The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05

tnan any srfenttac proof or any ncaf~tes' ;srneny. whether of vulgar or ef sacred literature. |; is mosal intuition.
 What ,s moral intui,ions ii isa con- ditson of brain so inc ,hai i, can dlscan- ecEn truths where ccarser brains do no, prece,se them-~where the vibrations oi truths arc effeciuai and the soul responds to them. Here ls man that stands be- tore gorgeous picture of fi,ien'S. sui fused w,th color. and he says: " don ! sec any color, An artist. trembling with enthusiasm, ,o hts eye st dfip> eith color. The clown says: " Wlsh could see Il, :" " Don't you wish you could says the artist te hum but you arc too coarse {: you cannot sec Il ]: these qualities s,bra,e me H IS not there" How do 1 knes generosity. |, has no form < has no shape. i,o know heroism li is ,m- ponderahle and improbable ia any way excepting hy the response when my soul gives to Il when see |, in acton All the nobler qualities which adntn human life arc those that ate presented in ihls mys. terious way. So il is with the artistic in- tuition, and sc Il IS with ,hc musical ,ntu. it,on. One man heafing sounds says :" How magnificent Mere thiS whole dome filled with mi<ed and various sounds. fl there he d,seor,l his edae a. ted ear detects Il. sitins eui ,cothing else. as ! mother hearing her ohild cry m another room. though there be a thou sand persons thcte wall hear iha; ehild's etN hy the maternal chord when all those other sounds are drowned ou, Nabndy else ~iil hear II but her. Even inc f,thcf will say: What !, II, my des' NJ, child - My child, Applause
 Thcte afc souls tha, feel the presence z ot souls, and when one has heea isit. Ii up m quality. m moral dnii. know not how nor where the spir,t is. like the wind that comes or goes. and we know not whether nor from whence there arc souls that know that God exists They feel the breath they feel the quality. Their own nature is changed ln such strange ways that they say T know that my redccmer hveth. my God and though He hide Himself a, other times. never theless when He comes. He comes to leave an impression upon the soul that lasts. and nothing can etsaec H ol take Il, away" And th,s higher moral n,ui,sc art of the Inner natures IS better proof oi tho eNlstancr ot God than any denam- nation ot light and science could make or any mere his,ofia al record could make
 an then have made up the theory of cvolntiun. 1, does not disfniss t.od nom his ~e.ks II cNsl.s ham to d highei sta ton m our thought the ou, eptlen is snhlimer and better.
 Well, does il nat destroy the blhlc 2 No 1, very likely dc>trays ynuf way oi looking a, the bi.ie liut II ~il nn' de sifoy Il. either m ns potency of "a tts eN ,s,ence. The bible tx what II ,s. aHd is ,hundefoasly whst Il is and yea annoi change Ii by any methods ot bcliri ., any belief tha, may he faaiased by the sun or blown like midnight storms upon Ii. It stands there as An everlasting fact. and is nature ts established in it. The hibic IS itself one of the mos, remarkable illus ;ss;;ssns and examples oi evolution. fher are sone people @h" think that .od sen, down tot d dozen or fifteen reporters and told them to come up aceause hc wanted 10 tell them something. Laughter And so they s.a down si table and wrote down what Ae-h.d to say. and ou, came .enesis and Exodus and then they Nfhf 'fVokb iftNsbt bas anu t'thAfNt'nN omy. and Numbers. and God kept talk ing and they kep, writing. He had II all hsed for them. and all they had to do was to write II down. Iaughter ant ap- plause. Ina, is what N aiied the verbal theory the theory that the bible sas gwen word for word and senienee fot sentence from the lips oi God. call. Tn thls age. the verbal theory of inspiration. the desil's broadway lo Inhdrlity. The man ,ha, holds that theory in ihis age of the world ought to be ashamed of hun self. and he Is not ht either Ia call hum sell q teacher or to be d teacher even of babes.
 What Is tho anatomy of the bible believe it to he simply inc history of an inspiration of the human race. No. ho~ can you write a history of ihe progress of divine inspira,,on What Is the inspira- ton of A rxsxs As hold il, the great material law IS provision enough for nor material bodies. Human soclesy is ma tefisl enough for OUT social nature. Above that is the imag nation. conse ience, faith, hope, love. reason. What Is there to feed that! In this cacophonous human life, in all inexplieabie things of human
 
 man. the higher range of cerebral Iaeul- tiesg 1 believe thefc is unisersal and immznent and constant influence flowing directly from the bosom of God, and that IS the inspiration of the human race Some feel |, w'ish power. and work under II !: others less some do nc, feel a at all. Just as gardener who puts bis plants where the sun can find them raises them. 1.-the plants were under shade they droop II exiinguishes them. II be puts them sn a cave they die. And so men of different moral sensiblliiiea have ln different ages felt ,he mysterious universal. and mma- nen, soul-po~es of tod gradually unfold ing ,he,f natures. gradually developing then into ascendcncy.
 The bible ls the history of the progress of this inspli alton, and there wss no in- spifaiion ofshis prophet, of ihs, prophet, or cf this ssnger or that s'nger, VI that be should not make any mistakes, but If a the inspiration Of tbe human race. of men raised up who gave record for II.