The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23
S,I0N OF THE SOUL,

f~If 49,
inquiry was scot to tn
n 'r- last our debating clul
'.'oo a subject entitled 9TH
.,,,r vas taken from a clip
s,rso book. which had beef
= ~. I'm newspaper several year
',,iss reads as follows
THE SOUL.
J. iks oxygen to . lame.
80 tho fuel Of the same
~ WITH plenty brain in store
4. dame to burn the more.
.rdsr,tand BY the SCRAP boob
h,.ed on Literature is th'
..,stiur souls" The lines UNI
.,.lp A great deal OF logic. fol
,,,,r publication they excite
lament among the clergy,
w., hat they we're the work Of
4. .,bers that they embraced. in
Ia form. a marvellous mental
q :, tho soul. ms the idea con
-. measure with that OF the
.,,,r,es Of antiquity. As your
IA il great favor by our society
~, xtsh yeu to investigate min
-.,,v and explain It from your
demanding. Tho reason ask
I xesuss the Judges were unable
4. ylnuers. as both sides held o
',.ruction as to the real meaning
u, also Invite the opinions of
's,s,,d. as It will prove q great
asulion. and oblige
LehIsh University Student.
~ d . Private DEBATING Club.
)nlshsn. Pa,
~
~ the narrator will not make
o prtense OF speaking In An au-
NJ about that which has vexed
"a slmost from the BEGINNING AS
asmcphsr as Cicero said: What
/ IL soul itself knows not" But
~ 4 he was not an atheist--an
vtlch Ia made by many and dis
t;rs-certainly had doubtful views
D. existence OF God. and inclined
" ia, There is no certain knowl-
b, without belief In an Infinite
III competent to speak about the
Is Francis Newman said. The
nr tide OF our nature which is In
hthe Infinite" In discussing this
stkct the narrator is harassed with
IN viii interest but few OF you. be-
ii made upon II can be made neither
4 rf sulisening. But there are all
i sdks among you. and those who
is,' the mysteries OF mental uhy-
" entitled to occasional atteu ton.
ID, i Ia the verse quoted by the
s,lrsraty student to warrant the
hi !. was written by an infidel is
understand. The metaphor which
b % soul OF man TO the oxygen APP
lime i not only bueatiful but de-
II ihs INSPIRATION given the human
% soul. which has been aptly de-
rir element in human nature, diff
afis but blended with his whole
in'racter. and ranging even be-
! iitural desire and capacity for
saa the matter intelligentiy. ana
l'le appearance OF profundity as
" VIII permit. 1t is necessary IN
psfluilon. so far as our finite minds
~ Is to what the soul really Is
% with the Infinite certainly con-
tins most distinctive pecul,aritv
10 APART from tue rest of the ami
k'n- For" says tina distinguishes
'vneiofist. Willism B. Carpenter
ns aspiration after a nobler and
q nat tho highest spring OF human
l5 % said to consist. and II 4.
y the source Of those notions Of
f3'sstsnd beauty In the abstract
q peculiar to the higher types q,
'na'eser CAPACITY for progress
lnong the lower races land this ia
Y shich still remains open 10 de- |
" experienced. the desire for It.
ne lowest part of our own 'nrac.
sa popnlaton--ssems altogether
1 ansn once thoroughly awakened
Rows by what It feeds on and |
= once commenced little external |
NEEDED. for the desire increases |
Nst as the capacity. In tho |
~ " mental DEVELOPMENT there Is |
DOSING upward, not las In the |
30" more elevated human
u
w " once to something beyopd |
n a'l and material nature. Ana IN |
= 'ne love Of truth for It's own
Ta. tne incentive of our intel |
a. the love of goodness for
-a'mates our endeavors to bring
YEA nature into conformity with
I, ~ " TIE highest type OF beauty
\. : ron all that is low and SEN
!, ~. only elevating ourselves
4 i, wa but contributing to tho Gle.
i ,., $40 For We seem Justified BY
s...s OF Gus modern physio-
NJ $50 In the belief that alik. NV
s,s. ' ve exert over ourselves. and |
A. nv We exercise over Others. win
~. 'aa'c'ously directed toward The
NJ Z our physical nature impress
a. ~. physical constitution. AMI
n, MUG !. transmission of such mod.-
.,a,, .ae capacity of future genera
Nv ''aef elevation be progressively
u ! u carefully read. certainly
VA = into that element In our
~ We call soul.
~
p, \ sa' subject of Moral RESPONSE.
Ia CARPENTER has that 10 saw.
Ia,,,. n connection with the fore.
u, s me. not necessarily intended Tar
, AZ. paOies us to probe still fur
d, IDEAS which. by the vsrv
W. =. assenical constitution. relate
rs,s .l attributes OF the Deity.
s,,pr. y In fact. no part of mans
4 ., which does not speak 70
I'D "a s'sa'ly questioned. OF some
q A., above himself. The very
l:,ss Iol'e existence. whether in
i. ,.. .'4as to the idea OF the in
4. eplion OF dsnendent 1T.