, 1879-03-10


these :. arc Important directions for light 10
iakc u tlrrc 10 Il, nan some Innate 9icam Of
divine Intelligence. When men arc about to put
70 ueath their own children, na In lndn. Or arc
slaves, 4 thero ba IN man an innntc light Il
ought, in such awful hours, to ahlnc forth. For
OF whnt advantage wcrc divine measure That
meyer measures anytblne, OF m inhorn standard
ever, las been tho history OF conscience IL Il Is,
a. thought by 81 mnny, discriminating power.
IL nag i,cen discriminating power which has
nevcr n'ntle valuable distinctions, n Judge which
ronclu'c,. therefore, that, ID t(ia oilco Of con.
science wfnt else It MAY be, It is not Its province
70 convey nny Information about lie moral N1al-
tty OF actions. IL has never enlightened man
enough to merit the name Of light.
III bis large volums upon this moral faculty
Mr, Joseph Cook grouns into ono Immense
mass oil that hos hecn sud or thought tpon thia
relation nf the soul tt right and wrong, but It
TIE Industrious nuthor believes or rejects the
itsca tl'at conscience hr!uga any information to
society as to what ACTIONS arc right md what
wrong. There IA oftentlmcs annysts 80 full Of
dtta!l anu OF distinction ,nttl NJ encyclopedia
opinion tlas the reader IL 1t last puzzled to tlnh
III any one sentence o compact definition OF tic
word Or subject In hantl. That Mr.. Cooks Icct-
!srcs upon coincidence arc 50 volnminnus as to
prime idea IN the lectures. may he inferred from
tic tnct that 80 cnreiul rGaler md reviewer
rs ar. W. F." presumably DR.. patteraon) cx-
pressed not mnny weeks ngu wish Tint Tho
explicit Us to what acts asc right and what
wtong, anti that lIatl hn snih that "conscnnro
always pronounecs 1t the duty OF every rersun
70 choose The highest good Of oil beings
missing link in the argument It would. from
thi. quotation. nupear Tint Mr.. Cook dous mt
save n. ". r" from tic regret t!.at IT, author
OF tho Monday Lectures hasl not added 'hat eou
sconcc makes II the duty OF every perso, to
chooso the highest good OF all beings. for con-
science no more discloaes sueh principle than
Il diteloscs the best principles OF agriculture. or
Of public economy. This fnct starca US In the
tious tnen. tic most fully bent on not doing
wrong md upon doing right, have been narrow
In tlicir views, selfish and cruel, utterly FREQ
from any cunccpt!on Of the highest cood Of tho
most. Conscience casta no. light upon duty
when for hundreds OF years the Hinioo mothers
cast into tic rivers children which they sho,tld
have tendcrly reared and loved; II cast no light
upon the duty OF Saul when he was conscnttng
to the death BY . mob Of such q saint as
for MI oath'a sake, be was, nu,ii awful sorrow,
nnt.ing to death bis beloved daughter. AZ.
cortllng to tile story, that Hebrew Judge or
shonl ID God grant him victory llo would sacridco
on the altar tho first living thing which should
cumc out to meet him on his triumphant ro-
turn home: And behold his beloved daughter,
und servant, nMl slave. The face oi thc
victorious King turned pnlc. lie tore
10 a,ruds his royal vesturc and cried out, "Alasl
ms dauRhterl thou has brought me very low,
Co back.n Il would oppeor tIIot. II conscience
wna ffcsis1,ed aver tn cnnvny INV fnformaiinn
as to thc moral uuulity Of octious, it would have
jct so1e licht fajl upGn this unhnppy father and
aaurhser: hut in,taan ot dtifnsI1,r anv KnoWi. N
osies Of rtrht or wrong. It simfnly vi imnclici
,tnnhthaI, onward tnynr,i tim kcrninr ~ tHc
savage VOW, THIS story, from JcWtsh history.
only illustrates what lbs taken pluco in ali liz
long history Of man, namely, Tint this power,
cnlic,l consrencc has meyer tnfnr1ne1l nnv mani
or arm IA 10 what Ia rirht AMI what wrnno
either In q general Or q particular mpuucr. Il
has nuyor bceu q light-brtngng star.
Having learned What tllls faculty does not io.
IT. becomes us to seek out It's true ofllcc. Con.
scfnneo "a freiinr. II IA m nnncttfe tint Iovca
Tie moral riEht, Gut tho Intellect must ind out
what the rfght is. Tho intellect must como
with its observation, md conpartson. md nx-
pericuce, n,iI discover Whit genrra} lava oi
rjEbt- doing there arc. mud what purtict1lar
ortiops nfu noble. and thcn couscfcucc Will
come and render him hnnpy who docs the nohle
things. and render hin Misera6lo who does % tio
discraccful things. II tile ior1cal faciity mskrs
INV b}unlicr IL ia nreumsnt. md cancin,irs
TINT witches c5fst ind s{louJ bc hanged. or that
n beretic ahnuld be- nuurterotl. or tIntinnhthnh,s
God desired That vow should be made OF Kent
that would doom to denth n daughter IA
comncnsntion for victory. ronscicnrS
viii not hesitate for n,un,cnt. Int on
il will como, vast, powerful scnt!mont, anti viii
1nun th1 ,sftch' or n,inrtrr tbc hrrctir ~ ainv
the Idoiizcd dnt,ehtar. Il Knows nothing mnj
tencins nothlnv il only !fnneis. Il drives n
train along 4 trick, but tha reaaoninp noners
m mnn iirst buiidR tha frnck. nul nrct,r{tn,r IN
The work lono by Tic intellect tic imnefln.
powcr draws tho train in safcty or 10 destrir.
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