Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-07-26

Some Of the best men are victims OF
disease and drag out their years In
agony: some OF the worst, with scar
ed consciences and nerves of iron.
revel In all the enjoyments that health
and money can bestow. The virtuous
suffer for the vicious; the idle thrive
ON the industrious; saints are cruel.
fled and the scum Of the earth wag
their heads IN derision.
N. then, this world be all there Is
for us its author is not Just. Regard
ell as a system complete In itself.
lit is riddled through and through with
wrong. Yet We cannot bring oursel-'
YES to think that IL was made by
chance or created by a devil. There is
too much beauty. too much nationality,
too much progress We cannot help
believing that 4, has emanated from
being who Is wise and good. Hence
we find our present standpoint--the
injustice OF iIfe-the strongest argu-
ment for Immortality. The inequalities
OF earth bear unmisiakable testimony
TO the existence OF compensating
world beyond. Yhe future Is needed
TO redeem the present from contempt.
Immortality alone can vindicate the
character Of God.
Third. the incompleteness OF life:
"Msn Is the most incomplete thing
on earth. Everything else-star.
ocean. insect. etc.-has a certain pro-
portion. II fits into It's own place and
gives no hint that II might have been
other than II is But with man Il is
not so. Which OF us has reached the
plentitude Of his mental or moral ca
pabilitics? The savage lion Is a type
OF lionhood but where will you find
the man who Is a type Of manhoody
Take the saint. the hero. the philan-
thropist. the philosopher-each repre-
SCENTS only phase OF the perfect. ideal
man. II We we're meant TO be happy
we never attain our end some never
know what happiness Is and the most
favored only partly. II We were meant
to be good We never reach II the best
O. us feel how much better we might
have been. II we were meant for ser
vice the end Is never fully realized
our labor Is feeble. applied In the
wrong direction and unfruitful. Our
endowments are altogether out OF
proportion To a life Of fhreescors years
and ten. Reason. VIII. conscience,
love--each implies an eternity. Kant.
the great German philosopher. based
his demonstration OF Immortality on
conscience alone. The argument Ia:
Conscience bids us aim at perfection.
but perfection Is not TO be reached on
earth. n. therefore. this life be the
only life for us we are overweighted
In our moral ma .ure. Conscience needs
an enduring arena for its operation.
Character continues growing to the
end. Many of our best qualities--hu-
manity. patience. contentment-are
the fruits OF weary years OF dicipline.
Shall the beginning Of our success be
the signal for our extinction? Does
God fashion beautiful life only to
destroy Il?
The facts OF life confirm the hope
That In a world OF larger scope.
What here is faithfully begun
VIII be completed-not undone.
DIR. Caughley compared the ancient
Greeks conception OF Hades with the
Hebrews idea OF sheol and traced the
similarity, showing how each regarded
death as a deplorable doom. and how
by degrees each developed belief In
a future state OF rewards and punish
ments.
In conclusion DIR. Caughley said: Il
could 20 ON to elaborate the argument
for Immortality from various stand,
points: Evolution: the greatness Of
man; primitive races; the nature Of