Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-07-19
Logan E. sisoslsy Talks Religion.

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mind at peace because of the
conclusion that he had arrived at re-
garding the power that brought
whole systems of worlds, as we'll as
man, into existence, Judge Logan E.
Bleckley, former Chief Justice of the
Georgia Supreme Court, with the
SHOWS of seventy-six winters upon
his head, exclaimed in his address on
religion before the Georgia Bar AS
sociation recently:
"Why should we not trust the
Power that produced usp The
power that brought us into the world
will save US from destruction, if we
do right. A man to be religious
should be loyal to the truth. I am
for the truth, whatever it is. l am
for q personal God, if there is per.
sonal God, or whatever power it may
be, ! am for it,"
These words spoken with rever-
ence and with evidences of the deep
est emotion, profoundly stirred the
large audience assembled in the
auditorium, and the complete silence
and the intense attention that all
present gave the venerable jurist
throughout his declaration as to his
religious beliefs, showed their alb
sorbing interest in the topic under
discussion.
Judge Bleckley said that he had
studied law ever since he was IL
years of age, but he had studied re-
ligion even more. The thoughts he
was going to express were deliberate
and mature, as he had pondered over
them for many years. Summed up,
the philosophy of the famous
Georgian agrees with that of the
poet, in that "whatever is, is best"
He believes in a Higher Power, he
knows not what, but he has faith in
its goodness and knows now in his
soul that the same Power that
brought mans soul into this world
will not desert it in eternity. He
finds that this conviction, formed as
q result of the ponderings of life
time, has given him great comfort.
81 am not considered a religious
man." said Judge Bleckley. 81 am
a member of the church, the Church
Universal. I have been misunder-
stood. So far as Christianity is con-
cerned, / have been a sort of sus-
pect. can put you on a line of
thought broad enough to give hope.
To me, there is no credible religion,
no religion but that has incredible
dogma. I am speaking with the
candor of man that's honest. l
am coming to the point where /
must soon face religious questions at
the grave. I think l now have
definite religious beliefs, religion
to die by.
at is not true that the failure of
particular religious system leaves US
without hope.
"Religion, true religion, I define
to be the essential relation between
man and the source of his origin,
between man and his Creator, with
out considering whether his Creator
is God, a person, or whatever it
may be.
81 don't say that any religion is
wrong, although some probably are
some must be.
"Suppose that any OF all religious
systems are wrong-are we wrecked +?
"These thoughts are of great i'm
portance and are great consolation
to those who are bewildered, as /
have been and am. Why should we
not trust that Power that produced
us Why should we despair be-
cause these great mysteries exist I?
Maybe you can solve the mystery of
the universe, can't. Science can't.
l have pondered it for years. If we
can't find the solution of the mys-
terry by study, then it can't be neces-
sary for us to know it.