Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-27
1hc Scientific l,a.I, of Belief


iNarA AasrieaH Geriar,l
Man IA u soul Imprisoned aud rc,id.
Ing In mechanism, n sIiril, the Image
OF God, brought 10 earth, and with all
pOtcntlalities embodied. lis mechan.
lam IL distinguished from those u
lower orders simply by the greater psr.
lection Of the orcaniam In which his
existence l. passed In the seen uni
verse; hih spirit from The higher orders
Of imolligcncca aud cNl,tuuces by tho
/ fact that he Ia only able to attain the
ends lOr which he II impris)ncd, Tor u
time, on this earth, through the opera.
ton OF physical structure. lie nd.
vauccs by the aid " physical forces
aud Of chemical changes which his
enclosing apparatus nnd machinery
arc especially fitted ~ produce, or
| Intricate series OF operations
which he, automatically or by choice,
performs a. his work ~ this world.
| His visible representative isa marvel.
lOus machine, but 1t is q machine
! simply. He himself Is OF the invisible.
| This man comes out Of the unseen uul.
verse, spnnu- short life In the lcru,
/ and TetuFnHAs myslerioualy 10 the un.
seen when his work IL done anu hi.
mortal lie ends. lie IL a composite Of
soul, Intellect, and accidental physical
| accessories. While We often meet with
ill.deiined aud uncertain evidences
| that he has other means and methods
\ u cognitl0n NJ the univVnCs, both seen
and unscen,it isinvafiably .Ie fact that
| his soul, his Intellect, and his physical
SENSES are 20 intimately related that lac
gains substantially MI his kpowl.
edge, of the seen ~ least through the
/ aid Of tho aCnsUa alOut, he gains,
we think ma hope, some slight ac.
| quaIntinco with the unseen through
tue workings OF the mind, But mod-
cfn science has, In the midst OF itA
sirlvinys for more tangible aud i'm.
mellately appfcciablr results, given "a.
some light In this direction; And we
| are able 10 SEQ farther Into the hitherto
unseen aud Invisible than In the days
/ OF the old Saxons. Suioucr u begin.
ming 10 see a probability, Mt least, that
thu seen IN tho Issue VI the unseen; that
all life, all chamctor.stica of the living,
all the material, the vital, the spiritual
VI humanity, not only have COME out
Of the unseen, but they have brought
10 IA all that exists In tho unseen, Ia
such varying proportions ~ humanity,
Ia IL Imperfect COMPLETENESS, iu
capable Of accepting; that HE like mat.
ter anu all other cXistencea, IL actually
Immortal. Man Is composed Of all The
cleHicnts, aud la his self, az In his
body, Ia his Intangible competition, lac
c0mprChends part % every element
Of the unHtcn. A. In hts body We may
by refined chemical analysis, nnd Ia
muscle, blood and bones not only
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, lime aud
phosphorus, but traces Of iron aud Of
gold; rs earth, mir aud water, aud all
their constituents. aud the finest ole.
ments Of the stars are there; 20 We ate
beginning 10 believe, Arc soul aud In.
tolcct and spiritual Parts all repfcsen.
ta,ive, Ia competition, OF the highest
heavens, the deepest hells, and the
nearest, as the iafthcst souls, Intel.
lects, spirits. Man being thus part Of
every universe, seen ~ unseen, Rensl.
bic or unfclt, consciously or uncon.
sciOusly related, " II certain that he
must seek knowledge In each realm
through his appropriate part Physical
science gives him knowledge Oi the
| material, It's substance, laws, forces
and energies; intellect bring, him In %
| touch with the intellectual; spiritual
senses convey 10 him the intultlons,
not the less true and exact, II rightly
apprehcndei, than science itsclf-lhe
intuitlons Of morality and the fund.
amental elements OF religious soul
life. Each may, perhaps, be expected
10 aid the other In their common or ap-
proxlniate flelds; but the trlest
thoughts must come from tho truest
and most appropriate source. Science
cannot teach religion, creeds can give
aid 10 science In IT. formulatlons OF
physical law; intellectual attachments
cannot substitute themselves for The
moralitles. We mvst always, we may
presume, study nature through n
microscope, test-tubc, aud spectroscope;
| sound logic must always formulate our
philosophers; We must learn 10 know
God through the spiritual powers, no
less existent, II less readily perceived
and characterized In language, than
other humane attributes. The sp!rli-
ual IN asvessential 10 q complete
humane characleras IL the intellectual,
on the simple moral, or the physical
part itself Tho unsymmetrlcal In.
dividual may lack this element, lust
az he may be otherwise defective; but
Is essential 10 perfection. On the other
hand, II may, | think, undoubtedly
exist In excess and IN defoct of other
qualities. Blind Tom exhibited mar.
yelous talent, within II limited sphere,
for music, though deficient IN intellect;
and eau readily conceive person,
or a race, rude and untutored. even u
degree barharioua, but endowed,
like Gods children In Oll.Tsstamont
days, with superior religious faculties.
Out OF the spiritual, we must admit,
must come our intuitions, or religious
faith. The faculty that We here rec,
ognlze not only gives power Of rccog.
milton Of religious truths and holds us
closer 10 God, but II Ia that, also,
which gives origin 10 necessity In
the soul Of humanity for settled re-.
llgloua belief. And this necessity Is A.
intense In Its manifestation, and as i'm.
peratiye In It's compulsion, ~ any
other OF the characteristics that sua'
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