, 1877-03-03
NVfIAT.IS NtISIDt

ponT uCRoN, hticll., Feb. a7.--1n thcan days
OF close observation by specialists In every
branch Of scientific study, perhaps It Is pre-
sumption for mere chance studclts to speculate
for themselves. But, a. scientists huve dono
little toward clearing up tho Inystcry Of Mind,
they cannot reasonably complain Il non.sclcu-
tldc people build up theories On their OWN ~
count. Possibly q reluctance To question thu
CcncraflT-receiyed theories Of tho humnn soul
prevents speculation and investigation beyond
tho observed phenomena OF tho human mind;
ee stopped. such BARRIERS must be eventually
1isfcEurtlcf.
What Il Mludl Is question Tint has been
asked for aFcs, G!'t not yct anawcrcd. and pcr-
int % creature. e1tiIbs tlu phcnon,cna. IT COMES
with the tfo Of tho body, and disappears ut IT'S
death. Starting With the germ, wo sec tho ele-
tnents Of which the bolics Of all aunals arc
mir; We svt thoso lollcs lncrcasr In size, In
weight, arnl m strength; constantly destroyed asul
removed III their minute cells through the nat.
ts,a,,reD!s ufa sf''e' wnt S lie: s,, sn III. c 1', flat
10 iir dust. iio,w Is It With tho ninai II as"
appears with the gerui, Increases In power viii,
s 5 st q ss' % sss an dMs11sa5; M say mss m
have fpotl for !ts gro,stl. an! maintenance: hi
nusi the MUD. Shut Up . human tcn9 from
ilfuhcy 10 manhood, wtthOlt cotipahfonstsip Of
rsslanain vIa,it. Development is thc ruiz
throughout nature; without 1t there IL nj high
e. urlcr ot mental 0r material plEnomenn
We also obscrve TINT, In animal lie, met,
The body ia but dust without the Mind; the lii.
voluntary oryu1ls canuot perform their fllnc-
t!ons without the yItal torce transmitted from
the nery0ls eehtrcs; nor Tan the mind give
proof VI It's existence except through tho ina
terial orEans. We Can traee the origin. growth,
and dispersion of the elements Ut the material
body frUn and to tho material universe. A
tto origin, gEowtl., at,u disappearance OF t!,a
mind ascotnpany the botyln every stage. fsit
beYonl rcAson to look Tor mental universe
from which It's elements nru derived. aud to
which they retursi
universe was 0ner ncbul0us vapor, filling space.
ln process uf time, through the operation "
natural laws, centres Of motion aud attraction
Nete formed, condollsing inorn and more, sel'a..
worlds, witr''ng through apaco as VIC now seo
them, had absorbed much 0f the original ncbu-
lous matter. All thu complicated structures
that the universe now prescnta for lna,I's Eiyes-
tlgatton have been defelopel FROM tho simplest
fGriu Of existence. What IA tho moving forco
th4t Aas accomplished these changcsi live say
NATURAL Law. hY w(ut lorer was natural law
cs.ab'lshedt I've ~ BY God, The Creator. wo
tho or .stn Of the Creator: Tor VIC can % wr'l
Imagine the material universe, anu the natural
laws BY Which 1t Is governed, coming Into being
spontaneously, or IT their own yolition, Us u
Creator.
Thu Investigations Of gcologtats and natural
kts oh our oWE globe salow us that snlna! uLu
vegetable life appeared drst III their lowest
iorms, Ut period when the earth was unified
for the existence Ut higher FORMS It nlakcn
little difference whether We accept the theory VI
evolution, Or Ut successive independent cfca-
etnna; wu must acknowledges that there hus
b*eu steady advancement IN The s.aIe Of life, az
vel! ~ IN the capabii,ty vi the earth for sus-
tainlux living creatures; mud this ls III harmony
with thu development which VIZ SEE from tho
germs Of animal aud vegetable lie, aud through
cut tue universe.
II We grant, then. that all material structures
hare beeu developed from tho lowest fortD, rs
untmAl and vegetable organisms ule de-
ytloped FROM the germ, must We not alao ae-
Anoxletlgu that u,iu1 has been SIMILARLY de-
vetopel, u It Ii puw developed III any human :
creature with the growth of the bolyt The
human brain isa wonderful structure, but wo
haye tho muat positive proof that 1t has ill.,
c1easeA iu s!ze snd strength with the seeusnula-
tion VI knowledyc; Mhile We know that tho
mind, which l caPablo OF such rust develop
mrnt through It's operations, aud this ,ut-
dium Of tho phytical senses, would rcmalu tho
mind OF The savage should 1t be throMu upun
It's own resources from infancy, Thu theory Ut
a human soul. as al entity, tukiug possession Ut
Tue body vt lGIb, " created Whit, mud having