The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-13

living soul!
MY railroads.&c. friend says: We
read of Judgment, reason, memory.
Imagination. as faculties Of the soul
He says, You say my dog has no
roul? Yes. I repeat it He has a
mind and a body. and a living intel
!. Ngence7' Yes, I admit all that!'
well. SIR says my infidci. IL these
are faculties Of the soul. and I have
and my dog has them in their lower
development. why Is It have q soul
and he has nctf'
. '.If you haven't an answer for him.
he viii floor you right there! Seer
But hold on, infidel, Will power.
judgment, reason. memory. are facul-
ties OF the mind, sir. Seeing. hearing.
smelling, tasting, touching. are the
ave form faculties Of the body. But
the soul has three faculties that
neither mind nor body possesses--the
faith faculty. moral faculty. con-
science!
Defines Faith
.'Oh.' says my infdsl. my dog has
faith He has faith in somebody he
has seen. but he has no faith In some
body or some place that he has never
scent
~Hsrs II an elephant: He hives to
i high grade Of intelligence for an
animal. but you never could lodge one
thought In his brain about somebody
or some place, that he has never seenl
Lat him see, and then he VIII ro-
member. But that n faculty of tho
mindi
"A man says. II csuid believe, T
would be = Christian
"You remind me Of . fellow sitting
3 l~nx
ana mittens on. and an overcoat, and
3 fellow Gays to him. Why don't you
!. get busyT Why he Gays. am
waiting to rot mp = sweat But let
him hay hold OF tho az and begin to
axercise, ana the sweat win come. Al
the Muscular aystem Of your body
develops. no your soul--your faith
fAculty--will develop by exercise! But
processes Of Nature wither AWAY
a. not use. you lose what you have!
III you will eat the kinda Of food
tai yUu to eat ana let alone the kinds
I tell YOU to let alone. can make
4 physical infldsl out Of you! And IL
Vol, weigh two hundred pounds. in
fhree weeks I wifi have you 30 weak
you can't stand on your feet But
nm will have to will to do what tell
ron to do In order to find out whether
vun't do what I tell you to do. and
then say don't know. / say you are
|, .If you win you won't do what Cod
fells you to do, and yet say there n
nothing in religion. that proves you
haven't any sensei
Moral Faculty.
NOW as to the moral faculty:
"A dog has no mQrals-nor Z horss.
ner cat They have no conception OF
Y3Kht or wrong. because they have no
6Oaii Man alone has . soul! Man
Alone knows right from wrong! Man
alcue possesses the power Of faith!
"Ccnscicnce: Conscience win de-
wnlon a. you educate It You may ed
acAte- your conscience to believe q
f1,fng e right when itssts positively
wropg, and yet you arc following
war conscience and you are heading
|. stfaight for hell!
.The only infallible rule Of faith In
practice today IL the word OF God.
Your conscience 10 guide. provided
Il has been regeneratedf
cat last, when we stand on this
narrow neck of land, and memory
snd, conscience do their work, con-
~riAnce will be the eternal scOurge N
E1d brings down the lash upon your
fsrk and says. Remember You
foply. why, FORGET. ! SAY you never
IN forget! II you have ever known.
va will always remember!
.Over in Assyria they dug mp .
arhsYform, an inscription baked upon
rviinder OF clay, and when they de-
Nnifrred these wedge-shaped hero
ssnhice they read there the ancient
Ssfory Of Babylon and Of Assyria. 30
3rsr. ycrd and thouGht and act =
III s3nr baked ii the sefs. pllabls, d.
"a day, your memory. and wh@
n ~ s4o1chsa thu eosret errtn9. POM
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