69 l'IIlLOSOJ'llY OF· Tln~ nIDm:N SPIRITUAL S~IJo:'''CF.s. lit ~. W. llJACKltr. So"h bp thy portion J tbp bUM '0 tOok .. Whh n r,"~rrcnd I'plrlt.1hr-ouAh Nu\un'. booB, By roun ... by fo"""t. by r,.,cor'A UIIE'~ 'ro 1ruck thp pnlh of love "ivlne; " I 'ro r''1ld II .. dl't'JI meanlnp-lolIJ>e nnd bear God Ib ",:anb'. gu"Nen-·Dnd no' 10 ft'or. . -M H..,. ".&lIANa. l.f''t me.1ht'n .... l.pt m(l drf'Am . '"hnt tov" g04'i\ \\ Ilh'ue In the abort tinkriowDi -So o'er II .. burning 1('8n. A hf'a,"pply glt'am In mt"1CY sbnU be 8bownl-l.aJo. . Jl~cau.c the church has ever been. tbe ·oy. I"malic and ever co"olant erielny of Inde:: pendent thougbt, 80 thlllkers· -free tl.h,ker.. -have learlled !o h.te the cburch and il~ teaching', and thlo has bet'n more lI,ark.d .ince the great schl.m ill the church which dofied and denied the "\lthorit~ of Ihe Pope and the Churcb. of· nOlDe. ·ThclI modern . thl"k~rs elljoyed the 1);";t -. frul;. 01 menIAl liberty, an euj"yru
'10 SJ>IHlTU.4L SOIENTIST. ~UA philosophy WIUI reeardlng ber victories over dogma, creed and su jlerstltious faith; while science, supported' by pbllosophy, was supplanting ~beology and forcing tbe cburcb to drift from' ber ancient moorin",,; while the churcb In ber dotage Ima.glned thst to I.er tho world w .... ludobillj) for civilization and 'prngre•., and as.lmilatlng modem thou!;l.t '0 thorougbly that tI •• re exlsled a probability tba~ Inaterlalism in C8JlOJiical. would be<strong>com</strong>e tbe churcb oC the future, anotber Cactor In tbe grand batUe field of liberty and thought W89 .lIeD~ly growlug and tralnltig for tbe gladlatotl .. 1 toumamen to Religion e'ltered the field ag~h.st the Church; like tbe warm cbeerlng rayo of the Bun It penetrated tbe Ileart of m .. n and lov. like a beautiful lIower grew upon bl. bosom. Uellglon. pur,C ,and undel'lled, the highest aud bulle..t Idea of mall, tbough pro.tituted by priests, debased by ehurebe" and tL,ed by' tbe un.crupulolls as a cloak fo~ tbelr villaiuies Is ever tbo truest friend of man; hi. protector from tyranny and guilte aud' con soler in dlotres.. It. ,;tUl oman yulee can accumpllsh ,more than the <strong>com</strong>bined storms of Science and l'hilosoplly. Theso three in ono ar~ a blessed Trinity. F.ver since man became a reasoning animal, wherever be b ... elll.ted, It I. almost eertalll that wltb but rare exception. be ba. endeavored to solve the problem of hi. origin aud destiny. lIe bas rarely been content to believe' himself R tranAitory pbenomenon; 'Irom blrtb to' deatb eating alld drhl~lng, sleeping and waklllg and maturing only to die and Ic",.e others bebind togo througb tbo same proee... It I.as seldom \weu enteMlncd a., other than an 'orrolleoUM alld purpo,e I"". w~tc oC vital energy. The buman mllnl stal'tll back at the Bugge.tion, exclaiming In tbe language of ~'Ichte: "Ney~r can this be my destiny, or tbat oC the world. 80mething tl.at I;' to endure mllst bo brvught forth ill all tbe.e cbange. oC tbe trallRitory and the perl.llable-sonlelblng wblcb may be carried forward safc' lUld IlIvlolate on tbe waves of time." Ante-natal origin and po • .,.mortBDI deotlny !laye exerelsc to opeculaUve fancies, and bave been from age to ago encouraged by pbenomella ..... ulugly extra mundauc hi cbaracter, aud sllAA""tive 01 U;e poAsibllity of Illvlslble ["rms of life, forms o[ lIfc wbletj mlgbt be the invi.ibleUve. of tlleu III anotber state. Tbese psychological, pbenol»en" ~a"" ,ever IAmpted tbe aspiring fancl .... ~f mao to 80lve the problem Of destiny, wblch ~as alao ever eluded bl. gra'P, iun'. JaJ.uI. leading bini away from the prosaic facts of ~very day liCe, to the poetic fancies of dreamlalld, Into tbe P"1cbic mysteries oC bl. own being and the life beyond, Occa..lollallyex ~pl\onal ."periences develop tbe bard, tile poet and tho seer; and lDell uplifted by Lbo IIgll~reftecled from tbese bjgh prlcstll of Na ~ure, won.bipped tbe power they Celt but could not <strong>com</strong>prehend. 'Power gathered around tbe.,o nuclei and religion. arose, prlestboodJl were organized and .burcbes formed to govern tbe dc.tlnieo of natlous.' A.. cburches became cornlpt., as tbey luevltably mWl~ always be<strong>com</strong>e till tb .. Un;'ena1 religion and cburch oC bUlDanlty has uDly.rbat tsway,. SO propbeu and reformers ar.ose t schisms were created alld DP.W' churebeo camo illlo IJelng better adapted to the grow.' ' ' Ing \vantil of man. But'indepelldeully of cbureb government tbere bas beell III tbo world a peculiar "plr- ' hlla\ power, Itself the ere.tor of cburches and roliglons and never beld ill allegl.ncB to any .oclety or goven.mollt, yet alw"y~ persecuted and dreaded by priestboods. In Helf:Consclou" supe"ority to all f"rms of organic Calth' It bas' laugbed at every threat and .mlled at the conceited Ignorance of Its own cblldren. Protean III chara"ter It bas a~ay$ adapted ltoelf to the state,aud cundlt!c'>I\ oC its reeJpicnLs. , With the" Chaldean philosopher It watcb"d the <strong>com</strong>Bes of tbe stars alld assisted the Kaball.~ in b!s nomendaturc oC tbe allgeilc ho.ls; it ellcouragtd tha Essen~ .. in tbelr devotiolls, dl.cipllne aud self..aerlfice; sustained tbo C\lrlsUans under perseclltloll; ill8pir,d tbe Sybil. aud ~xeited the frenzy of the l'ythonc ...; under its luOuen,,", Mohamn.ed preached tbe unity of the n"ity and in~plred bls followers witb hi. genius; It provoked a .pir!t of Inquiry au" endeavor 10 COOllllune wltb tbe cOllt1'l- ' lug pow ... of Nature wblch ,were believed to be expre.. lons of the \Vi11 of tbe Rods I and cverYlb Ing which movea In earlb, 'water~ air, firc 3lid·ether was converted into a .ymbolic alphabet tbrougb whlcb tbe god. might C9mmuulcate, reudering .. priesthood of dh'lnes for divination' necessary, readen uf .()meollEi t tloothsayere and maglciaU8; aDd every form of religloll ancient and modern, ,Quakers, Sw~denbcrglau$, Spiritualists, ev· en the Mormon devotee, are all under It ..
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