, 1875-11-15

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rcafa But The dAY must coma whsu good man
Will win their cauAs."
Now *hht wAs it that
HGsTAiSEo HIS spBHrlfE PATIENCE
through all ;lleeo wesry yaatH OF Warfare with
svsty FORM of wrctci,etHess aud ssi, IN tho
at once tho dlscIrie and IN part tho 5iacoyster,
Which eiAt ANS ~ n,auy other woa7y pilgrims vt
tue present daf, and wnnno briRhtnhss ia IL
!um1natlnR the tnt"ro of the tsce, Tho gfcnt
hlstnsaan aad philosopher sax in lis day. with
almost ~ clear v1h!on ~ that with which
Cnnso. and Huckt-, md Herbert Hpc,cer have
aeen in nut day. that through tho tsns1cd web Of
there runs tbroad which binds lin aid tlenl
10 indiheoubln ties with tho rh*t of ,ne.r fel-
lows. aud conductA. with utlrrT'ug covsalutY, 10
tho higher future III store for them. Th!n bright
lno 0f connection may, ut tunes, x.ns DIN; it
1nsy been, At ttncs t. he ainost broken. 10 that
man IA seon ~ the tnero creature Of c!rcnt,-
a:ancc. or tbs Eport Ut Aomo blind cArrre.
lsut. sfter corthn intetvatb tn iuininon.
path becomes aEatn viaibIe, and II due Eltuwaucs
he nlaae far tns Intervention uf long periods of
titno. it, existence hecumts es certain The
laws which tnA,nkain tue otder and hatmonr Uf
.h0 phya;cal universe.
Now, by whatever uane NO chooae 10 call this
Rreas power or principle Of nature, WHICH diiects
itk VITAL fofccs anu procesAe~ and psesl1ea uFtFsl
th sefaii1un it 10 Eceu to s under ths dominion
pf fixed knd unehaug:able laws. This idcA 10
e1prtsse1 hy Folsalro IN tho fotowinx mauner:
81 Either tie world aubs'sts + ia own uatlre
tlat is. BY isH own physica! Laws. nr \ slrtcmc
Bs.bg has formed It. according to His supreme
| ixwH. Ia both thche ca.eh the Iaa1 ass im,nutA-
bio. In both csses everything il Necessary.
| lfeary bodies tes,i toward. tbs centre Of tAn
| earth, without harlnR ahy power to rcst III
AIT. Pcar-s,eca caunot produce p!ne.aEp'cs.
Tho instinct III eiunfel canuai bu the ,n-
btiuct of All ohtric!,. E3nr5thlug ia Arratig:d.
| atiustcd, sud fixed" and In apeak4ns OF elt,-
n,cntarv heat, which formed tho subject of Eo
| much dBeas.1ou III IIls tim, GOltAto adyaucea
| u inIuns plion tho origin Of ofEan.c eAlBscnce
Which aro IN en.irs bar.nonv with tho moro ad-
vanccd thought Of thu resont day. III dare
hAzard my douttr.' be sayB. Il confosa donot
| think It Impossible that t.'s element Of bent
| may be tho substance wh;tl, III part, anlmnses
| na.nre and holdn u certain relation betsosu
bodies wluch we know, and othors which We du
not know, Just as cefsn}n organized tfauta setve
tnal klne Inns. Everyshin: tends 10 naxe ,ls
| hetiase tdara is chaln Of bslDgs Ha.na " de-
| g1eee from lower to higher lnens- We oulv DOW
| know In Jet foctIy CERTAIN liuks in this llDmeuse
| aud we ought to culttvate philosophy. which
teAehch uh to doubt xbout everything WHICH fissA
| szpe.4msa.."
[ IL Use feun tito contemplation OF the origin
| Of Auits. altd bc'uEn to
| 4 CREATIVE rowEB-
hrht tTtat Caaaa-breaas Al eABS step and
I ae.s VT shAN Ind our ph,IosopAe. occupying
| tue h!she.t ploue ot modern thought. 80 far
| 1lun denying the existence OF tho Supreme
l5sing u chassa aitau brought sgainst lin BY
I as eaemleaI nu writer has doue 70 much to
Prove it, Bat the tiod OF roltAlre is Bang OF
lat nobier pretetsiona aad sstr,butas than is
found III the creed u Auy 1a!lGioua acct, nue a..
I OF moiatu. helng shorn entirely OF those autn,o.
ponoephous qualities winch aeform And degrsde
His character. lsut in this s4all lot Foltaire
| speak for hlulso,f.
Iu criticism uroo tho FSench slnoi8tica! au-
th0F nj lin " tkFhtpm hf Mktn1R In t114Iht
| th4se rcmaSAh: - Our author successfully dis
posss o.. .tus God of,ths ecIoot-men-a God COM
| p0a0d OF discordsnt qualItles-R God to whom.
