, 1879-06-28

G4EAl&lltTf GuPEIdlLDlls VIC uEEG}1t El9 tCatt-
mcny Yf others no mure endowed With slpcrior
mental faculties than ourselves ~ anthot!tyt
and ~ preference to lho Intelligent eonclus'ont
of our own minds. Well, to nrriTc at at mn
spss e S ese9 r. e' a s 9sssr 9ss rs sp Gf'Se e
OF man; the Intelligent, tmmatcF1a!, nnu
Immortal ,pnrt Of human, bctngs,-an immaae-
rtat Intelligent aubstanco." Now, am no
tshos. nd msks NJ h n af a snpeF1r
binary power Of discrimination md common
sense, cannot sec the nbsurttty and tho contra
lictorY fcnso Of this dctlnft!orla VITO docs not
at once perceive that the truth Of It Is mposst-
blot
Can anything bc substance md fmnatcrlal
At t.lc same tsntof Can nothing be substance,
posscss parts and other attributes Of matter! !!
Any thing any form, any boly. my part to DC a
substance, is to be maortat e TO By real to oc-
cupy space. Anything that exists, TINT mas form,
outline, parts, Is by tn nature material. What
ever portion Of space thlt bo<ly occupies. there
nothing e,sc, no other body, call exist. To pen
etratc tbrauuh space, other bodies, no matter
how dense or now aerial, mist make room FOR
or give wny to'ls Two particles Of matter can-
not ocrupS the Same sonre at the same tins.
1nn,atot!al substance Is contradiction Of
ldsas-a.n, impo.sl';',y. I s' a.,,,.,, ~ =.
real md material, It would occupy spaco; all
alike could sce It, recognize and comprehend Il
all doubt would vanish BY Tue knowlcd9e of the
fact. l,Ht nc havo no such knowledge. Science
cannot lay Il bare. Our strongest telescopes
md microscopes aru alike inadequate to DIS
cover eyen ayesttgo Or particle Of soul or
spirit matter.
TI.cn, it not mascrial,-if, as Webster says, It
is 1mmateria, this confession, this dcflniuou,
annlhilatcs II at once. 1t Is, then, nothing: Has
no hody, form, weight. or taugibility. a1e, con-
or e1tstcnce cannot otctny space. mud Is slthply
a tantustic lden, originating within Tic brain OF
Of our ancestors, who, entirely Ignorunt ol tue
wonderful properties, essences, and capabilities
Of natter. force, und organism, Invented tho
cna, or power .! thought.
ali that exists Is lnaics,al. At anJ rats. wc
can hayo no knowledge of anything outside OF
this. II not material, real, corporcal y must
thing imnaterial must forever rolnstn blind
faith, ami impossible oi absolute demonstration.
Matter Is at aggregation of atoms, These
atoms arc rcal, yet, It IS slpposet gre 90 smMll
TINT ut ultimate atom Is itconecYablo to sctcn-
tists, even With the MD OF tho most powcrfli!!
microscope. So we can seen md comprehend
atoms only III nh uegrcCated form.
All mutter is endowed With, OF possesses, GER
There ii no Aucl thing ~ dend aton dead
matter, Of material. not pregnant with vital
force, ESSENCES OF life, or other properties
These forces are matter,-th1s matter Is force.
They aro co.cxistcnt. tnseparablc' MD cns're'S
dependent upon each other.
Matter cxetIug to-day Is OF sufficient proof
to the ]ogctan thnt It il eternal niid infinite Ii
In the iufn!te past time were conceivable when
matter Was not, when all Eas nothing, innttc
spncc, eternal vaclutn, 4nd this werc ,rcal,-no
matter II illcro were God or t,-uoih!ng vou1d
exist TO-DAY. Something cannot spring from
nothing. 10, matter existing today Is MOSQUITO
proof that It is infutc, eternal, and never could
hare c1!sted Or beet crcatct.
Mnftrr NiFftF n Sta iHkhrnHt Dr0NnrffeA
elements, is continually III motion. It forever
changes in It's aggregation of particles a,hl as-
s,in1es new conditions AMI Iosina, The various
combinations o., TIM different agsregatlons u
power, all the various results, forne, bndcy,
Aninals, aud human beings In tho universal.
Forms III a more complicated structure are
called organic; tlluse OF stnlplo aggregation or
combination OF matter. inorganic. The former
comprise plant, animal lie and organism; the
latter, alt else tint exists ID nature, like MINER
nj, soil, Watot, a1r, clc.
