The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-12-28
An Answer to the Scientists.

there Is an admirable article under
the caption Religion in these Days"
IN "hlch the writer, IN very forcl-
Die manner, MAKES What may be
called common sense reply to the
position OF some scientists OF the
present day IN regard to the eXls-
tence OF personal cod and the lm-
mortality OF the human soul. Alter
summing up the position Oh these
men, ne proceeds as lOiIoWs;
"NoW there are several important
things that are to he got out of the
way before thoughtful Christend0in
Acan be induced tosgiye up its tistsh In
f4fst. ylfefe is the
moral nature OF man, which lnlalll-
Dly recognizes Il personal COD. "A
sensitive moral nature and quick
eheo conscience whose outcome Is Il
sense oi moral RESPONSE lIlty, would
De loSt Ill the hlarVeI OF their own
eVl5tence, without the certainty
OF the personal God to whom they
owe allegiance Ihry would have
no meaning, no authority, no oIJrct,
Wlthoui thlS certainty. lherel Is also
tHe fellSlouS nature O1 man. ReVtr-
ehce lor God' love To GOD, devotion
TO Uod-aIi the'e' actually or poten-
tially' exist III mans nature. Ihey
uhderIle character. 1hey are potent
among motives, ana II there be no
personal Nod, WHo eAlStS as thelr
legitimate OBJECT, what, III the econ
olly oI latufe' 40 Ihey mean 1hefe
Is question Iof science 10 answer
that Is quite worth It's Whlle. w ny,
a man cannot admit the evidence Of
design Ill creation without admitting
the existence OF IA personal Gou, ana
When men get so bankrupt Ill COM
mon sense AS 10 deny the eAiS ehce OF
design, are they worth mndlns?
NV hen we admit the existence OF
a personal Oou, tht rest all comes.
Ihls doctrine lies al the basis Of all
Imth. II there Is great, conscious,
spiritual personality in existence,
there are iIheiy TO be smalcr spirit,
uat personalities. Ii there Is Il per-
oollal COD who has besotIen Il family
Oh chidren capable 0i recognizing
ana LOVING linn, Is II pH9Uaoit that
lie as destined them 10 annlhlla-
tIon: Is lie to get nothing out Oi His
great experiment 10 carry nothing
over into higher life: What are
the probabilities? And why has lie
planted this desire lOr immortality
III all nations and races Of men-nOt
only the desire, but the expectation?
Ihe truth Is, that every unsOphloti-
Gated man, looking intU himself,
knows, with tn highest degree of
moral certainty, that he is Il living
soul, and that the mind acts upon
the brain as often and as powerfully
us the brain upon the mind. How Of
ten has the brain been paralvzed and
the body been killed by a purely
mental IMPRESSION! Common SENSE
that recognizes all the facts of being
and consciousness is "A great deal bel
ter than science that only recognizes
what it can prove.
"Admitting the existence of per-
sOnal God, and the relations Of man
to Him as they are shown in his NOR
al and religious nature, revelation
in some form becomes probable. Man
naturally yearns for this recognition
and this light, and is supremacy hap
py when he believes he POSSESSES it..
A great number of people, through
great many centuries, have be
licVed in this revelation. They have
hugged it TO their hearts through
days ef toll and sorrow, and rested
their heads upon it through nights Of
WEAKNESS and pain. The regulation
of God in Christ, has done too much
for this world 10 be put a,iGr at the
behest of science. Ii science is right
then Christianity is Il talaehUOd; but