, 1875-04-12

alop. And 1t in lust hg tfuo In nclnnea M IL II
in religion and II IL mo,o sothia:,y to charrn ,hc
l}ibts with bethg "fntoerant IT any Improve.
ment." It IL to bo accepted upo1, tho namo tee.i-
mony khat no would accept any othcr book, and
ith atAtements to ho weighed bv tuEt reaatn,
and fts doctrines to be formulated ab,tlt to In.
changing laws OF morality. It bids ia "scarc"
"studr," "thtuk," "jud3o," "teasoa," for
ourbcl>cA,
f,eyond what Is unfair. and nngcncrou.. and
Hopilist.cal. IN Dr. Dtap,r's wo,k, theirs may bs
made Justly the further chage thns lts genera!
not a,owedIy, infldcl. Its thtnly.dsgutsctl pnr.
pose Ia to undermine rashee than to build up
faith. 10 'au1 aohanmedanisn1 and PantaciBn
at Tho oxrenha OF Chfaiianily7 Bearing MI
these thinEs III mind, tho work may bo read with
Inherent End cyon ucneut. 1t Is : general his
torical compilation, aud nat iu all caAea accurate.
Dir. Draper ts a gslhercr and not thinker, 4
thought.
r.rs'ne from these CONF l!ations let us iook
briefly but directly At the real .rsuo IN tho con.
trovosay betreou rcliElonIsta and rcientlhts. It
relates directly to tho basis OF knoa lsdgo and
tha existence OF Divine Spirit or Personality
over and above matter. bcienti't1 arc wont to
affirm that theirs IL knowledge Of facts, nosf.
1.-Two knorledgo resting on factB ~ Lasr, and
that religion u cast *hoIy IN the realm Of faith.
and rosts soloy ou faith. Eclcuco s steadily en-
lsrging our conception Of tho vaAtnesa u iha
universe, and y constantly pressing oUs
AhltAtA At3A 1HLtAEI kHG AuT11AtI OF Jaw,
until 1t l,as bocoms all-.uclnsivn, binding ali
"orlda IN its iron EraAp. and from this not fnu
arc hunting It the fact possibility that, whilst
there Ia Hucl, thing ~ an inlpcFs onai fore, o.
rower acting from an inherent Necessity. thero
h no personal God, and henca no personal
libcrtY In man; that man ia wurll
wholly br tho neccssftr Of tlfuga, ind that tic
n1oBs lie can hopc for afsor desth IL return or
absorption tiuo THIS unlveraaI nature. Religion
Y FNf, }1,n$. .I,at
faith docs not hsand ont in tho afr but reAta
upon facts as certainly known to couHc.ouhness
A. sro The lacta Of scsoucs; thev recognize tho
reign OF law: but piace D reraoual Goa back Of
fos nlan freedom. mud rerpouH'tli,y, antl con.
ecious Immortality. Nov, let us look oyor this
field momont: The sclentist says lie
l4an facts TINT he knows whereof
ha ahlrms. How does hn know,
what ia I'll. real basis OF knowledge? We saT
tia. It il CONSEQUENCES, or tha knowing subjcc.
OF ti!c mental self. but what IL lho mental Hof?
Evidontly. none Of uA know. So tint NO all
begin ~ assuming a. fact Bonls1hing that NC
cannot understand. We NIL remember Dea-
think, therefore min. 1ha; III. lo placed tlo
last evidence Of his existence in thought, but be
could nos cyen guess what, II snytniug. was
back Of thought. Iie simply aeeapted d rehuit
without knowing tho cansc. THIS Ia tho iirst
venture OF oil over boasted kuosledgo. We say
wo know. But how do 10 know? And
Low do ne know ,hss We kuowl A,,l how do
NC kuo* that we know thst we know 7 Wo do
not EnoS how wo knat nor that TIC
know "s MI, r., further thnn conhciou.nekH
or step, In our boaatel knowledge. But
the scientist Hays certain things pass before tao
tenseB. and register ttlor Impressions on con.
sciousncss, md ti,,s is the way lo knows of The
hard or heavy. or soft or light CT hot or coll. or
red or whito, or sour or sweet; tha:
IL, from tie diHoront Impressions m .da
on couscioua4less. he infcrs di1ctou. Properties
In these different substances. He hBsun.tn au
outside world, Lecat,so OF iuTnrd Impressions
and he aasumcs different propo,scs Iecauaa Of
different smUrcsaicna. Ilis Is tile third Teuture,
or guess, about what we Say We know.
