Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-10-28

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resoiutcly refuse TO meddle with religion
lunar politics he adds in substance. Thus
Gayalieriy are all these world 9ld heart
! Permit me to remark. with all humility, II
is a very foolish sneer; Is II thus that ne
minds and hearts of the ages are TO be set
aSidc2 Are all philosonhic deducticns. all
drcams all thu sacred books of humanity.
gazing at the stars, all the prayers that
have gone up from the earthS worshiplng
mutituies all sacrifcial deeds that have
ma,'a tho centuries white to be set aside
| by the wave OF the hand and the very fine
| phrase lunar politicsE
! NAY nay the heavens have very real
influsr @ upon tho earth days. stand by tht
seashure ana SEQ the udc come thuhterlnE
. IN the force Of all worlds ~ thos% stacy
. waves. aud realize that after all. the much
de pissed moon has claim to our conSid-
/ "railou. and yhat to a belated traveller
hemmai In by wall and advancing wave,
lunar Influences and lunar powers would he
/ pf very great concern ,
/ no ono coul answer a sueer, but none the
I less IS j true that suser is very sorry
/ Is ne all unknown? Then let us hear the
/ nat In a solemn silence.
"But man Will not turn aside from ms
( quest by this sorry spectacle OF the man
! in cap and bells can I know GOD? Ask
this man. Well what Of the answer u..
God rs. We have various definitions We
hear OF the 'Gnkuowable.' the stream OF
Tendency The Power not ourselves 'Je-
hoyah.' Never mind about the definitions;
, d.. ~ ,,tiu, "', ~ n,iverss is "a ncressitv
oc thought. When We come TO the study OF
origins We are driven TO think OF Coo. Ma Ma
sanas. gia,Ism o. r the p"''GiISeTS anIyersc utterly
breaks down, and in ~ most mod
/ tbi,,i'nrs 5s tha MAD lane of atoms OF
! which Lucretius dreamed. ! have hiyh au-
4ority lor ms EVtn tm" .ii,,ny IN
AGAINST theological knights. declares In MS
Physical Basis OF Life that the material
bosi"n mat ,nSrf Is msitsr,y a Wv void Of
! justification. Evolution has no negative 10
the Affirmative Of the being of God. Evolu-
I'm En of o2's hiRgs U 'el IL is only mi theory Of how
the universe unfolded from the beginning,
n sGgn ss@re of9ye Sx MnsT hf gn'vSro Tapra
seutIng the best scientific thought Of the
century, declared; we can now repeat the
words which have been settled for us CEN
in cblli@5ood @ """ = Believe S in God the Father,
ow %n g 9qesn S6 ,S9 FS9Gs eSS GeSSond tnf INT wha
ff s fero o'Snt" Snt is % the aiiirrnalon Of MYSTERY
he nssao9 OF ka0wgase ,bo cr2 You o shrink Y
tory but are Won so very sure that YOU
o Won "I hold i"t To- be- the only certain object OF
knowledge without its mystery? Let MS
CAV, mat has .xtansion uoyeableness i'm
uenetrabilltv To be matter Il must oC-
cupy some room in space. be capable OF
being moved from one place to another
and while IL Is in that place nothing else
can be there at the same time. This book
then j. matter. II has extension, moveabe-
ness, impentetrability. 1t has? Then these
properties do not constitute the book. The
book has these properties. but these prop
critics do not equal the book. L. matter
so simple then? once more. ! hold sill
yer dollar in my hand How is it known
to us? Define IT 1t has malleabllity, fusi-
hility color. Why, again you find YOUR
self talking about IT,. These things, these
qualities that YOU fancy are SO elementary
and which define matter do NOT define IL
at all, but only tell you of how this subtle
unknowabe thing that talk about
glibly manfests Itself. DO YOU understand
matter? Here is "A block Of steel Fix It
molten and runs Ike water ! apply moro
heat and il becames a Vapor. More heat
and this one time material thing is a spirit
and has gone-who knows where? Mystery
t. here hugging matter closely about. Shah
we cease our study of matter because OF
it2 Surely not Then why thrust back all
seekers after God by the cry Of mystery
What then. again let US ask may we
know Of God? | shall state the case brief
lv and leave the tools with you to con-
strlIct the perfect sermon. The first cause
is universally admitted Now this cause
must contain within itself actively or po-
trntiallv all the effects or which it Is The
cause IF there are any causes which are
NOT Inherent in the first cause then they
are 5,tf-prIrluced which is a contradiction.
All of the phenomena then of the universe
must exist in the first cause.