DEVOTED to the ILLUSTRATION of SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE
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DEVOTED TO THE ILLUSTRATION Of SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE THE AGITACION O V . T 11 O U G U T 1 8 THE UEGINNING OF W 1 S H i l l : PARTRIDGE AND BRITTAN, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS, NO S00 BROADWAY — TERMS, TWO DOLLARS FEH ANNUM IN ADVANCE SINGLE C0P+D9, FIVE CENTS, VOL, II.-XO. 35. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMHER 31, 1853. WHOLE NO., 87. has form is (lus, viz. ; He is rulxslance— that is, inn tier say tbe confine* of our modern rationalistic ond scientific tbeokigy. a unitary conception, and aiiseeptildn of indefinite peiAetli snd afterward about “ going forth" from I t ' ‘‘‘AM eiery (Tljr ]c'rmri)ilrG nf Jinturr. purified and refined to the final degree, 1 U* Mill m»i»*r l| Wo must look douply tnio our hearts to find *p/u> this unkikjwii billty.and exaltation a» our capacilie* tailargo Im rg substance was destroyrd which arh* upon tbs far» of lie is not substance, lie is nothing. And if aubsluuco, bon God is. The nstive iustmci of tho. human heart is, lhai Ihi £i..Thal looking for God through tlm j*bysical suielices lho ground chapter J, verse 23, Bui in the follotoArtf rtspter be is also form, because there can be no substance wimoul Sp u n is tlie very man.himself, ond that it is immortal. Hut the nloue leads inevitably to pantheism or Atheism, is mum a* wn find that, wilfon a week's lime, an nhve leaf hid grown m form. If, therefore, God, to be conceived jQi all, tnusl bo «• philoKOpbur« never arrived ut tbia colicluainn by tho anstoimza- the snatoinizatiim of tbe body to find tin* «oul buds u» th» he- full maturity , which d istin illy implie« lh*t the free wlwreno ceived in some form, and the most perfect lorni wo can tU Uon of Urn body On tho contrary, they came thu* toj the Itef in its extinction at death, it grew had been dro«loped in that brief |»»nnd. The exist Mice of a God, and who and what he is, an agine or conceive is the human, he must, therefore, bp con wildest and most absurd result». Soma »aid the soul w * in (l, ThnL wo must sesrob God by looking into iwr »wn At ihe close of the »»rratne— chapter ff, r*r*e 21—it ap greatesi questions that can occupy the human mind. Hu ceived by us in the human form T ry, now, you .•« tbe blood, and could therefore bn npillud on tho ground hearts—by an muanl and Spintual way, which «npvli is w pear« thst «he l.erd srsi «ofteiied min contrition for (he de by ihe intellect alone, they are so speculative iliat they imagine God in any oiher form without inunsterizijig h|i Others «aid ii was in the brain, and oould therefore «cu t see him a« a God answering all cur heart's demands, ami the struction h» had midp, by •• smelling the »weel" sarar of burnt uol hitherto been definitely settled, nor is then- any likeli identifying him wiih nature, To conqeive him in thq arm into slices,,freed, sod e a ie n 1 And other* said it was om the object of a Spiritual lrmlinet. bowls snd fowls It wnnld also verm that while th foil mood, 4if their being so soou. The ideas concerning God ch of the universe fand what form is ill), or us tht) totality o ' its tap of tho pinial glandcand could thoreforo be lian aliim l Lvilh 7. T h a i D ivine iovc and D ivilm truLli i* tile deifid h ap M he made ifo* di»novary that man was pinne to einl IWtm his w ith the development of mind, and the advance of sclenci law anu life, is Pantheism, and destroys all worship. .'|'< say a pm 1 Yet the body is tho natural exponent or phenomenon Sp irit, and Ihe final sourco of all subilance «nd power in yovik, and li.-ncw was dsaervmg of comntnerauoti. Hnl who philosophy. Each succeeding era presents ns with a that he is in some form inconceivable by us, is to any ik t he of the Spirit. Ju»t hy the study y f oxt^rjisl naiuro through nniverar, that is free from seegamn bondage ran nf»t sue In »If this and unproved theology — the efflux of thn advanced nun is an "unknown God," and equally destroys worship. To our senses and reason, witliout looking into our lieqfla, foil * P in a l U iaj iMr 12, TflM foot tbo God of Neah'i flood ww> no <Ah*r thati a ria M ta of that tune. The God of the savage is a savage God ; the say that he ir, but how or w here, and who or what ho or • mg our instincts, and cognizing iheir deep, Spiritual (mport, Hebrew unagiaauoa ind M perstin.»