Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-29

to create anew the life OF its order,
thereby becoming the beginning or
origin Of that life, SO Jesus, in His
theocrasis and dispersion into the
world, was the beginning or origin Of
the new creation Of God.
Now as to the difficulties Seney en-
counters in regard to astronomical
distances. He says: Suppose two OBJ
servers stationed at different points on
Cor, if you prefer, I'M the earth. Let
them focus their instruments on the
same planet: with the angle recorded,
knowing their distance apart, does the
gentleman mean to say that they
would be unable to determine whether
the planet Is less than thousand or
whether it is millions of miles away"
That depends entirely upon whether
the angles are determined from The
basis Of a convex or concave arc.
The assumption that we dwell upon
the convex surface of the earth enters
into every astronomical triangulation
made by the followers of CopernicLs,
rendering their conclusions as hypo-
thetical as their premise. Let Senex
take the data Of any observation made
for the purpose of determining planet
airy distances. relate them to the con-
cave instead of the convex arc. elimi.
nate the assumptions of terrestrial
rotation and revolution about the sun,
and he will get results that will har-
monte with the Koreshan system. II
he can first demonstrate convexity,
then it will be proper to relate his
angles to the convex arc; but he
should not claim certainty of results
from an assumed premise.
Lastly, he finds himself unable to
harmonize eternity of universal exist.
ence with limitation of physical form.
He seems to accept the truth of the
spacjc and trinic limitation Of matter;
which is bit curious considering the
dogmatc assertion by scientists gener-
ally, that matter is indestructibie.
Now, in order to show how the uni
verse can remain continuously in
operation at the same old stand, not
withstanding the non-eternity Of mat
ter, it will be necessary to state an
axiom: namely, universal substance
exists in two general states, spirit and
matter, which are inseparable CO.
ordinates, each convertible to the
other. In other words, the continuous
transnutation Of spirit to matter, and
Of matter to spirit. throughout all
planes of universal life, provides both
for the constant change necessary to
existence. and for the unbroken con-
tinuity of the universe as whole.
Does SeneX regard this statement
as groundless assumption? Let min
make observations in any domain Of
universal activity; everywhere he will
see evidences of it's truth. Let him
glance at his own organism, where
both phases of substance are actively
manifest. There is matter CHS body,
as he learns from the evidence of his
senses There is spirit CHS mentality,
as we learn from the scintillant corus-
cations emanating therefrom through
the Courier's columns. He cannot
deny the reciprocal relations of body
and mind, and the transmutation of
bodily substance to mental, and vice
versa, in the activities incident to
those relations. There is constant
change going on in his own existence,
but does not the continuity of that ex-
istence persevere? True, that con-
tinuity will probably finally be broken,
but that is because he IS not the uni
verse. but one of its changing parts.
Does he want still further evidence?
Then l will advance the fact that in
his own observation, and In the
historical record Of the observations
of others, no instance can be found Of
life that did not spring from previous
life. There is no cosmic law more i'm
mutable than that of the merging Of
past life into present life, and Of pres
ent life into the future life. Senex
will realize. when he permits himself
unrestrained exercise Of his reasoning
faculties, that this simple fact Of every
day observation gives absolute assur-
ance of the continuity Of universal
existence AS to the eternity of time.
does he not know that time moves in
cycles. and that the ending of one
cycle is the beginning of another.
If the calculation of these points
does not bring to light any other men,
tai abnormaities than those catalogued
in his letter in your issue of March
18, I shall consider that Senex may
hope for qualification of his desire for
the illumination of the "darkened
recesses" of his troubled mind"
Madison Warder.