Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-12
THE SILENT AND INVISIBLE.
An Argument against InfideIity

There is a feeling abroad in the
world that looks upon invisible things
as shadowy and uusubstantiaI. 1t
lnagines that the things that can be
seen or heard are the only realities of
tie universe; and is, therefore, dis
satisfied with the assurance that the
things which God has prepared for
us are such Is ''eyc hath not seen nor
ear heard" We take leave 20 say,
however, that it is not true that the
permanent and substantial realities Of
the universe are embodied in those
forms that meet our organs of ssnse.
AGENTS are not weak or unreal in pro-
portion as they are subtle or attrnu-
ated. On the contrary. The convic.
ton Is already half->ct.ied upon the
philosophical word that only subtle
inids and Invisible agents act will"
tie grossrr forms OF matter are acted
upon. However this may bc. il IS
certain that by far tie most mighty
forces of nature-those gigantic pow
ers that control all forms OF matt r,
and diifuse order and harmony
through all creation, and whose abso-
lutte reality none can doubt-lre all
unseen aud unheard. There is a pow
CT that sends the earth spinning in
her orbit as ii stone lie, loose from a
sling, aud has kept it moving with in
conceivable velocity, and controlled
all its movements as perfectly rs a
mote from the time the morning stars
sang together until the present mo-
ment. II moves aud guides the mighty
Orbs of Jupiter and Uranus: and all
the planets, and stars, and comsteila-
tions that are scattered through the
~immensity Of space, and shine amid
the blaZonry of God, do yield an i'm
piicit obedience to its mandates. And
yet that power, so vast,so wonderful.
so constant aud immutable, is all UNI
seen and unheard of man. 1t dwells
in silence aud %obscurity profound aud
deep. Eye hath not seen it, nor ear
heard it nor has it assumed "A form
that can meet the organs of human
sense. What is il! is a question that
no man can answer and Hhere-it is
no tongue can tell, except that 1t is
every where. To describe il is i'm
,,.c-,hI, So. - :, ;t1, &c 80,
senses az a spirlt-ethereal as the
| spirits home, and iucOIn prchensible
as God himself. And yet who doubts
its reality? Who denies itscxistence,
or demands to see or IN ar ithefore he
wiil believe that ii Is a positive real
ity? Philosophy knows no such doubt
ers. Religion only has to contend
with q skepticism that eye shall see
or the ear hear all thai il calls upon
meh to believe. When God speaks In
II $ work., and tells us that all broad,
prevailing the things hat He has
made, there are permanent realities.
vast and wonderful agent, that move
worlds and systems, and hold even
the giant Earth "self balanced on her
center hung" and YET no eye eau see
nor ear hear them, we believe, ever
though we cannot comprehend. But
when He speaks in His word, aud
tells of other worlds where we shall
dwell. aud of treasures Which eye
hath not seen or ear heard, then we
doubt, and Fear tina all these things
are dreamy ana unreal. forthe ress III
that we cannot see them or hear vol.
COS that they utter. Nay. But the
better reasoning wonld be to ISSUING
the fact that they cannot be seen or
heard as al evidence of their reality
aud ~perImamenry. All that the eye
sees aud the ear hears is fading aud
transitory. Variability meets us up.
on the face of everything around us,
The face of nature is constantly chan.
ging; the flower blooms aud IA les: the
seed ripens and fall; the spring comes
and goes, aud the autumnal frost sea:
tiers the leaves from the forest, au,l the
singing Of the birds give place 10 TIC
moaning of the winters wind; the
mountains and rocks are crumblinl
away. and deeper and deeper grow
the gorges in their sides, worn by the
torrentsthat fl Nv. The face OF our ole
mother earth is cut with burrows srd
wrinkled and old with the marks 81
age; and even monumental marble
crumbles before the tooth of time
And so Of man. lie changes aud fades