Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13
LAST OF SERIES OF MISSION ADDRESSES
BY DR.. SULLIVAN AT UNITARIAN CHURCH
MORNING AND EVENING SERVICES, SUNDAY

, own. but let him form it after pro-
tractcd study of the case, pro and
contra: and / assure you this is not
q matter for a half hours reading,
nor for going through a volume or
two on the subject. Something pro-
found and mysterious is there to eX-
plain, let your explanation be what
it will.
The question of the souls survival
is not whether the physical brain is
absolutely necessary for thought, as
we now live: we know that it is. Nor
is the question whether We are
machines; we unquestionabN are.
But the issue is this: whether we
are not machines plus something
more; and whether the soul, while
using the brain as its Indispensable
instrument now. is not in its own
nature absolutely different from
ANYTHING that the friction OF
molecules ccn possibly produce.
There is no diacoverable causal
connection whatever between the
,, agitation of atoms in physical tissue
and, for example. the thought OF
honor. or self sacrifice. or the hero s
resolve to die for Truth. On the one
hand we have physical energy. on
the other spiritual valucs-two alb
SOluItlN uillelcEl Wol iNin. " '''''
that physical energy is mechanically
transformed into spiritual values, is
not only an assertion destitute OF
lsfoundation or any shadow of founda-
! tion-but is itself a far greater
wonder than the souls survival.
! We cannot cEperimcntally know
| what soul is unless we cultivate II.
| If a man lives only for his stomach
or his greed. of course he Will not
| know what YOU mean when You talk
! of a soul. But then he is not man.
| he is only half a man, or perhaps a
! fraction still smaller. But cultivate
| the soul. as your higher Impulse
| urges YOU to do: know what Right IS
/ in all its aw(ulneSs and peautE'
| know what Truth is in all its
authority and glory; know what
| reverence and aspiration are in all
| their sacredness. and what will hap
! pen? You will find Yourself in a
world of reality beyond time. You
~, will live in an eternal order. You
will transcend flesh. Now every high
/ spirit who has done this. knows with
| absolute certainty that this rmeieSs
world, this eternal order is his true
! home. 1t is his native air: It is
| his destined perfection and fulhl-
, ment.
This gives not merely the hope OF
| immortality. but the sense Of it. 1t
means that as the lungs were meant
to breathe air and the blood to flow
in its channels, the spirit within us
was meant by its inherent law to
find itself in world of Right and
Truth and Beauty. It's home. It's
development, cannot he in anything
lower This. if we have eyes not
only for the hody's perfection but
the souls. is our clearest indication
and our deepest persuasion of the
! souls delivcrance from flesh. and the
solemn consequence of 1t is that
when we enter by this deliveranco.
/ into that timcless world. we shall
take station in it, according to our
service of eternal ideals here"
There will be no meeting tonight
DR.. Sullivan will preach Sunday
morning at 1890 on Insight and
Power" The last of the series of
Mission addresses. THE Transient
and the Permanent in Christianity
! will be delivered Sunday night.
! These are the last two opportunities
to hear Dr. Sullivan. one of the
most eloquent of Unitarian preachers.
On Sunday night a collection will
he taken for the purpose of sending
DIR. Sullivan to other cities in this
| great work