, 1873-04-07

In this tlilomtnn OF limited Bight anu limited
tented sbul, aud biosa God that 1Io thought us
worthy Of oyor an island world
Lifo ia full also Of other thingo than roaso,n,
nnhappinoaa eof ,naay giitod mind. r. those
aooln yery darfs. rho mind feeding only upon
vGbo 81 Ho pss rssp0t% ta Sago
away from tho heart, md chcok, and lips, and
oyo, and drives It oil to ono corner Of tho
brain. great part. Of our daya and
hours muet 10 spent amid tho assumptions OF
Instincts. Thomas was not 90 beautiful o ol.nr-
| acter as TINT would bo which should lean upon n
Iledeomor and upon holy life without tho irro-
histiblo pressure OF demonstration. Bloased nro
thero shou bo something in tho soul ltsolf TINT
would load 1t to pioty oven whon tho proof wore
not ouch us tho gross touch could handle or the
Tho same Deity TINT plauted reason in tho
soul planted alao natural tendencies Of action.
and faith, aud llopo. Reason Is grand part Of
nat,, but 1t is only part. The child reaches for
the iiowora, or puts ita nrms around ita motllora
ca,,Bo tho God who fashioned tho logical faculty
had othor bloaaings for tho soul. 1lo iB not a
limitoa makor, but glorious, generous teing,
the world lnfolda to us its varlcd beauty by day
and night, 1t iB not because Of any logica faculty
We POSSESS, but bocaneo tho Boul s broader than
ita reaBon Reason IL only ono Of tho threads In
ita sacrcd fabric. Whom friendship speak. ITS
kind words to mo, or music inyndos mo with its
pensivcnoas, 1t notlior con,ea from my reason
| or goes to any reception OF logic, but It paeaos
from sonl to soul at No command Of God. It ia
tho vineyard or orchard. thoir fruits grow
purple or crimson and 30 whom tho beauty Of
nature or music foods upon. tho soul,
It Is transformed into happiness. rhio
lea IrtAct 1fl1f$
Ia no moro Of logic In the human joyfulnoss than
on tho purple grapes.
Dlessed are thoy not who all lilo long demand
| TINT they 500 the print Of the mills and of tho
8ponr, but who go to religion by vision Of tho
spirit aud by wounds not IN tho hands or side Of
Of tho spirit. -.
Tho chief work Of lfo ia nut to build mp the
argument for religion. but to gathor Its Joy md
hoI1os. OF course It nlny be all 3 droam. It is
always possible that death may bo m otornal
eloop, and God \ ohouical action-possihlo for
roaHon 80 to think; but roason is not always to
bo tr1ltod, for tho soul has other faculties, and
In this crisis would rather command doubling
losaon to tho roar Of tho human march, and call
to tho front the best ideal, tho boBt hopo Of tho
| soul.
All humanity hns always dreamed of future
| 1ifo. Now. thB dronufnl nhtyre In as much O
part Of the soul as itB logical faculty is. h1a11s
1ongngs aro Just as divine as his reason not as
oxnot as mathematics, but rs truthful In tho
| grand result.
The reasoning power is dofectivo + you will
follow carefully tho load Of Logic 1t will load 1la
to doubt tho existence Of God, and oven Of q ma
torial world. Tho promise that q God Of infinite
soodnoss would not create world full Of suffer-
ing, and permit poe, ,000, 0o0 OF hotngs to pass
each generation through all forms Of Bin and Bor-
row. But Buch phenomenon occurs. Thoro-
| foro there ia no God Of goodness.
THUS, In many instances, tho logical facul-
f''ef'' 81 IL Il Sesa''s 0'! unaps ias
to find premise, and honce ia unable to draw
conclusion.
OF leyer, lo could move tho oarth out OF its
orbit; but, fortunately, thore waa no fulorum
for his lever, and no place upon which he could
stand. Thus reason fails utterly, often for want
| OF major premise; and. 1or the most nart,'
hero tho SOU comes IN wttn 5s its h9&ral GRIT
impulse. yin
. The confeasedly bettor character osSsNth,-
the Character that leads IN Virtuo and d$hcacy
anti al moral beauty,-l mean, OF coure$ the
charaetor of woman, draws Its huperiorifg, 1t
ts said: from noting oy divine 1nstinct, rathor
than by any ratl9Rallsm Mhon sne pnrsu,oa
ing Of tho wolfaro Of self or society such as
Would an1nonca ffanKln. Or tuuefnoor1, DUE
from tho color Ct hor soul, from m impulse qniek
| ag lightning. Why should wo al suppose tEnt
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9 ;,,,c1 @' ~ h1non hann,nasa comoa Sra,,e ~, H.,
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