Mind when ignorant, must modestly learn at the true source of wisdom, and test all by reason fortified by time's experience. The circumstances of each mind's test will best verify its merit.

Silence discloses all wisdom, where solutions may condemn themselves as libels. Human nature participant of two elements, must be incompetent to elicit beyond her earthly province, and therefore produces results in mind's deductions only confined to its proper theatre; the deductions of mind, unless regulated by the highest reason, must be one often fraught with error, especially when misled by design, self-power, and temptation of its circumstances.

Fallibility causes corruption that runs to degraded extremes in the code of a mere earthly existence, as accountability is partial, not efficient, and there stops with mere mortal materialists.

But the doctrine of a full accountability elevates us to a faith in the immortality of the soul, the best present and future position, safe and ennobling.

It becomes mortal's creation, subject to vital danger and abundant poignant anguish for misspent functions to comprehend at all times their earthly actions and immortal hopes. Instead of becoming self-inquisitors of the world's citizens, increasing their own penalties and punishment, and establishing the locality themselves, the agents, let them modestly perform their becoming duty, and duly estimate all that pertains to it. The body was suited to the earthly existence; the soul seeks future eminence, never satisfied with the present for permanent fruition.

Who can estimate in reason, the worth of an immortal soul?

Who but human fiend, will thwart its best resolves, intentions, capabilities and its own best analysis of the state of facts through a proper discipline of rational education, liberal and untrammeled, to elicit its final, greatest, purest, best faculties?

Who but bigot will bring the iron chains of peculiar faith, to imprison its noblest aspirations to the Almighty?

Who can dare reject or thwart the pure teachings, admirable precepts, and wisest admonitions of enlightened reason, that upholds man's true greatness, the sure, proper and certain counsellor of mind, that does all for the soul and true religion?

As well can the Atheist pretend to deny the existence of Deity, whose organization of creation proves an intelligent God of nature, as the caviler pretends to the nonexistence of the soul, from the partial material existence of man.

What mind can take cognizance of that which has no materiality, and still an active independent agent.

To deny or dispute this principle of materiality, of the most subtle organization, etherealize it as you choose, is to deny most absurdly the existence of the five senses, the very gift of the creator, for all such appreciation of his creation known to

mind.

Mind only acts in organization as known to our senses. The future veils the mighty changes, to clothe the powers of mind that must rise proportionately to the theatre of its operations and enjoyments.

Between this and the central and purest sphere, various gradations of rational existence must live.

The God of the soul, of mind, has created its full spheres of improvement to eternity, else his creation is in vain. As an all-wise Creator, he makes nothing in vain. The nearest approach to immortality of soul perceptible to our senses is in the mass of living matter, in the form of human nature, that propagates itself, and mind from age to age; creating on its own elements a hold in perpetuity, allied to its first character to this sphere, but with its animating principle advancing to loftier grades of dignity, approaching immortality.

The immortality of soul rests on the Author of immortality and creation, firmly guaranteed by religion.

The universe resting on eternal principles, yields in importance to man's mind, that is supreme in creation.

Most confident in the proof of eternal conservation of the first, the proof is conclusive as to that of the last.

The Author of the existence, commends himself through the principles and elaboration of the universe, for the guidance and guardianship of the soul in all things, that we can appreciate for our good, nor should we suffer them to be arrested by any intermediation or intermeddling priests and collusion of all others, however advantageous the result may be peculiarly to all of them.

Unlimited and untiring should be the effort by statesmen, philosophers, and good honest citizens, over the world, to give mind its best protection for the happiness of soul.

God is ever righteous and is proved uniformly great, in his whole system of creation,

without express days for judgment only as identified with the vindication of principles and the disposition of their violators.

Let not trifles, conflicts, rubbish, or conceit stand in the way of an immortal soul, that wishes, with the best aspirations and feelings, to go the right way properly.

It is to avoid anarchy, chaos, and confusion, the nature and character of the animal, to see the clear light, that man, humble and unambitious of aught save his world's good, seeks to secure his soul's happiness on the only proper true principles, to bring about the best state of existence, and of the world's best feeling, of harmony, order, universal peace, that he seeks the best foundation on principles, in the adoration of their only author.

Where else can he find this pure and exalted treasure? Common sense and honesty, that make up reason, certainly tell.

