New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-04
The Spiritual Nature of Man.
BY Rry. 5. H. rYN0.


spiritual Nature Of Man. subiee, Of srea, and eOnsd
cradle importance, particularly in the present day
which so many and persevering efforts were inside to
make Man forget both by scientific and philosophical
INVESTIGATIONS MAJ the Only animal in all creation
SHE ,oinycs;iSste his being and this inquiry
attractive 70 the powers Of the Imagination and the in.
,elIect Nan behcids all animals, irom the snlaes. te
the largest and most perfect running up in graduated
scs,e Of inteisence ard al Partskug Of vitality SINH
lar to hsown Til, L5 ends our by geological dscove
ries and snst mica dissection; sees that l&o them be
iyos breSthes, exists AID dies that toward an they
al TsliSse IN hiu G. pont o. periecHpn ea'uhHss'
and ths, be Is the pyramid Q! he. PIaAef OF we
with them be orsii4;es and departs. Aad ms the
whole nature Of Man hi end AMI destiny or there nc
hsine around within and about him, not uuielI though
unseen TINS 5 an ingusy 20 waeh no Prolessedp
uuinsTiyed mind has YET satisfactorily replied TO-
There are two theC-c3 this uhect Cplcdtory your
enirltenuent. The hrst, INT Msn Is spontaneous
result srd that is ire mere result Of minute psrti-
ccs q matter which. O. certain time, come into
lie" THIS theory was Dsyer better explained than
h. Topsev when she says, " was not mSio, growed
This material ori-a q nan was laugh: very early IN
philosophy EpicurSs tausat isat certain pArcles OF
matter grew up Ike aushIUuus-Sot IA "e"ed INTO
tuber~ and en- hust and that the animal came orth
breathing he, ard % scc uni for man no; ocnS pro,
duced in his day aler tie same manner ne nNenoI
Ia, esyth 70 the duncan race. and said Il 90; od-was
exhausted snd lest s .ccuuity. hcyot0tGs declsred
that he saw, in E,yrt og growing oai o. me earn
with lis head Sud fore par; perfectly orme %hAe tnc
hind ecs buried ia mud and were scHrc'y nsuu-
,,.bs BE from that which surrounded them The phoso
ply OF Plate who dc,cTsocd msn a. al uniedSed olpe
was riGcueG BY 5CpAanes pileSns ae.oN All 'u,o"
t into the 49, enhy, aging. bcrOh fiatos MAJ Suhonl-
dc. held that the souls 81 woslcn were totmci ron
seeds which contained good, and bad particles ana as
either prcdominaIed the lady possessed g0od on Dad
d.po,ton The sls;ern IN dscss AMI careless ana dlfy
in te- household acirs, ne held. came from The SWINE
The scold anu one who was Away barking hcr soal ne
held WAS formed from canine pdIpcles. lne eV'ntem
perd he SAID out OF the sea, Tor although they
could be sometimes calm yet there were o'ler periods
arwhich there would be storm, aad then they would
he bcistcrous and violent Another portion ne SAID
had their souls composed Of particles nom uie mare,
o,d they trk Great pains IN dressing the asclyes AMI
bedcckirc their persons, delichtcd In peIlunery and
sought after the fre flowers They were ne sSd oeaa
tul and pretty thing 10 meet and TO those lo ShneJ
with them but detrimental q the owner. hlhgs ANA
Prince. mirht admire them they wanted fancy roy
but 10 the generality al mankind they were nuisance
The last, and es he (Dr TO hoped the majority were
formed from the particles OF the bee. These were az
teutye To their husbands and children, never unseAed
einsSves discharged the duties Of their place ana sta-
ton conducted their household affairs with wisdom
prudence and economy. AMI such was tue best Wue st
liz Gods could estw ON man. PythagorSs tansht
II e rtlsmisraiion Of s0us. he he'd ue SOU psssod
from one beng g another, thar was never lost sn1
that the outward figure only was chatge ins Ees
Wa rdcuel bv am English poet who SAID the SOU OF
Aristotle might be tOlng IN an as OF Iolay ponHse
beau These theories are ueulcd and TAucuicN oy our
learned men of modern science, VINO muW'gy MI mo
c, bX ip.isnc on tn r,atea'y of our eXi'teuce and
a,houah they do net Ia words altogether uehNh'rea,W
they do so actually and in effect by their systems lac
chemical theory, and one mat Is supporter ny elca
names l. that grew ont OF previously cNi-iiS o'u'
of ma ter which M certain tune came into par
ucuar combination. and thus existence was produced
II man was formed in that way there nothing 20 pre-
vent the combination again producing ahke 1csuh
and indeed Dr. Carpenter says, that It The same de
scpuon Of organised particles could be broughttogethG
