St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-14

knew what enthusiasm had produced in
the world. But the very claims that
mad been made in the name of church
were assumptions of the very problem
that rasped his mind with worry Was
there any reason why he should believe
that Christ spoke with authority? This
he answered by the aid of three facts
alleged by different men, none of them
nor all of them together
Making a Proof,
but all having a significance that no
student of the time can ignore. Those
who wish to seek them out will find
them In works of Dr.. lie Conte, a scIen-
tilic eyolutionist: in DIR. Seeley, an i'm
portant historian, and in the works of
OF Frederick Myers, literary scholar
with the best general grasp of
scientific facts and tendencies of
any man l know. Briefly stated,
they may be summed up in a
few words. The world has ever
looked for and believed in the perfect
example. DR.. Seely has called this the
enthusiasm of humanity. They believe
that this example has been realized in
Chist. And these facts will have few
dlsputerS. But another fact is scarcely
less clear, and certainly quite as I'M
portant. The world has ever believed
that the revelation of present Provi-
dence and OF personal Immortality we're
among the things revealed. And here
the way Is not quite so clear, for have
we not seen one convention of men who,
earnest, sincere and gifted, make a
creed or declaration to be followed by
another. which in the name of the
same Christianity tore up every stake
set before them by the others; conse-
quently we find that from the Begin
mir ~
vlded into parties, split by
schism and the enemies have SAID ''See
the whole structure Is going to pieces"
but the coming generation manfully
takes up the problem and so the world
goes on. And it will always be so be-
cause mankind has faculty, sense
like the sense of taste, only spiritual,
by which it keeps grasping at these
problems and will never let them 20.
And now comes the preacher of NaZa-
reth, who steps boldly into the arena
and says, "Ye shall live again. In my
fathers house are many mansions" And
you, man, disappointed because the
world has been harsh to you, if
have become gentle-loving and kind you
will find a rich reward. And you,
mother who watched the pale face of
the dying, who held the slender forms
SO long and tenderly, and sobbed as the
light failed, you will
See Her Again.
And you, my friend, beaten on a
stormy sea, driven through trackless
deserts of misfortune, He says to you:
Come unto Me all We that labor and are
heavy laden and | will give YOU rest"
But by what authority? Ii you believe
III what | have said of the aspiration of
the world, if you have watched the per-
sistent tendency of mankind to believe
in these fundamental truths, if we be-
lleve also in the evolution of spiritual
qualities, then an Illustration will make
the fact | want to teach plain to any
mind. Suppose young boy stands be-
fore the inventions of Edison with Ed
ison by his side, and then suppose that
we read the mind of both, and we will
find the boy filled with mystery regard
ing what is commonplace fact to the
man; but the boy, without understand
ing, feels that there is an explanation of
the fact,and the man feels that the devel-
oped mind of the boy would understand
the condition perfectly. If we carry
evolution to the spiritual world, may
we not feel that we are as children filled
with wonder, Vainly graSping at things
that are nearly within our reach, while
here is one, unique III the history of the
world, whose developed life has sounded
the uncharted sea, and who, because of
this, brought life and immortality to
light through the gospel?