Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-11
SEEING.

And Jesus answered and said unto him. what
wilt thou that l should do unto thee? The |
blind man said unto him, Lord, that l might |
receive my sight.-St. Mark, X:5l.
Everything must be considered foe to |
men, be it belief or a habit that comes |
between them and the light of truth. If
there be no God, as the atheists declare. |
the sooner men find it out the better. Any
faith that has no claim for credence but
age, no foundation in nature or revelation,
is only blind to shut out the light. How
foolish would farmer appear who thought
that the farming implements his
father used were good enough
for him and should stick
to his wooden plough, and sickle, or the
manufacturer who should use the spinning
wheel and hand loom, and reject the mule
jenny and power loom.
Invention aided by scientific knowledge
has been advancing and improving the
appliances of trade and industry. Tbs
forces Of nature are made subservient to
man. Doss Hot the clearer light of the
ainste5ntk century reveal moro plainly
the will of God, and his marvellous plan OF
salvation? The ancient seekers after
truth, were sure of only this: ''No evil can
bsfsll good man living or dying" and no
evil man can escape the penalty of his
sins; of the rest each man must seek for
himself. Nowadays, while scientific men
inscribe upon their portals ever
has vsritas,'' Christians cry
"infdelity, hsresy'' to every
departure from old creeds.
Because the fathers believed it consis-
tent with the character of God, that infants
and heather should suffer eternally for
not knowing him, is it binding upon their
descendants to accept the same sacrilig-
ious doctrine, when his word is directly
| opposed to it! Because the church holds
that part of the human race are prsdsstined
to eternal damnation and will meet their
doom without one failure, must intelligent
men and women accept this tenet of faith
when Christ said "whosoever will may
come" and svery sensible psrson knows
that he can be saved if he will? The au-
thordox church holds that all mon are i'm
mortal, that an everlasting life of Joy
or misery awaits every individual, and
every year new names are added to the
roll of church memberships of person.
who have never investigated this doctrine,
who can give no' reason for the faith they
profess.
SScientists prove oonclusively to them
selves and their followers, that the germ
from which mankind sprung is mortal and
must perish and they thus conclude that
death il an eternal sleep. Accepting the
declaration of Christians that the Bible
teaches the Immortality of man, which
they have proved impossible, they throw
it aside as worthless. Does the Bible
teach the Immortality of man? If il
does not, may it not be
possible to reconcile religion
and science! Conceds that man is morta
and corruptible and that eternal death il
tho penalty for his sins, did not Christ die
to save him from the power of death b,
, oonquering death in his own person
Hear his words, "Whosoever believeth OF
, me shall never perish but shall have eterna
r life. He that believeth not on me shall no
3 see life" st. Paul said, "The trumpe
9 shRl sound, and this corruptible must pu
5 on interruption, and this mortal put o.
3 immortality"
: "As man thinketh, so is ho'' the Bibl
declares, and for a man to obstinatel
g hold to an opinion for which he can Civ
I, no reason, is to stultify himself, an
3 close his eyes to the light.
!, Reason and intelligence were given man
y kind to examine and weigh subjects, an
d determine the true from the false. l