Show I I WHY wily DOUBT THERE IS ISA ISA S A SPIRITUAL WORLD 1 Editorial in the Ill Herald Transcript Tho The natural V sciences aro are built upon t theories cories which however howe accurate they may a appear to be are not too susceptible susceptible ble blew of proof The Tho electric current for instance has become a L common expression expression expression sion sion yet nobody has ever proved ed that there is a current and the tho are arc nrc that there thero Is not but the tho theory of a current ml made c it possible to explain all tho the phen phenomena of electricity and aud also made the tho study tudy of tho the science science easier and s so tho the current theory is is today tho the foundation of tho the science of electricity The atom is tho the foundation of tho the science science ence of chemistry There are about sixty simple elements clements or el elementary substances now noi identified Science teaches that when whon these combine combino one or more moro atoms of ot one clement combines of tho the other with one or more atoms The atom is defined denned as the smallest portion portion por poe tion of the tho substance that can be im im mi- mi n Just as one grain of corn cern is is the smallest portion of corn that can be bo taken from a load or from an elevator elevator ele ele- ele vator ator sQ 80 soothe the atom i is the smallest part contains all the of an any that characteristics of oC that substance Nobody No No- Nobody so- so body knows that this is so 50 but upon this theory is built the entire science of chemistry From time to time as new elements have been discovered disco and new combinations made chemists have been hard put to it to reconcile tho the results with ith tho the atomic theor theory the the- ory or- but they have o invariably succeeded suc until radium and bel helium um were wore discovered ered That d discovery has thrown the atomic theory out of gear cear until now even the chemists themselves are attacking the tho atomic theory Last year a 8 member of ot the British university proved that helium was formed by the emanations from radium and the battle a against the atomic theory was on This year ear another scientist has submitted proof that radium had the power of converting copper into lithium Now the scientists have held that both copper and lithium were ole Ic- montary bodies and could not possibly be transmitted b but t if this new now discovery disco ery cry should be verified erined the ho whole atomic th theory I 0 r- r will be knocked out and scientists eden eden- will be forced into the belief that exists at all nn there was but one ono form of matter and that all the tho modifications wo we know of aro are ae but compounds And yet et it was upon such a gauzy pauzy uz hypothesis as the atomic theor theory that most of our knowledge of the physical world has bas been boen built When we wo we can be bo certain of so little regarding tho the things wo we can cnn feel and see and hear henr and handle and weigh and measure wh why should we i bp bo so 80 ready to deny that there is is a l IA spiritual world just because we cannot hear pr see or w weigh T or measure meas ure it |