Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-04-06

t'cle that we didn't believe conl,l e.
any kind Of real logic, BE- knocked j
pieces, Or whizzed from its solid foun.
ost:on by the qaixzes Of any man.
we talked about the hereafterness
ct the hereafter, tbs whyforuess il
the which, the unfsthomableness Of
the nnfathomable, the hereafterness
q me soul, The grave subject az the
grave and the uncertainty Of what 4
beyond for humanity. Nov comes
Brsthef bacon, with his little inter-
|rogation points, and knocks US clean
|of our base, and knocks our we'll
built structure right into the dark
abyss Of uncertainty. The safest
'way to build y theory in this age. is
to not build at alt, for some one will
upset the structure. Following are
Bro. Bacon's conrndrums:
1--WE ask brother Jones how he
knows that the Almighty created
lnan?8 Was he there ana did he sec
1.-THE Almighty create mx,s, Or IS he cav.
I ing us picture drawn from his i'm.
agination? How does he ascertain
that man cannot see beyond the
grave? Is science not constantly re-
lvealing to US things that were en-
known? BY what logic does he con-
lclude that we will know anything
more Of the hereafter beyond the
grave than we do now? Is death the
lliberator of man from a. state of ig-
Inorance? If our brother would fol-
low the same line of reasoning to es-
tablish the theory of the after e
that he does to guide him in his be-
lief in a creative power, he might
place himself in . position to learn
something of the hereafter not known
by all men. 1t is no reason because
some cannot see that none can"
We will answer as best we can.
We can't say that we exactly know
that the Almighty created man, but
firmly believe that things created are
the handiwork ofan Almighty power.
1t is true that science is constantly
revealing things unknown, but moth
ing in regard to the "beautiful be-
yond" that we are aware OF. We
will answer the preceding question
by asking Mr.. Bacon to point out
man who can actually see beyond
the grave, and let this man prove con-
clusiveiy that he can. Mans eye
cannot see through the curtain of
darkness between this life and the
life to come, if there is life or an
existence after death. All eyes are
constructed on the same plan. The
eye of imagination is not reliable. 1t
looks at pictures, to use 6gurative
expression, painted by the hand of
imagination. We conclude that we
will know more of the hereafter be-
yond the grave than we know now,
because now we KNOW nothing-sim-
lply gaze with the eye of faith, and
there are many kinds of faith and all
with different kinds of eyes. The
hope of life after physical death is
strong and undying in the human
heart. We said that "IF there is a
hereafter we will know all about it
after we die" At any rate we will
know more about it than we know
now. We consider this assertion suf-
fciently logical to hold together.
In the sssweet by and by" when we
meet ON that abeautiful shore," Bro
B., you will grab us by the right paw
and remark, as you vigorously shake,
ssright you we're, philosopher Jones,
about this hereafter business. Come,
Ilet's take cigar on the strength OF
lit" We do not know whether or
not death is the liberator of man from
| a state of IGNORANCE. Ask US some