Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-09
GOD A PROGRESSIVE BEING. ---.A
Thoughts on Subjects Suggested by that
Proposition.

Influenced by any intelligence what
cv.r Were 10 possible 20 sustain ex
isience under such a condition what
very torture IL would ur. The blessing
OF association can perhaps be pest
Understood by rejecting upon the sud-
den and happy greeting of some loved
one for q long time absent Marx the
qulckcncd impulse, the beamug eve.
the whole being aglow with sympathy
and love. As two drops OF water
approach each other under the in-
huencc ul mutual attraction, su do min Is
lgiow with love and friendship.
Mysterious tie, stronger than all other.
reaching down from celestial abolc5
rough the starry vaults OF ana uu
measured space, 500. tliling alike those
mighty ufbs rOuing with unimpedc
power as well ag tue smallest spcck %.
li.c never revealed by microscope
Even in these miuutg,t subdivisions lf
animated existence the lines of law aul
love reach down the helping hand 90
bless aud save God cireih even for
these. Yet how narrow the limit OF our
present knowledge when We reflect up
on those p1cnom 'na with whose rN.
atcuCc we have tor so many thousands
OF years been familiar, such as light, for
instance, whose essential nature has
dchcd the research OF unwcancd study
and endless experiment
10 then, the simple elements cannot
bc understood through science, why
seek through thJtaycnue mo explanation
Of the vastly higher mystery OF the gene.
sis OF man, The genesis Of man, II we
reject the Bible account OF 1t. remains
q Of
evolution is lull "a source Of darkness
when brought into the consideration OF
mans origin, and no law discovered by
naturalist including even the famous
Darwin, has yet been found which cN.
plains the origin Of organic life or shows
how matter became endowed with men.
tai activities. An attempts 10 span the
epochs OF time which tits claim have
elapsed in raising man from the lowest
organic forms 90 the heights he now
occUTics are bcsct with incxricablc
difficulties, as one writer says zone
end OF the chain we see. but the otter
is hidden in thick darkuess" All along
the line Of investigation the most careful
experiment has demonstrated that lie
can proceed from life only. Limestone
Or granite canuot evolve an egg, and %
Is outside Of the range OF chemical
possibilities 10 bring tn hls'prInciple
out OF any such conditions Ia viewing
man as an intelligent entity we are
driven upon the rational ground Of his
dual nature, the one known under the
name OF mind. aud the other Classcd
under the name OF natter but both ate
matter under different states of refine
ment. The mind OF man b. the grand,
dominating force which has controlled
iu wonder NJ degree the physical
phenomena of earth, air and water it
must, therefore, be regarded as an
cma1Itign OF Deity. q part OF His own
divine intelligence. DR. Blstilnl exc
pefIments, conducted through q period
OF many ycau, with a view 20 prove that
bacteria and other life forms could be
spontaneously produced. have been
utterly disprovcd by the pruuactcd Nc
searches Of Iyndall and Pasteur.
The most recent icro'cOpic research
shows that the cmbryotic processes cm-
ployed IN reproduction are ,triklugly
similar TO those employed m lower
animal types. An all.wise, dll.pcryai-
ing energy, an oyerpowcring maternal
instinct, supremacy higher than human,
controls every stage Of progressive
development, from the cell germ, latent
though % be. TO the iull development OF
perfect organism Therefore, leaving
the Bible account Of mans natural aud
spiritual origin, all Is darkness, aud the
efforts to explain Il always have been
attended with dn ingXplclolc labyrinth
OF difficulties, In the study oil physical
man we look Ia vain for mnd-.mprcs.
siOns upon any organ which comes
under the observation OF human sense.
Mind energy cannot be traced to the
ilcshy structure oil material brain; we
must look for rs source and ilTca be.
You'd the region Of mere physics Aud
while itlsa fact ,hat the material ele.
ment known as electricity ISN'T uu Ter,
stood, what can We say about inye5tga-
tons into the properties Of spiritual uK-
istcuCc without a revelation from Dos
Cr,atoR What Is spluR remains an un.
answered question, and the school OF
modern physicists will never answer 10.
The mighty miracles wrought by Jesus
cannot be explained upon the ground of
material hypothesis, All the study OF
the behavior OF matter, as TAR as Il has
come within the range OF chemical
research, has thrown no light unon the
question "What IS mltter'' When we
can answer that question we may enter
upon the inquirlng Of WHAT Is spiup"
This much We know spirit is entity,
tangible, real, active, acting under
higher laws than the supersensual. II
Is indcstructhle, aud can exist after the
death ui the body Biological leader
In al parts OF the Unit d States and
Europe concur m the fact OF spiritual
existence, aud the announcement OF the
great VI Pasteur 40 a meeting Ut the
French institute. OF his spirit belief, Is
conirmltory, from scientific stand
point, OF both the Old and New Tesla
ments. CHARLES ID. EVANS.
SPRINGvtLLE, Utah.