The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-11-06
And Still Another.
For the Democratic ADVOCATED.


Since the late quake at Berret that took
ones breath and swallowed up our poor soul,
there has been another shock at Day. Though
not with such "spasmodic disaster as at
Berret, yet strong enough TO so disturb the
equilibrium of one who assayed to analyze
cause and effect, that he resolved to seek
refuge in safer chimes. Hence we see him
clothed with inspiration and armed with a
conglomeration of Pantheism and Calvinlsm
in confusion worse confounded," bid adieu
to things terrestrial, and in sublime grandeur
soar away to celestial worlds, where he joins
in concert with the morning stars, shouts
awhile with the sons of God, and thence
moving on with the chime of worlds, chant of
tongues and harmony of spheres, he is taken
in by the sweet influences of Pleiades, and,
while "held by invisible cords" he surveys
this constellation. Here he finds all right,
and nothing to mar his peace or disturb the
harmony of ''eternal process moving on"
except "missing luminary." This matter
he will inquire into later, and report cause
and effect. He now proceeds, and sweeping.
through the gates he enters the kingdom of
Heaven, where he finds "a great multitude
that no man can number" singing new
song before the throne.' And though many
nations kindred and tongues join in this con-
cert, he hears no discordant sound, nor per-
ceives jar in eternal process moving on.
He now bids adieu to things celestial, and
"homeward bound" swoops down to earth,
where the first sound that greets his ear is
the ''piteous wail'' of one who has been
''much shaken up and shaken down." driven
out and taken in, not by eternal, but by nat
ural ''process moving on;" and now, as he is
on earth again, if he will examine our former
article he will find that we neither "scowled
at eternal process" nor attempted to "blow a
full BLAST at what we conceived to be an
erroneous theory of cause and effect. We
quote his language: Earthquakes are but
the result of eternal process moving on"
The sentiment of this sentence, coming from
so able a source, is what took our breath,
and not eternal process. But his equilibrium
is SO disturbed that he takes the latter clause
of this sentence. and unfurling the waving
pinions of eternal process moving on, scars
away to make his celestial survey. and in all
this eternal voyage he finds nothing but har-
mony in ''eternal process moving on" he
will now allow us to ask few questions:
Was the fall of Adam, with all its woeful
consequences, the result of eternal process
moving on?
Did Cain kill his brother, the highest crime
known to the laws of God and man, as the
result of eternal process moving on?
Was the destruction of Sodom and Gomor-
rah the result of eternal process moving on
Are all the trials and tribulations of earth
the result of eternal process moving on?
Were the plaques of Egypt and the dividing
of the Red Sea the result of eternal process
moving on?
Was it the result of eternal process that
"Jesus wept?"
Did it repent God that he had made man
as the result of eternal process?
No; all things moved on in harmony and
concord until sin stepped upon the stage.
Then it was that this war of elements, trials
and tribulations, sickness and sorrow, pain
and death was inaugurated, and eternal pro-
cess thrown into confusion and discord, and
not until the plan of redemption and restora-
ton was finished did the morning stars sing
together and the sons of God shout for joy,
and then it was that they Sang new song
before the throne,'' which was the song of
edemption-"G to God in the highest, on
earth peace, goodwill to man." BERRET.