New Britain herald., 1921-01-25

ciple, as divine mind, not independent as independent as intelligent cause, as the great forces so-called, of the universe-adhesion, cohesion, gravita- ton, all law, light, air and sunshine!
 The law governing earth and the countless celestial bodies is not de- pendent on human brains. or individ- ual human thinking. Is it not more rational, even to the crass materialist to believe in the self-existence of something and of the natural immor- tality of self-eNistence than it is to believe that something comes out of nothing?
 Infinite vacuity is meaningless, as limitlesS nothiugneSs or non-intelh- gence; hut infinite space filled with in- tclligcnce. or as infinite mind, self-ex- istent and indestructible, is full of meaning: indeed, ii is as self evident as that the light of day is not evolved from the darkness of the night. That divine intelligence is limited to hu- man intellect, is the conclusion of conceited humans. who might profit by few of the scriptural interroga- tions which the Almighty put to Job "Canst thou bnd tho sweet influence Of Peaides. or loose he bands or Ori- on:' 'Canst thou; bring forth Mazza-- roth in his season." O. canSt thou guide Arcturus with his sons" knowest thou the ordipances of heaven" CanSt though set the dominion thereof in the earth? CanS't thou lift up thy ,>otce to the clouds, that abundance Of waters may cover thee? Who hath put wisdom in inward parts" Or who hath given understanding to the heart" Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings toward the South? Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high" More over the Lord answered Job and said: Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him 2"
 What is self existent is immortal. for self existence implies being, not a coming into being. Creation is not an effect without cause. And the cauSe of an effect is not self-evolved out Of dependent effects.
 Because man. as he knows himself, is an ephemeral, changing being which seems to die and disappear from human view. we have no argu- ment against inspiration, which re-
  demonstration, man he really is, in immortal mind. as immortal as i'm destructible mind; and as appreci- able, spiritually. as so-called mortal man, appreciable to the ht1tIfan sense. is palpaIble to mortals
 Can philosophy 4inSso far as it abides in the readm of}dreams and believes that inspiration Is derived from. and limited to, material sense, tell us vhatA is the source of hope. faith and love? l Will the wise who are wise with the wisdom of the world which ''is fool l ishness to God teH us whence come l the virtues, which in the scriptures l are called the 'graces of the spir1t?" Do aspirations indeed spring from the 1 notwithstanding created atoms 1 which may be envisa ged by the micro l scopic Tense of human vision? Is it | indeed foolishness to believe that the !! scriptural assurance, that the pure ! in heart shall see God" is well found ed? Is it not easier to believe in in finite mind. all independent of, and above. matter, than to believe that | mind springs from. and is limited to. , matter? Do human aspira tions which | lead out of matter, ,spiritward, spring i from matter? Does. the stream ever |