The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-23
THE UNIVERSE HIS WORK.
An Eloquent Discourse TO Provo the
Existence Of God.

To u EDITOR OF u SuN-Str: The
other sunday evening while IN Boston
] heard something worth while. ] at
tended In Ford Hall. which IN an open
arena for friendly. social and semi-re-
ligious discussion conducted by a Bap-
list philanthropy, AN address delivered
10y a well known Boston lawyer. James
=. Magenis. who talked elouuently and
en~tertainingly for an hour. and then
submitted to n grilling nina
ton on the part of his audience of 1,5Oo
men and women. who evidently came
from all walks of life and were Of many
religious preferences. In his reminis-
cerrces Mr.. Msgenis. himself a Roman
Catholic. treated OF the value OF prayer
in a manner that actually made me
ASHAMED OF myself.
Well. when the attorney finished and
the interrogatorles by the audience be-
gan, a free hlnke stood M and said:
Mr.. Magenis. you indorse prayer TO
God. How do you know there IL a
Cod" This was the lawyers answer
as taken down by a st~enographer who
SGT next to me:
! know there Is q God. beyond the teach
ings Of my faith, In the evidence OF things
TO be seen. We know this Old earth turns
upon lis axis once in twenty -four hours.
Ia so doing II proves the expenditure Of
great energy. Then the sun. whose limit
less energy confounds calculation. II TO be
noted In tho heavens. Then, too, we know
from observation me earth travels on its
orbit, causing the hanging seasons. ana
provides u further demonstration OF Inn
ineH surab.e energy. On a starry night the
eye searches great distances ana there IL
revealed to us the cancellations. the plan
c.s and 'he whole solar system swinging
around the sun. TO say nothing OF the
mysteries Of the infinite beyond. Truly
Infinite energy with ~ effects IL plainly
visible. To this we should add that the
great machine ~ the universe II working
On time. even % tue second. our finest
piece 81 man made mechanism only simu-
!dtes the rotation Of The earth %inefec-
lively in the c~hronoineter which at hes.
II hut a slightly defective instrument when
compared to the wonderful mechanism Of
The universe. 80 infallbl.. so reliab.s
throughout the years, In fact down through
time inmcmorial. Here We have infinite
energy with unvarying precision plainly
VISIBLE TO those VINO would see. perhaps. |
should say 20 those who will 500.
Now then, let us analyze what We see.
Man mas never been able 70 create a sin
se foot pound Of force. with coal and
water power. steam and electricity he can
transform force, nut cannot make II. The
power TO create force exists above the pos
abilities Of mon. II is superhuman. Then.
II man IN his Intelligence cannot, create
force. not even In the least degree, ami
there are presented TO the eve the visible.
undisputed evidences OF an Infinite force
moving the great mechanism OF the uni
verse. surely there 4. an infinite creator
90 an innn!te force. That creator Is tho
great cause Of force In it, var'ou. manifes-
%'dtlons. That creator Is not only the archi-
'ect OF the universe. but he maintains IA
| fntTNe,'ala nns4uu and urslrutr ia Ina
mite machinery. Tho greatest piscs o.
I mechanism, tho most stupendous feat %
engineering. the sublime mystery ~ wo-ll
dynamics alone c~ontravene the empty ny.
p%othesis that there - no God.
coming from a lawyer, tins was logi-
cal common sense; II was more thar
that. Il was a petition to the appellate
court above. NoRMAS RICE.
BosToS, January 20.