New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17

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pc t reaches be and authentic version OF his
s ,nard mankind The Bible may go further
and teach more OF duty and OF aesI nDn
o us fact recorded in the divine book OF nature
There real and true religion can have no o1
nniverse 10 which all can appcalnot the nterpretaVh
Of tho word, which many releot-mnst De our one hs
isresd the handwriting Of the CREATOR that m us to4
inpatient search has grsspsd az par ba9e then Is
me enrei Not in depreeiatng science , omt ,r ~
pushing, and read the lesson which really Is
omntted past recall % the existing ordained na.Io
o. any or ali Of us may fail to ind Il One branch
~ eyoluOnsts find no personality IN Hie 70 nlan ~,
~ IN, hence no Intelligent provision 10 the improving
nysIse aud hope for Immortality, or Certainly no
INSURANCE OF H. 70 the Individual Inc seehto r
Tor this awfully blank creed cannot ne IN ,ne 20
nns of evangelical faith which to them POSSESSES ~
authority but in fresh appeals to tnS en' tbe nrna that
Whiting but personal intelligent provision could create
world Ike hs or carry u 9h%@5S or r. so con-
vinctnciy that 1t Will be admitted II Nature can asuo
us OF true human persG1sy go strong tSat
no wordAcan express the intensity OF my CONVICTION ou
poaseH, lot of f' Testimony he5 lU SO SdspaS
HE really be found In her keeping Whether os NOT
We GA hnd personal God, an individual sOu anu an
Immortal life in science alone may wen ADMIT o. Pnes S
tan But suppose some earnest seeker afer uuth mao
become convinced that II there only that We nave 10
look for u solution Of all these questions; cqnd ne re-
ceiye the right hand Of fellowship from Evangelical
Christianity
MORAL LAWS GROUNDED IN NATURE.
Mon fail grievousy and differ widely in the intsrpre
,sti,n OF texts, and they do more than this IN eX
ponpding the principles OF the Divine Government as
exenplfed IN natural law. have no wish to deprociate
tho Scriptures to call n question their authen-
ticy but am impeled by all-absorbne belief that
mans highest hope in religion must lie IN hndng the
true apprehension OF Gods natural and moral laws
as revealed in things. IL seems necessary to dstin
guish the moral laws, yet they also are Jaws
of nature, laws grounded IN the being ana
the relations of rational naturesaws OF existence ahd
OF destiny. The fraternity OF all manklhd the uuy 20
love ones neighbOra oneself the whole Decaogle OF
Moses ia written IN every moral constitution so legl6y
that human ingenuity can never whouy enace In9
record yet while teach children to accept the moral
code ON the authority OF sheer command,
highest ougrowth OF social law. to be learned
directly by studying related human natures, we
only hinder both the knowledge ana the pIacucal ~
ceplance Of all the deepest and hottest principles OF
right our evangelical brothers do not all admit the
truth OF NY position They test nature by tho BlDlo
we wonld test the Bible by naturc-chedy by rational
natures by their unity Of interests Both admit tat
God made human nature originally both alike ooncede
! the existence OF element OF human activity
however it may have gained its present place IN the
world. l. II certain then thal the stnhy Oh huuiih,
nature IL, may not lead 10 the learning Of moral
lessons equally impressive with the study or texsi dhe
VINO look within for the inner light OF truth ana duty
They knowOf law higher than that which II revealed
through the human couscloIshess, - that lhnqSiV
II were iuhdel 10 believe that Deity can tnscnDe the
laws and principles Of mathematics I'm human minds,
nterpenetrate the very structure o mental nature
As 10 were with mathematical truths indicated 40 clearly
that
nfaluDiity and That no coud NOT, ana therefore lS
not made his moral laws equally clear Can We DeueVe
i'm system logic innate I'm our mental constitutions 80
that wise men may discover an! uenle us ,Ii' ~
the very and necessary laws OF Thought anq yet uey
moral sense, moral lOgci That Is inhdeliiy indeed
| The laws OF lustlco pnu ,euuIuug N.Y. Nv
| not been omitted In our endoNments. But
doors are many and intricate which open into the pene
