Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-30

2 Of the expression, that the Universe
the Divine Idea, manifested ia Time
d Space. The idea Is One its devel-
sment Manifold Nature Is the reve-
ion of COP: His Thought written 10
ible characters. In these Thoughts
know the Deity, IL the ana manner
/ know you. In every Thought your
ii speaks. Each Is the Soul, limited,
ting shape, manifested. Each Thought
he thought Of the whole Soul, the
ole Soul thinking; but does not re-
Il the whole Soul. II / should know
the thoughts of your life, / would yet
know your whole Soul. That would
in its Wilderness, be revealed to me.
remain capable of an infnity
other thoughts.
The thing most difficult to snsWer,
his : We have five senses. We should
foolish to believe that there NAV not
swhere be other beings that nave quite
er and different senses, of which we
mot conceive; asif a man who could
y hear, feel, see and touch should deny
possibility Of the serse OF smelling.
; know but a limited number Of
ours. There msy, nevertheless, In
er worlds, be.Snyriads Of them, Of
sss re cam b. Seive. We cannot
ao~SaSEolr itout faculties
these Wisdom,
n qOestions 1ustic1nc and
. a,ii55rsstptabI Deity sd 1hsi tbd 70
S5iuring the are our HE Crea-
Let ne Cor pos.,tes WHICH
Of the ne has go assign
snem tqake q COP
e~sy, and possess
AalN SOILS plausible. Add Power
cd MD yShe list 1t was this con-
no zoo led ancient philosophers
8p% celSe abe Very Deity-what
ingtoohy, pf words without meaa-
absofAs aAbsolute, Jas a Being
able, dufHp, al attributes, immOve-
I. Following oun Abyss or Buthos.
quences, they idea to its cOnse-
belonging to crtat even Existence,
logically be pr things, could not
became a mere dd Of GoD. He
solitude of His Htraction, T" in the
said that the Veryt The Kabalists
/, Ainsoph, of whom the Unknown
take no cognizanceLntellec could
name being to limo name /; to
hounds to. The ~Inefdefine or set
thew said, was that Dame, HVH
alton or self-IimitatiO1st manifest
1t is quite true th
rightfully assign to Con a not
usl nature as that Of ouAme spirit
that we might, with tRouls; and
consider His nature to bee reason,
that Of Electricity. Ame with
Power, Wisdom, Iutelli6istence,
Justice, Mercy, Benevole4 Truth,
merely Human Attributes. re not
Human race were 70 cease twhOle
would still have an Absol they
They are not merely because eing.
possess them. They are rand
themselves. We cannot say in
Is, unless He eIists. ExistenGOD
tinuance of Being. So He M
The idea of continued EXISTENCE.
with inaction, equally destroys I'd
of q GoD. To act, He must
Power, Wisdom, and IntelliI
1t is quite true that we CT
imagine Him as reasoning, &
ing at conclusions by logical proce
framing plans in advance of his &C
/, His intelligence does not act like 0
but He is necessarily intelligent Z;
His thought, however its processes d
from ours, is the action Of that Int
gence. Why not equally say tina.
cannot ascri5e tgiH to Him, because
is a human faculty? Why not, tina
cannot rightfully ascribe knOWledg
Him, because to know is a faculty OF
human intellect? His means of KIN
edge are different from ours; but il
does not kHO,O- what is being enacteI
the Universe, He wants, not a faculty
culiar to Us, but one necessary to L
self.
We possess these attributes, but
are not merely human because we
sess them but partially, in b1t q lin
and very finite degree. They must q
exist somewhere in their perfection.
can no more be without them than
can be without being. Theyare sucl
aIities that even He cannot annih
them. They would not cease TO exis
ideas, if there were no Deity. We
not imagine that perfect wisdom C
make itself unwise. 1t is an obvious
possibility. To say that His sttrit
are not Himself, and that He could
them all aside and still be the Deitl
paIpabIe nonsense. know how phi
pliers distinguish between the subst
and its attributes, but if you take
ana thing oil its attributes, you
nothing left but a word. The perte0i
absolute reason, wisdom, pows
geneeMOve, are the DeitS1h-
that pot say
tHre. and becdf nihe DDU;us4 Ill
He can change w. IN I
.DOtenee. Hi la W srel [
~ mandates d I'd ~
ons of His Initial
His Power ae - s
Justice and Hercy.l nicely '
eted by Infinite P2 nd na be 5
on US. Vs&ig6t be fos,ed b
hey it; but oeiienee could not be :
.andef by it'll Of Right. Is there. q
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