The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-14

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nsve = tuijy enlturod mind you viii eniov
0egnt1n9 With the oneufton. .Whae q
srneA e eeerasss and fssso Locked hoens
WsSe - Al ~ aneSont philooophern
soNkAs - snewer IL e ~ been -
qusssson q TIE aesa Pilses o. his jnAs-
nens ssae pus ~ Quostfon 10 Chrisk Ihe
hstle deaf aad dumb boy took tho chafk
ana dsaned truth ~ the strsieht IT, ~
subsequently, error 81 tn crooked a. 60
line. II nos this sueesstiye7 Truth 9
sver ssxnighk undeviasinR. unhondinR:
srross - the other hard. viii re around
ssy csEnss or stunp avssiabis 70 svold
But, my y0ung frisuds. lss ne say 10 you
that truth II tie Iarxo sonse. ana TIE senso
N which Ne ore nov connidaxine
y. 10 not 70 b consfdsred aivavs
n the same way. Nn<hematicai uro-
cssees viii NOT aivsye euface. In
msshematscs you have your premises
provided for you. Tor exsmpls. ve say In
mathematics, The SQUARE upon 90
hypothsnuse Of . yixhs-sueied trianxle q
equal 20 tho sum a. tie enuarrn a. The
otnG two sides:' ana. aenin. The 49,
q the base Of a isocelss triangle sre
equal 70 ons smother. and II The eoual
sides b produces the angles upon the oihsr
- haye somethine vsry imnorsane eiven
= both thsss cssss. 70 bs9in With. Ne
have sright-aa9iod trianele' and an
'tsocoles.s We can oofy predicate Of thee
kinds respectively what hava No other
triangle viii bear euch pronosifions
''But In reasoning ositside the reslm az
the mathematical Ne have 70 make our
own premises. But re havs ariomstie
principles frequently none the iesa. We
cannot prove by mathemstics that two
and two are four. but vho 4 fooI;sh
enough 20 claim that two ana tvo A.
hvs7 That swo and two sre four IL 4 fact
oS intuition. our Own conseiousness.
sun Win rise tomorrov. sithonrh van
know Il b probable hs viii. But ve do not
believe Ia the etsrnitv Of mstter in IT,
present form. Therefora. como dav the
change viii come nd - sun viiI not ~.
psss Ia his usual aspect
'bir Isaac Newton discovered . Law
1nicn attsactsd bodies to the earth. He
~ 49, ~ spples i0oeened rom tne
s.iS sTh;. I. .na nessl up. as
Il by 8 name. thaf nsne 1. s.r.v;sssinr
What ID grsvitatsorf 10 enc knovs I
neard gentleman give . very plausible
argument the other day tor sisctsicity be-
ing the Iorcs ve call sravitation, the forcs
~ which the heavenly bodice are kept at
: sn ss.psc.ao, ., . ai.sanes nom each other
Our intuitions, or. - some call them.
our sense-percsptions. are. however,
quite reiiaose methods Of reasoning, and
We should insist on laws being respected
mere - elsewhere. For example. there
are Two Avs IN my tntsalsctuai nature that
are = nxed and unsiterahie - any axiom
In Eucild. One IL. every shsct must have
cause; the other -. every effect must
nave q adequate cause Just lot as So
nov ampie = y rsascn Of these laws OF
sne insesiecs 70 conclude concerning the
existence OF living. thinking. willing
personal God. Here 70 man; he 10 IN
ensc1 he must have had cause and IN
adequate one. too. What IS this effect
called 'manf He 10 . living, thinking.
Wiling personal snsct. The cause which
produced him must b q living, thinking,
,;x;n .s .h Islsona ennss. asno: dod y
- e' .e p''..
.oss '. slusn, Ut Auson sovanceo 20 me
sseono pfoposition tnat the aii-ronnd stu
dens, the truly cultivated man must face
the question teefasosly, what IL Faith Z"
He said under this:
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tion ~ Enoyisi:.v rns kro-i.S.s
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49, ~ Ssish. sh~. - - .,sns..s -
donbt and ~hsrsvsr douh. .rs.r. s.,.h
ceases and unbsiisf begins. You never
VET Won srs fnIiv nsr.nsdsd ~ shsir hs ",
me fivsd tionrishsd and disd we'll ,hs.
,S f.i,h - nersussior ~ ~. t,nsh
rpo~Iedss 6itto sh~n 10 ons ~ vn.,.
srioms II Main s.cr.srv 49,.
sonsI for this sriom az. srhinrs vh;"h
ARE equal 10 the sams thinr ara consi 10
ona anoshsr' Cling then II : tru. ids. ~
faith See in this essential condition Of
persuasion the grandeur of Gods schems
81 ssiyat,on In makinr this yerv th;ne ths
condition of our beins made hsirs ~
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VI. A'isou osfs esse IN uiussfsuons q
ioiiows:
Suppose young man from the Pacific
coast goes to New York city, enters the
Office OF one of the steamship lines and
says to the clerk; i would like 70 60 70
L.vsipooa On on o. you' s.s "a, me
:. III vsn .,,tssI m ~. ,oun p,s ..ss
ssvs. sses here clerk viii cro.. ,ha
ocean on your steamer upon condition
that you give me . guarantee that will
reach the other side in safety The clerk
says; MY friend, ! Am sorry ! cannot
comply Win your rsquess: on. III sen you
ms. soa t III .f.m,;s oaa a .ssmss
ns.s, Loaf = n.ssen,sr and the nrohshsi;.
ties Are very stronr that YOU will not he
the nrst TO break our record, viii
you have ticketf' And the
young man answers: CLERK. II You
cannot give me tns 9uAfansee l
san'. :. .es' w va - w. III 70
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