The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-12
THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 70, 1882

40 nggardly In this world that you arc led to
ask yourself whether you are not running
counter to His wishes by approaching human
affairs in that transverse abnormal fashion.
Such notions in n Greek or in our time
would pass for rank impiety, and would be in
timatcly associated with Il denial uf tho Di-
vinity. In our author they mean nothing OF
tho kind. His views arc those of a consistent
jew. Ilo Ii far from being one of those
crazy fellows who affirm that God docs not
exist" You may deem him skcptcal. mate
rialist, fatnlist. and above all, pessimist. but
assurcdly he is no atheist. To his mind denial
| of God would be tantamount Ia q denial OF the
world: 1t would be sheer fuolishncsS. If
he crrs. tis because he makes God too
great and man too little. God created
the world TO display His power He is
perpctually creating life in all its forms.
| The ends, however which He contemplated in
the creation ot the universe and VI man are inn
pcnctrable. But how avoid bending the knee
before being 50 pussant? If He gives man
life, He also takes 1t away. He Furnishes some
/ times and there are bad actions from which
simple prudence enjoins us to abstain. The
| pleasures Of youth for instance; you cXpiate
| them later by infrmities. which. however is no
reason for rejecting them altogether God
judges man. but in conformity with undisc9v-
cradle principles. In the majority Of cases
1t is impossible to recognize His action.
to discern His hand. In fine. God seems to
take but little interest in man. for He
has put him in the most false position
by giving him the preoccupations OF intel
ligcnce conformity with finite destiny. which
has the same narrow bounds for the fool and
for the sagc. for man as for animals. and
that. too. in a social system whose arrange
mcnts suggest the converse of justice and
| reason.
you should then like everybody else 20 to
church and practise the established form of
| worship: but here as in all things YOU should
| avoid excess You tease God nv too impor-
tunate requests: YOU give the priests power
over Won: fear God that il the real Worship
Dovout pcople are the most insupportable of
blockheads The impious man Is n iunatic; he
braves God exposes himself to the most awful
prriI. but the nictist is n priu wears God ont
with ,ravars and attends Hin, vbila ba tbinks
to honor Him
u ia r,oi, tho, ,ho ir,roro,roh,o obsor,i,v
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oc.,,,,i,,J or,l,Ious roo,,lo ard osnoci,IIv tho
s,,norstitiors Can,ori,,s b,a M moral sisrir-
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from matter fine body returns TO the earth