Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-12
devil is wise, subtle, and learned; and
say VIII people nay, " ant ~ 4 !
other and 8oieequ IL Al efieIsnt4
ciEhkan Witassant kfEbwled&e en-

ana wrong WHtu IL IN Paoa" ~
aud white, the devil is certain to oeca
sionally lead the best OF men INTO MS
service .#hen, with ssn Atlest learning and
skill, he argues his policy in social
point Of view, politicaify, and TOR the
sake of religion " He is fonder OF as.
sunfng the habits and appearance OF
an excessive and utterly impossible
scrupulousness, than any other. He
knows men are we'll intentioned, and
shat what seems to be holy and for&he
Interests of feIigioa, 50 teadily accepged
He attempts thus, through his ignorant |
and involuntary seryantsgRppareht re-
formations, by methods which must bet
forever unsuccessful, and leaves things Y
as bad as before, while it also diverts
attention from the true method. Hedg-
ing he has advised, through bis igEor Z
ant d1pes, for all time, and amopg all
nations, because he knows it ID utterly
futile and cannot prevent hiseopstah q
dominion now, any more than hereto III
fore. He knows that wherever external |
walls are built TO keep .hnnsous, where
they are most abundant sthHfe 'his sway !
is most despotic. They depend bn an
impossibility, while they neglected light |
his favorite atmosphere, the Surround
ing darkness. He diligently pssrenizes
the pharisee An undue attention to
forms he knows is DESTRUCTION to the
spirit. Thence Cody law is con-
tinually urged upon people and legisla-
tors. Hedging laws afs kisfaynrite en- 4
gines of injury and obstruction tosthee
true methods of man spf6gTes&and ele-
walton. They are broksn reed and suf
fee to misdirect enerEieE which might,
otherwise damage his Supremacy. abe
over-rightE0na, the worship Psfs9f form,
eagerly assist him, aad=Well I'm Gaming
but ignorant or incoBsideFate= people
listen to hi8as eemingIg holy hian diah0
ments and dHsigns. =
The tsue way of ciFesnRsnting the
deeds Of darkpess is tozeRco0ragei light
in the iInsE man. Evsfy2 Zone must
meet the fenemy and oasScome him for
themselves Any attempts TO .coanterE
act him in an other rnanneE mast beaa-
faRshre Hedling ought to sbeD played
out. -bnt it is not. ItpaghE long since
to Saaa&e became an obsolete iJeS3 but it
is egHtinu Sng coming up Endris7til1 shs
habitzof the largest part of the world,
and that is the reason whytbeFe is little
erogfess to higher conditionsin q. The
Only advances made in tko@ parts are
wEiefDthe Efepressihle spiritz bursts the
bounds of theShedzes and men meet the
enen45 fairly in open com bat, every man
foaTimself We cannot bylaw say with
efSeH to the indf1duai an sqUestion:
EGu shall lndEF reside here or there, end
shall not employ thoSe iHfrp neulali tfes:a
Mlmtnke has said, @he shall : hgve his
abiding plaoeip this world andsheI can
neksfsbe cassgdt qhtil each of mankind
is ,aHe to say to him int schs bfshis in
nuAssable gdisguisss, gyou -shall not.
occupy single ccrperDf my tebernar
cles Thakcan never be, until The Sun
of Figbteousness and tiuth; ia a much
largsF sense than fis5 eommonly
ussds lights up sEat 6f-evsrF single
inhabitant. +" CarfYfhe war7nso Africa"
A defensivs Mhi fare here .fs rertain to
] resptEin qd9sht. Hedges, ditcbeA forts,
andEnll the contriNances=O war dang off
are yaluel ThRude r t5hH 20 envy q.
citadel Of ignorance, sl0th,5ah 4qlalid
! inertia, Cleanse and turn the, light of
/ day into ihe dark abodeS3ofs superstition
/ and .oFime, and all the hobEobKns which
have 6bstructed the paths OF truth will.