traa OF natures related TRUTHS but they who knock
strongly ana pei,lsunIy.'nal r,rI 40 wiz, Li ual
esiy aud honestly intent on learning anu tedehhg re-
giOu: truth, Is not every phIanthIOpst aeJ 10 every
other IN common brotherh9odt Eyen ihough one cl,
not find living Father ana creator ne can sun seek
the good Of his brethren. IT encouraged 10 studS
man. INA. tnn ue and likeness Of One higher than
he whose character Is perhaps "a clearly revealed
in mankind themselves elsewhere The great body OF
far gather from their utterances OF last week
would call such one an inde msled by the depravy
OF his heart into hopeless error Then ol Goa Jnu!e oc
tween them and No. ana man dso We To-Day Az least
earnest searchers Tor me ruin laugut 10y
the highest authority within their reach, ana
ourseiyes on this platform, suppose while pro
Tess the utmost Olera0n we believe each as we can IN
by Popular speculative science may he paLtheiStlc,
il may be athestc or 1t may be irr1tonaiistc IN it
theory; but these true theories then hey are
upheld by real scientific evidence Ana IL there DE
science, real science. cannot deny ms existence,
even though T. shoud not we %nr NAV S'i f,rIy
presume, also. that II Deity created aGd mas superln
tended the evolution OF the Universe mus iar tha ne
has not left this great fact the fact that ne himself -
happily unrccorded This works. This Infinite lnIeli
gence e-supposes HIS knowledge Of our necessities as
knowledge. not only that He Is, but Of what de Is
Granted that He has told Us all that in the Bible 10 Is sun
incredible He SHOULD have left nothing but darkness
upon the subject IN nature, which was carrier IMAM
ali books which would regard as at least equally
authentic, and toward which must turn of necessity
10 gain our knowledge upon nearly all other subjects
tJnie,s We cast discredIt upon his wisdom his
beneyoence must infer that he has revealed hls real
character in his Cosmos - revealed IL thF
more broadly aud fundamentally than would
n
admit the divine authorship OF the SCRIPTURES Ian
Snage is only the embodiment OF human thought. but
things in our mutual creed, the embodiment OF
divine thought II He would reveal himself IN human
words he must limit himself terms, narrowing his
conceptions TO our hatng and variable symbols but In
tnngs-his terms OF speed-He has unlimited scope 10
express without flaw his entire scheme OF being
eInbodying and illustrating his character with
mo- other restriction than the comparative hnteness even
of the whole universe, to himself. the INFINITE Gan
human language as yet compass the COsmc record pen
cied so infinitely that eye OF man. aided by the pest
vond ali reach of telescopes Then is mind TO be
read by the eye Of mind alone. Evidently then ms 8h
est most unframed revelation Of himself must be gwen
In his creation and not in language which IS but the
teebler creation OF man.
BELIEF IN A PERSONAL GOD.
Can we believe in personal God the Author. the
conscious intelligent Author Of all natural law OF the
whole wonderful system OF adaptations through pro
gressye harmony is continually evolved, and yet dare
10 fear that the science OF his universe land us ut
mately in inHdey 2 Some partial reading may take us
there. Misconception may, | doubt not, IN uprlght
candid good fah, Oner u.s. as the SsecS
Of carefully drawn nferences nothing more cheerful
than the dark cup of personal annhilaton. To err Is
human but to is not Divine aud we agree that an
Innate life has devoted itself to the realza
non OF the present scheme OF the universe. Then
we have only read carefully enough the
facts OF nature In order TO draw from them eg
innate and true differences With the facts before u.s. tho
mind only may but must see the truth therefore
NJ any theory should prove utterly appalling we may
well afford 10 wait little for more light for revised
facts for another version relations 10 our boues
and 10 the great adjusted world outside IL Is hardly
necessary decry bewildered Interpreter because
he herocay accepts conclusions TO which ne IA ed ny
tbe apparent testimony OF much evidence as he mas
been able accumulate. Better to point out MS iala