, 1876-03-04

HR14lHE TIC ti4!Chk1t AQA lliWCAllkEly LUZ
lcatn nf light ia sncn tracking :a war across tho
yossoI, revealing thereby tho l1ossaco Of somc-
thtng bo.ijes mir.
rrooi. Iyndall's s1porimonts. which sppcar to
ciyo tho deAsh-blow 10 "SpontuneonH tienera-
ton" arc Of great interest ami importance, and
ought not to bo l,t,rdcnesl with su~l iuaccuracts
as tho writer tn tho Afteau.pn l.ha falIon into.
II. $. CANtfART.
MATTER htD SPIRIT,
10 ne Kdtoy of The chstaao Tribune.
CIIcAuo, Mnroh Mot knowing whether Mr..
IIodgtnnn, OF anybody olsc, intend to answer
tho bold and doilaut chs!ongo made by .rr. g.
1.ckiord "to tic faithful" In sour taauo for tho
18TH inst, I ask tho permission to answer
through your paper tho gentleman lu question
In an Indirect Why, ns follo1u:
l suppoEc tho gcntloman, III. Eckforl, Wilt
ngree with mo in thIs II tlioro In Cod, 11o ia
also tho creator OF everything that exists COLI
sequent1y, II all bad beginning, because loing
created but the Lord 1Iimsels had no begin
ming, because lilo Ii Infinite and eternal En-
maut,e swcdcnborg, in treating Of tue crea.ion
Of tho Universe, says thus: " "fron. Ills Love,
through Ilis WiBlom, tho Lord c.oasod tho
world" Now, the Love nnd WtAdotn in tho Lord
cannot ho ahid 10 bo "noshiug," although it
must 10 snid It is not matter; but It created
matter. II ne can conceive Of nothing but mat
ter, wo cannot be expected In judging Of tie
Universe, TO arrive ut any other conclusion tllnn
Mr. EcAford Inns arrived nt, namely that matter
Ia eternal that nothing but matter exists; con-
Ecqucntly. no God tho Creator. Bat It mist bo
oyidont to any ruflcc.ing mind open for convic-
tiou, Tint matter, III any form Or existence, Is
Ia Berring spiritual euls and that massor, nnesH
cxisting for that purpose could not possibly c1-
lot at a!l as being the without purpose or va,uo.
Life. wlctlor in man, annials. soads, or plnnts,
In ~ xtnr{n t1,7f u1F7 nt&1
form no part Of tho III" thoy incoso. Tho
life mny .dorass. but tho body ROMANS.
io taet0fe[S on,..n, Is IN, a. 'n1nate.sa
which nothing olso In tho creation possesHoe. Il
cannot be said, OF proved, that lifo ia d chem
lea! phenomenon, because Science LAS nuc-
ccclcd, or may succeed. I'll discovering tho par
lineront material bodies lii whicl. tho lower
orders Of life inpart Themselves. Bueh discoy-
erlos provo nothing but that life being spiritual,
nceda, in ordor to exert lib poUer aud Influence
torial body, serving the purposes for, which the
particular lifo to DO introduced Ia destined to
perform, wlleshor IN tlo auiual 0. vegetable
kingdom. II matter ia eternal, us alr. Eckforl.
quently no Creator aud lIuicr OF .bc UniresBr.--
Than Whit ia litc lin man, for instance and its
n1any wonderful properties Of Intelligence, fcol-
ing, aud paHsio1ls7
IL
Ecklot1 himself ta aaillc lcion: proof thereof.
don't believe him to be +" nothing" bit a
product OF matter and chenica! fotceb.-n crca-
turc Which my cliemist not far honco may pro-
duce, Aonl aud body. in Ills etort,--bccausa ho
would not then bo able 10 reason III uletaphyuia-
nj l0Eto. OF hairspl,tting, III he does.
Will Mr. Eckfott rlcaAo explain Can matter
produce moral laws, principles, or tralulng Arc
standing In innl,, material chcu2cal EroducLA?
What nlatorint combinations, If any, produce tito
inevitable consequence that evil IT. mnn 1,liNisbe1
ltsoil, mnd Ii Furthermore punish cd and tllat
tho good in mnn rewards ttself, n,ld IL further
moro rewafdei. -tsrths proved beyond rcAson-
able doubt by the history and experience Of tho
world
The Blblo tells us that i" God is Spirit -
that Ho " cai!oth thoao th1ngs which DO not ns
though thoy uoro = and that 1io is Omnipros-
ont Almighty, eto4 hut Mr., Eckford Informs
I'LL that ho doesn't betiovc in the uible. Very
we'll but ho bolioves to the real existence OF
taligcnco. L.. him, Hou, Htudy himself End
matter moro cloaely,-not merely contentlng
himself with examining that part OF tho Crea-
ton which Ito can sec, hear, aud feel, but CT
Ru,tuiug also the eospral ordots Of lifo (his own
III particularly, and tho severhl uyBtGria,ia quail
tics aid properties of the sa1ilc mud Aope, ii
io 10 In earnest ind in reality. looking for truth.
that he yIll not only DO rewarded viii. more
ton, but also will giyo his lurd consent to tho
sxietonce Of tho Creator Hlusnlf, bccn,Isa llo
laa called h1m 10 oei1g.--"nich. believe. Ii tho
only reason ahy R1r. Eckford now exiHta.
70 nns1er properly, scntcnce for sentence
tho nrp fr1hrtatinn of Hr T. In ,,ta artirln -,
titnn nm, r,EIn,.vr renan,nhir can ha rxonrtoa
n ncr,nit viii ,hcrrfoTa oniv add ~ ~
above slle following;
In tho spiritun! world ns Understand It, thcro
emu be no space nor tsnlc (not, 1t lenst III the
eSnso .,,n np"ve ai.a sae aeo lnehsnfSl IN
s,N1 tine belong ony to th.. m,.c5;a1 npeia npeiIl
Consequently, ia the aptritual world, eyorythinI,
required nnat 10 present to tho spirit, necord-
oyurywIoro Ike tho Lori. Win n,onn is f,mu,.
prusont; OF Which truth coucer,tiy. TIC sniri,.
tLo light OF our thought gives III III l.,adeG,a,e
idea. ''~ '''' ''''~
"lf uod il ,nf]nile. iIo hns III, ,ntoilIronce for
intelligence IL only possible wl,efo cotupa!isnn