The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23
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dren would call BIGNESs, is absolutely without
limit
And difficult it is for 20 conceive it, we shall
probably settle down The bcicf that life itself
began.
Fortunately science and religion agree in saw
ing that life will end.
On this and other planets and suns for ,nilIions
ana millions of life will continue in different
forms And always the quat! of life will be ex-
pressed in the old philosophers formula ~ think
therefore l am
Life is thought, consciousness is thought And
that which is thought in us, that power in our con-
seriousness which plans and execute, the power that
uniteS the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans that
puids great buildings and digs tunnels. the same
power, although feebler, in the jellyfish which
hoats mt the will of the waves which shows
Thought only in a feeble capacity for Withdraw,
ing itself from danger.
Man is wonderful, thinking living bc,no cow,
pared with the mass Of Jelly that we call a ,ellv
hsh' lie probably has in the great suns that the
telescope shows us bigger and older brothers. that
are rs far above him as he is above the icllyash.
lime never began and never end Space has
no limit and can have none
Matter itself is probably ip0,i,. ,.ho.
VIC have no reason TO think that our little corner
OF infinite space is occupied and the rest "emntv, ,,
contemplation OF this universe. any effort 20 0ef
our thoughts away from our little front yards
and our little plans life tires the p,,nd h+
il Is worth while.
Man rises above the animal ONLY AS TTE RISps
ABOVE THIS EARTH,~in his thoughts and IN hi.
interests. 49, A1A
What is life? We don't know wc o,Ir -,
it Is the power that enables us to tbnI, and nro
gross and by the use of force control matter.
when did life begin-how did 1t bcgin-vba,
will 1t end? Aa
we doht know. We only know that we possess
H. and that our duty is use it rs well no Urn 60
sho"ihs sFatitude for the wOrh done by the HyIno
bcings back of us. by doing that which will 49,,
napier the living beings that are to follow
hifl'' FORCE, NATTER the three tbinus
which we believe we see
VIC hho" that matter and force indestructi.
o'e Faith science and common sense teach ms thar
consciousness o. life, the power that controls mot
ter and force must also be indestructibIc
Natter and force undergo changes Life or con
seriousness may undergo similar changes
Matter ana force may be the same for all mat
Ter may be reduced down to eectrons units of eIec
tricity. And ali force may be demonstration -,
electric power in different form.
Everything except the little work tbat ~
doing, the cleaning OF the kitchen the lnre..
OF the sermon, the digging OF the ditch--aI outs;d
of that is mystery u.s.
But we know THAT WE HAVE LIFE
And we know by the experience of few thous.
and years that history records, and by the experi
encc of millions of years that geology reveals to us
THAT THIS EARTH IS GOVERNED WISELY.
JUSTLY AND SAFELY.
We see rolling through space suns with their
planets that hundreds millions of years Old
CIR than little solar system. live on an earth
warmed by sun million times as big as our
earth. And we with the telescope another sun
n million times as big own sun.
We know that everything in this vast universe
from the greatest to the smallest living germ
of life, Is under just government
We no longer imagine God the ruler of this great
universe as Michael Angelo imagined him We do
not think OF Him as man with beard and a cloak
But we do know that the ruling power is JUsTTCE
uncfanging law, and that life worth while at,,.s
the humblest possessor of life and consciousness 10
a sharer In all the activities the universe arJ
may hope for progress change uncnd,,S. 80