The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-15
"rHnuGETs FOR nOURTERso

was the Theme From which DR.. Sooy
Evolved an Array OF FNctS At Fourth
street church Last Night.
Rev. Or. Sooy delivered the third OF
his Sermons FOR the Thoughtful" last
hight, his subject being. Thoughts
for Doubtcrs," There was very large
congregation present
After showing that there are two
kinds III duuhtcrs, those who ChildliKe
ask: "Show us the way. LORD. ana pa
tIeutly await the answer: ana those
who arc ignorant unrcssttng. unrca-
Sonnblc, and ask for light on their
doubts and turn away before there ~
time to answer them The one Klnd OF
dOubtCrs are innocent the other KlnU
guilty: one Is sipCerG and trusting. the
other is snecrng and impatient FOR
tlNS class of doubtcrs who aro OF an in
uuirInE, earnest mind and seeking the
truth, there should be no Condemna-
tlon, for he who asks no questions VIII
receive no answers ono man should
not condemn his unsecinE ncighbor
for his want OF vision. The earnest
seeker after truth wih come out OF
doubt into faith. DoubtCrs iall TO un'
derstand the common sense Importance
OF faith in religion, and ask II Christi
HIllIY IL fllEffl AANllA Ai'A NV - ~ 49,.
IL doesn't appeal direct to the senses
why Christianity depends on faith so
much? The speaker answered these
questions by showing that faith. or
confidence is necessary tn the workings
of human society; tina: faith is the uni
vcrsal principle Of every phase of hui
man activity. You can't so on
Journey" said he. build house or eat
your dinner without faith, We all sN-
pcct To get up tomorrow morning ana
eat our breakfast, II Is the exchange
OF faith, or confidence. among each
other that binds the human fabric To-
Eether Destroy faith and men VIII
flc. from society; II is the basis pt all
society. You may speak NJ Il cash bR-
sis, but there must be faith In the cash.
and no business or trade but what is
dependcnt on faith ScPptiCs agree To
faith in the external world, yet refuse
To have faith in an Invisible world.
They argue thai there is nothing real
or substantial In Christianity, yet
agree To that invisible thing on earth
we cali faith Hence their ploa against
faith as we understand 1t is not consls"
tent"
To the dnubtcrs who believe in Moth
ing but wha. the five senses reveal,
DR.. Sooy replied that there arc facts
which can't he established by the
senses OF seeing. hearing, tasting, touch
and smell. He said that there are facts
of consciousness, spiritual facts, which
can't he seen. felt. heard. tasted. nor
EmelIed. There is a border land be-
tween the physical and mental that
does not depend for its demonstration
upon the five senses.
To those who ridicuied religion for
the mystery attached to IL, he said that
they should find no fault on that
ground. There is reasOnahleness OF
mystery In religion The skeptics have
failed to tell how tissues are woven into
flesh Tho scientist opens up one mys-
terry but to step on the threshold OF an
other. He can describe heat aud light,
and experiment time after number, yet
he remains in mystery Of the phenOme-
ma OF life and nature. SO that a small
boy can ask questions that would puZ-
2le Humboldt Mysteries there are In
science, and accepted as such. and thus
should those Of religion be accepted
There Is a rcasonablcness Of mystery
in religion. and without Il, II would not
he religion III there was no mystery
in the Bible" said Or SOOy, Il would
think some man wrote it.
In closing his remarks he referred to
the discardence OF the materialsts and
their theories. and said that initdclity
was dark in clouds Of doubt, promising
no future rewards. a cold and cherries
belief