The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-28

,n upward tendency aud lands are on
N, advance, The railroad fever Is abroad
,mors tue people, and they want TO get
5p,ol the wilderness,
wspubIish a communication in another
eo,aun from Elder Ryan explanatory ot
hi, position on the subject OF an Inter
n,jAe sa.e,o He refers 10 the course
olbl. article to the remark Of the INrELLI.
oncEB that the subject was one that had
been rsnit.ed to the domain Of the un'
movable by the learned and profound
men oi our day, lie does not concur In
,hI, remark, and cites the great number OF
books thai have been written on the sub
i,c.. Bat does the fact Of these books
beng written meet the statement The
yOhd p full oil books written by men who
,rs not learned and profound, and no de.
pltmsn. 10 fuller than that Of theological
speculation, It literally runs over with.
books dating back to the rustiest and
lu.tias TONES, devoted 10 theological
speculation on al sorts OF speculative sub
iects, like this one oi an. intermediate state.
And yet what Of III How much light
have they shed on such sujects. Notori.
ouly little, The past Is filed with ex.
p,odsd theological speCulAtions once I'D.
voAisd by doughty champions. The
men who exploded them are the
learned and profound men referred TO,
aaths men who got them up. For In
i.Ilce, take the doctrine Of q literal lake
otfrs and birthstone as a place Of future
punishment, which Mr. Ryan repudlates
t,li7 n bis communication. and which
hsnys is generally, II not universally, re.
p1diated. And yet a generation or two
IaoitwI q1ite Curent-in fact, the pre-.
Vsitns doctrine. Who exploded it2 The
tlus oi men we have referred to. How
ddthey DO Il? BY both sclentifc and
moral Arguments. by showing that ma.
t'dII IRE could not, in the eternal nature
'Ithing', feed on something immsterial
lk'spidh BIZ showing that this world
ad existed for perhaps millions ot years,
iad that human bodies had been resolved
i1d Fsfssolvsd into thousands oil other
human bodies, as had necessarily to be the
as, seeing tha! no new atom Of matter
'n ever created by the birth
d new human being. A man, there.
lore, was simply a physical part
a bis remote ancestors, and 10 the
nl'ure Of things 1t was impossible thSt
'hsfe could be two, much less . thousand, ,
s1lct assimilstions Of the same matter In
'as next lille. Beside, said they, why
'a'nld the body be burned at all, seeing
mat II Is under the complete control Of
The mind, and therefore not amsuable to
physical punishment.
These were some Of the scientific srpu.
m'nn that broke down The doctrine Of
physical punishment, and caused It to 70
Ous oI fashion. The moral ones We need
nos specify. They are familiar to all who
Awe read anything on the subject,
The zane class Of men who bsva con.
vinced the world on this subject have de-.
eIIned speculation as basis Of Argument
10 regard to the nature Of mans existence
beyond this lie. As to how prompt and
nov inIl will be the reward Of virtue, and
now Instant and complete The punishment
o' vice, they have a. we said, remtttsd 10
NE domain Of the unknowabls. The fact
alluded TO by Mt Ryan that 80 msny
nsn have written on the subject, and The
o'ae' and more important fact that so m.
s known about Il that has satisfied
1aIOody Is conclusive as to the yaluelss,
Character :, OI their writings.
NJ Ryan quotes a passage from BisbOt
roster 1t reminds US Of the criticism
% made on the charge oil the Light Btip,d,
aBIlslAv'' "I!is magnificent but Il i
1"' 10 Sl', aid one Of the Generals, Sc
S'h'p Fosters fancy sketch IL not arpu
%ea'-iti, simply rhetoric. He tells t,s o
,Ie H.,t uses q = probationary period in N,
M ~ .. .ofld Iot the good, but nothing ' n
SisE.S u' o. ,Ii 40 thiatoty experience iof tbt
tSSS SSta' !, What are thev to be tioIbv9 iIt
$500, :ssy Y be gradually getting preps;sd Ia
hIO hU,,uIaS ,u,i TOO terrible at tho outseI? Thit
dSst,iS. ,iiu.',hetical V side Of the Intermediate
Ss,I,a. ne Iall cannot be ignored, and Tia
pfoSo.i,iiA s sA' whole theory, Nj. RYAN
iiSi,'Sa e hi, ss. ! tha! nobody has yet psssst
EbIl ',t s,I lnl condition lof good of eyll, i,
passed I9O y Y where then have The Vicket
Soms,,,,i!a la'y must be in a condition o
dGy q s SaSI.t talppinesS, seeing that thl
no yes,, sy,,uIu.nmsnt may be q million o