Now, the difference IN thceo two products OF
matter will At o.,co be npparent. The one ts q
su1tiu etructu7u composed OF organs and COM
p)catcti parts, which, combined, fur1n ehnrmn-
nous who1c, as tho wheels, BprlnEs, ETC., mako
the watch. Thc other 10 simply an aggregation
Of atoms, like t!aids, ar, stone, etc: ,v, :,
diYided into "threu kinds; solids, liquids, aeri-
Ior1n." Yet all alike are but aRgregntEons of
particles more or less held toaothcr or attrActed
By force OF cohesion, ana real, absolute solid
body is supposed to bs au lr,postltilfly solid
body Of steel resisting the stran Ut thousand
horsepower, ns we'll as the lilallond st,aEkllnG
in its ntagnlticeuca aud supposed ln1estrueti'
bI1ttv, arc nothing but minute particles hold TO-
EoLhtr by mighty aud hidden 1urced which per.
Yado ul matter.
The inorganic condition Of matter Is spontanH-
ouH, Instantaneous: but the orEaulc structure
is tho result Of SLOW evolution Htltt gruwth Of
time. Thus light penotfates thu pores Of stone,
trekntla,l Ol tlir construction Of either one cf
these sbinEs, also docs electricity, magnetism,
air. atll other subtle jiulds ali tBorganlc sub.
stance. But hera tic possibility ceases. While
tho inorganic may penetrate the 0tgnAlc mud H.
stautly again rcslttno its former condition ol
fluid, gas, etc.. yet tho organ.c body carinot
penetrate II Wlnlow-glass or brick wall without
rnt.roly destroying either its OWL identity or tile
body with Witch It comes In contact.
| Nov, spirit 10 be pussibla must be organic,
| Anu to pe urEaulc must be subject to the laWt
A1ld forccs ot tho material universe. Spiritual
tsts are thu only class believing to the Exstcnce
u sptrlts wllo cla!m to proyc practically wllal
Chr|ttiahs only believe In The abslnlct. In the
alt6encr, then, Ut ans Intelligent deanltlun o.
spltit within tho Church, Let us cxn1nina the
prutensious Of Spieitaal'sts.
Tbs litter claIni that spirits uru identical II
appearance with the physical body. They hpyt
outline, forna, hair, TEXTURES. mna tntcrnal or
Kalts III when In the body. Now, II t1la bn trltc
they must nccupy spacc. BIT subtcrt to thu phys
tc0l laHa Ut nttractlolt cAcncAt affinity, change
dccny aud death; also pu5sess Internal urganI
10 wiun III life, to giye t1.eu nsltc. fustrf, etc
II not possessed Of lungs bralt, heart, stunlael,
nbdumuu. etc., what gives then, OUTLINE, form
| rs when those organs formed constituent par1
Of tho bodyt II not possessed of tbs organs
which give the body sllapt, hom cau they breathe
ltTr, cx1stt II nit posbcsscd ot c!es, ears mouth
how eau thcy hcc, hcar. spcaki II not p,ssesset
ut all tho partS necessary to form, hnrniuniou
orEa11e, Intelligent, structure. how can they Gu
| juy individual cpnsuoutllrssI
Again. If formed of ap actual body, In tn.
imaga Of mat, how can II ever get to Heaven, II
II "srirt world, " Or cfen outside OF this curth1
utmosphere1 Aro not al! n'iica sublort tt
natural law, md no partlcIr, body, or being car
possibly ret outside Of iha curths vast arbits
hut ,lgai,l, II rcal, bur does u "e}cape frotI
te body alter deathl II organic. how can cnci
Individual member, limb, bunc, MUSCLE, nerve
artery, nall, tooth, Autr, Gc!1, alu goluls cxtrt
cute itself from It's physical counterpart Ill.
from lts fearful labyriuthfau entanclumont
and eacape,. 4 ''splrit falr,4 or9anic, perfect
rcaJ, ABSOLUTE, materala Then, }ayIut
successfully male IT, csenpe, how caiI 4, fruI
spirit, rcuch It's ntllre lone far olf in tlss bl1s
regl0ne Ut Hpure, aet Ulit through cluacd door
Or wtn1uss, 0r brick waIt, without unu or tn,
otner aeculltug tassntrsgated Or destroyed
| Arc tulrAclUa pussfblef
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