The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-21

lines OF the worlds movement have much
IN favor of their historical nature. All
miracles which lie outside of that move
ment have no such probability. and by so
much have presumption ON the side OF
their aliegorical or mythical interpre-
tatlon." She sees that the world has yet
TO learn many natural laws of which il is
stu IN ignorance, and that evolution has
no limits. To her the mystery of Christ's
incarnation, as she explains at length, is
no greater than the mystery of every in
carnation, both being absolutely inscruta-
bic. 1t is a lack of breadth and culture in
science, she holds, which says that the
order of yesterday, the order of today, is
the universal order. Still further she saws:
Foolish, false, trivial rumors of miracles
no more lnvslidate miracle than false and
foolish men forbid the dignity of human
Ivy. documents have their worth but the
existence OF man upon the earth is not
matter OF documents, and the existence of
the earth prior TO the advent of man upon
II IS not matter of documents Vet at
some time between the two came Il miracle.
Whether 1t came suddenly in full measure
or subtly without palpable measure mat
tefs not. There was a moment when
human reason did not people the earth
There was another moment when human
reason was astiT. At the moment between,
when human reason came, there was Il
miracle. Something was here that was
not here before. 4 new wave of the abso-
lutte force, never retuent, overspread the
earth.
Such another wave from the eternal
energy, which is also-science teaches it
eternal love, swept over the world so
powerfully in Christ that il stands once for
all IN the long history of man MS the Adj
\ a. VIII fhea
humanity of Christ ceased in visible form
as must be il God were to assume human
lty, o Holy Spirit remained, vital power
remains today, diffused, prevailing; in
dependent of church or state or school or
creed, though using all for the behoof of
men; the largest insweep from the spirit
ual world this world has ever known:
slowly evolving out of the beastliness of
humanity, in eternal order, its eternal life.
One of the chapters in the book is dedi-
Gated to Mrs. Alice Stanwood Blaine Cop
pinger, who, although of the Catholic
communion, had heard the chapter read
while s. it was yet in the undress of first
composition" and became SO deeply inter-
ested in the theme as TO avow her purpose
of attending the next meeting Of the Bible
class. Before the next meeting she had
passed from earth forever The dedication
is gentle but glowing tribute TO the Chris
tian character of the young wife and
mother. Another chapter is dedicated to
the late Walker Blaine. More than that,
one part of it is entirely his own work-the
only chapter in the book not from first
to last of Gail Hamiltons composition.
1t was written before the Bible class
was organized as the result of religious
discussion at the Sunday luncheon table,
and in it the young man, although not by
any profession ehurchman, furnishes his
reasons for favoring Episcopacy, holding
that the formal service is of far more value
than the sermon. He, too, was interested
in the proposed Bible class, but before it
was organized the first break in the Blaine
family was caused by his untimely death.
Gail Hamilton presented the manuscript of
the essay to the class. The remainder of
that chapter consists of her own argument
in favor of Congregationalism, which had
first been prepared as the result of that
same luncheon table discussion.
w. III. CURTIS, JR.