The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-06

1881 DGQEE83 C0H13@lG8 vi HI ANALYSIS OF
zlke teachsngs of theology as compared
"a those Of reason. The deductions
nxTs necessarily to the advantage of the
<1tes.. What IN others would be ackiity
r ID ths case OF ~lngersoii good humcr.
snoequentiy. the audience laughed while
j % listened and listened while 1t acceded
- tAnnxred
There are two ways in iife--she natural
- the supernatural One way Is 10 live
u <his world~for Its science. It's art, its
m its beauty. It's sunshine. The other
= 10 I've for . world OF which we know
16t6ing. and whose existence We only ssis-
1@cL Here are two ways. one to live Tor
"a the other for tho phantoms OF the
ni1A Two ways. one OF reason, the
elaef Of credulity; one OF fact, the other
q ~ fancy; one OF sunshine. the other OF
tle shadow Of superstition. One way. that
= experience. investigation and the dis
1pvsfiex Of science; the other = mythical.
n sticsi region OF doubt, unrest, terror
~ ignorance. One way. To be man and
y fes1 THAI the census OF the world il not
tomplste unless you are included in It.
ess other. 10 BE- the eringtag slave Of an
tnkzown master. u seeker for the and
ofser the impossible.
# Certainty Is ever the attribute OF the
sk aorant. Savages know things that the
philosophers know nothing about Every
sasaEs | repeat. knows all about things
1Aat cannot be known. They are intimate
I'D the unseen: they can tell the mean
& M d the unmeanlng.
Il pecuiiarity OF man that he. II he
s ignorant, seeks for tho unattainable
- he impossible.
~ mechanics he has sought for per-
getaai Motion; IN chemistry for the phil
sopher's stone. and The universal solvent
I'D IN nature he has sought to discover
go personality OF a Supreme Being who
taAn Be credited with the government
erd control OF the world. But he has
estxTow'n his ignorance III most of these
saF;sculars. and Is approaching the final
sasadsag OF his crusts os superstition.
There are.t two theories of government
{ The theological and the secular Under
Ne theological. all men must be sbeiiev-
81 This Is the primary principle OF the
sssoiogisn. Taken az \ whole. however.
90 1eiiever' has not been much or a sue
eesA Most OF the crsFse az the world can
! = lAsd % the credit OF some sort or form
s believer The men who killed Socrates
vsfe Believers So were tho people who
: tHrsBed Christ. The inaugurasoxs Of the
h7aisatio0 were likewise. Calvin was one.
ai We have Il on the authority OF the
sshle issels that tho Devil believes and
ussneies.' Sifhough I regret to say that 1t
aaes not seem TO affees his noras chnrac-
ur.
Ne creed establishes itself. no religion
SET evident. Every religion in the
nssit has been born OF fear and iguor-
sHses No u1an Who has thought himself
= % inspired 81 God has heen anything
Aas insane. Our barbarian ancestors
faeea ~ the bsek of every event their
.apsese4 Deity. The effects Of these be-
hfss Of theirs are impressed On the
.asagats ara beliefs OF today. This egot-
NA which Is as magnificent as It is luai-
stvas makes man the center Of creation.
- whom ali Ihlnss blow and bloom and
easAsota, Whs. how ahsaral
u every human being living was
1Nsssa out Of existence the yioiets woaid
ssasiaae 10 spread their velvet basons 20
- sans she Sreaithrtfs roses tn scatter
sas'F golden aud ruby metals. De ra.i.s
sessa sseeten aaa refresh the ssee5s or
as sseFm weula run wild "a ever. spring
sS4A' aang TIE woodlands with her tapes
asss q green. The autumn would paint
20 foFesi sisies With her harmanses OF
asF sad scarlet and yellow and purple.
a. TIE silver % the aawuz waula nct
sse }ot ot their tender ieveliness: she
- Nsal3 In setting, ;arn sapphire seas
Naifsring llues % scarlet garnets: ire
:. ssa.aaed aF0a weuia continue 10 stretch
fsssznssts spienfo~s. aud wave and ere
- ffess ana asT--those old architects
ia 50 on shaping the face OF the weird
es are aoT ana have been doing
- aaf eet9re man was
ass c7r barbarian ancestors thought
ever she Stars sAone Tor them and
- They Thought. too. that hack ef
: aasase wee two aeisleS. one coed and
- essFr b4a. They sAonxAk that The
- eas. sAe esyl. raid cash, aa5 that
soesd eHe, CsA. bought an TIRE credit
- and past hsyen4 xAe grave. TaeY
~kae iAas C0si Aela 3 community re-
1sbie ta- tsae existence % hsxnssc
= "a eRee,ayev and tAAs unseze taSy
- sisA l.eretie IS Aa deserved. tsoa
- go square wssh thsss by shs All ~
- SsseA fa'asae. STERN or ether saeh
s'.sssaai ;Ainss a. A@ always kept IN
- 20 protect themselves they
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-. 9 nsf family ana fasna il 10 be farsi-