Save mind or soul, all else of man is nothing but dust.

Mind cannot reach perfection on this sphere, and is ever increasing in knowledge if suitably situated.

The scene of mind's action is not in a perfect theatre, therefore mind cannot be perfect here.

As well ask for a globe free from the vicissitudes of the seasons, the piercing cold and wet, the melting heat and fever, the action of electricity, the gravitation of the spheres, as to ask for mind free from all the vicissitudes of the passions, and the storms that their licentious gratification arouses.

The passions produce the only reproachful slavery, and mind has free agency there against all absolutism, by their legitimate direction, under the wisest rationalism.

The mind perfects itself here to the extent of its capacity and the capacity of its circumstances, for the future benefit of the soul.

The mind sows, the soul reaps.

Man, composed of body and mind, must be analyzed and estimated according to that combination, just as God made and intended him. The balance depends on man's own intentions, for introduction through his merit, to a nobler theatre.

We ask for all rightful faculty practicable, correct at the fount of wisdom in its purity fit to introduce to immortal bliss, using no other than virtuous attributes fresh from the mint of God, that shows a living soul and breathes with immortal youth, having an elasticity superior to earth all the time, that mortality cannot reach and death cannot limit. With no possible access to deity but by mind's highest inspiration through reason, at least not till another state of existence which has its own appropriations, more intellectual introduction awaits our leaving this world for that state.

The beatific happiness of another state fit for the soul, would be incompatible with the mind; the parts would not be in suitable positions.

We are bound to attend strictly to this, ere we permit an indulgence of one iota of complaint as to our location in this terrestrial sphere, which is adapted to our nature. He that would complain, is impeached.

God deals in the magnificence of the purest treasures, of brightest rewards, that belong to the universal power that we reverence, not in the magazines of torture and of penalties peculiar to man's perverted mind.

A sublime view is to be taken, a nobler theme to be estimated, that mind should exalt itself to God's standard, not abase itself in lowering that only divine character.

Mind in such contemplation is raised from its most moderate elements, to the highest capacity. The true position is that eminently consistent with itself, mind to soulennobling.

Its good deeds are elevated to rewards, the food of the poorest mental enjoyments rising by their elements to greatness. Analogy proves that.

Its arrested progress in all the allurements around it, even bespeaks a penalty, compared with its equals that have outstripped it in all the pure enjoyments of a legitimate fruition.

Time is their mind's best function, that must not be trifled with, but profitably employed in life's great cause.

All the rich gifts of mind, should be devoted to legitimate purposes, for soul's advancement.

Whether individuals will or no, omnipotent principles, as those moving the spheres, will decide and sweep all living minds in their current with a mathematical certainty, that mind cannot escape the conviction or the adoption.

The security is not put on penalty as the negative of good, that follows necessarily like confusion succeeding derangement of the solar systems, as the lofty and fair reaching of reward, the best incentive to a properly balanced mind, a durable memento for eternity.

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What can subserve the purpose of a perfect being better, than the exactness of order, and the fulfilment of duty in its comprehension in all the Universe ?

Wise unto its own salvation, the mind will not risk its titles to fee simple in happiness eternal.

Placed on an earthly theatre without its own assent or consciousness by an all-wise Almighty, who, therefore, alone is the responsible and competent preserver, whom none that are wise can mistake, in the comprehension of conservative principles, its will and agency however free, must act consistently thereto, or abide the necessary penalties and place itself back in its career for a just felicity.

The bauble of peculiar faiths or the delusions of superstitions of the moment, cannot satisfy such immortal beings. There is nothing earthly that can meet its rational demands. It leaves this earth for another life without its own assent, as the laws of creation are immutable.

All that mind has to do, then, is to meet immutable laws by immutable principles, the nearest practicable to its nature, and analyze their whole nature in time as far as necessary and practicable, ere conviction of duty come too late, when hope is expiring, and all may be deferred or protractedly lost ere life's benefit be secured.

All need the proper policy of insurance, in the quicksands of life, for the veiled future.

What has best availed for rational man in this life, must be the best qualified means for eternity. Created as the Universe is, its parts form one grand harmonious whole in action, and mind must soar to its highest points by these means.

It must not desert them at all, else they will fail it when none others are available.

MIND AND SOUL: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN
AND BRUTES.

