Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-30
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how eyl, wrong and suffering lie
re consistent withthe Infinite wisdom "
nd goodness Of Coo. as
C.-Nor eve Willie, as long as those 81
Tho write on the SUBJECT set out with the ta
that IL is q scroH1 and injustice done is
lem, that they are stbjeet to error, evil, W
ain, sickness, ~calaEfty and death, for We
hitch, in order that GD1s character, not al
IT Benevolenee, but br ordinary and nc
justice may lot suffer, com nc
ensation must be madeh another world. It
is strange that it shoGd never occur to of
VIC undertake bythis e~onsidera-
on "A ne the eertaina Of future life, is
lat igation1s quiuRs peremptory be
ca kehS a9oSpe the an els
80 suner and die Ot
Anton barbarity, ca
bf their own ma on
th
wit might fOrese~
u til Cd fOresees and fore
perl as He but thi
sight~d foJ lowIedge would in n
affect the freeAactioRs of any Twin
hture. Neither, therefore, do tn
fDfesight and fOreknowledge Of Coz
Only His direct action on the individua
4 could do that.
When you foresee that I will do a Ger
: tain act, you may use that acl
4 in order to effect a purpose {
/ your own; may take it in as part of
plan of your own; make it an agen
really of your viii. Still, it is An act
' my free will. You do not control me i
any wav. Can you not conceive tina
z you could, if possessed Of sufficient powe
4 and wisdom, thus make every act an
thought of my life thus minister to you
= purposes
The Deity's power and wisdom bein
u~nbounded, it was then possible for Hin
in arranging the plan Of the Universe
; to make the free actions Of all, thong
4 free, His agents, to work out He pun
poses, these being still His W purpose:
n in effecting which our free-will assists
a That cur will is free, cur CONSCIOUSNESS
of freedom proves. And this proof bein
perfect, and impossible to be false, 60.
r is either not infinitely Wise and Power
full, or He has effected His Perfect will
using our Free wills as so much Of HI
o multitudinous agencies, to effect lis pun
: poses. That He knows in advance wha
n our Free viii will do, and that tn
Unity and Harmony Of the Universe ar
10 not disturbed by it, only prove His In
finite Wisdom and Power, and not tina
our will is not in reality free.
/ Then, as to prayer. The forces c
. Nature are complex, and widely differ
ent in character. OF their true natur
and mode of action we know nothing
We do not know what gravity, cohesion
q attraction and repulsion are, nor can W
conceive in what manner, by what DC
teney or exertion, they act. For ez
> ample, we do not know whether attraC
r ton is a power or influence inherent il
f the body that attracts, or q quality, ca
pacity or attribute of that which j
attracted. The will of one whom W
. love is a force 1t compels US to d
particular acts. Is not the Love, itseli
which is a passion or emotion G
: my OlOn soul the force that cause
p me to obey the viii of her Love
Electricity IS a force identical, it i
supposed, with magnetism and galvan
ism. What it Is we do not know. If
= is matter. We must have a new definition
of matter, and the very word matter
becomes a word without an idea. No
/ knowing what it is, are we to deny tina
it is a force" because we cannot con
ceiye that what seems not to partake Q
the nature Of matter can have no force
GoD uses it as a force. So He does on
= thoughts, What are tsey9 They ar
uttered by or flow from the soul. The.
{ are neither matter or spirit. They ar
not things. But they continue, and the.
/. act. They are the most potent Of al
forces. They influence others, deteFmin
( their conduct, decide the destiuies Of mel
and nations. Sod uses them aSs in
struments, Inc invests them with th
attributes and p]oteDcies Of forces
= Should we cease TO think because all j
fore-ordained by the Reity? Was it no
] quite as practicable Dor GOD to max
2 pious aspirations, grad ul thankfulness
ana prayer, effective f ces, in His -
scheme, 20 aid in carryA forums M
: plan, We yet being free Ynot TO tn
pray? Prayer, ike thy NIactlon, in
: love, electricity, is agand not a trs
; dead. but a living mere Is no lofty els
esDiratiop Emotion, that is NOT &c
so. ~ Hi
nrssS inverse is the Divine an
and SDaoa % N
Iught of bD. e FHe Uttered der
%. a'1And Vat do you really mean by ane
,vsT aomuch more easy to utter WI,
919 VyeslSto explain it! When Won =
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