The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-08-23
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ing, which all finite minds have utterly failed |
 to fathom. The existence of God is demon |
 strable, His nature incomprehensible. The
 very being of an atheist, who denies the ex
 stencc of first great Cause, proclaims the |
 verity of that existence, and each dilation of
 the heart proclaims the falsehood of the |
 tongue As all the kingdoms of Nature are
 crowded with evidences innumcrable of hay
 ing been caused to be, where they are and
 what they are, there is proof conclusive that
 each existence, great or small in the mineral,
 vegetable, or animal kingdom, is a visible |
 effect of some efficient cause One has we'll |
 said, "A design proves a designer, and effect
 a cause.n Hence to reason out by logical l
 proof, for the ten thousandth time, the ex-
 istence of that Almighty Power, when so
 se(.evident, would be the most glaring folly.
 To only suppose it to be necessity cannot
 be looked upon in this day as a very friendly
 compliment to human reason; and to de-
 mand t, rather proves the blindness of the
 mind and the depravity of the heart. "For
 the invisible things of Him from the creation
 of the world are clearly seen, being under
 stood by the things that are made, even his
 eternal power and Godhead"
 Of all the tribes of men, there is only one
 known to exist which is so nearly brutal in
 instincts and appettes as not to have recog-
 nized the sublime idea of prevailing though
 unseen Power which tribe roans in naked
 ness in the interior of Africa, and lives on
 raw food, whether vegetable or animal. They are to be pitied, not censured. Their igno- rance IS their woe.
 ? But men reared in the light of Christian education, and civilization, who, in the proud , boast of reason, think of wiping out the very
 existence of an infinite Jehovah, and no more , recognize in their minds the idea of God as
 the maker and judge of men, than the most s degraded of all the lowest grades of human savages, certainly stand in most unenviable
 light. Whilst boasting of the god of Reason, s which exalts them so far above the rest of l. mankind, they drop to the lowest level, and e by their fancied wisdom they choose to live in the no-God vacum, with those we have r named. One admits that there is "Wisdom d unsearchable," through all the unlimited y fields of nature, yet denies the existence of K Mind to possess it; he admits that there is
 power in the self-execution laws of nature ,e but denies that there was and is a law making s. Power: whereas, the other, in his utter ig- 'o norance. sees no God, knows nothing of His 10 wonderful works and laws, yet, as an atheist er lives without God in the world"
 W From time immemorial there has been ar unshaken faith in an unseen, allwise, self e' existing Being, who is all powerful and all hs prevailing; and been known to all nations ter in their languages, as the living God; In thu cir German, Gott; Swedish, Codd; Latin
 Deus; French, Deu Greek, Tbeo or Theos bo Hebrew, Alden; (Eohim) Syrian, Adad bo Persian, syra; Tartarian, Idga; Scandina ,o vian, Odin; Spanish, Dias; East Indian
 Esgi, or Zeni; Turkish, Addi; Egyptian .o Aumn or Zent Japanese, Zain Peruvian .rn Lian Wallachian. Zene Etrusian, chr Fl, Irish, Dieh Arabian, Alfa Tine curious i ey to be observed, that in all the languages, say !n Tl the English, God is spelled with four letters ;a The object of so presenting this alvin A name in these twenty languages, is to sho' st. that men and nations do recognize the sub rd lime idea of personal God, who ''inhabitet IS eternity" who filleth immensity who is at m. solute in Sovereignty, and who alone ma
 claim Immutability, and Infalibility.
 on, From the days of yore, the disputed ques Om ton has not been, one God, or, 10 God, bu lie, whether there was one, or many gods. Tn "n n' Polytheists have multiplied their gods by tn l ,,;ll Iau fn ha nm
 bered by hundreds of millions whilst re- the atheists, if among the uncivilized, by bein KS, so few, would hardly make ripple on tn surface of society. Yet these two classes ( :, mind, form themselves into the two opposin '- 'l' extremes; with bible orthodoxy betwee
 e them determined to storm the stronghold of both if discovered
 Which of the three opposing theories is the more compatible with sound reason VII which will stand up in the light of scienc ..ns and which will have the support of tt ing weightiest axiomatical and logical evidenc VII, can be clearly seen by minds accustomed the reason, and all minds possessed of fair sha De of acumen, and power of discrimination. oer uer Hence, it may be asserted as a righteou or boast, without fear of successful cOntradi oft ton, that n Bible Christianity, alone, ca rms meet the moral and spiritual needs of h, pp,o manity.
 nd, Its aim has always been to elevate u , in masses, by instructing the ignorant, reform tc, ing the vicious, lifting the fallen, and bles m oe ing the needy; which efforts have bee inc crowned so far with success, that natioI ter have felt the power of it's lifting hand, an our the two the most intensely Christian-Gre fac Britain and tbe limited States -arc m ios- marching in the front line of progress
 though Protestant Germany is not far in tl ale rear The index finger has been pointing n said only onward hut inward. bigb and bicbe