The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-03-11
The Immoriu!,ly Of Is.u:as.


interesting Of the course. Interesting in
the first place. from the comparative nov
city Of the d"c'rine, ants prominently so.
from :hc clcarneSs ard rover with which
the speaker presented the subject.
lie commenced by saving that a novel or
TRANCE philosophy is not nece:>"rly ly false
nor generally accepted opinion true. yet
in all ages o: the " ,T,,, men had liz.
tined col'l!y to him VIII, had so.I,ht to at.
sk i 'pl:ar err'r-:lnt fully aware OF
this fact, hc bad >.lcc el AS the Su,irct Of
HE lecture the imnrrtali,v OF Mule,. from
. .c,nviction Of it:' uu'n, anl that fre1p it
Aowel practical d'uc~. now imtc l,c'y ,n:
dcrs'ooa. and still less perfectly perfo',ncl
lie dil not believe That God Of brlm!|ess
love and 1crcy had c,ea,c'l ry:i d> Of beings
capable Of pfsa~,,,c and q pain, to live tor
season nd then DIE fjreyer
lie first suu.' to show that tho prevail
iac belief, that ani,l,!* have no future is in
conformity with rcvcad truth, is wf1"IIy er.
rInotlS. and that in fact, the Bible teaches
directly the Contrary. To establish, This
point, lie qnoIcl II po,7inunf HE chap
ter Of Genesis. the f.'h verse of 4Jlh
psalm, lj.h 10 2l>t incu,rc of 3't:cc' and
,he.l verse Of the las, psalm:
lie next laid down the prpl"si,ion that
1cl,l I.,lI
jec,, ,|a, fact wo,il 'u'ni,h no evidence
nga'n't his prop ,>iti'n. tors G re .Son that
the bibe is revelation from, e I'll to mn e,
and MT to hrn'es uor an3cl>--lt does 20,
contain aN ,ra1ls, bu. only what is necessary
for man.
Thc next proposition was that there is,
4 connectpd chain Of beings from ,he lowest
order. having life. up to the angels of light, ,
in ~hicA man il but one, and u connecting
link.
That 'leyr:e Of intelligence, is not the cri
'cr'on OF immortality, else the very young
the i.nLeci|e and The idio,c Ul ,hs huma,e
amijy would be excluded
Ike then sought to srow the anaogs be-
tween man anl anin,,S, in respect to tie
passions, what aro commonly called he
domestic propen>illrI, anil also IL respect to
tho Ii, her order uf mc"tal hIcul;ir.. memory,
reflection and reas;"n all If which he claimed,
and claimed to show, that animals p,ssesseI
IL common with man.
lie further sought TO dcmor>tra'e, that
animals have tho powcr to discriminate bc-
tSeen light and wrong that ,hcy were not
wholly destitute Of II ,no'aI sense.
These various pr"|'usit u,> he enforced by
numerous illu-l ,nlivl,S, ard showed that
many Of the mos, learned and 'Ievrul lnrn
OF ancient and u.ouerm times. have Ia yht
III, same doctrine among whom he par
ticularly named john " c>lcy, anL Joseph
Butler. late Lore! E'>i"p"i Durham. ao,h"r
Of Butler ar" l.'c> lr. III which work hu
Quoted. EvSret'ng his inability { want o.:
U,ne ~ n nSlu lecture, 10 draw an a,.u
ment up" the >"hjcct from the Attributes
l'iety, he Concluded by asking, which WIS
best calculated l." Civ, rs enlarged and en-
.nob!i"s views OF eur Iathcr in Heaven, the
bel'cf that he il his Wisdom. love aud :rr
cy, has made provi>i,n tor un e!rrGal !u:u,c
for ulI the belns> Of hi, creation or, li.c te
lief. that by far The greatest p,u, u,,ltn of
his creatures tive, aud suffer. aud die. " l., c
two orders only. ot alt his vas, crra;,v.,
are destined 10 M eternal "e,cAfrr. Wh.rh
faith Is bt>l ca! ul.tct 10 til and prcuA,e
IN II 10 jc,n in .he cXcrla,i"n found IN the
last verso # 'hc last rse'm. :.c, every
thing thai hath b:ealh, praise The Lord ,
Wchavr give" above very full synopsis
Of the Judges irc,u,e. and now We intend
TO express "ur own vivwS on the >uli,c.
not hy anN mrnn> f kr the purpose Of cv,rro
ver>y. bn, .ha, The pubic may hay, The
beL.ht uf VIA. i.w ideas We may have on
the subject. in connection with that sd,
already presented In thu first pace We
admit that she analogy between III. m,nL Of
= brute, am. the mrd II u man. is very
clos aud We :ur,her alnt tha, il ei,hvr
is possessed ii Immortality cun lie has
mlnd, both are subjects "i ,m,nor'al,,,.-
But, We deny that such Is The case W.
dismiss the p'ni 's",iich nr r;aa,el, with III
simple ascertain. tha, Ar bal urr ,eac..e, ina
death ~ the cad u, evlrr tsia. that hath