Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-08-29

even inonr own niSinte,hhough IL supposefwe5
have Done now. for ingmy youlhol lqsoidips-
afCeiidae enough for that purpose 10 drive them
alLoutJ hwere easy 10 multiply cases yOf this
kind. abul enoughoiho has beeno osaid to pubus.
whenwe examine facts, on olrguard against
The in6rml,ies Of our npJure. .gle4seb s g3o1
fl,There arepceiiain well-eslablished laws,
both in ,hephysical and moral world, which
should be lkepl.in yiewiiD our examinations
of nalurel and mental phenomena: the law
of egragila,aD, for ius,aDce.i We should
recaiyesia iacls which are incoHsislants with il
with very great hesiiancys The lawsoGleye
is ns well srsiied ii he moialsMcfid as the
law tof sgtayitdtioB in the mutual. How
striking ,heanswer OF certain great refornl-
or 10 the sinquiring messengers Of anoiher
$50 show John the things which ye do hear
and see; the blind receive their sight,fand
the lame walk, ihelepers are cleansedg and
the deaf hear,the dead are raised up, md
thepo haveahc gospel preached to ihema'
llf Godis love,and1lhe great law oflhe uni
verse is love, ,ahen'labors Of love. are lhe ap
IpRopriate works of dre former, and create a
presumption in his lavorI Equally clearis
ahe principles, that each man is a separate
being. destined toi see with his own eyes,
and blaspheme and pray withhisowntongue,
and 10 sIandup and answer forhimself amid
abe fires Of The final dayssI am aware tSal
we sometimes in.lhis day meet with things
ahal are said to- come down from the other
Ewofld; iupdain referenceao these ii maybe
supposed lha, we have no principlesiin in the
IiigmIof whdhqe judge ethem. >h Lam moisture
Fof Thar; IL is fair 10 presume that other worlds
Ose subjec. tothesam general laws as this.
fItis not probable if.amangelsin into paradise,
that he will desire torun about the earth,
upseuipg lables;- and if he should get into
another place nor quite SO comfortable, it is
mo, likely. ,lha,he win be permitted 10 do So
AgOih: 1T 'therS be anything well. selled in
heaven or earth, it is ihe Ddw Of progress
Ia law moi limited 10 democracy, bdl affecting
taIl things, physical and, metaphysical; de-
psphe DIR Counter currents, the world moves
onward. SGrcsas a gfeat good man has o
lfqtuie, will that future bo TO himan advance
re, therefore, he serd messages from the
Eskics which prove him TO be a greater fool
Than he was on eanh, we may wcll' 'ques.
|tioh The accuracy oil the telegraph which
brings them down. am aware ihat facts
ought 10 be received in spite 'ofbny hypoth-
esis 10 the contrary Or Of our inability TO
account fof them; when well established
philosophy should bow before them. 4
know iha. facts may occur above and differ
ent from what we, have ever before, exper-
fenced; Thai neutrality-suspicious. 10 laws may
when properly understood, be EXAMPLES o
lihemi that facts may occur which resul
from soi.afal laags mo-. vel understood; iiha
1they may occur in violation Of laws that are
Ipndersiood; but in The last case We may
surely suppose that there will be sufficient
nolce given, suitable preparation made
and an end accomplished, sufficiently i'm.
Ipor,ani TO justify q departure from them. LIE
us, before we. how 10 a fact, be. sure it is a
loct. ! would not disconrage observation
experiment, and RATIONAL belief; but J would
moi have you discourage caution, reflection
and rational doubt. would not beclouc
Ifbe field Of physical ruth; 46r would I have
darker hs F%SgSS Sr C 3, Psi 6tflef'nas lsa an'
"'aSa bFs (1So1e coniinae49lo1q 'l9"