Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1868-12-17

Is MAN IMMORTAL W Z are aAed o '
correspondents 70 explain many points
which have pu11I-I the sharpest thinkers
Of the world Here IS an instance We
are requested to prove to the satisfaction
Of IN .quirer tha: religion IS truth. "
and aso Two ppiu;s Of tie greatest I.Lpoy-
lance, Viz the existence ST Coo, and
the immor ATTY 0. mao." We feel our
selves constrained 20 say something IN
response.
The trouble With all skeptics IN rels
ious matters begins IL radl- a! mistake,
viz thas religion is 70 be comprehend q
solely BY the intellect Mos: kepAcs-are
.utcIlectual, people who deity intellect, or
at least raise II above the emotional part
Of their beng, and whatever can not DC
recognize d by intellect. they deny 'le
truth Of whereas tue whole group OF the
religious organ- is located. not III the IN
tellcctual region, but in spccill group
above The same is true of the social
group Love is not an intellectual but
an emotional element Love OF man and
woman does not depend upon their strength
of intellect Sometimes people love IN
spite Of the teachings Of intellect, even
ag.ius. tie Suggestions Of reason Is .oyc.
therefore, act ) tt tt because it does not
depend upon the intellect or at according
to the strength or weakness Of the rcas2nf
Every Y knows that we do rot love Ii
proportion to our Ia:o!l2ctual strength n
okeptics say, "Eiere Is 4 great phi!oso-
pner he does not believe II religion
Suppose we say, Here Is l great pAiIos-
opher, he does not believe IN marr.a5s;
would that be al arguneA; az 81 mat
rage But suppose we're s@ld, mere
Is man OF wcaS intelligence Wa tA'4hs
his VIE and cLlldren a.e th' en!e4cs' ''I
slderat'2H OF LIE he VII. suifeF ana SCI v
that sy may ouJ2y Shas! We sly WIG
and children are NJ desirable DSla1S'
very Intellectual man Ignores tam ana
the weak minded maQ almost ~o!s@lPf
them? Il is SAL. H.re IS Phi!os'P -4e'
who is not CIrtstlan " If men haa 10
be ono philosophers before they oec~m
Christians there would be few Christians
among men Everybody knows that man
love IS no; grounded u pon tn strength ct
intellect and if you were to attempt 10
nroye intellectually the existence q mau :
love, YOU would utterly fail No man can
apprecists logical statement relative to
il wAo has not .hs feeling lnstinssiveIy
within him We know that love between
tba s.Ya, depepd. upon a certain organic
condition, the brain h,rmoni3lng With tn
,bvsical#Dature. Now let u.suppos, dat
fhs nbv,;caI nature (as s3m.tm 5 il is III
aniuialsl was artid tally caansei could
a poet 81 situated write Of female beauty
Wop,d be have auy conception Of il: .
History tells Us that eunuchs hate wonl-
ON that t,,sy are not destitute of intellect
wi ca. All they reason out that woman
:. b1art;fnl and lovely Show US a man
80. Destitute Of moral and religious
/ ar.,,ns or ba, them foebly developed, no
how mnoh iutellect he NAV have.
/ La Nil he a euuuch IN respeo, to relg on
- rel;g;su, IDEAS But men very often
/ 3o;f,, 10 ;utelleet and tiMuk they must ST.
lance everv emotion, especially Ia rclig-
/ IONS M, .ters until the reason can work
an, +,o nroblem.
w, must see in the light Of this argu-
mept the to.,T OF reducing reli aioD, which
"a tho nroduct of rmotion, TO the standard
Of mere intellect. Trus, reason helps
man 70 ap2rcciate the beauty which emo
ton suggests aud reason aids the rcli.
I'm. ~, bpt the feeling must exis: srst
and the reason must act secondariLy and
Yn1e- the inspiration luI g1idAIce ot lac
fasl,ng. In regard to the existence Of q
Suprsne Bang, the lower animal. c1hib-
!. no scegu.tiou of such P.wor lucy