again by the hand ot man as was brought togethrf
at the time Of the fret creation OF the human
race that the result would be exactly sinlM
and that the only difficulty exists in the ignorance OF the
combination tor the means are within our power rs he
spirit Of vitality exists IN matter. We haze nothingto
do them but multiply experiment gu experiment untl,
hy happy combination OF particles, we can produce
live man. At cast this Il the opinion q DR. Carpenter
This puts in mind OF the bachelor In Connecticut
who was So hard please that he could ind woman
there TO his taste, whom he would desire 10 make bis
wife sill he he'd a great wish for a partner for life
and would make one for himself aud he collect parti
ces OF flowers and all other things that he desired %
see combined Ia his better hall, and he threw them ell
together in rotary churn, and began turning then
round and round in the hope of hitting on the combina
ton he SO much desrcd, but he wa forced 20 content
himself with already formed, which, consider
ing thnt he resident OF New England where there
are 50 many good and yrtuous females not after
all so hard fate Laughter There IL, then, the dc
yeiopment theory which says that from microscopic in
sects was produced not created but developed;
that from the insect he grew and enlarged gaining To-
teRence according he increased and thas great
grand father might have been sn ourapg outans,
OF, Us some maintain that we are only apes with inc
BY means of the gayanic battery 10 have created from
water sort OF being which he calls Cars Cross
which now that II Il once in existence may, according
10 this theory, enlarge into man. and thus future
a o. uey bah him rs the creator Of new race u
human beings This would make man purely ma
teral or as they say, nature "a everywhere t1s
same that there Is no hereafter, that we are
animals anu die, and there then no more %
us and only reconstructed. These theories
the the ridiculous principles OF the ancient
philosophers, produced In another FORM Inc oh@
81. Mob, VitrNfnu
the Mosaic record the only consisten one, which says
that God made perfect, and gave him soul se9
arsie from the body, aud with dlaunct co'nhshdw
propagate his This Is the DIVINE accOuht Tor no
human mind could have conceived u. Where else
could We ind Is CcrtBinly not In heather mythology
but here every fact cosObOration O the truth oil ms
entire ssteit are they that the iacs are pro
OF the revelation and the revelation OF the truths
one Il told that It Is revealed that matter Ia ccfA
combnGton produced man, or that something iosmeo
Of matter grew up into man. or that Nature al ones
produced infant that afterwards grew into a man,
g,ould We laugh AZ st such revelation, Tor
how could an infant helpless know IL IT, live with
out parental care and watching Go back, however 10
the simple history the Divine revelation and gives
you all at once God created man from the slime Of tho
earth, snd he brenthed into him, and man became lty
ing soul. Suppose any theory you wish. Let matter
be eternal. How then, by what power will II move
breathe end liver No matter whether the world exists
SD or xix hundred housand years, this difficulty Of
iparting lie % matter viii stll present itself Chro
uoogy has no eject the Divine account, and 10 70
necessarily true, whether inspired not and inspired
because God alone could ave history Of his ~ors
the creation 81 men. When we come 20 view tie
theories founders every pace but the other
perfectly consistent all its parts, and the only ose
whch IL perfectly recOncabe Lesneliz says that tbs
ultimate Tesg, Of the combination Of particles ID ony
known and have been productivity chemical process ad
by partial combustion Of the brsn Is thought produced
GsR theprocess Of digestion by the gastric juice Ths,
whether we think or eat, sill perform mere snmd
function la the manner u u cOntended that Ih
instinct OF animals and the powers OF the soul u ms
are ard the ssLae-thstEey ideRLcay the same
ard alike In the mamie stations Of their power and ther
will No cue however, think, will tell me thst III
the SEINE manifestation Of power which teaches the IN
edged easl0 TO cry out for disturbed IN -
Left teaches % HlAke IL. necessary proyisiH
against danger Instinct ia te inferior snimals supplies
TIE place Of the scul IN man, bur not By experiences
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