The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

IN Ike manner. leads us 10 ~. .,..,..,
NNS"er VINO implanted II IN our cons,l.u.
.oh. anu as has been we'll remarked All
w appeais Of Innocence asaipst unrisht,ou,
force are appeals 10 eternal iustioe ana en-
,ne visions OF moral purity ara g,,nr.a. !,
,ne inhnite excellence The a.nirat,ans :,
.ne more exalted moral ntaures after -,
nisner state OF holiness and purity "a, ..,,
DO satisfied by the contemplated =, 80,
perfection as no merely human beinS hss
ever attained. aud II Is only In the eortor,,i.
uon OF the Divine Ideal that thew mas, ,b.,.
appropriate object
sentiment OF beauty. especially a. 4,
,''es from the material to the spiritual masses
oesono tue noblest creations OF art ana ~.
,uos' perfect realization OF It in the outusra
ms ana scars into the regions OF .he 49,,
o.sn' where alone the Imagination can frs.,r
eNoand itself In the contemplation =, .,.h
oeaus az no objective representation can
l'e"pouy' II Is by combining. 40 far a, orr
.apauity VIII admit. the ideas which va ,h,s
ueri'e from reflection upon the fncts ~ orr
own consciousness. with those which VIC drs,
from tne contemplation OF the uni versa ,ro,,,s
U.S. that We form the iustsst eoncen,,o, -
'ne DIVINE Being Of which our anits nina,
are capable. We are led to conceive n, ,,,r,
as the absolute. Interchangeable se,,..v,s,an.
innnite In duration. ilimi,sble In .,oca ~.
highest ideal of truth, right aud beauty a.
Hi powerful source OF that agency wb;ch ~.
recognize In the phenomena of nature mo
all wise designer of that wondrous ni.r
whose original perfection is the real source
OIL the uniformity and harmony which VIC
recognize In its operation. the all benevolent
eontriver Of the happiness Of His sentient
creatures, the all lust disposer OF events in
the moral world. for the evolution of the
ultimate ends for which man was called into
existence. In proportion to the elevation of
our spiritual nature and the harmouIous
deVeiopment OF Its several tendencies will be
the elevation and harmoniousness Of our con-
ceptlon OF the Divine and In proportion. more
particularly. as we succeed In raising our
selves toward the Ideal OF perfection which
mas been graciously presented to us In the
'well-beloved Son OF God. are this relations
OF the Divine Nature to our own felt TO BIO
more intimate. And II is from the con
seriousness Of our relation to God as His
creatures, as His children. and as independ-
ent nut responsible fellow workers with Him
In accomplishing His great purposes that
all those ideas and sentiments arise, which
are designated as religious. and which con-
stitute that most exalted portion of our ma
ture."
NOW. to recur again TO the verse upon THE
SOUL and reading 1t In the light of what
mas been said to you. where is there a
thought contained in 1t indicative of It's
writer being an infde? The idea that in
head with plenty brain In store" tho
lame lie enabled to burn the more" is
thoroughly warranted by Professor Carpen-
ter's utterances regarding the relative grades
OF mental DEVELOPMENT. The narrator Is
therefore forced to the conclusion without
having any knowledge whatever on the sub
1ect, that the writer of the verse is one who
knows he has soul. and sees God In the
universe. and who could say with Goethe
To me the eternal existence of my soul is
proved from my idea OF activity. II work
necessarily until my death. nature will give
me another form of existence when the pres
ent can no longer sustain my spirit"
Megargee