The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-16

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vrWruE must he pc,s~ssvy IN in origin
The same IL true of vice. An action not
under the control Of the viii, has no moral
qualify. Who can blame or praise . man
ios the involuntary contraction u his mus
cles IL a &c Of cramp colic' Not every
voluntary action has moral quality. You
take a poker and punch the FIRE; child
knows there IL nothing Of virtue or vice in
this act. Some voluntary acts are non
moral. II We take rois~susy action % our
ssmiw, moai and soa.mrsi are the two spe.
e;n. VIVA, IL the differently A risxoss
act 10 performed In sbsdisWn h spnssisnes,
from a ssa3 Of duty. When Conscience is
not involved, an act, though voluntary, IL
non moral, or Indifferent. Virtue, then,
must b. roisssary In lie origin. II mast Be
subjective. Il must arise from within. and
work outwardly. Virtue cannot b the re-
suit Of force. II cannot be co-erced. Per-
init me to give this selfevident truth . dis
tinct recognition, and a positive, emphatic
utterance. IL man denies this axiom, his
mind Is not rightly constructed. Whatev-
or il produced in my mind by an over
whclming power ab-exirs, that my will
cannot resist, l. not, and cannot be, ny vir-
tue. Er@ God hiwsrf csnHet prsisoe wnu<
IN ~ mind Of man, unlAosf tks consenf o( lks
ksnan will. The will musi be left free to
choose between right and wrong, or virtue
IL impossible. II tSod should attempt TO
take violent control of the human will and
by irresistible power, force il into virtues
path, he would degrade man from the ex-
allied dignity Of free, moral agent capable
Of virtue, 10 the low position Of machine.
] aolemnly appeal to the gsvat High Court
Of al thinking humanity, and from that
August Tribunal, ] donand the verdict that
rsrtsS mus b roiuniary-tsot IL eunna BE- he
o6.pring Of posvr. You may put q rogue
IN prison and bind him in chains, but while
his viA Is inclined to steal, while the ab-
sence Of an opportunity, alone, prevents the
overt act, the virtue Of honesty 10 not in
him. Force cant put IL thcre-not even
Omnipo,ence itself II is the condition Of
the wW with reference to right and wrong,
wherein eonslsss the very essence Of virtue
and rios. This is common sense. This is
bible.
"He that looketh upon woman to lust
after her, hath committed adultery with
her already IN Ai keort."
Chastity, o. moral excsllence, Is a stran-
ger 10 that mans breast. God can't make
q man virtuous and happy against that
mans will. This assertion does not destroy
Gods attribute az O,nnipstence. God
c.~s ...hs . ysrd-stick with only one end
to il. lie cannot make two hills in prSx-
unity without valley between. He can
not make two year old mule in Minute.
lie can't make square circle. We must
not SIX God 10 work such ab~urdities in
order "a vindicatc his claim to Omnipo-
tence Coerccd rirtse is one Of these incon-
absurdities and contradictions in
thought. God has never attempted any
thing Of the kind, becauae he would thus
make himself upr~mely ridiculous in the
ey es Of all scnsibIe creatures. So consum-
mate an exhibition Of unutterable weak
neSs and folly, God will never make. II !.
Q false assumption, that God could, In a
moment, effect the perfect moral amend
ment Of the entire human family. il he
were pleased to apply force. II could
make all men perfectly virtuous aud happy
I would most certainly do IT, II 10 surely
70 suppose that God h NJ good
~ l am. II Gad oon make men blissful
-aints, why don't he do il, Is it best for
them to be vicious and miserable? How
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