New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-22
SCIENCE AND REVELATION.

The speaker began by requesting the indulgence of his
auderce for the course of remark when ne sho pursue
he recent discoye in science being too numerous and
mVoItsnt for him discuss in single lecture, to be pre-
raied in season or this occasion Tie should therefore
coun himself to few hints upon the subject OF me agree
mert Of Science and Revelation.
The enemies of Revelation offer little reason Tor anxiety
Their reasonirgs opposed to sound philosophy Ine
greatest difficulty we have % contend WIN ~ IA the el
Ter of The rarics 10 the discussion The Bible can, IN
TACT never be sufferer in comparison with science 1t
hes TOO often passed this ordeal unscathed There u no
book obnoxious to criticism touching as Il does on all
points which concern humanity, Billed win aiusiOls 10
science ard written by thirty different authors vary
ing in d cir tastes, habits Of thought, station education
AID characters covering the long period 81 1000 years
from Ncses 10 n John and antagonsc TO al the feelings
and IreiudicCs of the whole world Slch DOCK mu I
naturally be sui Jet to the shapest scrutiny OF na,uras
bst,ais gislaors and sBges in all departments OF hu
man science and learning Often has the announcement
heen made of some new discovery az variance WIN the
sacred in buried cities AL the like
which further research has shown ON the o. er hand 10
confirm lis records So have been these cases.
Tint story Of exploded discoveries might Dc wrtten'
which might coItan Il impressive arsum nj IN tVor
Of tie auLt ntcty If tie Bible and ore which would DO
much toward discouragne any further a,m against IT,
The book Of written Revolution and tia. OF N9tu al
Revelation have ca every page traces OF ID. II DIVINE
origin Newton compare him-lf with hls VAST learning
TO child rlayirc with pebbles upon the shore cd bound
les ocean Human know, dge IS fne-Aoowlege itself
is fre II it has taken mnn 5000 years - learn "a ,
ruth The Cor ernican System, what extent at tune VIII
lie ronetrse all tie works IT God Both ths3 books
teach enough for our practical purposes we learn rom
The Book of Nature all that is necessary for our physcc
wtleug; ard tie Wayiarng man. though - d. nee hot
err in bis duty drawn tom the BOOK OF keyelauon
Who has fathomed the De- his of the last book OF mo
Piie-;ie Revelations Il al human iea-nns and study
ard ni,,G have failed IN ths what aNn nave We 10
eylo,, 70 fah,m dle hrsi
Venus, not trust too mich to the common il,epre'a-
tors cl The Divine Word. The church opposed calico
vet the truth prevailed This may be rue in many other
csses S. Autusiire bad other views than oars. The
real controversy is rot between nature anu revelation
but lctween scenccour views OF nature-and iAe,ogy
our views OF revelation
Again The discropaucs which have been suppo'ad to
be iouid have been greatly magniAed and bo mu'h i'm
uor,srCo given C. en- ih Gu misap heus0n ol mo
object II tie Bile which is not 90 teach scicaeo-pAy
cal .ciolce. hi, point the speaker li',-at u az cosd
cradle lnq In regard q the language usci the B0le
is addressed 10 unye humanity and written io' all me-
OF course it cannot Use scientific language mus clotH9
rs instructions simple direct and popular garb anu
il is cmous % remark HAT though all mo forms oi com
position found in lis ample pa es, scientific anu scch
tieal stylo Of composition is utterly waning
Tie Iu.cLinsouians last century in England, prot,n
ed 90 draw ooulo.e system Of ph steal science a. wen
as of religion from the bible, and the great b5loP Han
asserted that he had lea ned a. much from the bOl3 as
Newton fem his immense and profound researches.
statement which see Is but new proof that one
should not touch on topics OF winch NO Knows n0.hn5
Tie Trlo Of Roman Cardinal Is the true one. Nheh
PHYSICAL law is demonstrated revise your Interpretation 0t
The sacrtd book but when the law still more than
hypothesis or theory let the Interpretation stand Tor the
result in science he again examined, studied expert
menicd uIon-oDe in tn ology cannot 4 dogmaucal
work may be very acute the product OF great genus ana
learning Dut now ctn l3 pIih1lpca NC
practically tesedf Take the subj of ufant baptism
how can practical OF the various ideas this sub
ject be made!
II is Disgrace to Professionalism that every dscov-
cry in scc which opposed TO the popular interprca-
ton Of the Bible is hailed with execratOn.
Aean Many supposed discrepancies owe their import
ance TO their being made much OF they oten OF email
moment and should be met by showing how in all import
ant matters and IN how much the greater number OF case
he corrosuoudtnce between the teachings Of science and
tho Bible Is perfect The theology Of Nature and that OF
the Bible both speak Of the existence OF one God the r
obscurey the latter IN letters OF light Doh speak OF
mars nature his OH in and end feoby and hestat
nely the other plainly and distinctly What learn OF
man sacred and proiane history correspond perfectly
Shakspoe looked into the depths Of bat the in
sIired authors far deeper Two hundred pagan ans
woTs given to the question What is the sunnum
bonum Christ answered in sngletext in his sermon
on the Mount Geological science in It's explorations into
the crust OF the earth xhumng of beings long since
past from living existence proves the biblical chronology
1he sp aker closed with eloquent remarks showing
that revelation is in 10 danger from science, but rather
from The efforts of its misguided friends.