Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-07

somewhere, so to speak, that had charge
of and superintendent these matters. That
you see book does not prove you ever
saw the writer, the ink maker, the letter
founder, the printer or the binder, yet
there is not one of you that
will attempt to deny the being of
these men; 80, too, if you see a statue you
must admit Of sculptor. But we need
not confne ourselves to these things which
it is in the power of man to construct.
Take glance at the workings of the uni
verse. Consider the planets ia their various
forms and as to the places they occupy in
the armament, the amount of those par
ticles, then remember that in the move
Inents of all the years that come and go
there il no deviation or collision among
them. Consider the design as manifest i'll
the sun and moon, the movements of the
tides, the law of vegetation. In word,
consider all things in connection with the
universe, then again we ask can you be-
lieve that all these things in their beauty
and grandeur, in their comings and goings,
in their heat and cold, in their dryness and
dampness, are nothing more than the
works of nature. A greater argument in
favor of a God is that of a human
origination. 1t is commonly argued that
the world has always stood and man has
always been part of its existence. Now,
it matters not how long the world has
stood, be it one, two, five, ten, 100000 or
even millions of years that it does, proves
there was time when it commenced.
And that fact proves to US, and we think
ought to prove to all, that there was some
forethought in reference to it. And this
as compared with many of the other worlds,
according to the statements of astronomers,
is very small. This, vast globe moving
in an endless space butsone-fourth land
and sustained and kept in order as it is,
and kept SO by anything save the power of
an Almighty God is to our minds one of
the impossibilities. Can you think of any
thing without having to admit of fore
thought in reference to it. For instance a
man speaks, you hear the expression, and
trace it back to its source, and you find
there was thought Def ore the expression.
Go further and you will find there was a
cause for the thought. In other words
expressions are the fruit of thoughts,
or thoughts brought into action. Be there
ever SO short an interval of time between
the thought and the expression, the thought
must necessarily produce the expression
More than this, there must be cause for
the thought, and, while we are not able to
thoroughly define what the cause is, yet ii
is there. If man builds house he makes
plan first, and if he does not he will plan
and arrange as he goes forward with the
work of construction. In short it is SC
with all or nearly all that we see. We see
the telephone, the telegraph, the locomo-
tive, the steamship, the electric light as
well as many other things too numerous to
mention, and we realize that they are the
result of forethought. We cannot con
ceive of them without having to admit OF
it. Is it any more unreasonable to admit
of such forethought in reference to this
world or man than in any of these cases
The only reason in our judgment
why these men are unwilling to ad
NIT of it is that these things frs
mentioned are the fruit of mans brain
while the other goes further back thar
man, and they are not willing to admit OF
anything back of man in the case. Nc
man, unless he is dissatisfied with being
less than god, or is jealous of anything
higher than man, will attempt to deny it
Nor are we willing to admit of any sucf
man. If we were to express our homes
opinion of men who argue in this way i
would be to the effect that they do not bt
lieve what they preach. It is an easy mat
ter to teach by precept, but it costs an eff
fort to set an example. We ask man IL
his better judgment and in the exercise Of
his best reason, is there anything in sucl
conclusion as this that will satisfy OF
make him content to live? Again we ask
is there not that in man which cannot bt
satisfied without an appeal to something
that is above the grasp of human nature
rebels against the idea of bowling to tina
which is of his own kind, yet will boz
like twig before the wind whe1
coming face to face with the realiza
ton of power higher than man
The widest savage that ever roamed over
the prairies will speak of and recognize
as he terms it, the great spirit 1t does
not require the learning of Spencer
Paine, Humboldt, Voltaire, Huxly, Tyndal
Dickens, or even an Ingersoll, to feel the
presence of God. Man is possessed Of
two senses, one of the head and another Of
the heart. And we may we'll add, as re-
corded in divine law, from the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh. Com
mon sense teaches every mind these facts
and that an argument may be advanced
scientifically in such way as to over
throw the theory of God or set aside the
theory of common sense does not prove
that common sense is a failure. An idea
or argument that is not based upon com
mon sense is not worth the time or trouble
to refute it. This teaches men thai
they have a grander and greater source
from whence comes every good and per-
feet gift. A God such as is spoken of by
the apostle Paul as the God and father OF
all, who is above all, and through all, and
in you all. This God of love permeating,
perfecting, crystalizing and Christianizing
the world. The disciple John we'll defined
him as God of love wherein he says Sod
is love-" Many men far from home and on
the field of battle have died contented in the
faith of meeting a judge on the other
shore who would say well thou did in thy
life time and we'll it will be with thee here
AFTER" while many who have preached the
non-existence of God have died in de-
spair and taken great leap into the dark.
The existence of God is an intellect
ual question and can be settled in no way
or in any place but at the bar of reason.
Many persons have lived to old age as
teachers in the school of the ''no God idea"
and after all on their death beds have ad-
mitted that they were laboring under a
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