AZ to thnss Ut Humnt, Are attributed the pas
hions Of men-A 0pd caps.cious, tickle, unses-
| sonabc, ataurl. nut he cannot diapIoye tha
God Of thc w,se, who. coatemp assnz nature, nd
| nit an lsse!!lEeu% and Supse@o Power"
ApAin: ~ / NAY to you, contsnus to cHlt.vase
virtue. to bo heneticpnt. to regard all supsrsti-
t,oB with honor. OF with pity but adore. with
ne. the das,gn which ~ manifested IL all ns-
tuse, and consequently tue author OF that de-
slgn."
and again "In ny or.u!on, tho mort fitting
homage that can be rendered 10 Gca il to tsana
fotwsrd in lila defettAe, without angrr: as tbs
tnost unworthy portrait thst eau be drawn of
HIM il 70 renresent Hin - vtndlc'lsa mud fu-
rious. He j. Truth 'tself; and ttutn ie without
paaslon.' 4 noble e1pres.Iont aud noxthJ 10
be written iu 1ette1a OF guild.
! in auotner place ls renssfks: IA father who
ksl!a hia oHspgiug IL Anonstor; hiig who col-
ducts bis sublec.s INTO eAsre, in order 70 OBJ
tam prete.s tor delivering them up 20 pun:
,nta1nent aud torture, Is ~ execsahle tyrsnt, II
you couyeise God . possess Tue tame kindntss
which cou require in 3 father, the ssua iustoc
sou se4uite III Kiog, no podslhle resousoc OK
lists by shtch, it We may ufo tho Ok
pressson: God can be sxculpstcd And
nsa, soToS ,ss a. @ ussaans 70 ns';Sss ;an IN ts a
rsnaef Him inhnstelY edtous. You oxcite tho
wl.h that lie uad no existence. Iou furnish
arms to the ataoist. who wall eses bs justlued
IN 70 deuy God altogether than to mpute to
HIM snch conduct -. III MAJ, you "onia punish
TO the isst extremity Of tho law. neacs it ss
unbcoouopE 10 III TO sscs!ee to G1d luukn 1t.
ttibutss. 1t ia not for Us to make Him Atscr our
onn image. Human instice, human ksudaess,
and human wisdum can iovet he applied or uade
suitable to lin. Wa ulsy ex.end theae attr1-
butes, III our Imagination. - fat towards intin1sy
bumsu qualities WITH hoaaaasia. resnetua'ly Or
,nlatin,iely iou.oyed 1t would ba equally ra-
tioual to attribute to HIM inan'ts soheisy. ~,
| Enita motion, inful1e rouptuvss. or !tttnite d.
We must, therefore, aclult Toiatre Of the
charge OF a.helaan; though We sha!! Aase 10
llsad guilty for him 10
THE cuaA,E OF DEYsx.
| Nevertheless. II c4nn5t bo de1ied that his hos
tilitv 10 the Christian r0t2lou was inerrea mole
by its pcryersions 4ud aouses than bY ANY ,n-
lIiusic gukl.tes. Thus IN hls resieW, ait
uotieod. OF tue c3nten1'hrary Aashor Of the AVE-
TEN OF Nature no uhea euesb WornA ttctlE.
ioa you ssy, has piu3utod thousands oi
clin.es-say. ratAer, supetstitusioo. winch, uu-
happily, rei9as ossr the g;ooe. Il - tho most
cruel enemy of the u1s wnusn'p Of the supreme
DeIuE. Let ,H deteat thts munster which hat
beau CONSTANTLY tsat,nK tho boron Of ita mother
1t is eel pont iuc.ualpE religion tn its follA- 1tz
head must bn bruised. without. huweyo1, wound
luR .he pasunL whom It polsona aud davours,"
| Aul axniu "iou atllln. il il but Que nseE
from 4duration to superstition. but this step il
~ iuuuity 10 weli-coustitutod mnds-and thene
| are now very numerous. Tlhv are ~ tue hosd
Of nA,ous. They iunurnco public nanuole
aud, yo4r by year, cha fsnascssnl that ovet-
Il spresda tho earth IL teoodug ID ita detestable
| usurpattons."
Aud IL his sssaul!s uron tho different scots
both Protestant and Cstnoiln, NE nsxays tinI
ntsn treatlua with lenisy sDd making exception
ia favor Of tie Quakers. whoso gel!te uiaangr'
and pacific dlsposltiuu hs suloglxod aud admired
10 much 10 that in uls old ago hs declared hs
would Like to cross tho ucean 10 Pennsylvania
aud spend tue ress Of hia days ID their socle.y,-
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