Savannah morning news., 1885-06-29
pEvoLurloN VS.. EvoLurIoN.
A New Philosophy Drawn from The
"Reminiscences or an Artist"

mic origin may be expressed in the above
form: Evolve meaning "a rolling out Of
or procession from," and devOluti0n the
transmission OF acquired properties to a
successor or heir.
Rejecting the idea that all things result
from "a fortuit0us concurrence Of atoms"
and also that intelligence, viii and force
can act without something 70 act on, let
US suppose a substance that underles all
things as the word means in which eX-
lists ''all that is, moves or has It's being
This idea is | think expressed IN the
answer OF God to Moses, Il am that am"
not s'that am, I" and SAY unto the chill
dTen OF Israeli 1 am hath
sent me to you" He has
the intellect to conceive, the viii
to determine and the power 10 do, oper-
ating on substance. he produces the
real. and as space is infinite in eXpau-
sion, and no limit can be placed 10 the de-
nominator Of fraction, both the eXpau-
sion and contraction Of substance may be
seen TO be infinite. To consider IT then
as the body Of GOd-the nerve system Of
the Almighty, self-eXisting, and
therefore immortal being, who is
past finding out, may be
assumed without irreyerence, and we
will do so. We do not thus declare that
all is God, but that God is all and in ali,
creating ana sustaining all, and impart-
ing some portion OF his properties to the
atom, and to the numberless systems OF
worlds spread through space. This word
''atOmp We may understand to be not that
which can be no longer deYisabe. but the
limit OF dlminuti0n Of substance for
the purposes Of creation. Atoms
then drawn together by a
power which we call attrac-
tion and repulsion, becomes matter, as a
cloud is condensed from the moisture in
the ocean of atmosphere, and gives ont
drops in rain and force in lightning. Mat
Ter then, is substance limited in extent
and power. but not the less part Of the
nerve system OF God. II so, we see that
the smallest thing in creation must be
ever present TO him, and cannot be
too small, as some say, TO be
worthy of his supervision and re-
gard. Things may Increase in the
possession of the attributes OF the Al
mighty from the attraction and repulsiOn
of the atom to the intelligence. will and
power OF man inclosed in "A material body.
In this condition he may be said TO be
made in the likeness OF God and be ntted
for a neVer-ending eXistencein that form
on the reunion with the pri-murdial sub
stance after death. He is not like
the beast that perishes, but has
higher DESTINY in life eternal.
a beast, a wonderfully constructed ma
chine, and meet the demands Of the ma
terial philosophy by investigating the ma
ture Of his physical aud mental powers,
leaving out the moral part of his being to
be examined into hereafter. Let us re-
gard him as combination of all the ele-
ments of what we know as cleo
tricity aud magnetism; his legs as
the electromagnetic element; his in
fhaFn0- lgt 4 frft hi
body the leyden jar, the hetiacal coil in
the wrapping OF the nerves around the
medullary cord, and the medullary cord
the magnet which moved, by the impulse
Of the will, conveys its behests to the body
by the dark line on the anterior. and the
consciousness of the thing done or felt by
the dark line in the posterior part of the
medullary cord. All this animal life is
generated and sustained by the frictiOnal
electricity evolved from the passage
OF the atmospheric air over the pituitary
membrane, the OlfactOry nerves and the
cribf0rm bones Of the head, and stored in
the prime conductor of the brain. From
this it is carried by the nerves to keep
organic life In action and enable the
arteTlal blood to pass into the
capillarIes for the building up and
health and energy. Besides being
the prime conductor Of the nervous sys-
tenn the brain Is composed OF an Infinite
number Of atoms, which may be considered
as Photographic plates on which ideas or
images OF things being impressed through
the senses, remain indelibly, and perhaps
forgotten, till some other image introduced
reyives them more or less wildly. This
is memory, and the capacity for
receiving, retaining, separating
them and combining them in new
forms constitute mind. To the mind be-
long judgment, invention and will. But
Will Is Influenced not only by Judgment,
but also by the passions arising from the
desires Of the animal nature, and the
allurements of the Imagination, which,
as the word implies, is the faculty
be as deeply printed on
the brain as those produced through
the senses. Upon these imaginations de-
pends the moral nature of man, and as
they are largely under his control, he, be-
ing free to indulge or TO repress them, be-
comes responsible for his conduct and
character. and must rise or fall In the
next phase Of existence, as he has made
himself ht or unfit for association
with higher natures. Now these
lmaginatiOns may be good or evil, meri-
tcrious OF sinful, as they accord or con-
nict with the dictates Of enlightened rea-
son, overcoming or being overcome by the
allurements Of sense or a depraved will.
The triumph Of this depraved will is due
to seltishDess, the ruling power OF fallen
world and therefore the great enemy 20 be
guarded against by intelligent man.
This theory does not clear up the mys-
terry Of iniquity, nor explain the existence
Of mans free will, with Gods foreknowl-
edge, but IL should satisfy the materialist
who believes IN the existence of the soul at
death, since death may be considered as a
restoration Of spark Of the divine sub
stance from the Limitation OF matter TO
tine great mass OF being. We have
only 70 admit that this spark preserves
It's individuality with all its character,s-
tic features acquired in mortal life with
the effect produced by them on its happi-
ness when il becomes conscious OF what
II has gained or lost by It's voluntary self
education for the joys Of heaven or the re-
morse Of hell. These may not be places,
but states Of existence, without altering
In either one OF them the qualities OF the
soul acquired In earthly life.
II may be said that beasts have souls,
we consider soul simply as spark OF
tae divine substance possessed OF intell-
gence, will and power, but as this divine
spark may well be supposed to exist in
different degrees Of intensity ia different
living things, We have only 20 admit that
man, the crOwning work of the material