The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-06

ligion does not clothe man with the
power perfectly to understand the In
finite, but imperfectly. and far beyond
the boundary line Of nat negation.
No ons will deny. says he. that Christi
an.ty, Judaism, and Mohammedanism are
monotheistl beliefs and admit an extra
kosmic Personal Creator. Similarly the
Parsees believed In a Personal God. Alura-
Mazda. which IL Interpreted the Omnis-
Client Lord. whd Ia tho ruler and framer OF
the universe. The Confucianists also be-
lleve In the one IT. 'fhe supreme ruler and
governor Of all subordinate spirits" The
Brahmo-Somaj. the newest creed In India,
read the Verdas and the Upanishads as
teaching a consimilar doctrine. A like
doctrine was professed In the early faiths
OF Egypt. OF China, OF India. Of Assyria,
Of Baby lOnia. and Of Kettle DruidhisTn. No
wonder. then. that Max Muller. In his fa-
nous pathological proof. draws the cOnclu-
sion that the Firms and Lapps and Tchu-
washes, the Huns and Chinese. and other
Turanian races had, In those primeval
times before they separated. one common
religion which was o worship OF heaven as
the emblem OF the Deity. the Infinite.
Likewise that the Arab.ans. the Assyrians.
the PhOenicans. the Babylonlans. the
Carthaginians and all who belonged to the
Semitic family OF men, invoked as the Su-
preme God. FL. the Strong One In heaven.
and Were united In one common worship Of
Him In that primitive age before there
were hapy'ohiahs IN hapyioh' rhoehi-
e'ans III iyre anu s,uoh or Jews !" Meao.
race. Greeks. I.atins. Slavs, Kelts. Teu-
tons and the people OF India before Homer
worshipped the Supreme Being whom they
named the Heaven Father, "Our Father
who art In heaven" With one harmon
ious voice these people all proclaim that
there exists supreme LORD and Ruler
VINO eohtro's the'r dest'hies ana wnom
,"'y al. 'ou''u W worship anu 'o'e' ms
go -, ,,,,sn ".' .,.m vu, ,',', ~ Wv
Smch n God ia not nnt movable hmt Enown
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os..o" VI "epe"uenee o' 'he Dei'y
Clearly presuppose Him KhowaDle, now
ever vague may be the knowledge. This
makes Buddhlsm strong though mega
tive proof of the knowableness of God.
Its very negation and exclusion of the
Divine Being from the contents of the
religious concept marshal tbamse,vos
into the ranks of tho foramost footors
to nrocI,im that NOV ,,,st h,,.a ~
Irsn,,o oma .ho. -. ,..,, VI.
II. ' eo"e N"o",eose VI
I'm NC :. luminous III 'ne h'shest ue.
siee' or pe II uark IN the clouds ot
srossest error. Is the essential heri-
tage or the human mind"
Finally our author contends that
while hitherto religion has been fol.
lowing out a law of evolution or pro.
gress from fetch worshin IN no,vtbe.
ism. t,..n IN nan,ba,an and ,a.,1,, to
monof;,,isn, ~. s,hs,,,,,, ~
snsnoa,,or oonoot ~ ..' ,IN, y. me
,no,,,s 49,. p, "a 'ne ohAhowaole
this noint no saws. p''
,,o,o...,.
as a Personal co5 aS 49, hn,.. v"e , ne,"s
living. intelliyent ona p, ue,,,s',; m' 11ernal 1
sympathze with us and befriend no ",
is "Our Father who is sin heaven" NJ
conception can be grander; 1t is the reall.
infinite nIentif,,,noss. - r,o oonoo.,. os, ano
ty, He is to whom St Austin addresses
the immortal ecstasy:
20 pulchritudo tam ANTIGUA guam noyav
20 beauty, ever ancient, ever newv'
DO we conceive happiness, "our beings
END and aim?' He is 'our reward ex
ceeoihs great merciful benign. healing
ou, so,'"s' cahcel'he our crimes, and
49, msm .' u.e' IIasphs us IN paternal EN-
This is the b;pbes, ids,I ~ -, ,''a' .hn a Ilie
spIrit. This is tho oorona,,a, | nu'',a'
l!g.ous evolution. All nrogress,v. cit,
ious conditions must be along these rnes
We can ever grow In love and knowledp,
OF the Infinite truth and the Infnit,
Beauty. We can never grow beyond Il
Tor there Is nothing beyond.
| Mr.. Spencer's religion. on tho otbo,
hand. admits an impersonal existence
The Unknowable. like Rrabma ,s INV.
existence and nothing else: II ia with,
out intelligence. without beauty, with
retrogade, not to progress. @ ''0 - ''