The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-19

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The ideal type Of both these ami mails and Of all
animals, a. we'll ~ every work Of creation, IL .
man OF IN other words, II u God. The human
form V the tyne OF all forms, actu Il or eonoelv-
able The horse is man with certain parts en-
aggerated and certain others diminished, to a.
| him for the purposes he has TO serve. In like
manner OF Va man varied In such respects
a. are requisite to MAKE him OF. 81 II is with
animal after animal, as the sole Of being " de-
| scended, and even vegetables are approx stely
human In their form and IN their processes ot
| growth, fructnc ition, and REPRODUCED IN. tits
| on this wonderful fact, lonq known to comoari.
tive ANTAGONISTS and physiploSists that tho evo-
| luton theory Of Darwin Is founded. Darwin
traces the chain upw ird from the loves, forms
| oflife, and shows that thew steadily approach
| nearer and nearer to humanity az they ascsnI
| His differences may not all be sound, but there
| Is no denying the cts he brings to support
| them. Humanity is apparent In every case tn It
| he cites, but II Is hum ,uity impcrfecty vel
oped To say, therefore, that the OK is modelled
| upon an Ideal OK. IL as oontr,ry TO TT tn "a to
say that hunchbacked or otherwise def1rmed
man is modelled upon an ideal hunchbicS or
| similar cripple. The defects OF the copy do not
| belong to the original.
| So apparent II this preBminence Of the human
| form, that men recognize II IN even inanimate
| things. In every day speech tables have legs
| and feet. chairs have both ltgs and feet and
backs chandeliers have arms, fireplace has a
| throat. bells have tongues. needle has an eye.
| Din head, and pot ears. We speak OF the hodv
OF wagon, the waist and ribs OF a ship, the belly
Of sail. and the heart Of piece Of timbe-. The
mechanical arts, which owe their technical ex-
pressions to men who deal with things directly
and not With words on paper. are flll OF names
Of tools and machinery derived from mans
corporeal franz. san more remarkable IL the
way In which all o gani1ed bodies OF men aud
entire nations are presented to the mental view
as human beings. the President Of company
Is Its head nd the men he employs ars h,nds
CITY OF import tnce Is a METROPOLIS or mother
city, to other cities, and that which holds the
seat Of government Il its capital or head. Tne
country Of ones birth Is his father and, ana
that from which a colony goes forth, the
mother country. In short the human ideh
pervades our thoughts, our speech aud our
Atera ure.
or course. II will be said, In ri to these IL
lust<itipns. a. In regard to thr ltngntgs ~ the
Bible descri1ins God, thit they are mere 1Ilros
Of speech, and such, indeed, they are. Bit IN.
spontaueOusn 'ss I'd uu,y.rsahty Of the Top.
uon of these nIures prove the irrrsi.ti force
with which they 60 MN nd tneus lives t. the
mind as true resemblance. II u likeness to tho
human form can he thus 90 ldily traced, Toy even
OF otherwise disshnlar things, surely It Is fair to
conclude tn Il man Ia the prototype OF them all
and that the FIRST cause or creative power that
brought MIN and them into being and keeps
them there Is likewise man. Not that he Is
man OF material hesh and blood Ike ours, but
man as to the essential elements OF mum lnity,
which are loving and thinking, AMI the activities
thence proceeding. These activities In us weave
| upon themselvcs the frame by which they be-
come visible to the eve, but In God they clothe
themselves with nil creation, and thus present
Him to the sixnt Of faith. lie IL the inmnst life
Of all Things, and continually mnnt ms all
Things In existence AS the soul does the body.
| NJ. Arnold. Ia opposition to this human con-
| cent, Of Gcd. sets up his idea Of power, nut
without saving where OF In wnat this power
sides. Now. power is not a thing having eI
istence by Itself: II Il u mere term, ex PRESSING
quality Of something else. The power II steam
i-aquality OF steam, and does MT exist apart
from ste I'M. In the s,me way loving and think
ing are not things winch can be conceived of by
themselves, but are activities of the human soul.
| When, therefore, we near mentioned "the
eternal power not ourselves which makes
| for righteousness we Immediately ask
OF what - It the rower? Mr.. Arnold says II Il
not ourselves. and he will not ADM. that It be-
! longs to person other than ourselves. Ile can
not surely mean that II f. power belonging To
the inferior animals or to matter, ami he de.
MES the existence OF angels, that We are ire
sistibly FOL ced to conclude that he means by II
just nothing at all, out the fact Of experieace,
| That II men live IN a certain way they Will he
happy, aud " In a certain other way they III he
| miserable. We are confirmed In this conclusion
| by what he says OF the way the idea OF God grew
| up After speaking OF the discovery OF eravita-
ton ana It's operatons, he proceeds thus;
Well then, men become aware from expcrfence- that
sour Of sh kno~ -Hs1 N ose9 ne a~ar ~ law
ne, 50! thlt tae aN OF cOu.ue the eternal not our
B. lie, '"sS, I"iS tHat = to- sv ~
,teadtast, uncn.nHne. wldey and dee3y working
r.wed from the principal and prominent Operations
| VI 1hen own life.
Here we have the conception of God. II pos
siole, stl further attenuated. He Is not even
power but the abstract law according t. wnich
power Is manifested, JUS "a the | w OF tue ex-
! ptnsion Of ste IN Is the description ~ the man
| ucr IN which steatn expands. 10 call such an
intangible. unimagnaqle abstr eli IN God, Is
| tuuiug with language. We nave as the outcome
OF all MIR. Aruods tine schol rship and agree
| able rhetoric the destruction ~ the notion OF
God rs person. and the establishment OF
nothing Ia its place. The universe Is lett to
take care OF itself nv virtue II tts own inherent
vital force II there TIC sucn thiny. No
amount Of praise Of the poetry and morality II
the Bible, ANA OF the henelcent results Of Chris
| uanity can comp 'nsate for sucl complete tho
ism, nor do we fancy MIR. Arnold will meet with
much success in achieving his purpose of com
| Ouin- tue two.
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