REMARKS UPON "SCEPTIC."

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3697, 30 October 1880, Page 3

REMARKS UPON " SCEPTIC."

(To the Editor of the EvsMNft Stab.)

Slß,—Like many another who has ventured »pon metaphysical discussion; you* *' Sceptio " has floundered from one diflicul'y to another Mitil be Ifinds himself landed in a regidn of darkness and chaos. Had he merely attacked the vast superstructure or doctrine and dogma, which ecclesiastical necessity and cunsing have raised upon the simple foundation of Christ's religion, his writings would have been tolerated by most men, but wiien he denies the existence of the "living God," and though wrapt in apparent awe at the sublimity of nature and the grandeur of the universe, commits both to the government' of chance, he perpetrates an intolerable blunder repugnant to human reason. The harmonious laws which control the heavers and fill them with unspeakable beauty are evidences, not only o( the Infinite, but of a first great cause and a guiding intelligence. It is not for a creature like " Sceptic," even, with his boasted gift of reason, to fathom the inscrutable. It is enough for him and for all men to gate upon the wonders which surround them, reverently a< knowledge the Majesty and power of a Great Creator, and become humble students of his work*. " Sceptic " denies the " eternity of matter," and his a priori reasoning has led him downwards until he believes in the existence of nothing, and from that unknown quantity be declares by some mysterious •volution'all the wonders in heaven and eaith proceeded. This idea is not by any means new, < for something very similar *a> propounded by the aulher of " Tie Vestiges of Creation." It is only reasonable to suppose that while your correspondent has been so busy in his efforts to destroy every human form of faith, and disprove the existence of , God, he has some sublime ideas of his own to communicate to the world; for he should know that man, even in his natural and most primitive state, is ptsiessed of adoration which he feels as a necessity of his nature, and to deprive him of that, without proving something more exalted in character and effect, would be the greatest calamity which could befall our race. It would, to a great extent, deprive man of his accountability, and fill the world with violence and strife. Science cannot, and does not attempt to, dethrone the Creator, for all its revelations are evidences of His existence. True, it speaks of " the land of -nature," but every law must have proceeded from a law-giver, and if the law is admitted, the exist ance of the Maker must be admitted also. In conclusion, I trust that "Sceptic" will favor your correspondents with an outline of his model religion ; for I must remind him a fool can break down and destroy, but it requires a genius to construct; and no greater triump i could await his genius, if oat of the ruins with wbieh he has surrounded himself, he rose the founder of a Dew faith and a better god—acceptable to all men.—l am, &c, Spbbo.