Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23

general name for the perdurability OF at.
tributes Wherever there Is n series OF
thoughts connected together BY memo
ries. that constitutes a thinking SUD-
stance a mans thoughts, then. are
all there is Of him. Such a statement az
this will require n reform OF the diction-
airy. and of everything that can properly
be called psychology. II Is not only the
purest assumption, but 1t Is directly IN
the teeth of the testimony or human
nature ms shown In the formation OF IAN
guage Itself. II substance did not mean,
something more than Mr. Mil ciscerno
In II. then no such word could ever have
established itself in the language OF think
| ing men. The almost universal testi-
| mory of Intelligent human CONSEQUENCES
points to the conclusion that thought 10
a product. and that a substance Is tho
producer Mr.. Mills definition simply
reduces the substance to zero.
DOESN'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.
"Our author finds 1t difficult to believe
that a. miracle ever occurred; ana II
miracle be what he calls II page 2O,
we can hardly wonder at his scepticisms
He saws that to make an event miracle
II must be produced by direct vohtion.
without the use OF means, or at least Oh
any means which, II simply repeated.
would produce IT, Now. Argyle. IN hie
I
maintains that there is no reason 10 De-
Iieve that God ever accompanies any
thing without the use of means. and L
hold that Argyle Is right. and at the same
time I believe in miracles MT. MiiIs
definition OF n miracle seems to make
the miraculous simply the Impossible.
Nov IN debating the question whether
miracles are historical, what right mas
he 10 rule them out by his definition! IL
would be as logical to discuss the aues-
ton whether any such thing as a square
circle ever existed
.on tho evidence for miracles our au.
thor saws page 1866: Take 1t ut the best.
n Is the uncross-examined testimony OK
extremely ignorant people On whac
ground does Mr.. Mil ca1 me Apostle raut
extremely ignorant? In another pIaco
mote IN mage 230 he admits that Paul was
not Ignorant. Did Mr.. Mil really believe
that an extremely ignorant man wrote
the Fourth Gospel!
Holm DID NOT HEAR, HE SAW.
al mage 237 we are told that when the
DIscinles do exceptionally, name any OK
|, the persons who were the subjects or spsc-
, tators of the miracles, they doubtless
draw from tradition On the contrary,
Iohp emphasizes the fact that he was an
eve-witness: Peter says that he saw tho
characterization. and Luke records divers
miracles which he saw Paul perform.
Really. Mr.. Mil. at the best states M
facts very loosely. .
..kaain. AT pages 2f0-2n. we are IN
! formed that Christ is never said TO havs
declares any evidence OF his mission
n,nless his own Interpretation or the
: nronhecies be so considered, except M
,rnal conviction on the contrary
CHRIST distinctly and emphatically rests
his claims upon those very miracles
which Mr.. Mil treats so lightly. ne
continually appeals to his works-"o.nS
such as no other man had oons-''' 20
Clos And as 10 his interpretations OK
, the prophecies, which Mr.. MIL h'aes
! av,av I'm n parenthesls. they were
countad "a absolutely decisive by ChriSs
[ himself. -,.,., ~
, .On mage 25i. In a scathing criticism OF
: robr,s C;osDel. Mr. NH complains OK
, matter imported from Philo ana tn9
! Alexandrian Platonists.' but VIVA. "'r
80, extremely Ignorant man know about
DIM ard the Alexandrian Platonists!
probably Mr.. Mil had forgotten no"
extremely ignorant John was
MILL DOESN'T KNOW.
,, son, mage 25 Mr.. Mil insists that
cnr,s, never made the smalles; pretens
lens 10 the character OF God ana t''a.
, no .would probably have thougnt sue"
ra,arsion as blasphemous. as IL see"s
"a 10 the men who conde"nen nm"
!. Ard this. IN the face Of the iact thas
christ incurred the charge OF piaspnsmyi
: nv claiming the power to forgive sins;
= and of the further fact that ne aIiow s1
ono Of His Disciples TO call Him siy
lord and my God and distinctly np'
nroved OF that Disciples confession
, "But the curious reader VIII ASK
\ what has Mr.. MIL thought OF as a SUD-
Z s,,tm,e for Christanityg In reply, We
u ,nnst sadly say. that. for the tninH-
ing man. he has nothing put o'ap~
.cep,icism. On page 2SS he does. how
. sver admit that 1t would not. even now
h be easy, even for an unb bell w,S. :. =
{ find a better translation OF me hu's ~
i Virtue. from the abstract into the con-
Z crete than to endeavor so to i've tnns
i CHRIST would approve our iife. o. tnas
8 his able and learned man had given -
5 such a translation the time, thousn..
+ ana labor which were bestowed UPON
( these ingenious. but perncious. essays
n Crisis in Chile.
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