Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-19
Written fnt the pcrrysburg Journal J
Nnttcr mud Spitit,--I

Matter nnd SpiHt.--I
All are but parts " one siupcnduus whole,
Whose body apiars Is, aud Col the soul. POrg.
I mike no prciehsions to the rank Of Thinker,
nor vet de- appear in III, atitu le ofa Teacher.
Il is merely my itsigd t. be suggestive. In this
hope &, b. successful. "Ti, agitation Of
thought is the beginning Of wisI I,m b" says the
wise min. COM, then, on, aud all, aud togcth.
cr let u' investigate the phenomena or mtttcr
an | spirit an l'ternin, their siniltritic, aud
differences. With IA, Ear rreaching arms of rca.
son AMI ,tui ~, lotus grasp irpostblc, the Ia
finite himself, anil pom Ter upon his glorious a..
tributes.
ltisn'c'ss,ry I, establish in the first place
tho lnu1 ldtiln upon which all ub,rqurut rca-
sonings AMI thcuricS are huit--thc premises
from which tlt conclusions nrt inferred. The
corn 'r.stonc ofOur supcrstrucurr may be stated
in u tcw words spirit is mtt,riil. That which
has NJ N ttcriilitv, NJ sub.uncc, must of nrccs-
sitv be a non substance, n uon.cntiiy nothing.
\ nothing Il that which his NJ existence.
III 'r1iorr, If spirit htS An existence, IL must be
n substance, thtt Substance, m utter in its huh-
est state ol rtlin'mcnt. Thus byn purely lngic.
NJ process Is unr ftun luton established. But {,
iS evident that, although material, spirit is ur a
different nature from gross matter. Itmust be
refined FAR moro than the must sensitive magnet
ic aura. u must ALA beuf sun, nature which
viii enable II, bv coming IN contact with matter,
| to produce mniiun.
Spirit b,ing m tt,riil s nccr ssariv subject h.
! the laws. possesses the properties, OF matter 1t
/ has extension, dtvisiblity, form, si2t, weight,
color, &c. |, is capable of b,ing acted upon by
electricity, AMI mignctiy,l. II Is continually
| changing casting aside the oil worn out pirti-
/ Clrs aud taking up other. to supply their place
plt la in ttt tr A Ia mi
| thought. Thus we may say that part of the
/ food we eat is converted into blood, thence into
! brain, thence into electricity, theme iutD spirit
/ thence into thought. II is evident th,t all M
! tnrc, m liter an sPrit,mpvts IN electric circles
| llmcc an analytical mind may follow an atom
Of matter in all its cyplu.i rs from the gross To
! the rcnncl AMI back again to the gross This
! idea will bc further illustrated under another
! subir,t whrri it properly b longs Asmtttrr ia
| continually Changing 50 i spirit. Every one IS
! conscious that he IS MT the Sdmi in lividuil he
| was several wears agr. lie looks diG rent, feels
AMI acts dllrrcn'. His bnlv has grown. 50 hns
! his spirit. Matter bcctm' - exhausted nnl needs
| rlcupprition. Spirit il subject g. fatigue anh
must b. refreshed bv rest. q II, the Fountain
! Head of spirit, rcstrl after this stupcnipus ere.
alton. Spirit often il in u stat, Of ins,nsiblity
and this state is the necessary sequence nfactiv-
| ily. II was in u state ui rest before its union
with the gross in the present rm Of mtu. 1t
i, eternal and imm,rtl. ltis divine. It is tho
Dtity--be 1t the p isihvc in nature or in man.
Mans spirit Is of the SAM essence Rs all sp rit,
even as the Great Cause. This does not make
mtn equil with Cod. A drop of water posses.
scs all the qualities Of the ocean but the ocean
hilcs unfithnmrd caves nnl bears upon il swell
ling bosom The commerce of world, white the
single drop en- So tree supportthe tinicst insect
Men mty b. called in cror gods in tho Univcr-
sal Pantheon.
Intelligence Is an attribute If spirit Motion
is the result OF twu bodies coming in contact. Let
nm aci an an nlkali come in contact and mott on
is the consequence. This is illustrate by the
ronming Of soda water. The spirit must b. IN
contact with non-spirit else no ncion follows.
Hence mlttcr is just as much essential MS spirit
One is the body the other thu Slul. One ma b
ture the other, God. Spirit il universally diff
fused 1t exists in man, beast organic aud in-
organic nature. II is alike th," intelligence" Of
man, the instinct" nt the boast. an the " law"
of nature. 1t Is Omnprescnt The calm rcn Ct
i've student, may hear its mnjostic voice whis-
perng IN the gentle brepz,, echniug along the
rocky gorge. shou ing in tho cataract, or thun-
dering in the artillery of heaven. It's the soul
OF nature--Gid.
CARRRTERO.
This communication was put in type for pub
licaton three weeks ago, but, owing to pres
sure of matter upon our columns Il was crowded
out. This explanation is due to CARRErERo
We also have several other articles from the "a me
author, on various subjects, which will appear
as fnstus we can find room Tor them En-. JouR
Admirable Arrangement of the Mich. Sou.
Reilrja1 c..
We are informed that President PniIilps, Of
tho Mich Sou. Il. Il. Co., has recently made nm
arrangement for the transfer Of pass ,nlcrs and
their baggage from the NJ. =. depot in Chicago
tn NIL the other dcpnts in the city free OF cost To
the travelling public. Heretofore persons arr-
wing in Chicago, have b ZEN required To pay 81
and 30 cents tor each piece OF baggage, for trans
poriation through the city, and the passenger
traffic of the Michigan southern Road hns paid
large revenue to the omnibus lines of the
" " tstrru Metropolis" Undcr the new arrange
mcnt, ~ n passenger train approaches Chicago.
aud whcu the conductor takes up the " coupons"
he delivers 10 passengers tickets which paws
their transportation bv omnibus tn whatever
depot tlsir Journey laads them, aud the free con-
vcvancc of baggage. This is dom, it will be
remembered, wilhcut any advinc Of passenger
rates ON the road, 50 that i. is direct gir from
the Il. r. Co.., and an item Ot no small import
auce 10 the travelling public, who will npprcci-
ate tlc lihertlilv nr tho Co. This arrangement
wiladd very largely to the popularity of the
Mich. Sou. Road, attracting tn It no nconsder-
able amount of traffic that has hitherto entered
Chicago bv other rail routes. Toledo htttc.