THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN.
JOHN STUART MILL advised all who would prove the Divine Existence to adhere to the argument from design. Even Matthew Arnold says that all he can say against the argument from design is, that he has had no experience in world-building. "We know from experience that men make watches, and bees make honey-combs. We do not know from experience that a Creator of all things makes ears and buds." What if Red Cloud and Chief Joseph had been brought to the Centennial, or to Washington? What if they had seen the majestic dome of our National Capitol and all the marvels of the Centennial? Red Cloud would have said, if he had followed Matthew Arnold's philosophy, "I have had experience in building wigwams. I know the path from my house to the hut of Seven Thunders, or Bear Paw. I know that every such path is made by some cause. I know that every wigwam must have been built by some man, but this railroad—I never had experience in building railroads—I do not know but that it was finished out of the sea. This marble Capitol, these wonderful and strange things in the Centennial! I have never had any experience in making columbiads or spinning-jennies. I know that the flint which I sharpen for my arrow must be shaped by some man; but this columbiad, I do not know but that it grew. This spinning-jennie! I have had no experience in factories and weaving machines and these marvels. I think this loom was evolved!"