, 1875-10-18

events. stsh4hn ssys, '.he eudtesa cham
OF causaston cahnot he broken. sod hnnce MIR.
rrlncipAt areutn a,ni phenomena Of toyeIsticp,
which ale ahose The mp1ehensinn OF roa11u,
or which canHot 10 e1piaood IN harmony With
natural rsiociple". i''e!n5nE. tht record Of III
tho miracles, In both tho Ola and Nov TsAt,-
m"nss. set nsbn, but Revelation, itseif r., tv thu
same process of re1aon,ng 10. asnlo a!sp. Fur.
II thtEo hua over heDn revelation from tiod tn
'na'I al al! IL fnllss have ,eon by snDerpatarat
p:ocehn; that II. revolution o{ tho int.nito /,
tho GaIte ess.,zey on.alde OF tho lotn1in Ht nt..
usa' la"h or second causes: II tho l}blo. ur
ahi foitlon a it, is = revelation from Cad in
ahT ssnsc, TIA s'!ch 10 Genss entirely asore
.t'i independent: ot natural laws. aud oeyond
Tue comprehension or understanding Of lu-
war Nh1, 'sason: To deny that thn
10 70 a.snn,e 70 hnoH AMI fully comprehend tho
1n1nito and the atsouto; to te in % .scseiop OF
~ the teefess, tlann, hnd PURPOSES Of the
Etesnsi: and TO lASo been in such possession
dufIng sha VARIOUS epoehH III which thu Hovsrai
poIt!ons II Tue Scriptures ara said 10 hare been
resea'cd 10 fnan By tho HOY uLost; 10. npou
i ANY other hytnthests than a full as.d complete
kno"ic3gc Of tLe Inlinto God. bo. uhsll it, bo
determined thst Lie did nat titus raveai titnsset
II reason ia 10 sit in Judgment aud arbitrarily
dec'do the Que'tlon Of ra'eIA:ioa OF no tava'a-
| must 10 followed to tie eud whatever tAe re.
a"'t: II may not be convenient to proceed be-
roud the roiut wlsare reyeAton Is set aside ty
the nh!'oaoyhs oi the school Of ratiouasua
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courro OF rcason'ng run oo. whelber
you r~lish 1t or rot. IL ~ uabrokeu els.n.
through evesy phase Of inhdeli.5. until Reason
tacss In hope'esa's onsna1od by IN lion network
ot lts own meaning.
The gTada:ion Ia natural aud oasT from rs
tlonal!eEn to, Panth"ism, from Pautho!sm
TO Athciam, aud from Atheism to prrshon-
Ism. Tho deep. dark pF'sou OF speculative doubt
Pytfbo nof bis followers couli exsrieato thetn-
selves. and for which be used to un lertsko any
| Philosophical Qualification. u cluny with Won
derlul sensc!ty to the akopticsl idsa, but which
| he Was abls TO develop into no svsten, and 10
| ~hien he cou!d I'M art NO definite form. AtwaSn
hceksng after truth, but never discovering IT.
| aiw*Fs considering. examining. and canraealnE:
but never knowing it; wandering round and
round III tho choorlcsH dungeon ol spec
ulstiye deub. aud uncertainty, utterly uu-
shis 70 ponttraaa the darkness Or
ses;e !e,,,., tho vFoa's,ous walls Of logical
Hare IL Tho bur1a.placa OF pii religion and re-
iiB'ons ideas confined within tho iinits Of bsse
3eA~on when you trace them to their logical and
10 ~ apeak. the Aealse that conveys the dead
body Of teTelled religion to liz gloomy scpul-
chse. With Neaaon. onaciatOd And onflebleu ~
tho solitary 1nonruer.
IGuorc Revelation, deny the supernatural. snd
persuo rationa'lSrn to its logical results. and
here in this uudehned, 6hhpeless void ta11
ellao:c realm Of uabsoxeu night. when oveu
neasou's hickesing taper goes out, is ~here 5ou
must land. No God, no Christ, no Revelation.
no Holy Spirit, no imtnortAlity; II! 8one one,
and only one, dim licht left Al you si down IN
tlis coa'stesy Of buried religions and aysterns
Of philosophical speculattons. Turniug your
back upon The shining eun Of a reTeale God
yon have follo~ed Reasons feoblo say down ipto
this deep chas,n OF cheerless gloom and 1pcca-
lAtiTe doubt only 10 6nd that Reason herself.
w.tl hor feeble touch, Is poWerless to scatter
tho outer dntkness with which you HAD yourself
cnvelopod. OF to conduct rou Hhenco you cane
When you iuter God and Christianity, ReAaon
| =. f1to1s- a.
istic friend will he 10th to follow tho logical con-
sequences Of bus 1eaauning 10 such extreme linn
i&A and yes tue sauIo law that 1oul1 justify him
in following Eeaaon to the exclusion Of tho ST.
pcrnatural aud the Infinite, will compel him 10
traEel tho ~hoe length OF tho road. nhekber ho
Ee1!Ahes tho journey OF not, or Whsthar he Is d.
lighted With tho cAcHEless country into which 1t
leada him. or o.neEn.be.
