in
majestic splendor-stilnsss 10 10 the air, and that
stiffness would be silence but for the hum Of music,
like song, that falls upon the ear. The westeysn
sky is snamsned with palace like forms, and II
eye is turned from earth to heaven Draw tho Gus
tain, and observe . quiet household read . neWf
paper, sec print OF unequSed beauty, read o. SIC
or . poem, or piece Of philosophy which elevate
the intslleet-snd with oil these the mind IL along
With such associations como the ideas VI rights1i
wrong Here has been tho presencs Of . peculiar
life, like the setting sun, AMI not like the setting
suA-the setting sun through the medium u
the eye, but not through tho medium Of thu
in6nituds, and every dss Of space and motion sux-
gests boundlsss universe-s beyond IN which The
mind reaches . sUfi deAcy in everlasting spsos.
The first faculty Of the interior nature u the re-
ing faculty. Whom alone, tho reasoning fAsuley
comes into play, but like other faculties, IL shut
If reaching conclusion. The nero faculty Of res
soning cannot be nediam 70 reach the idea Of ths
the contemplation Of which esa excite no ave. II
simply ino0nseivable. Mathematics even have n@
action in spiritual thought; it gives TO intellect .
certain truth, but mtslsct cannot grasp To- Ii all
ueing in it, ideas Tree from WILL or set Of DO
while the intellect 10 sircumscriosd Tho ressonie
faculties do not enter tho heart aud silence doubt
or quiet fears, but leave the problem Of lNe and
being where it fnds it. Messphysioians cannot
explain it, They do not explain the universe
ono thing ell il God, in another oil 10 nan, uata
both God NOR man are hidden from view. The rea-
soning faculty gives us laws not lives Logic indi-
Gates tho laws OF God, and the usiverse traces tho
laws Of order but more kno Wedge Of Law dses not
give ~ . knowledge Of . God-we have thu
idea Of supreme Beng In the soul. Astronomv
10 the vastest and graadost Of sciences, but
does not give AZ just conception Of God In
sllusion to the discoveries Of Arago, tho French
astronomer, and computing tho number Of and the
distances Of the heavenly bodies from The earth
which seem but Like speeks In the inAnitade Of
space, no said the moro contemplation Of these OBJ
not approach to unravsI the mystery Of their being
1t IL unfathomable. We can eontemplate the i'm
nensity Of space, but II not from such depths that
We derive the consciousness Of good. But what ID
certaiAed tits not the rsassDing faculty, nor ths
revereAtal faculty Aone, which, although not OPP
posed to the reasoning faculty. 10 separate from t.
Philosophy may lead to tho knowledge Of . God.
and may also lead you from him Rslisisa bsginl
instruction with truth Ma IL religious being.
conscious Of the truth and the soul u the fscuatV
Of faith. The action Of tho religious lAsulty 10 q
wsrship; but astronomy does not always Had e
worship. The exaltstion, In day, Of more mate
rial Mechanism, has bsssne . second deity, add
that IL . worship Of nature The unity Of mans
own being comes back 70 him. and nature ID Allied
with Gods In enc case, and ns.azs is Ged in the
other. worship IL prevalent in our day which
does not reach the spiritual in man or nature bot
magni6es cAlnA matter. We sease net 70 haar
what man 10 deing-what man can do-sven IN
the utternost psrw Of tho earth. DID We net
know him perishable, We should think him omni-
the orhs and tired the borders Of immenaty, have
found no Deity-beng oognxsnt only Of matter,
calling order necessity, all being to them il empty
ofa God, looking ous With ghsstly eyes thrsagh
boundsn space without faith-dwell in solitude and
alone. The science Of astronomy should be minis
ter to faith, manfesting the grandeur Of Ne works
Of God. The man Of to day 10 full of changes md
troables; but there Is spirit within him, and in
that spirit there are uAfoldsd truths immutsble.
Occupying speok he has discovered worlds. ID il
he who apprehends to become extinct, to be sent
back to mindless state. TO lsse his ntanoct Assn
for an instant and then be no Eaore No the
knowledge Of futurity il inherent in man. By sym
patty he exists-it has actuated men to mighty
deeds in ancient and modern times. The last aspect
Of inward nature Is in relation to duty, which 10
law to all. 1t copvnoes as Of our respoH sibuityM
beings, and ID called conscience II il . diyiuf
1t is an element of being which no external forst
can reach, from which there il evasion no essap(
A man can no moro fly from his conscience the
from his God.
The speaker concluded amid the appreciation
the audience.