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MIND is connected to all organized animal matter, supremely applied to man. stinct, its partial form, is applied to brutes, that attain a certain degree of it at birth, peculiar to their species. Rational mind is universal; instinct is peculiar. Brutes are not endowed with innate faculties of religion, that is, then, the universal gift of all minds capable of being rational, the universal characteristic of rational man, that elevates him to his God, and bespeaks immortality.

If God has exhibited any peculiar favor to any chosen people, then that people had been distinguished by pre-eminence. But faithful history chronicles no such event, and truthful reason audits no such pretension. The remote nations of antiquity affected to claim for their gods a peculiar power, but this was all trick of the priestocracy, or of the people deceived by them, and seeking to deceive all others. many disguises of superstition mixed with patriotism. It was only one of the

The mind is the intellectual will, or that which takes cognizance of action. important that all should be right.

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The soul applies to man here and hereafter, and is indentified with mind, that characterizes it.

The soul is that part left of man after his earthly existence.
What is the state of existence immaterial?

That cannot be conceived of by rational and truthful minds.

It is needless for the world to hide behind mysteries, or that some theological questions cannot be answered.

There are points that reason can only approach by analysis or analogy, to a certain extent, and then stops as to creation, the universe, eternity, the soul, future spheres, &c. The soul was not created in vain, and it would certainly only partially have solved its own immortal question to be limited to only this sphere.

It needs improved organization for intellectual capacity to reach the mighty problems, and other theatres. Its greatest question is as to the security of future certificates. Its main great problem it can solve on this sphere. That problem its best sphere of action, social and religious.

What has been recognised, was so by the action of mind on mind, and all errors are subject to correction for ever by the same process, which peculiar faith absurdly refuses. If rational religion did not only sanction but require this, she would not be the true religion, but an ignoble peculiar faith. Religion emphatically, supremely requires the immortality of the soul.

Who, then, can comprehend in their own minds anything existent separated from materiality?

We cannot separate the God of nature from nature. All such pretence of immateriality looks absurd in an extreme degree.

All things are comparative, but not less material in some degree, by mathematical and philosophical, the most exact laws.

The sooner we get rid of all such absurdities the better.

Grant the soul the subtlest organization, it must be material to be a soul, or vitalized existence. It has a noble organization, conceiving it to be the greatest gift of the universe, the brilliant diamond set in it, the soul, must be guarded with supreme care and fondest affection by its Creator. It masters progressively the attainable government of much of the elements of the universe, and is the master-work of creation. Immortality is essential for this performance.

The universe seems to be exhaustless to mind in its present organization, and is, no doubt, eternal, therefore the master-spirit of created being must have the greatest claim to immortality.

The reason of the soul's immortality is, it is co-existent with the universe.

Why should this magnificent creation of God's genius be extinguished, after all the perfecting elaboration of its potent munificence?

This must be the error of perverted minds, fond of their own vain conceits.

Its birth was the bright creation of its functions, its vital existence on this sphere was the free agency to display its character; and its passage through death was a purification, and an admittance to a loftier existence and higher theatre, a purer change from mortal organization.

The mighty genius of the Creator, that anticipated and satisfied all the loftiest purposes, immortal as mortal, of creation; whose mighty purposes elevate souls instead of sacrificing by bloody crucifixions his own attributes, a solecism as absurd as impious, will reveal the whole drama in consummation.

Mind is limited to time and its functions, and must be thereby limited in action for the present. The future belongs to eternity.

Though all material substance continues the same as far as our bodies are concerned in the world, yet that which animated them departs to a nobler sphere on its intrinsic merits.

None have history in matters beyond the grave.

Death parts the body from the soul, that departs to the appropriate sphere of appropriately organized beings, that can no longer dwell among those composed of body and mind, no longer associate with earthly beings.

How absurd, then, to suppose that ghosts and spirits can be appreciable on earth! Sound intellects that are honest must deem that impossible; as mind refers to the present, soul, or immortal organization, refers to the future state of existence.

As to the position of the souls departed, that question must be wisely submitted for solution to God, who created them, not to peculiar faith notions that caricature all sacred things. But what shall be the scale of punishments?

They are more or less certain on this earth; but as some do not get their full penalty, justice requires other spheres of existence for the appropriate theatre.

The very means adopted to complete selfish designs are those of penalty and severest punishment to nations or individuals.

