The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-11-23

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Conclusion adverse to its claims; il his
inquiries riyet him still closer to- the PHI
losoPhy EMBODIED in the words: ale that
makrth his sun to shine on the evil aud
the good, and sendrth rain uppu the Just
aud upon the unjust he contends onl,
Tor the displacement Of PRAYER, not Tor it,
legitimate domain
This conclusion, moreover must he bas-
ell ON pure physical evidence aud not on
any inherent nnrrnsonAblene-- IN the act of
prayer. The theory that the system of ma.
tnre is under the control ola being VINO
changes phenomena in compliance with
the prayers OF men, l., in my opinion. "A
perfectly legitimate one 1t may OF course
Ice rendered futile by being associated with
conceptions which contradict il. but .ucL
conceptions iorm necessary lart OF the
theory. II sa matter OF experience that
an earthly father, who il at the same time
both wise and tender, listens to the re
quests OF his children. and, if they do not
'i '"N' P'e"Sure IN brantlhg their
requests. We know also that this com.
rl'ance extends TO the alteration. within
certain Limits, Of the current OF event on
earth With this suggestion Offered 10y our
experience, 1t is no departure from sc,.ntl-
iic method to place behind natural rLeno-
mena a universal father, who, in answer To
the prayers OF his children, alters the cur
rents % those phenomena Thus far theo
logy aud science 70 hand in hand Tn.
conception Of An ether, for example. trem-
ohns with the waves Of light, is suggested
10y Tie Ordinary phenomena Of wave motion
IN water aud in air, and in like manner
the conception OF personal voliton in Iva
ture Is suggested BY the ordinary action of
man upon earth. ! therefore urge no i'm.
possibilities, though you constantly charge
me with doing 40. ! do not even ur,e in
consistency, but, on the contrary, frankly
admit that You have AZ good a right To
place your conception At the root of the
phenom"ns as have to place mine
But without veritication, theoreiic
conception is q mere fsment of the. intel
Iect' and ! ATM sorry to find Us parting com.
pany at this point. The region OF theory.
both l" science and theology, lies beh,nd
the world Of the senses, but the verficati N
ct theory occurs in the sensible world. 10
check the theory we have simply to com
pare HE deductions from it with the fret.
o. ohnervsIinn. II the deductions Ice in nc
cordance with the facts, We accept the the
ory, II IN opposition, the theory il given
np. single experiment is ireauentlyd
'lSed 10y with the theory must stand or
IhIl. OF this character was tue detertn,n,.
ton OF the velocity Of light in liuuid. =. q.
crucial te-! OF the emission theory Accor
ding 10 Newton, light travelled faster in
water than IN air according 10 NJ expert
ment suggested 10y Arsgo, aud executed
10y fIzrau ami Foucault, it travelled larr.r
IN air than in water The experiment VA
conclusive against Newiuns theory
But while science cht,rlnlly submits To
this or'iesl, II seems impossible To devise a
mode Of verIficsIion Of their theory winch
does not arouse resentment in thrulor,,AI
minds. - II that, while the pleasure at f..
scientific man eliminates in the demon
strated harmony between theory and t.ct
The highest pleasure Of the religions man
t'as teen already tasted IN the vrry act oC
praying, PRIOR to verlhcstiun. any further
Effort IN this direction being a mere ji-tur
hance of lis peace? or ii that -, have.
beior, ~ Residue Of that ny-tic SIN 9th,
middle agrs which Ia. been So ,Iruirat.i,
d,-crlbei - Whe~tIi-lhat "pr.c,ir, d.
referring thing. and events, not to clear
Ahd distinct notions, not 10 genera fu.s.
capable " direct Vyr lfc.tiun, Lut T., no',,r.
vague, distant, and vast Which Ne c,nr..,,
trluE into contact With Ar- A--,c ,,.
meet nalnrs event, with moral and hi,,o-
re causes .hus, lac continue
tie character Of mysticism is that ID RI.
iers particulars, not FOB EenrrAllzation.. ho
"oeeneou- and immediate. but 10 SUCH \.
Hrs Heterogeneous auj remote tp Which We
must 1tl hat ,is process of thus reference
j.. not % calm uet Of 90, intellect. hut IT. .c-
coniauiri viii, 8 gov ofsathu-Ia-,ic feel
ius
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m-re quc-uotabi, ones. have shown them
selves 'iI'te most eou-roIou-ly. r grct