The Washington times., 1918-10-18

+ eS DAVID N. SNSBURGH
Yes we do believe the soul and the body ARE separate
We reject utterly the materiac suggestion that the soul
is merely the expression Of material qualities and that is
product Of mere unplanned evolution
We do not deny the truth Of evolution in far it
affects purely MATERIAL things.
., We do not KNOW, and so do not DENY In the
first place. think that Darwin is very far from having
explained satisfactorily all of the marvellous creations
adapted to the air. the earth the sea and the darkness
Until some man shall explain the wonderful mysteries
Of embyoog Of the prenatal development Of the human
being there viii be little prospect of explaining that
marvellous ebryoogy that wonderful development of ami
NAL life in this great earth previous to mans brthpre
vous to the appearance Of humanity the directing force
here.
How can any man believe that the soul and the body
are simply ONE born together and at death scattered to
An inspiring sight in this world is that Of inspired
musician playing upon beautifully constructed violin
The tones Of the instrument marvellous. Without
that material instrument the genius residing in the brain
Of the could not find expression It could not do its
work in the world.
Yet only an ignorant savage looking at the violin and
hearing the music from it. could imagine that the
music itself is created by the vion that the GENIUS
soul, is in the violin.
The human body-the human brain and the various
organs that its purpose and carry out its orders
very wonderful and very beautiful machine It enables
man to do his work in ruling this planet tremendously just
the marvellous construction of the VIOLIN adapted to its
work through long ages of gradual development enables the
do IT'S work in elevatng the minds of the hearers
There is consolation for many of especially for
those of who inferior who succeed poorly and die
fsuren this idea that the body the instrument through
which the soul works If the instrument is imperfect the
soul only find imperfect expression Take away Paga
minis violin and give him cheap inferior fiddle-he will
still play, but it will not be the music If you give him
violin out of tune and do hot let him it he cannot
play MUSIC at all you give him banjo instead of
violin, what music can he give you?
Does not this comparison of the violin the musician
give least hopeful explanation of the development of
life earth? The man to whom you hand fiddle with
but string cannot possibly produce the notes that
called for.
Perhaps the dog, whose fidelity admire is simply al
soul imprisoned in imperfect instrument able to give
expression only to true note
The british savage with dmly developed instincts of
duty and honor have good soul that of Newton
Beethoven bound up for the time being body mper
fc developed that has not ct reached the point that
lets the soul express the harmony within it.
Is not pleasanter to suppose this than imagine that
the great Creative Force has made soul inferior to an
other for all time establishing ranks and classes that shall
endure with horrible injustice through all eternity?
the human could understand that it has within
It, powers Of magnificent development limited only by the
quality Of the brain through which the soul works how
deep interest would take in the DEVELOPMENT of their
race in the education Of children in kind treatment of
mothers In short If it could be made clear to US that our
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