The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-15

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0ceo his sermon with the annoanee.
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% delivered BY Prof. Sumner Of YaIe
college on "wednesday evening. The
ce1t OF the sermo0 Was fkum Fifsf Corin-
thlan:, xv:, 10: III In this NE only We
nave hope In Christ We are Of eli men
most miserable" s'TAkin9 humsn
nature - II b In this III" said ~.
Beecher, mo abstract idea that virtue
y =. the best policy would sustain men.
The knowledge Of an aftes existence Ia
lnd1speosable. All religions are found.
cd on this belief. Whatever men may
scientifically believe, there issomething
IN men that refuses to doubt as to q
toture existence. When Tyndall was
walking amid the glorious scenery Of
the Alps his companion said: Can
you look upon this glorious sunset and
not feel that there il y God?' oh, yes
he said. 4 feel it; ii you do not ask me
to prove it, Now, the mischievous
| notion of the Bible Is that it has been
dedicated by God and written down az
the daughters of Milton wrote his poems
from his dictation. Tie Bible il the
work Of evolution the unfolding of hui
man consciousness, the work Of thOus-
2nA0 TAf VA no nd ,>n AOnke4u&> h~,
be .u 30 long in unfOldingas the doctrine
of immortality. There Il nothing of It
In the early records, and It is not until
you get down to the patriarch3 that it
begins, and then hut family, i'm SEED
form ~ 1t were. Abraham was q grand
old chief, but there Is no record that he
said anything Of immortality or of any
thing else that you would call to remem-
6rance. Isaac was also great chieftain,
but with him the woman was mightier
than the man. Even the great law
giver Moses said nothing OF IN after
life. And 80 the age 90 marching down,
hut there Is not man among them that
gives any direct testimony a. to
this doctrine or belief in Immortality.
You cannot find anywhere in the Old
Testament any mention nsade Of It. It
Is not until you come to the New Testa-
ment that . life hereafter h referred to.
The seed Of this idea was In early na-
lions, but the growth and development
of it were lett to Modern nations. God
left men to find this out as he left them
to find out many other things, and this
idea n to me fur grander and sublimer
than that other idea that God created
it with bang, u fash. It Is the pro-
duct Of evolution, ~ h oil other processes
of life and creation. 1t II said that this
immortality does not apply to the
lower animals. Well, who shall say that
It does not: If some dogs don't go to
heaven, what chance have their mas
ters? l thank st. John that he has put
horses in heaven; they ought to 80
there, and If the picture drawn OF the
other place IL correct some OF their own
ers ought t. 90 there. No man 20 strong
" longs for Immortality a: the man that
is most richly endowed. The old idea
devil IL blOOd-red with cruelty, and men
in their indignation at the abominable
travesty of punishment have refused to
believe that there was q future. They
do not, perhaps, disbelieve, but they
say, prove it to u.s. they become
asnostics they don't know the agnos-
tics are the knOw-n0things they say
that il true which csn he demonstrated;
there may be God, but there Is no
prs,Of ct it; there may b. continued
existence, but then we can not prove 1t.
Agnosticism is better than open inf
deity. I have MT an unkind word, hut
wonderful compassion, Cor one who has
been driven step by step into doubt.
Now, is nothing true except that which
admits of proof: carry within me Il
heavenly body, and defy any body to
measure it. IfyOu are not bound to be-
lieve anything except you have proof tor
it. then away with honor, away with
courage, away with many Inequalities
thecxlstenee of which ia untlOubted, but
which cannot Tx proven. In be-
half If the young men who take para
graph in q newspaper for argument,
who have Listened. to f:.lse teachings u'!-
ii! their minds are disturbed, ] ask
them, Why should you want to dis
c,,clmnt yourselves of this !n,'lct ot Il
y:urIfi.sl existence after dcutn' Has 1t
ever done you any harm: HAS II h'l''-
al YOUR s,nhi!icn:' TO take it away
would lie like disseminating u castle
taking away all its furniture, all its
PICTURES and works Of art and leaving
nrt,Iiny but tic ls,re balls. If you could
hv scientific process prove that there
was NO evidence Of immortality, what
would you gain: What ma" worthy to
call himself man that does not carry
within hill, the ASSURANCE Of mortality:
Our life here Ia: '~rn SO ha'npercd ana
h;n.l,re,i, must go where ! shall nos
in dominated Ivy the animal. Ih""%',
ten thousand scientific men should
prpy.. to me that there was no 1nllnor-
taiity. I have that within myself which
declares that there is, and there is my
com tort, my hope. Believe that YOU
are more worthy than a dog. ut more
value than ro;ting daisy believe CHAT
you will one day stand with tie spirits
ri The just. made ir''ct; ; f,, ;;;:', ' t
lani"ns.'
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