The recent assault Of Jud5e Booth, tho learned
1'asouailst Of this city. On tho most .supendous
event recorded IN tue history Of the Christian
religion. il ip perfect keeping with tho philoso-
ply Of Ration allan, and In harnony with
ita fundamental axiom, that miracles asn
impossible. All tbs cveuts sud rlenomeuA
} Of revelation. which ca:llut he explained upon
purely natural pfincipies,-of which OF oou1sn
tho resurrection Of Chriht Is ono.-must be
} aene1 aud s.t aside altogether as never having
occurred. The nlain dsifs Of bis argument. Al
shown Oh tho surface. in tho di5cropsucY or want
, | OF agreement on tho part OF the Witnesses III
thelr testimony, not upon tho main event III
| question. but upon tho attoodAut eirculnBtAnccs
, surrounding tlAt event. There is perfect
uusoimisy AMONG item a! ~ to tbs faes Of the
successfully Grade. But lie socks TO impeaclt
: | the testimony Of ths w'tueBsss. because ia tho
' record Of circumstances connected with the
! | eycnt. 4. recorded in tha four Gos;,eig aud a.
. dtherepane7. Tnero Il really no vital dIsagroe~
t ncut. Whether It was quito dark Or sunrise
~hsu .,"x tAe women aao,a VISITED the s.pu'ch1e:
s0u dozcn ''' in compsny, and nd rbsshor thess @
were two angels or one that informed them Of
!! tho bavior'a resurrection. aud whether there
= were eleven or t"slse Apost'ea, ~ stated hy
t | l'aa. to whom llo appeared At oue time. docs
i no. 4Yecs The truth or falaltJ Of the ayant under
4 consideration ono iota; neither does 1t vltiats
. the testimony Of tho witnessed who haEe testt~
did not nen tom tue fioad il BY u,esn+ eub-
. rtAntiated by the argument now under examtns~
tiou. That He did l1sa from, the dead. and that
: lIp Was seen aI.so aftor Hs passlou, IL proven
i bY unid,pcachallo testimony, and bY q larger
array OF it than was ever produced To settle any
, point Of legal conu ove1sy amoDg men In Ill tho
. hi-tosy Of ctyt Of criminal taflaprudonoa.
p hut rationastlo Philosophy has nothing to do
/ With tho evidences at ! miraculous event. Il
would make no difference II thoro mas not ain-
, g'o u'sctepanoy u The Gospel narratives. aud It
Tue teaurrscs!oa Of CHRIST MAS confirmed by an
} additional array Of ton thousand eJe.wltoesses,
and II. III addition to tLoee, Pontius PilAts,
Caisphss. tho High Priest. Herod. tho
, Snniedtin OF tho jaws, and all tho Ecttbet.
] EnaFs8eed. 1uQ EIo6E& OF jetaA2la0Q. hAQ Ap-
pended their U ~or1 tosttmouy that they saw uim
whom theY had crucsiled. tpEee dsys AfsetwaEt
And during tho spacs at forty dasa In tho stfeets
! OF 1erusalam. and hear1 tilm lteaah Ia shs
) Temple. Rat,ona.eln would be bouni to reject
the evidence by the stern and iuexorablo iogio
| OF It's fnndamU atal axiom, "That miracles Asn
! | impossible" Tae matter OF evidence is not tbs
0 question at all iu Ehis arxum,as Of Rationa!isn
| VERSUS tho Resurrection OF Jesus CAr.st from tne
1 dead. II His resurrection cannot be made to ap-
i pear ia haKuouy with Natural PRINCIPLES and
: | phvhlcal lava, Nltlonallsu! nluat either
= deny tho event. rcgadsss Of evidence,
i or recedo from iIs bult position, aud
d acknowledge before tho world Of mankind
the nuplnlosopntca ntt!se OF !ts systen. the IT,
tal.s1,o 1endsnccs IT il. oglc well tho
d rupt aud vicious resns ol its VI oou1stlvs thea
j. nss. There ~ no ov,douce Of Ray supernatural Il
,r event, however convincing and Overwhelming.
% that HAtiunallsm will uot Undertake to i9uoFt
It and rot Aside. aao ulost stu. .en1ous erents IN