—a batng that wuftnada «if the civilized is a civilized God ; the God of the secta we neither do nor can kuow, it so nearly allied to Alin ism we inevitably terminate in Pantheism , Ui|l when we look to r a t i o n a l e o f t h e b i b l e a n d t h e o l o g y to act eaactiy in aceovdance with the alandird eff etgdtty a* ■ •sectarian God; the God of the man of science is law ; as to bo practically Ihe «ante thing. The ambropomarpl osis our insLincta, our hcafU want, ond demand, and *»|-L to know - TV* rrJiuma ol *uor he «.ill»,** In.!» mail P » n .«»*..■-» » - *• cosoe 1 ved «f bp Mssta * llo w humiliating, too, tb* tk«w|bt God of the philosopher is some learnedabstraction.orsome of Deity is • necessity of our natures. To be conceived and God. by an inieorJ and Spirityul w ay. We uievitahly ie r mim Truth and error can no more «land tn ihe place of each that th a saaaa fabled m oniur is ia the light of th« oiHetisafo theiitic. all-pervading essenco ; and lie God of ihe wan q/', iUy btliteed in at all he must be seen (by the mind’s eye) u a aa a D ivine Man, not t]uant\Utt\vtiy, but yualilalitfly—oijl . other, Ihsn a vessel filled with wairr can at the »am.* Arne oeniury stiU revered aad worship«»)1 as (he Ond, lAgWlM^f all •li« high, ■ oWr, and pure aspiration* of (he huMsU *ooi-*-foai dtftlayrd humajiitan/ajTectia/it it a permmal <taJ human G id of Pei lie m w —as a Dinne human being. This is human tv’s measured by time and apace ho in itd l a* by inlmtily and receive it» full capacity of nn efsr. The friends nf truth snd unitertai love and ikayptneu la all Ike fauna* family. fV- instinct of Deity, and all unsophisticated mtliuns and pe iple character— not as a gjant or ^worf, but |i| (ljo ordinary hia« progress may labor ever »0 arduously fur ilie diisriinna soul which desires aleiro *11 i4ro In (he intn erse, lh*( the besl idea which each thinking man has of God seems to follow it. It is tho inborn faith of the rare; and sure y a anu stature of a human Sp irit deify d. T^e duplay <if phyxicnl of the Harmon 1 aJ PInloRophy, ye( until error 1* displace«! by Eternal Faiher of all worlds and »pints «huiild be fon'fiill and projected image of himself, which returns upon him indoliti B great Spiritual fact must lie behind this instinct, necessity, and power in the material universe would then fipaJly refer ija s lf the substitution 0/ truth, no gtxid is Bitamed by any alto npi perfect embodiment of every cimr«rv4We perfection TlrlUvars exalted and perfected. We sLruggle lo gain an adq.j tali* spontaneous lailh. We see that the exUMtee of Gdd is jin ved to, and center in. the Spiritual power of Divine triyh, wlnqh is to coerco the presence of one sgsiuNt the prvnrrtrpinry iff Ine of a false and pertrrtcd rcligrim, hnnesily ask y.nratlraa idea of tho Deity, and use all our science and pbdonopl y to by the devotional instinct and faculty active in all ngep and the real Omnipotence ant) U19 incqppfliv^hfewmiisp.bf .matter other, A delicacy abnui wonndirtg the feelings, or incur ing: wlietbecynu are satisfied whh your fkifo lit such * «inJa and 3 help u» to it, but still foo human God comes back upo among all people—by the temple« and altars that Imvo j one m the external universe would refer ifec|f nil center ipJ Di the displeasure of those still adhering to a pi-rreried filth protector as this book—winch you venerate aa a tLn« and up to him all over the world and nU through lima. Tho i pir- is the nans.1 why many wivlihuld lli*ir rral rmiYictinrei of infallible revelation—h*re seta forth for your reaped and V ns a glorified image of ourself After otti* greatest infelici tual vine love or goodness, w hich is tbo real aifesfeitC^. !thi" efforts we gel imiti mg bui the magnified reflection of iiua! fact of his existence lies behind this instinct and as far beyond and ^lislincl froni lisnthciaiu a» SjiiriU uiluni truth; a wisdom as false as for a suryeon li tiesilatt- 111 ntrt homage mental and moral natures. Our beat theology thus ¡nevi! ibJy ship— these altars and temples. So the necessary Spir lual beyond and distinct froqi ^afer)a|jsiji.