The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-02-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
rNGERsoLL,s GODS.

ANeLnsOLksS GSDss
This is the headng of a short paragraph which in
trouees TO this gesss homo ON theology We have
bcen treated. of late. several specimens Of this
hind from this famous p"3ai psysatnm defender OF
Infideiity 1t certainly be honor TO America
to have child Of such preeoc;fy born ON her soil,
with sel fertile brain, such powers OF Pcnetranon,
such extent of perception such subtle faculties OF
reason suei an aptitude for science, such capabilities
Of education. and such high estimate Of his own
wisdom. that in few short years from the time he
drew his nutriment from the parent stock, We might
imagine he had scanned and surveyed all nature,
reached the end of all science found the bottom OF
all mystery, solved all the problems Of theology,
pierced the elements of the worlds atmosphere, vis
tied every planetary system the mmensty Of space
examined the natural universe of suns, moous. plan
cts, satellites and even nebua. and returning win
the trophies of his research is able to exciin There
is God but matter intelligence but that OF man.
and to be compared to myself for penetration
and wisdom = reminding one of an old Southern
doctor, who declared he had examined hundreds OF
dead niggers bodies. but found soul III one
of them. A nation might well be proud OF such a
prodigy, and the lesser lights exciam, IHnDhG nos
eaeJru serptor" Such efulgent rays bursting from
this luminous orb of the nation, may well dazzle the
ewes of us poor mortals and challenge the world to
find its counterpart.
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"h'eh mas naus"' W 'ehael ou' P'oN". -
pee'"e "e"'." ""'ee u'''"n.o ,,,.,I,
worthless weapon with which to attack the science
of the day. Surely, the first part of this proposition
must he an cpitome of his experience for doubt
less his of action and budget of negatives have
removed heaven mnch farther from him than when
he nestled in his mothers arms and perchance was
'a"sn' :" say o m y. .r.;, nm.
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i's' n' ne -. q. .h.I,.n,r. aud
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uisP"'c 'he eNP'i -,
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n' 0.' .'' -. L;s -, r,..,. from
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MN =, ' " - af = 49,, ,,u.,,,,,,a,, ..,ba
mor.aity' IN 'he nhns"'se =. - -
soul is like the setting Sun, not as briliiant anu d%
zeinp as at its zenith but widening and expanding,
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a7 n.",s '' sf - -, .. 90. ,ho
does this far-seeing sciehtist iook hio"g"' " se '"o
hone of n promised heaven attacking science! None
t, , 5a,,,or ,.or,J have see,f a simple promise
ou' "f'"'.ei ''"'' " - =
transmitted INTO a weapah Vi 'i'aeh' "e " -
the ruth science, IN the hands oi these MOD
orr, J,hh,e-s ia made tn attack Christianity and the
erh aappie's Is maui ~ IL. ",.,
Christians "od anu IAN "'u'" 'i,' '"o'
from his hand the seeptre and the rod dethrone
| Jehovah and become the God of God. Mistaken
r., rc; :; ,,o 4. ., os III. RIbIe
man inc "'u Vi 'e - ~
Now, let us turn to his cheeriui adiinssohs' hough
wrought in the parb Of irony and sarcasm, they
a.. a., q, oono.., ,,,.;r ,.forr,;tv Does be think
'oo i'''ns! " "' -
to bewider mems brains by such sophstry' ir us lie
may think the rest of the human family fall below
| Ii; ,o,,.rJ Of ;,,.,,;.cpce, M pur,.,niud.d Bible
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reader ever conceived that It's teachings were SO al
war with the condition of man. 1t never pro-
nasal IN spbv.rt the lsocalle,l laws of nature: it
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never ProloSe' !" keep Inv i'"'''' I'm
it never promised TO preserve senses n'oiate nor 10
secure IFS subjects from the diseases incident hu-
-. ,, I'll ~, ,,; ;o,, f ia. ,.r,;. s.hool
ihahi's 'ii' "''' "'' ''. v" ~
from the Bible so he drew his conclusions without
| ,,o,, Ru, while nlol,l;,g our way tbrouoh this
mem n". ~-. -. -. -.
labyrinth oil oi ihcohgru'y' we pause 10 ask ts mas
laws so imperative that good Christian can live
under them Is it a being, n thing, matter, or
mind Our orthOepsts say it is ina gnary being,
supposed to preside the material and animal
word but surely the lofty intellect of this wOrshpper
| of nature would never pay homage to an imaginary
| God. This would sink him lower than his despised
Christian, for he Christian) worshps God that has
declared himself jehovah while this naturalist God
is as silent as Baal to whom the false prophets raved
till their throats but, alas he still
| silent
But, again we ask: What is this nature If it can
make laws it must have intelligence if intelligent
| it must have mind; if mind then attributes if at
tributes then the power of speech; if the Trainer of
worlds and systems then if the inventor
of the centripetal and centrifugal forces which SO
niscenee; if experimenting the machinery of the
universe then omniprescience But alas this process
has led us to veritable God i'm conradstinction to
nature. which is only the work of His hands; hence