Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-20

mai machine Il like n marvellous au-
tJ,untlc apparatus. each % whose pmtn
has ita use. This Is 80 true that who's
we have not been able IN discover the
Vs. Of an organ We 60 TO work %
find IT, Tntil recent yeats
we were Ignorant ~ the use Of the
thyroid gland. or the Hulr nal c1psule',
of the thymus and other glands; but
we have now been abio 10 difuutcr their
functions. s0 that the hypothH EiHof use
les organs Is becoming more and NOR
probitfuntlr. or. we may rather say
iirtrnabie. Nature "a makes lrile ar.
fnnaa whether $50 write this word
'n1furs or 'NaturaD Nature has made
90 useless organs and has made on
Tor purpose" -. ...,.-
with which animals nre nrovided for
the evident purpose Of preserving their
lives whether by procuring proyiaiona
or defending themselves against enc
miles. the author irmurkf
"Now. Whenever an account r. given
or thrro proc anoH N protection. tht
writer falls necrHrnrily into a hnans,
method Of expression. rinre ne IN lel
To- rly that the various functions Vt
defense have or mn object tho pfnt'f-
.
~ am absolutely convinced 'hnt u u
not possible 10 suppress the doctrine ot
final causes IN anatomy. zoology ur
mythology. Al we can do is 10 u7c 70
in moderation. Tor ] recognize that W
have To- do only with hypothesis. prom
able though II may be. when We a1y.
the uye was constructed for vision
we state q hypothesis. In
reality. N We desire 20 une no hypoih-
"A. for
vision. the Iris Tor nccummod ntlun. Hut
the perfection of tho instrument ia Ho
admirable that we have u firht ~ zee
IN ~ an adaptation TO a edctsr-
mined use.
I'VE may 20 sim further. FOR IN the
search Tor nnal causes detail la not sur
fcient We have Heon that u would
BE- ridiculous not ~ suppose that the
organs have o. function. an adaptation.
wali-dotormlned object We must
now ask whether llvlnF beings have no
great general functions adapted 10 an
end"
1fc next considers the Instinct u re-
production. the purpose Of which Is the
preservation " the rpccloa. that Of
fear. forcing us 20 avoid danger and
disgust which keeps M FROM partakins
Of food dangerous TO life. ana draws
the following conclurionai
AN tho preceding propositions lead
10 the general concluaion that Twins
beings arr organized 90 live. whether
we speak % the lie % tho species 1r
that ~ tho individual. Animated m.
ture offdra uH the spectacle ~ living
substance mnking vyety offort toward
NE. aud trying by all possible means.
TO realize "a maximum ~ life.
Tut this struggle Cor lie iH only fact;
u IL neither theory nor own q by
puihDnlH Can We 80 fufthnrf
ouEht We not 10 assert that ilfe con-
siHta NJ tendency Ia live. of sort OF
pruxlmate finniltyf Certnlnly. The
ultimate fluniity L. hidden from W.. hut
We have made step IN advance u We
have shown that beings tend TO live
and are organized TOT the purpose Of
ITO deny this proxlmate finai cause
would be- 60 force mutiintion upon
thought. and I do not know how o. nc
cepi The truly heroic ahnegatlnn ~ tho
phyrlu'nglHt who IN proving, Tor uX-
ample. the uenribnity OF beings q pain.
viii not conclude. for fear VI being
thought a ilnaiia,. that pain II nccts-
nary TO lifc"
Mr f,lchct 90 already stated. does not
believe that this reasoning can furnish
tho reply 20 the question why do We
llvef" but he pcrcolycs that all nature
/ gives evidence that thoTc Il VIII
anterior 10 the existence. OF lie. and
In this he comes remarkably near the
truth.
Even Chrlrtian teicni1rlat can. by
his own reasoning. go no further. lie
finds hgsclf In the midst u a world In
/ which he u everywhere surrounded by
evidences Of order. not 10 nay design
The more d. studies the more striking
this order appears 10 him. lie r-rs II
through the telescopes that reveal 60
him worlds IN the starry sky. and
through tho microscopes. that reveal 10
his wondering oye worlds IN the dust
or The drop of water. Ito feels COM
pollcd 20 conclude that beyond this Or.
der thcrr 81 the action and purpose
/ uf some intelligence vastly superior %
HE own. lie knows. from observation
In the sphere IN which no himself
moves. that the production ~ order
means necessarily purpose. a dcalgn.
70 81 impossible Tor him 90 think ~
the world h. coutcmplatos otherwise AZ
constructed by somebody. Ite l. aa
morally certain that the earth that
inkca him across the immense spice 10
bullt Tor q certain purpose a1 ~ IL that
the shin on which he crosses the ocean
has an architect
Hut he goes one step further than
that lie finds that h. himself IL a par,
of Tho world. and consequently must
look 20 the Constructor Of the universe
az the cause OF bis own existence. Ana
when he rocorn'rea that lntomgcncs.
power TO win and TO love and TO discern
between right and wrong. belong TO n
] clari of cN.auncos superior TO those
who are NOT endowed with these quail
lilies. ho nccaFsarlly concludes that the
Cause OF me universe Ia such BoinE.
n Uouonll COD endowed with the high
cst intelligence and moral qualities.
liut here tho Christian ieleologlat and
the philosopher both stop. For further
knowledge NJ God. aud especially Tor :
truo knowledge OF the duties OF man 20
God. revelation Is necessary. Mr.
il,herH article suggests this truth. n
proves mat though human thought may
convince "a of the existence ~ Him
who IL our origin, u IL lmpotont 10
reveal Him 90 a. There Is much food