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scope that life is the cause of organi.
zation, and not organization the cause
oflife. The plan must be in exis
tence. A plan in existence and not
executed is thought. The plan exc
cuted in the weaving of an organism,
therefore, was thought before the
organism was woven. That thought
exists before the organism. But
thought implies thinker. There
cannot be a thought without a think.
'er. The thought executed in the Or
eanism does not belong to the organ
ism. The design is not in the, thing
designed, it is outside the thing de-
signed. The cause is outside Of the
effect. Thought, the force that forms
the embryo, is not in the embryo; it is
outside the embryo, for it exists be-
fore the embryo. Talk as yon please
about force being inherentin all mat
ter, or of the tree lgdrasil, as Tyn-
dali has lately said, being the proper
symbol ofthe universe, we know that
the cause must exist belre the change
| it produces. This plan by which the
form Of the embryo is determined
must be in existence somewhere be-
fore any form is woven. The first
stroke of the shuttle, as we have
proven implies plan; and so we
know that there is in the universe q
thought, not ourselves and not our
own. Adhere to that proposition,
and use Descartes' great argument
Il think therefore, am person.
2. Since we are woven by power
not ourselves, there is thought in the
universe not our own.
3. There cannot be thought with
out thinker.
A. Therefore there is in the uni.
vers Thinker not ourselves.
5. But a Thinker is Person. Ap.
plause.
To put now the whole argument
from design into the shape which best
pleased John Stuart Mill, we may say ,
/. Every change must have All ade-
quate cause.
2. NV coming into existence as a
mind, free will and conscience was
change.
3. That change requires cause
adequate to account for the exis-
teuce of mind, lree7will and con.
science.
A. Involution must equal evolution
5. Only mind, free-will and con-
science in the cause, therefore are
are sufficient to account for mind,
free.w and conscience in the
change.
q. The cause, therefore, possessed
mind, free. will and conscience.
Z. The urion of mind, free will
and conscience in any being consti-
tutes personality in that being.
s. The cause, therefore, which
brought me into existence as mind;
free. will and conscience was per
son. ,..
If you will look at that list of pro.
positions, you will find nothing taken
lor granted in them except that
every change must have an adequate
cause. These propositions were en-
indorsed after being read
twice by the scutest intellect | ever
met in theological science. l sup
pose them to be substantially the
ground on which established science
stands to this hour, with the Richters
aud the Carlylss, and Platos, aud
aud even with the all
doubling Fredsricks.
We may say, also, in presenting
further the Argument from design; 4,
1. II there Is Rn omipreseni, self. /
existing aud infinitely holy moral
Iaw, and IL the nature OF all Deepen.
I-nt intelligence has been adapted
10 thvl lAw, there muss be a moral
2. There are such a law and such
an adaptation.
3. There is therefore, 3 Moral De.
signer.
4. But q moral designer must pos.
sess mind, free viii, and conscience.
8. The union Of mind, free sill
and conscience IN Euy being cousti'
tutes Personality in that Beng.
g. The Moral Designer oi she
Morai ! l.Aw h, therefore, a Person.
John Sinart Mill advised all Who
would prove the Divine Existence 20
adhere to ths arguupeut from design. !
Fven Matthew Arnold says that al I
he can say against lhs Argument from ,
design is, that be has had no sK
perence ia world building. l.angh- |
tsr.l ave know from experience /
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