Sow. step out 3 lst.lc further. ani get down
beneath lhe big1l sounding words tha. aio urcl
know abont 1n.tt-r. To begin. we first nssu,ne
the existence OF matter itAelf 10 account for
mental phenomena, Then 70 assume the motive
and force. but what thoy arc no QUO prc.oads
20 know: After assuming tDatter, aud motion, aud
forcn, then what do We know7 To account
tF. or whether 1t e1iats ~ ali, we do not know.
Chemistry rests OIL tic theory OF atoms, Tut hos
tlo wo know that such thing exfsts7 Can vou
eyor conceive Of Earttclo OF matter tint cannot
other partslcas We tell of gravity, OF 0 force
drawing Ill matter to = common ccntrr. But
low viii 5os fix thiB absolute csutre Without IL.
lug circumference: Aud II you do this, what
becomes ef iaiiLi,e epaee7 We boar much
order III nature. Acjeuee asnumes Bometaing
that II calls law, 10 account tor tins
order. but "hat ia law2 No ona knows
and even its existence cannot DO proved. Tae.e
ur' some uo:o OF sho steps, or ventures III
Aow, nm not urging tlleso things to unset-
tlo the folndstious of all knomlclge BY ques-
tlonlng tho general reliability Ut consciousucsa
fur am quito wiling to t-11st thls testimony,
but to aho" that 'n sIi those things Which ws
boas: oi a. knowlcGg" w bc0[a a. 1t ne,o In
the dark. and GO forward manly in assumption.
and that thefs is ia al! this jlat as much walk-
Ing by faith a. thoro IL in religion. Look at
tho f4cts: 70 account for tile facts
facts,--facts not 10 be- accounted Tor by mat;er.
Or tho lava Of gravity. or lRat, or electricity.
There aro tho Impress OF tho div,no OF ,,orul
as, Of right of duty, Of sn Of Euttt, .! penalty.
ot reward. Of = fu.ure lIfs. and final accounta-
spiritual facss arc not simply subjective impress
sions witLous any corresponding objective real
ty. and lcnco wo postnl2tc God. moral law,
and future ltfo. with Just as much reason as
'he sccntat concludes the existence OF mato-
''al world. Tue iacss Of spiritual and norllcon.
'conanezs arc Just aa much facts "a hunger,
hfrst, lieaL cold, Or light. aud tue basis Of
snow!cdgo ia tho s2no III religion AZ In eclopco
I IL not GAINED tLat NO cau 11Illy comprehend
}oo, or evan any OF tho facts that answer 10 our
pititual consciousness. Wo Gnu perceive them,
inow something Of tuem,-snd this IL all Tint can
20 done In material things. And thus, In tho
light Of tho same consciousness that asauro.
Vi OF = natural would aud natural Laws, do we
l,seesa . sp,r4taalS. world aud spiritual
avs: In this light stands revealcd tho
whole realm Of !duty. Of right mud OF re!tglon;
Aud, ll!uniued by revelation and touched by
ho Divine Spirit, tho haast Of mau bc!eses aid
laotes. And Ia tllelr presence faith ia tho
,pifitual aud The divine will ueyer die out, but
will moro aud moro taxo their place hfai3o tho
great facts II nature. And. Atartiug from Tho
same oo1laciouautss, snd jourueying outward to
equally real. though different, objective worlds,
ha true solonce will ultimately 10 found at n,1e
'tuiyIng ~ they do different atdes Of tho a1i.
truth. They dveil together in
'oace, aud none hut Dgots and fanatics on either
Nde will sock to sover tho bonds Of tLoir holy
,niou or 10 ssray them In cnntict
MOODY AND SAMkEY,
WHAT LONDON TArElA BAY or TIEN. ]
London Tt,nts, March %.
alr. Moody lxa undergone H.ngc Of natural
evolopment sinco ne last chrontccd his saYlnSs
nd dOtnkR. At 10 time very reserved in B.,ctcll