Evening star., 1928-09-10
EXISTENCE OF GOD
DEFENDED DByLODGE
Scientist Philosopher Also
DisCourses on Future Life
Before SaVantS.
By the Associated Press.

GLASGOW, Scotland, September 10
The existence of God and of future
life was fervently preached yesterday
by Sir Oliver Lodge to members of the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science. With his own beard
a snowy white and the majority of his
distinguished congregation scarcely less
venerable in appearance, Sir Oliver in
the humility of his belief. declared that
all mankind are yet children in
nursery.
The scientist philosopher lowered over
his auditors in wellington Church With
his striking head outlined against the
sombre woodwork of the pulpit. Pound
ing his fist on the huge golden and
black book lying on the rostrum, he
declared, science, with all its great
work, has not eliminated the accunlu-
lated witness of the ages"
"The immenSity of possible discovery
contrasts with our feebleness in putting
At into words he said "Fo' that rea-
son never throw away hastily any old
faith or traditions because of some
dogma of science, do not run foul of
conventions merely because you do not
see the good of them.
Amazed at Creation.
"The problems do not get easier as
the world grows older. The extraor-
dinary multiplicity of plants and ami
mails is astounding What an imagina-
tion the creator must have had! Our
growth of knowledge of the planetary
system shows that everything is gov
erned by one system of law. Order
permeates all space, which leads us to
poStulate the existence of some great
being who controls ALL
Even space, according to Sir Oliver
is full of the animation of life and
matter" He then turned his thought
to that subject to which he has devoted
his later years, and which has, in his
strong belief, ccnsoleo him for the
tragic death of his son.
Real existence is a much wider
thing than terrestrial existence" he
said. I'VE are mistaken in believing
that life can exist only for material
bodies Il can exist, perhaps better,
with immaterial things. Our senses tell
US only about matter, and that is why
matter only has loomed so large in our
minds. Life can exist in the interspaces
as well as en- the planets.
Declares Dead Are Not Dead.
"There are many persons who for7
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hover close to us. They retain many of
the attributes that they once had here.
The dead are not dead but alive They
have bodies. but not of matter; what
I may call spiritual bodies They are
clothed, but not with material clothing
1t was at this point that the aged
speaker beamed benignly down on the
bearded scientists as upon children and
told them that the human race still IS
IN its infancy, and that the end of the
world is incredibly far distant.
Held Mistakes of Infancy.
Mankind came on to the earth very
recently" he said, so its corporate
blunders are the mistakes of infancy.
Our sQuabbles are like those of chill
dren in nursery. but they are deadly,
and hope we VIII have no more of
them. They tend to destroy civiliza-
tion
Life in its present infancy is not
very agreeable to the mass of people.
but human nature is higher than its
circumstances. In many respects. how
ever, We still are savages. To higher
beings We must seem primitive, indeed"