The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-02

in.0I What difference does u MAKE
whether So Peters cathedral. 40 Rome
hsI n have four generations for
nuIlmr. Some one first had Go con
.el.. boss if- dome was to Boz erected
Hrlofe u your cvolufiouists theory
o. sou 1851. hnt sul the fact remains
t1af fhr only WAY fo produce this
wnf.d +. fo have one master mind gov
rfn.n1 nI Us 10 more unphllOeophicul
g.. believe In personal God omuipo
fent." wrote benjamin Disraci. than
boz rnurl forces unconscious ana ir-
r..isfneY Us 10 unphilosnphicul 10
combine power with intelligence
Goethe % SpInozist who did not believe
n ~ninnza. said that he could bring HIS
mind fo the conception that IN the cen
'cr Of snace wr might meet with
mound 0f pure Intelligence What may
Oh. fhe center Of space I leave 10 the
Imagination OF the author OF Faust.
hut monad Of pure intelligence Is
fhnt wore philosophical than the truth
rh0t God made man IN his own i'm
agct Whore did the great cosmos
come from anyway. unless there was
% master mind producing all these har
monies of natures lawsY
When ! look upon the world 1t APP
pears to me like mighty army upon
HcmmDh "Where are you going. sol
t-r-:" cry They shake their heads
They do mot know They answer The
general knows. We. do not" Then as /
follow those mon I fnd they have great
commis~ary train> near boy filled with
food Then I find the surgeons there,
and the scouts there. and the nipple
ments of war there Then ! find all
This vast host wheeling and marching
and hat.ug and lighting and retreat
ing because they are under the com
m9nd of one mind Thus with natures
lnwe I ind the grass growing. the
Hin falling life reproducing life ]
find au these forces not I'm conflict, but
ln harmony. Who created these forces
Who rules them today Call II "a mo
mad Il you please. call that individual
power Cod You cannot II you would,
unless YOU eschew your common sense,
deny being a deist VIII you plead to
day for the Baal Of athelsmI
We'll. answers another man. Il am
not 0n atheist am a delst, but 70 be-
ieve in an overruling Providence does
not necessarily mean that one believes
IN a personal God who cares for us.
believe in God. but l also believe that
l am mortal and when l die that is
the end OF me. Why should God care
for me any more than / should care for
a little ant In the country road or for
mosquito that alights upon my cheek
Why should be cOncelted enough TO
think that God would LEI me live for
ever and ever7 / am no more impOr-
taut In Gods sight that a fy's life is
important In my sight" You say you
are a deist and yet do not believe IN
the immortality Of the soul Then, my
brother as an intelligent being. how
can you account for the purpose Of the
creation AT alll II God Is n wise being
and an intelligent being. he certainly
xeated this world for something Now,
,or what did he create the world?
Every4hing has 20 he done with IA.
tonal purpose or else the creation Is
bot rational Surprising you are n
wealthy landowner and some day you
decide 20 build magnificent mansion
about a mile from your own palace.
Iou begin 20 erect that palace Of pur-
est marble and hang its windows with
The choicest Of tapestries and cover its
floors with the richest Of Damascus
rugs Then you VIII al It's halls with
beautiful stauary and cover lis walls
with the most exquisite Of pictures.
Then If next year / should enter this
magnificent palace and find II unten
anted. save by few cats and dogs
and beetles and bugs and flies and
frogs. should ] not reasonably say 10
you. what, Did you not build this
pa.ace for any other purpose than 10
house q fcw animals and bugs" And
YOU should answer. Yes. am a hui
l want 20 let these ami
mails and crawling creatures have Just
ms good e house as / live in" What
DO you suppose would think Of your
1 would say You are ont Of your mind.
because you do something with no ra-
tonal purpose Did Cod the Creator,
make this world for no other pur-
pose than 10 house bugs and beetles
and animals. Of which man Is one2 or
course if you grant that man Is immor-
tai and that this earth is a preparatory
place where man IS 10 be ftted for d.
vine companionship with God forever
then l can see a rational purpose for
The creation. Otherwise there Is no
rational explanation why this beautiful
world was formed
Then alongside OF mis- idea I want
you 70 place the fact that there Is an
innate universal idea 10 every mems |
life that ne Is immortal Man looks
upon the dog and says. THAT dog may !
die. but not man" he looks upon the |
bird flying through the heavens and
1h9o A nut NiiN may Nicr Nuh A'A i
man" He looks upon the turtle. tho
longest lived creature upon the face Of
the earth. and says. THAT hard sholled |
creature may die. but not man" And |
Wherever you 90. no matter whore II
may be. the white or the yellow or
the black or brown skinned men all
cry. 81 shall I've. shall live" II you
ore willing 70 bolioyo the innate bsiiefs
of man. II you believe that man is I'M
mortal then II Il not absurd for rs 20
suppose that God would create this
beautiful world 20 m man for his
celestial residence VIII you todny /
argue against the immortality Of the
s0ulf
"Weii." says another man, Il am not
ma atheist believe In God I also
believe In the immortality Of the soul
But cannot believe In tho incarnation
Df God In the person Of Jesus Christ