be driven Of forsxar. Protection de-
fsatEts own purposes i5iE Iarsss I'M
heallbg growths, 10 prevents natural
deyglopme4tse e
I sThasprohEpitHse policy Rilffail nov las
! it fsiisti in Rhfadissss We have yet to-
digesssthe fruit of the tree of knowledge
4 of good hnd evil God speed the day,
when its juices shaiibe cafeerilg through
the arteries. of all mankind when they
shall obnstituie thssefrc11etioI of every
nation Let .4eveTyAN zone be iiourished
witBkhe digqsted jufces Of the fruit of
| the tree of kn0~ledRe ofgood5 and evil,
and ttiiFs will 10 fufflled ,that #hffeh has
been gristsn@ Inusmueh saaa thrdugh
Adam came death, 50 aIsp through him
| shay come salvation. Fttjs quite aasa
raaIesal to tryssnd wall outSdarkhess as
\ TO 1nth allar0und MISUNDERSTANDING
Thaf5s the Utmost absurdity oEths pro-
hib9iEe pokcym The orde5cfarfahge.
ment w paradise has not=been= Changed
as eoicerns tie world In dhis respect
that we evehheard Of bus the action
of all nationsnpp to our pwn age, has
seemed to saSse. Certainly the.aotiona
Ills not yet obgolete, even among us in
Hour favorable circumstances, for diseoV-
Eering and abandoning oid sFrnrs- The
tempter has Reep an essential eieEaelt in
the history ottbe world ,andpHnsof sal
walton. Whatknthority haye'# elm nature
sor revelation to say that sheShas Bst his
position anddhAt men shall no longer
be tempted asaheretofofe. : Judas was
no less permitted, called, and sssentiale
1--WE cannot hedge out the opportunities
of such characters, or prevent tenn ta-
Elton. 1t is not ours to fight ehe battle
! of life for others. 1t is ours to see tosif
that we are not Judas-like, or suecumb
Ito the seducer. az
II Legislators must beEeve That all
lthings work together for good. -eAStempt
ITO destroy none of the agencieF & pa
ture or of Providence = oleraE all
things, but WELD theui5 legifiu5atsly.
/ Fight darkness with light error with
truth, and wrong with right and reason.
To wall up, to bury, to destroy illegal
enactment, is an impossibility The
idea is continually cropping ont, as
| stumbling block to the raEionalprogress
of society. Let as quit IL in tbs couns
try,--e for all and forever. Truth
and right have nothing to fear in fair
contest on fair field, unobstructed oy
defensive works, which obscure the
| field; and obscurity is what the enemy.
Edelights in, svSomeeimess AS neEessarvi
s6rsa % hahGfnr &fAiH d6ldS aMhen that
is secured, the right and true need have.
| no behitafi6d hhouta g6ih9 1n to- win
with the weapons which nature, not 10
say revelation, has put into our handb,
and to which we have adverted as kke
method of success.
The effort to promote truth BY repress.
ffng error, and waIling Il up By DENYING
bthe Nz1iiidb ssotsrdk, shdlks3saledfre
dom Of choice, has prevailed in all ages
of which we have any record, sinde
Paradise, and has uniformly, failed 1t
il the policy which has. been. the CHI If
apmbingAl bclz ins <ka aaay 10 mans
progress and salvation. We shall never
fully enjoy all the advantages of the
knowledge which the eating of the fruit
was meant to confer, until we entireR
and freely accept the methods used ID |
Paradise. The srrorswof daspotispsare
now repudfated by Tho thibkers iDG the
age, and only adhered to by the wof
shippers and the parrots of ancient habik
of thought, which is compound Of Ell
arers interlninglea with truth atuh Anh
right can only be evolved BY co1fictf
with error and wrong. Not any body Of !
men, not any age, has had any right to
assume that they had arrived at the per-
lection of belief and policy, although |
in all ages it has been a favor. |