The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-15


such thing as an atheist There must be.
There are some men 10 whom 10 IL true
there il no God. They cannot see God
because thev have no eve. They have
only an abortive organ, atrophied by
neglect" On Growth" Drummond saws;
"Now grant for a moment that by hard
work and self-restraint man may attain
to very high character. Ii ~ not denied
that this can he done. But what is denied
Is that this ia growth and that this process
IL Christianity. The fact is that you can
account for ID proves that II 10 not
growth. for growth is mysterious; the
peculiarly Of il is that you can not ac-
count for It,"
On the subject Of death" lin the next
chapter, he says: TO be carnally-
minded is death We do not
picture the preseason Of this carnal mind
az in anv sense n monster. We have said
he may be heightened. virtu0us and pure.
The plant is not monster because 1t Is
dead TO the voice of the bird; nor ia he
monster who is dead TO the voice OF God.
The contention at present simply Is that
he is dead"
And he closes the chapter thus:
with Ruskin, Il do not wonder at
what men suffer, but l wonder often at
what they lose.'"
On Modification" he enunciates the
following great truths:
The well-definsd spiritual life Is not
only the highest life, but il is also the
most easily lived. The whole Cross ia
more easily carried than the half. 1t ia
the man who tries to make the best OF
both worlds who makes nothing OF either.
And he who seeks to serve two masters
misses the benediction OF both"
His thoughts on Eternal Life" are
briefly comprehended in the following bit
of scripture:
This is life eternal-that they might
know Thee, the true God. and Jesus
Christ whom Thou hast sent"
Speaking on the subject OF Environ
ment," DTummond SAYS:
"No man can select his own parents.
But every man to some extent can choose
his own environment. His relation 10 IL.
however largely by hereditv in the
first instance, is always open to
alteration. And so great is his
control over environment and so
radical in its influence over him, that he
can SO direct il as either to undo modify.
perpetuate or intensity the ear ier hered-
itary influence within certain limits"
But 10 my mind the entire book con-
tains nothing so nearly approaching in
SEPARATION Rs the following on Conformity
to Type" ! give extract: For the goal
of evolution is Jesus Christ. The Christ
ian life is the only life that will ever be
completed. Apart from Christ the life OF
man il a broken pillar the race OF man
an unfinished pyramid. One by one in
sight OF eternity ali human ideals iall
short; one by one before the open grave
al human hopes dissolve. All
shal 90? No, one typo remains Whom
He did fOreknOw lie also did predesti-
nate to be coniormed to the Image OF His
SON
la chapters on "Seni-Parasitism" and
"Parastism," DrummOnd says
ANY principle which secures the safety
OF the individual without personal effort
or the vital exercise Of faculty is disastrous
to moral character. The natural life.
not less than the eternal. is the gift OF
God. But lite in either case is the begin
ming OF growth and not the end OF grace.
To pause where we should begin, TO
retrogrRde where We should advance, to
seek a mechanical security that We may
cover inertia and find a wholesome saliva
ton in which there is no personal sancu-
ication-thls is parasitism"
Further on he SAYS:
The faculty OF selecting truth at first
hand and appropriating 1t for ones self is
| lawful possession to every Christian.
Rightly exercised il CONVEYS 20
him truth in its freshest form,
IL offers him the opportunity of verifying
doctrines for himself; it makes religion
personal; IL deepens and iutensilies the only
/ convictions that are worth deepening,
namely, which are honest; and il sup
| plies the mind with a basis OF certainty in
lT.raA llrtes =. L.. a
| by inhibition from the church. tho facul-
ties for receiving truth are not only unds-
velopsd, but ones whole view OF truth be-
| comes distorted. He who abandOus the
personal search for truth, under whatever
! pretext, abandOns truth. The very word
truth, by becoming the limited possession
| Of guild, ceases to have any meaning
faith. which can only be founded on
/ truth, gives way TO credulty, resting on
/ mere opinion ~
And wnat can be more evident than
/ he truth contained in this extract taken
/ from the chapter on Classification ?" Ii
reads thus:
1T i obvious that each kingdom has
/ its own ends and interests, its own func-
lions TO discharge in nature 1t is also
law that every organism lives for its
1 kingdom and mans place in nature, or
his position among the kingdoms. is to be
/ decided by the characteristic founctions
habitually discharged by him.
After all, it is by the general bent of a
/ mans life, by his heart impulses and Sc
cret desires. his spontaneous actions and
abiding motives, that his generation is de-
clarsd"
''T. NJ. jackson" your character sketch
| OF ~. Pirates" Is as humiliating as
comic valentine. However. hope shall
rise a few feet in your estimation when
Won know me better. How inconsiste 2 T.
from any point OF view, for me to write
! for wears over my real name (only deviat
ing from this rule out of Difference 20 the
almost universal practice of the How
ards" and object to the directory on my
own account, while at the same time
with amazing audacity, announce that
| am zone OF the best writer's TO the page.
The lady referred to is known to many oil
the u. l.. G. and is a brilliant writer; this
too, is well known. but she does not live
in Kansas. But see how magnanimous
am. | withdraw my objections to your
beloved directory since that Original
proposition" thanks for telling me
changes the premises. and, therefore, the
cOnclu sion ] had arrived at. Ii she isn't
man" Uml That reminds me OF the
lrishman's question: us me grand
mither monksyT" I'll tell you
have been called MIRA" and
miss" and ESQ" and REV" anC
have been puzzled sometimes, myself, too
How-de-do, "Sunhower," | am glad e