The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-28

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the multliarlous manifestations and opera
tons of the mind and the universe in
which we live, also amount only to the
statement that man SEEMS to have a shirt
which MAY live after his body lies beneath
the sod2
Again he says, "NIuch confusion is
caused by the theory that mind is the &C..
ton OF the brain, and that, If the brain dis
appears, the mind also disappears. This
is only theory" But is it not also "only
theory" that the brain is but the organ of
| the mind2
lie says further that "all that can be
proven is that the brain is the organ
through which the mind acts" 1t seems
to us that all that has been PROVEN is, that
the brain acts and nothing more
he cites mans ability to judge between
right and wrong as proving that he posses
SEES spirit and asserts that "the discern
ment between right and wrong is the dis
tingushing feature set upon him by the
Almighty Does not the Christian world
proclaim that man is utterly unable to do
this without the assistance of the Bible'
That from it man received his first inkling
of right and wrong; that upon the Bible
are founded our constitutions and the
laws of our land, and that without it, the
world would again be plunged INTO
darkness?
He affirms that "bcfore we ask if man
lives again, it must be shown that
he is capable Of dying" and that
"no argument can show that death
has dominion over the soul" Cun
we not with equal pcrtinencc say that be.
fore we ask, does the spirit survive the
body! it must be proven that there is
spirit, and that no argument can show that
the soul has dominion over DEATH
But besides these weak points the synop.
Sis before Us contains several misstate-
ments and some sophistry, which one
would not expect from a man of Mr.. Wend-
liug's character and learning. After some
illusions to the various motives underlying
the sentiment of uubclicyers in future life
and dcplorlng the world future were their
opinions adopted by all men, he refers to
the achievements Of faith in the history of
the world; claiming that all the great in
ventors OF the past were lead 10 their dis.
coveries by faith, and denouncing what he
terms the sentiment Of unbcieyerS: I'VE
will not believe what we do not know"
He refers to Fulton, Morse, Columbus and
others, and eXclaims that they all believed
more thanthey knew He looks upon death as
unnecessary event, hayngnothing superna,ur-
al about 1t, and cXclaims: IF there were no
deaths the earth would be crowded with
grown up people. After thousands of years
had passed they would have exhausted all
pleasures, all learning, and would have no !
future. The eternal monotony would be.
come an unreasonable weight, and death |
would be mighty boon" And finally !
he says that "thc humiliation of the soul !
would be incconcilable with the goodness
of God because, having created man with a
longing for heaven it would be cruel not to
satisfy that longing
1t seems to US that Mr.. Vending is
mistaken as to the cry of |
the intidel world. 1t is not 1--WE will not
believe what we do not know" but 1--WE
will not believe what we have no rea-
son to believe There is a pcrceptib,e
difference between the two, and it was act.
ing upon this sentiment and disbelief"
in established theories that led Columbus
to the shores Of America. He, together
with all others who contributed
to the worlds progress, Luther not
excepted began by disbelief
n established theories, and so
far from being lead by faith, they were
actuated by positive knowledge.
His sophiStry concerning the condition OF
the world if there were no death, suggests
the question; win not this very condition,
with all the horrors he pictures so well, pre-
vail in the future world where there is said
10 be no dcathi And, finally, is not his ar.
gument that annihiliation is lreconcilablc
With the goodness OF God overwhelmed by
The suggestion that the existence of soul
n eternal torture should be much more ir.
'econcilable with the goodness Of Cod
But we desist from further comment, for
hcse columns must contain matter besides
'emarks concerning lectures; and we have
10 time to go through the honorable gentle.
mans entire lecture, nor have we the in.
,lination. THE BULLETIN is the great rcli.
GiOus organ-not Of Southern Illinois mere.
y, but of the Mississippi valley, aud be.