The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-02-16
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sires and insists that the clergy Of our
churches shall publicly discuss the
questions raised BY the scientists on
the subject Of religion and science. I
admit with him that they do not do
quite enough of this kind Of philosophers
ing to meet the wants of the present
times, bot it may be well, nay j, Is pos
itively necessary before entering on
such a course, to have clear concep-
ton or knowledge OF what comes prop
erly within the range of their discus.
SION, and to understand what is within
the limits OF the human faculties, and
what is beyond the powers OF human
reason TO investigate and to understand
by any modes Of rationalizing which
may be adopted by the human mind.
Mr.. Cardau Braine in his Ways and
Works" In the 18th section, Chapt er /,
oil his work uses the following LAM
guage:
mo human mini has yet been able
to give any suggestion which can tend
to show how something was or could
have been made ont of nothing; nor
how matter could have existed from
eternity, and have q movable begin.
ming for its evolution into the forms
and operations OF nature and life; mol
to explain how matter could have
come out of mind; nor mind out Of
natter nor how matter affects mind;
nor how mind affects matter, and uses
| it on abstract intellectual and moral
purposes, aud for these opposes its fit
ting causations and gives it manifold
forms nor how matter, if it was an
eternal existence Of physical force or
forces, formed into the sixty-iour
chemic elements /; nor how these sixty
four different atomic or chemic sorts
moved into 30 many lines OF causes
and effects, and diversties of systems in
the lines, in such coherent depend
ency in the whole, cancelling the quail
tiles OF atoms in the new qualities OF
plants and animals, yet preserving the
original qualities of the atoms for
new structures, and in all, preserving
the unity OF system nor how matter,
| if it was not eternal as such, but was
derived from forces, how these forces
differentiated into these sixty-iour elm
ple elements with their suitabilites
from which the whole order OF nature
| is conformed nor how matter, as cre-
ated by Deity and moving in unity OF
system and diversities Of special sys-
TENS of forces, can 30 subsist and move
without the constant presence OF its
creative as q continuing power; nor
how matter could break up into 60
many kinds. and yet move on in
system OF progress and iusuIa'e the
personalities OF man into their objective
self.consciousness a. individuals, and
those in much as independent OF the
autocracy and rule OF a creator, and, in
30 much, as independent Of matter,
and yet in 90 much dependent on nature.
on other such individuals, and compell-
ed at some point to look Tor Intellectual
and moral laws for the guide o. his NOR
al life. Speculative materialism can
give neither matter nor mind. Gre
alive order cannot get along, theoreti-
cally, without some psntheistic, or. 10
TACT that ends must presuppose causes,
without some pantelic idea, wherein
causes are eeen as conducive 10 CO op.
erative or;synergetic ends S'The intel
lectual and moral order cannot get
along with the exclusive supposition oil
| the psn,heistic idea, either theoretically
or practically. Men understand them
teliisence Of other men by the iuteIli-
gble sigus, sym bols. words which they
use. So only man understands himself,
analyses himself. and arrives at more
or lees full selEcoDsciousness- He
must project himself out into life 10
fully know himself. The Ineligible
symbols are the indicss and the indica-
tors OF intelligent powers. In man
u ere is tba, respondeucy Of intelligent
mird to 40 ineligible order in the un; g
yeree, which compels the came couvic-
ton of mind for that order OF iutelllgi-
bili,y in nature which mind possessed
| in itsel and discovers in other minds
when reasonable, intelligent, AID so,
Ineligible signs, symbols, words or
deeds are used for the expression OF the
Intelligent and, thus, Ineligible minds.
Man 10 so situated, in his plane OF lite,
that, from the Ineligible symbols Of
nature, be is ever and always, unless an
idiot or degenerate roue, seeking for
| the law of the expression Of the acts tI
operstions OF pature,-seeklng for an
order which be may fiud.--and seeks
TO make Ineligible to himself and to
others, and so makes himself the son o.
ofthat Complex Power on the OH sr side
the symbols. whose autograph in ma
ture ia order and system"
Now I propose to the Watcher and
Water" or any other person In his
situstiop, thst il he will write three
consecutive sentences. or thirty, or three
. hundred such which will give any rea-
sonsble or satisfactory explanation Of
auy one OF the fundamental PROPOSE
tions here laid down by Mr.. Braine, as
bsyoud the reach OF human sagscity
except upon the concession OF creative
Deity, l will give him q copy OF the
fines, bible in any Of the book stores o.
J this city.
have further proposition to make
Mr. Tyndall is just now the Aagnu'
, Apollo of these scientific Investigators
as in q former age Baron DHolbact
in his Accidental Questions, ane
: Mirah.an (impntatlvely) in 1.-THE sye'
tenn of Nature" were in like mannsi
the opposers Of religion. Mr.. y ndall
in bis late New York lectures, uses tn
following language: Ponder thes'
beautiful edifces OF hidden tuitder
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