Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-06-26
1He aRoM1A oe uNaEtlEE

eFn word, having been suggested by
Prof. Huxley III 1850, and is used to
name IA school of thought which main.
tains that beyond what man can know
by his senses or feel by his "ffigher
affecGonS' nothing can be Known.
'phia Term expresses the convictions Of
thousands and perhaps millions Of the
most highly educated young nen and
women of the nation, to-day and the
tendency Of the instruction which they
receive in our higher institutions Of
learning The Station oyer, along the
lilies Of BIOLOGY, as that term is used in
a widest sense, and the silent con-
, se@pt with which religion is treated,
not 10 speak of the lazy which excludes
everything OF, Religious CHARACTER
from the public schooIs, is fast masking
of us d nation 2a ngnostics. It is in
vain that we t'y 70 shut our eyes to
This materiniistie tendency .oS the age.
The man who a, hundred, or even fifty
ysans ago would have been admired by
the world for his faith, is. now despi,yed
for IDS credulitys The individual who
Vases his opinions upon the testimony
ofptAess, unless tha testimony is carp
acle of demonstration through the me.
dium of one or more of the fl sc senses.
npd'unless that demonstrat ION is capa.
BILE of being Ipaole whenev er called for,
is looked upon as being an ansophisti.
ed'creetRre who by proper training
may poseibly reach 10 intellectual leyel
OF tlse higher educated class but until
tEat training has been acquired is not
by any means i,heir peer. lie may be
as well infor med OFT other matters, but
SRe tact OF mis- being willing to- accept
any thin,e as proof that does not con-
form 70 tile agonistic standard OF evide-
nee casts such doubts Upon his judg-
ment. that lie need not expect TO have
the fun respect Of men who are above
such credGious weakness, The fear OF
being considered ignorant often lndu
ces 'unedueated reople TO swallow un
questioned the sopbistrics Of this elias
Of thinkers, who ride themselves upol
their acumen. The evidence upoi
which the knowledge Of Deity, and th
true worship OF the sancis founded
necessarily Of such nature ais render
Il inadhiissible In the agonistic schoc
OF thodght? The human family hav
70 learn Of these matters through tn
testimony of certain favored member
OF the race who have been permlte
TO see and hear Chat Which il Is not ii
\ privilege of alT' TO see and hear. III
acceptance OF such testimony turn
upon She exercise of certain faculti,
whiclf do no. Depend FOR their worI
ings On any or all pf the five sense
phbS which appears worthy of belief "
Believe, ard this belief when II amour
to,g moral certainty we call faith, sar
slds faith Is the foundation upon whiC
the worship Of God is predicate'
She agnostic rejects all such ideas
this, or at least claims that he doe
aud proceeds solely on tie evidence
his five senses and what. be calls h
Higher aztec Ions whatever that nit
be. The, sesdency Of the, higher e.
ucehon 70 aynostcism is, too aptareI
losequire argument and the vsiqe
i education il too we'll understood to
questioned The probleEs is how to {
PEST it of this tendeney to unblieef,
bow to countereet rs influence in II
direction 70 she reigibhst 1t is
matter OF serious irppgtance To :
0hs,ch ought 10 he, for their is =
sblng sotpotent tor good as a oehef
che omhipresence Of the power, Of Z
Deity and the need OF living accordi
20 his requirements. The. individt
who feels tina. he has ns, one 20 C
him in question but his ssllow man /
only s,elnde the vigilance OF huri
syss ia osaer tolfceb safo' IN the &C
aisaoapf any csime which his ?
sions may suggest, but When the (
Of u punlshnsnt in tile future II
which there is'no escape, Is before I
HE matter assures dif,erelt arpe
arce.