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Show snnnim iiintnu. (Wo llMlrlinaii. Much of the religious unrett that maikaourtlmrltdue to the demon I for demonstrative evidence In the realm of s (ritual truth Cardlual .Newman' account nf (be Iter! by which lie waa ltd t ill eltoinant hurcll sbovtathathe waa lu quest ot aome external ex-ternal ground for luaculng an almost mathematical certainty legaidlng his convictions The lloman theory of an liitalllble church irofessuti to auuly hla need The lutuie cardl 1 al'a brother 1 W -Newman a-I a-I atently waa moved by tho tan e detlri Ho wllhed I xterntl evidence for spiritual truth, carried lo tie pint ot demonelrallon He could not find It lu Home he could not find It any-when any-when And he beiAmo not only ah Hguosllobut a thorough kolug akepllc Tliosu who tlemAod ueuioustrallve ex ternal evidence for spiritual trutli will usual!) follow one of these courses,the. w 111 bt come Homau Cathollctor aguo lie (ardlnal .Newman tell utthat early In life he waa greatly Influenced I y lllihop Ilutler'i docirli e that 1 rob anility ll tne ruiuo 01 me jinu tin followed that I r nclple, It lidoubtful If he could have ever intele I thu lloman ( I urih The t) heie of curtail ly In 1 iimau rraaonlngaud alTaln It much tmalltr than It commonly tu posed It hardly etllta ouUldetle rtalm nl ture milliemitlci In the oftilrtof dally life, and In the formation of con vlctiois, wo aio compelled tobilance lioballllllea And the wise man la not one who has found some demon slratlvu elldence for hit tellef aud action whlchtocuuiliol asdUcuverel lut hewhoUat Judgetof the firceof I n babl itlrs u the caso of any tl ttrlueof the Christian ftlth, for exainplt, that of lliulmilratlonof tie Hcrlpturi',11 It I ulpable at 1 1 10 that It Is uaelt ss lo at-ternitloderuonstrattilt at-ternitloderuonstrattilt au that aiiinii, If 1 o have L,ood lout Al ikiwcts, w It) I Domiciled to ajrnlt It CI rlstlansars luittothecmvlctloiilhatlho llllle li liisplndly a breat lumber of 0011 aldttatlol , leme of tvhtct , considered apArl opi art ntly do tot have grtat weight, olbtra I ave much but taken all ttigelVer, they thrnw Ibe form of an uuormoua tubal llity In slrltusl truth r ich truth li a a self evi lene llgqualll) I Iko the sui, ll sillies t) Its owil light This Interna! evldiucu for trutli may btoone at certain aa the fads of (tmsrleuoei. Ud glvri bit p' p e the witness In thenittlve, they may tay "I know," tut outwardly here In thla world thty walk among shadow, I tohnblllllcs are tttong often over wi elmlng but external grounds for reaching demor ttrallve certainty are 1 ot glanled The external argun enti for trutli "abunlanlly evidence' It, bul thellnalcirlalnly of tl o truth Is only rrAcheJ by mn when the ' eyei of the hrert" Are oned, anl the out ward and Inward ovl lencet meet and sustain each other like the r tinging aldet of perfect arch |
