, 1879-04-05
DOUBT.
Lecture by tho Rev. Dr.. Thomas at
St. Paul's Church.
When Doubt Comes, and What
1t Is.
An Interesting Talk with Many Anus
ing Illustrations.

An Interesting Talk with Many Anus
ipr Itruatrations.
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LET ota HOT APPEAR the AcY. Ur' hgacr lhtro-
Tho subject nf tho toclurcr,. a,,conr.o VIM
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TIC prciaced !'ts remarks ny saying tllat tic
momhcfe Of inc lnstitutc wcro 10 10 IN noHlsc
hold responsible Tor What Lie might Say. lie
commenced hs lecture by sny'ng tllat knowl.
ct1re v,oa n Ynct1tator sVe l,c1tnvcl In orcnr,t.
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potsesssu' uuuos "as q sta.s !" wneh
ing d subject; In which no wcro
-oy,,vrc tl,e notirr n mir ,ntn1s 1rnbo,of
,v,s . ston hrvon1 donht, n wns y .tatc In
"as o.ep uo.u"a "o"p'. ~ "A' ~. nta.o :"
which wc hat' revolvcd subject In our minds
nl,d llal rcarhcd q conclusion tn oppos,tton to
tho rcorcscutntton. Skcptirtsm wus state which
wna sa1t.w,v hot ,yccu ,,n,lt nu1 ,,nt,llcr.
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we ~cro MI t1hSo!lNl7 to"hsu a siaele polht
We might tukc different patfs, but they all
tended Iu oup direction, or Mt lenst wo wefe all
anrinns tn rrnrh rre r,a1, Y'here ,ras hnt mn
,,o,n, D., ~ ,,ro. .,,,eh II, 1no,aa h,ol, unn
po'A' y" eur hscs ""'e" ~! 4oonso ose@ upoh
Win Tic same feeling, a'ld TINT was INC snad~
owy realms Of childhood. In al1 our
childhood ltfo VIC 1Eyed In faith. We
ind not ,ct learned ia i]o,1bt. 1,afn cn,ne, md
we peceDtcd IL na rain. Winter wne ,ytntcr.
.unmor ,vo. aum,or. rtobt wos rI1,,, mn;
auu,..ot .. wa sm.aetS ''sm. "aS a..t a.Gn. Mu
WrEg S Ms to s in "e wos
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@% shinsS ~ mnc"rta' IT, ho,ievc III " I'm, ,ss
ni s - 80 ~ iInw anv ,vcr ,harc ~ ,vn ,4s co,
so,1an,l,"r ~ 14e" A'"'s "s'o ''s'o ""o eoutu
re'nemoor rur v,nsr n,nnn
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l.e Or she eyer haul ternaps i was some story
Whlsh Was ,oo ptepoStefoua ioI eve9 onr Guild
hood minus to credit aud here doubt COM
The sneaker remembered how tenacloualy he
elung to O. tho belief Of thH story Of santa
Saa Me s ost il, @ a ~ %a at a" es e
but 1o!ly psrsonacs, Wbo " 10 believed came
down through the chimney. When hG cat:no to
think abont It, hu wondered bow u could be
tl'at person So 'arHo hs santa Clnl's was BE-
stoveplpe, as !la must Do tu order. to hit Ills
stDeklnt, with eWeetmcats, 50 as to sur
prise and please him, IN tic morning.
lljer, t0ot Ne remembered hoW surprssau VIC
were When we went ont Into tic world ai'l ltrst
to wtiat VIC had been told and Wcrc led to be-
l!ose admitted Of no dpubt or uncertainty.
These were dark DAYS, when absolute faith left
OIL Alsd tif11bt commenced. He Scarcely Kne"
Iltro "as wrong impression perYading largo
numbers OF people regarding
DArTisf:
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mt hnnttsn. wouan pner gns nskrti II ehe
Ind hrcn hantfzctl. Smj sh" rcnjtnd lint ~ ii"
Ind cItl,er bcc, Usptiz cd or yacclnateo. md so
es essry psrson 1 s,oIi be able 10 teil Whether o
berei ed TIC ne rst % Unvcssatst tat o ever p saw
challenged lin to /, debate Within ,twenty min.
,,tes. liz cot beatCu, but he Jidn't know It,
Dr. Thomas related I'll ancetloto to illustrate
our our Ieachiugs md religious impressions. 4
young nlnt, III this city went to bonrllnE-holiso
10 P ut board. Everything Was pleasing to
lin. anil he at, onco said he
would come. "13ut hold on,n snfd the
good lady of tho house. ''As I do not wish to
]lnye any religlous discussion at tho table, per-
haps 1t would bo as we'll TINT VIC should u,lder-
stand each othrr on thu start. OF what rcltg
ious falth nre yo, bclicvsra" Tho young u1au
satd TINT l,t had 10 particular belief. "Wllat,h
sntt tho Indy, shave you no bcicfi Did voltr
father md mother have no religious faithf''
Tie young nan said iin believed tint bis father
u,s! mother were believers ~ Unscrsal'am. Tho
11sigo Young man VINO wnntcd board, md she
wanted honr1er.
"Do yu,l bellcyo tlat anybody will be saveda"
asketl she.
Tho young man replied that he did not know.
He had never Thought much nbont the subject,
ont 70 Earay ta04snt many ny "nH,a Gn oe iost ,,
70 you hot LINK t''at 1oV'ooV peop'a Will %
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