Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-24

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. from Its earthly body, to the far dis
: tant star known TO astronomers 4
Capella. or tae She goat, and from
this point. the souls kcenness ant
range OF vision being infinitely in
'ensifed. sees far into space and en-
abies itself to detect the commoIes'
minutip Of matters and things on
this earth. The rapidity OF the souls
fight Is intimate. in tie s:atemeG!
that it went to that far off star in
simultaneously. whereas the almost
incom prehensibie distance OF that
body requires a no less space OF time
than seventy-one years, eight months
and twcnsv-oae days for its light 10
raa"h the earth. The profunGity OF
this writer's imagination cannot be
better indicated than by referring 10
his conception OF a souis travelling
80 much faster than the rays of light
! 10 10 enable it TO cause to pass IL
review the whole history OF the world
from the time ii lef. it back to the
. heg;aning Of all things. Ibis, Of
course was accor, Tlishei by going
.s will. 50 fs- toward the rec,o.er re-
ci0ns Of space as to anticipate the
coming there of the eight OF other
days aud then. looking down lis
ravs. observe WHIST WIS going On in
the terrestrial past. Following these
strange fanciss is = description Of
Some Of the heavenly bodies and |
their inhabitan.s-&il very original
ard curious. bat which we omit de- |
scribing altogether for lack of space.
eur remaining share Of which we
devote to the following extract re-
gardins what spirit sentby Lumen
to Inquirer" tell. him Of God and
Heaven. Says tie Spirit D.:
God is no more in any part Of heaven
han on earth-Or, more accurately, lie
ID nowhere more visible than here.
There is Eot anywhere in infinity a GER
ain place with pavementS OF pearl. on
rhich stands the throne Of the Most
high The Empyrean of the middle
lSes no more exists than does the Olym-
ous Of the Greeks. The Paradise Of
never shone save in the
glowing imaginations of the Prophets
disciples. The seven heavens OF Bud
iha are 20 more real than they are in
he grotesque pictures Of China and
Japan that figure them TO you. To see
rod face 10 face is an expression purely
ymbolic. The eyes Of the most glorifed,
most sngelic body, could not see or ac- I
nire anywhere that invisible Person.
heaven has no existence Astronomical I
pace is infinite. God Is pure spirit, Z
r rather. the pure spirit, conscious Of ,
tseh, and of every infnitesimal part of .
he universe personal, but without
orm; infinite and eternal, that Is, with
ut extent or duration, as really present .
.ere in the heart of Paris where am
pealinS to you, as in the brightest
tars; as active in the operations of ter
es;rial Nature, as in the sublime mani
estations of the higher spiritual spheres. |
The infinite Being-Cause of causes, Z
'rincipie of all that is, virtue and snip !.
'ort of the universe, absolute. eternal ,
;, moreover, wholly incomprehensible
y you, aud me, and all creatures His
xistepce is indisputahle, for without it
would be impossible to explain the 9
Sistence Of intelligence IN the creation, s
4 mathematics (Which man did not in I
ent. but discovered), and Of intellec- &
Ilal and moral truths.
This illustrates that the work is by :
10 means a tale told out of the
rhimsicalities of a grotesque imagi- !,
Iation, and prepares US for the seri- .
US avowal of its author that it Twas ]
'orn on scientific evil and that q
no. one, not even the smallest of
he phenomena described has been \
invented. The language a
J not permitted to wander at ram
ON, but remains the humble SER .
ant of its august Master, Truth. I
8 carrying the critical and specu- n
tive spirit of inquiry into the
.alms of the unknown this We think 8
rust be regarded as of the most =
otable productions Of the times. d