, 1873-11-24


anti Rn list ory 0i FcxLstS and E.ssts, and
eM0 IEOr;tl Influence which Their
Observance IQns Upon tho Human
1lirad.
Tho FREQ Religious Society, which WAS formed
In this city about ono month ago, ia meeting
Gith considerable s.iccoss, tho dlobo Theatre
being filled every Sunday afternoon with people
anxious to loar Prof DR.. T. B. Taylor's dia-
courses Oh philosophical religion" AL
though the wenthcr yesterday afternoon
wan about US bad as it possibly could
bo, mud most of our churches woro
sl;lnly attended, tue Gloho Theatre wns full Of
intldels aaxious to listen to DR.. Taylor on the
subject OF "An Inquiry into the Origin aud His
tory Of Religious Faasts aud Fasts, and tho
Moral Influence which thoir Observance has
npon the Human Mind" Tho Professor took
fur Ills texts tho following: "Como now mud lot
MS reason togothor." ."-1sainll l., Is, and "search
Tho reason Of thinga."-Ecol. 1926 and "For
yonr now moons and your appointed faasts my
soul huted. They aro u trouble unto mo: am
roary to bear them: Bring no more vain obla-
lions: IucenHo is m abomination to me."-IRaiah
t1:12.
There wore olomonts in our nature, tho speak
or aGid TINT ut somo timo in our lives nro apt to
be brought into exercise either singly or in COM
reason. Instinct belongs to nun in the very
lowest stasca Of his post-natal exiatenco. The
newborn babo iH moved by this clement to draw
nourishment from it's mothers breast. In man
tlis element exists to such feoblo extent that 1t
rms hardly worthy Of mention, md this fact OK
altcd reason ns the crownng glory OF man to o
grand and proud ominence. For, whlo instinct
in tho lower order OF anima1s is found to be worry
81 nt;t 1octr t1,a IN
rnstnct leads tho lower order OF animnls to solf-
,ustonanco and solf-protoction ut very oarly
Ago. avoiding danger from poisoning and other
hoed in tho slightest.
Intuition is n higher clement than restraint,
mud yot pertakcs somewhat Of its nature. 1t
was this element that porccivea Immediately,
without the intervention Of argument or toBt-
mony. This belongs to mans spiritual nature
rather than his grosB corporoal nature. Reason
stood at tho hcad Of the class, md is m elomont
Of great worth and dignity. Man may have in-
stincti7oly or Intentionally suggested to his mind
given limo Of policy to be pursued, reason
stands up in tho dignity of it's superiority and
Gsks, "How so2" "Why?" "Whereforo 2"
Yirtuo and vice wero not arbitrary things, but
thoro is natural and ctorual reason for good
moss and yirtue and ngainst vico and wicketinosB.
Reason was that faculty Of tho mind by which it
distinguishes truth from faIsehood and good
from OWL. by reason and Bcionco man noas-
uros tho distance to the sun, moon, and
stars, tells tho quantity OF matter contained in
cach their motions around their own axes, and
in their orbits around their respective contres.
It woighB tho universe in balance md lotor-
: mines lin cau5o q, things.
' 1a.aa ,ri',. !. =, t,,,t ,,o,, y,'o
He o'te'l "oaoetcu way IL 10 s'.''' u'on "4so
woro capable OF reasoning were content to accept
and follow traditions and customs that had origi-
natal IN lin itnrt; nros without roasou, and on
whicI, men do not nov duro to reason. nor will
thcso customs stead tlc lest OF REASON, Since
tbs element Of reagon is no ofton referred to in
the scriuturo of tl,o cid and Now Toatamont. ii
: was stral,go tl.at so many churchnlon preaol.
: against tic oxorose Of this function OF Tho soul!
! Ous would naturally sup}o;o t],nt IL great nntion
wnn1d Lo"n roc1 ct,J vn1;il ronuo,u for
: al TINT IN Iore tl,ro,,oh ita ronreanntnt,vnn.