, 1877-08-05

comtplshed, and mans mind have its visible ant
s,nnaeat place II. the great scheme. II onl
.hosc survived who were the lttcst for the wor
10 oe achieved. ttie law that to nil seeming goy
efns the universe would be all the more perfect
| !! unoToken Where is the deprivation OF til
ccptions @@' 'A~1 ~o'A
b1t what, then, constitutes ftness1 Wh,
shall te}lf It inay be force Of will. base AZ tha
1oea seems' for the one quality which cannot b
IN l perfect being, and can be In ali impcrfec
onc.-thc quality of capacity for eifort,-woul,
seem at first sight the quality likely to be mos
| worthy OF survival Il NAV be inte]lettua
power, Tor that seems to be the quality liffcrcn
1M.ang man j. from creature; otherwise as finely
otga''azcd o'aax oy nature as himself. 1t may ;.
brings man nearest to the Being
who created him, ami which. wheh
1oanu n man, always suggests to men of al
efeeos that in him there is something other thar
ninsei,-soIne prevcrlent grace, as the thcolo,
/ E'ans say: It may oc even as .nauy herct4c;
hold belief in Christ; fnr though it is difficult
20 conceive that. in the facs OF the ausc,cc OF
| tl4at belief, which may be involuntary there i:
Eult, vt IT is certan that from tue presence oi
ttat oeiie1, once 1ut and complete, arises il,
man n new and distinctive force.-call it 1--we,
| Charity, BeneyoIence, Sympathy, wla:
you will,-whici, ii ' the purpose Tss:
y mans creation is to make OF
llt,n an agent who can suffer and strive for the
crea,cd +u ,;ereja,' ~ ne .uisc l'e was
| exist. is crrtam: th,t - .. oi t4us.
exist III all men. is equally certain; and ind it
suryivr Whr ch.rtI s. n,,r";. e".uee i.1. snot'o u
evar ,rv ,,,.ra th. , tnu!aa lsc LOT
of tha n,t;on,isnt !, Hens 'ousauiano uos: out
the worst half ~ t5,5oa,;..u ;Iss, ~ issi1
hcl;afs n snar;s<,a. snsooSsl! s'u aocas'-tnc
an anrrv f;o,1 in ovw.ss;r5 ,s AHns'4s iss
revolving punishment. in III, nar..ec,tr f'r
ACCURACY ahout. dnem, ,,,ror c'o,,,., nj
penalties, and in the inrt,rahj,,r' ryrent ~ -
miracle. ut the badness IN man - -
The tad consequences which. owinn to hn,na,
pervers1ry, NAV s,rjner utt ri anv E1;,h 5n,n;,.
no proof w.latcyer tIlat tint fsiti' is fsIs. Wa.
sccutihc truths. aI,so]ntr trurhs w,,,,l :;
popularity known To al otherwise. nnrd,,.atc c1
world, b. extremely ulisrh.y,,,,s I'M !, !: ~,
certain. though II IS t11rn alleyn] ~, - ., - @
scnuc,ccs Of this faith Womb uisn,el, 'ts h hi hoi
A. the world advances in utelli.-c,n,. fhr ,r,.,;
Of y1tinrtiou ,nny hrrn,u,. 81 ,..,v,rfr, H., ~.
reut as that dread Of he'll ,yhi,.;, t.s h.a., -,
fearful All addition to human suffer;,,.. AMI anil has
done 50 little 10 check human t.r,u.e7 r., ...s
10 he il not Ia s.ccn. whatever virah.o,, n,;.1,t
say: ard. in fc universal rt.i,,ctnn,. ~ 1.n,r5,s
suiciic as n mod, If ..s.:1,u1 s,tTr;v,r H.,
have partial measure If inc reluctant: w;tt
forwar, IL am: :l,ila1;on fcw ;1,ie,t r.s",v.
thai life was r,.asant. and s1,cn res,1n1 nj t.
h,,nc III 1ut,,rc ii:,. Ills, r,r,;nr mi C." ,,a,
mere intcl],xt1to! SWIM huf ~, ~. o,h,r n,',
n ter: wnnII II thn,. .,ntl f,,,+ no,d tI;r I;.1'
viii, a,,s, rcrt rain from Il ,,,y ~.
f,r cvGr4,,n 80 eolf encr;Ga ,,, .1.
= m;ssionars wnr ,, n,n,,n'1 e ,,'i';, W t..a.
nc IL ;s nrrJeI ~ s+;li ria ,,,as+ ,,,nr;f,.t.
r;rn ~ aitr,,;.1n - t1.n ,,,,s1- a";, 'Ia
~ s;n11a,'ass "f ,rt ~; ~ uues
,;,.' .','1ss ,,aaro". ' ,a,.
a,n.t,1;n a,.t ia AAAo"A"' ''l''iA'nu " tac
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1.-THE AFFIRMATIVE SIDE.
Inc weak spot IN f'l1s argument appears to
me 10 lie here: lNlt It treats the 1uturE lie too