God is a perfect being, and perfects his exalted works in appropriate time. Among them the immortal soul is most conspicuous.

The concern of all conceding this should be to save it best and properly. To seek messiahs makes it worse.

Man needs God's power, mercy and purity to assist him in the best employment of his judgment and conduct.

None but a properly educated people yeomanry can stand up properly for their rights, and for the purity of the human soul, uncontaminated by vices, as perjury, murder, felony, and treason. The lazaroni cannot.

As to the soul, is there not a material existence involved? What else can we conceive of?

What conducts it in its genial position?

The same power that originated it, who can re-endow it or renovate it, in improved condition of appropriate organization.

If the universe be eternal, proved by its essential character perfectly strengthened by its constitutional union, how much more shall the soul be immortal, that is of more value than the universe? If the dissolution of the first bespeaks imbecility of design, what must that of the last?

If the condition of all in the future is equal, intense must be the purification as a trial ordeal ere that point be attained.

What is the soul if not identified with the mind, that must commune with God, for it is only by that his inspiration operates successfully?

This is the sensible inspiration of God's spirit, his principles in the best of enterprises, that mark their influence on the age and the whole world.

To suppose any other is to be deficient in faith and reverence towards God, the giver of all good gifts.

The constitution of our mind is such, that it is rewarded by the soul's happiness, if right, and punished by its sufferings, if wrong. The very nature of conscience's analysis proves the whole position, as that remorse inflicts the deepest penalties.

What is the soul? It is the immortal element and principle that refer to mind, that act with free agency, and is accountable for that action. Its existence on this sphere is exhibited by mind, that at death is more or less purified, and traverses other spheres as an organization congenial to its own kindred elements.

This earth is only a part, but peculiar faith sectarians make it most by peculiar appropriations.

An excellent proof the soul's immortality is, that as nothing is annihilated, therefore we have the best data that rational mind cannot be. Is not that the base, the flower, the soul, the matured fruit?

Is not the mind-element immortal, the body going to its original elements?
Nothing is made in vain by the Creator, and nothing can be annihilated.

That is all that we know of the resurrection, as we have no demonstrative proof otherwise, and have not reached a sufficiency of science to decide according to hopes of immortality with a perfect demonstration on facts verified. It seems a matter of omission of duty of culpable character, merely to look at the state of this earth, and use no exertion by deeds farther, for future happiness of the race of mankind, when the mind just begins to expand as a flower, the fruit not maturing for its earthly existence.

It seems, then, bad taste in all who must appreciate that only the human mind or souls can reach the holy centre, that man should not soar above the soulless state of mere brute creation.

As honesty demands the payment of daily debts in every respect, both in money and duty, we cannot escape those of gratitude and religion to the Creator, the universal creditor.

The earthy parts of man return to dust, but all that remains of soul and mind, the immortal part that scans the highest matters of the universe, must embrace the noblest destiny and purpose.

Immortality of the soul has come to be admitted nearly by universal consent of mind, or by the best conclusive evidence from the worth and essential character of mind that precedes in excellence, the universe.

The excellent perfection of God is proved in the perfection of the soul by immortality.

What is the human mind but the greatest gift in the universe? Is it not such as God created it? Let not the first be tinkered with, nor the last libeled by botches that cannot explain the first attributes.

The first is in a state of progressive improvement, from the mass of intelligence. We must analyze and know the mind, the soul, its capacity, character and quality. We all admit mind to be liable necessarily to corruption, as what could be baser when perverted? Then we must advance all the principles to prevent that corruption. Do not all those conservative principles refer to an immortal tribunal? Any others, as peculiar professions, will advance its corruption.

Take mind from the universe, and the brightest light is extinguished. What then is the universe without it?

ETERNAL PUNISHMENT!

THAT seems cruelty unrefined, gross, vulgar and destructive, whereas God's principles are conservative!

Who knows of future punishment, of spirits, &c. ?

Much has been advanced of a kindred spirit, to other imperfect views.

Does man, humble and ignorant, know God's attributes but by his works, to define them properly, and lecture on them skilfully?

Moses and his coajutors undertook this, and gave a miserable portraiture of the universe and its creator, a complete botch of presumptuous ignorance.

You must seek to be better off than priestocracies, in your bigotry in after ages.