Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-03

! tuuerlOr In numbers and aggfegated
wealth: Will iail 90 learn about s no.
ton elevated g. ths zsnlth Of murdan,
glory through tuu prOwcss anu
tIl Of It's soldiers and the genius ami
earning Of It's men Of 6ciencc-a
nation that gave birth to at leat two
oi the ln1dels' idols Of modern limus,
voltaife aud Roman; will no, be In.
iormed that q European confederation
vas fJrmoi OF sum silent power and
waller 20 overthrow the nation lAst
spoken of and dinsipato lie heretofore
uubrokun prestige almost IN the
twlnkliny Of an eye; the fact
that the laud We arc on Sc but
a imil fragment OF great
globe whose patn through space Ia o.
wei defined ana uuchsngeabb NJ any
that Is laid with iron a4ds, tina, the
globe Is but one VI many similarly
propelled through space, AMI thelo OIL
but 50 many grains u saud upon The
shores II iniluity--ail this viii net be-
known because IL Is unnecessary, be-
cause 1t dots not come within our
hoti2jr, because II Is dlvortlug thr
mind from the things Immediately
surrounding ~ and which we eau
never exhaust, AZ source oi iaioruA-
ton. Queer reasoning this, esen Tor
matcriaIist ana disbeilovcf; yet u is
but C,rollary OF what he actual y
does advnnoc-thai between birth anu
death there Is enough g. keep the
mind employed without going back Oi
the one or ahead Oi tho other.
In a word We should, DC.
cJrdlng to the lugersolllan creed
deal only with purely temporal
aud physically tangible ,hlngs. Evel
Noltaire would not thus be bound up
intellectually, aud Columbus rcvoltcd
at such limitation by mind aud move.
ment as well.
OF course the Interview would not
be satisfying TO those readers VINO nd.
mlfe Col. lngenolPs peculiar methods
II II contained no allusion to divinity.
Purely secular "rensDning" must be-
seasoned with dash OF ba,phtmy OF
the dish Ia not 40 palatablc. Tnis is
not wanting, and tue following 10 n
fair sample oimlny more such. "rhcre
may be- one God or there may be a mil
lion, but II there Ia u God, know no
Is orlEy." The means By which such
knowledge" is galued are not
given, probably for the reason tina,
an atheist ia Of necessity an
cgotisI aud his opinions or what he
gives out as such ore all that he think.
the common herd should require;
Or II may DO ho thinks there h no need
10 give reasons, Tor those who accept
Implicitly the statements made do not
rather not have-any,
anu the other kind could not be con-.
WINGED by any that lac has the ability to
lfirr.
ingersoll adds nothing to his credited
'tock Of Intelligence by his latest cju.
Irioution. As he advances In yeafa he |
'eems TO grow Ia impujeucr. Un.
fortunately for him, tho SCOTS and |
'neers with which no once gave
novelty TO his diatribes ars now too
vacant and pointless u excite even
passing attention. The Word OF God |
has lived la strength and besu,y dur.
Ing the centuries, and Ia today as full |
II life aud satisfaction as ever while !
he dull reasoning Of the agnostio rare.
y survives his own existence. aud, in
ne present Instance, slmost moulier,
IN his very lips. In this on1 fact there
IA suggestion that woull carry cou.
'incins force 10 anyone except a shor,.
.ighto csotlst or a stubborn knayc.