San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-15
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1896
THE WISDOM OF FOOLS.

world whose brains are left handed
are too numerous to mention.
They are found in every avocation
in life, and where they are not
found naturally they seem 20 be
transplanted, and thrive and
flourish as il in their native sod.
Why they were born has never
been accurately acertsined, nor
has it ever been thoroughly under
stood for what purpose they scum-
Der the earth, unless to make
others thankful that they were
not created in their image. What
ever occasions Of thankfulness
there are in the world, this is an
unfailing one, for there is not one
Of the wisely foolish tribe yet born
that would acknowledge his ances-
try. They live and die in Dlissful
ignorance OF the fact that they are
meant when their tribe is men,
toned, and this sermon is not
delivered for their benefit but for
the pleasure of the other fellows,
who forgetting themselves will
never fail to generously turn over
the application to their friends.
Neither is it the intention OF
this morning to box the compass
of the several varieties of this
class, but to pillory certain
select contingent OF them who are
generally supposed to inherit the
wisdom OF the earth and the rever-
sion thereto. These are they who
make it their business to drag the
harrow Of their hard literalness
over the cherished faiths and
delusions OF earth, and consider
that they are doing God and man
a service thereby, when in fact
they are only welding the iron
fail Of Artegal without any OF his
discretion. Nothing comes amiss
to these threshers, II in their
threshing they can hit and shatter
what they deem a delusion, not |
considering that there is nothing
on earth but decisions, and all |
that is left for US is our choice OF
more or less.
The scientists have long agreed |
that there is no such a thing as
seeing an object, and that all we
do when we so think is to sense
the impression of the object, that
we think that we see, upon the
retina. We think that we suffer
pain in the part OF the body that
is cut or injured in any way, but
the scientists OF a certain school
will tell you that it is not in the
muscle that you feel but in the
mind, and that if the mind is
properly brought into action to
resist the impression that we feel
pain there will be no pain felt.
Ina word, that pain is thing OF
the imagination altogether, and
has no real foundation in fact. 1t
is not the purpose of this sermon
to discuss the pro or the con OF
these things, but to show the folly
OF bringing down the fail of
disillusion on the head of these
innocent and pleasing conclusions
OF the ordinary human.
Col. Ingersoll tells us of the
mistakes OF Moses, but Moses never
made a greater one that the Col.
himself when he takes from the
sorrowing, crying, heart sore
children OF earth the sense OF
and sympathy in their
Affections that they receive
through their faith in a heavenly
father. Suppose that the Col. is
right, and that there is no person
al God, what of it? If gthese. ssore-
ones can get sweet comfort
and real help in their sorrows and
distressesi by believing that there
is an infinite love over all, and an
infinite heart open to all, and an
infinite ear ready to hear all, why
not let them so believe and be at
peace? Because the Col. cannot
see it so, is that any reason why
be should try and break the heart
Of comfort that others gain in so
trusting and believing?
Suppose that there is no Santa
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