New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-04
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fseshipg. When II rains, there an uniVersS
yapOr bath, and preparation becomes agohlE ng
II tie corn and melons do not grow II wdst be
their own fault-sun, shower, and stes'n having
done their utmost for them. Darwiy's is q good
book for dog-daJs; il does net hurry one; every
mage seems very ike the page that went before it.
To the uniuitisted it is theory without soul,
and makes little lasting impressi0 D. The facts are
interesting but they are of t. sort to which one
replies Eyes Sir" all day 10 ng, and at the end of
the DAY not much has been said. You see that we
are deeply, stupidity profane n our views Of sciences
clearly, the association has not had the effect on
US which was to be locke for. The wOrshipiul
body as body, rejected Darwin though 1t is wins
pered that here and Their limb Quivered toward
him little. We must say that his is labor-saylng
theory. He is of the number of thoso who, admit
ting the primal fact Creation, are unwilling that
the Divine Being ~ Ould have any further trouble
with His world. ''Do not give yourself any con-
eern about it." they say, "yOu made IT very cley-
erly. but now that Il is made it belongs to us; you
should not, shall not nay, you cannot, medde with
H. These aatul al laws being perfect, must go on
foreyer-you fave abdicated in their favor. NOT
the smallest ;act of VIII do we allow yOu-nOt
the pleasure we allow ourselves OF occasionally
crossing flow RS hybridiZing animals, producing
new rose, an improved tadpOle. AS we hsteh
to these Tai ogs, we almost fancy that we letl a
thrill of 10 W. ethereal laughter from the spirit
world, VII ose splendors lie so near us undscerned'
Swedenbc RI SAYS that existence is continued creS-
tioD, and in our moral lives, we al ltel IiS " .t
true Ia all life, we lean instnchvely upon TINS
very ths night and when the ingenious intellect mas
WORKED and proved its little sum, showing that
there ! : some smallest sense IN which the DIVINE
NAV We left out of sight, the great music OF tne
heart sweeps the paitry figures on the BOARD
These calculations but the arithmetic OF our ex-
ist6sce; would you keep us at sums foreverl
shis does not prevent me from approaching the
tslo Positive spirit in philosophy, winch sees IN
every department only what is strictly mere ana
does not indulge in chaotic sentlmentshty Wheh
facts and figures are wanted. But II, III our syn
tlesis we eliminate the Divine from life, we have
only world of glands, fbers, muscles and aggre-
cate tendencies. The very term i, myself, is an
egregous assumption. The little knot OF tissues
and vessels with it's active and generatlve functions,
and with the phenomena of consciousness ana the
phOsphOrescence of thought curiOusy suPeradded,
this mere sum of properties and faculties makes
nothing that can be called L. Christian baptism
Becomes farce, Christian burial mockery, II each
individual be not something more than phrenology
and physiology can make him.
Let us take long breath-this is deep water foI
ms TO swim in. We must dread the dangerous I'M
deTtow which waits to carry us out TO sea, and,
turning, hug the golden shore of actually, where
our clothes friends, and, we Will hope our pub
he are waiting for us.
But. one word: remember that we are old and
faithful and allow us one word more touching the
twofOld attitude Of scientific men with regard TO
these matters We find large body Of them Occu-
pied with the merest Gteraty Of investigation, CIV
ing the right hand of fellowship to tacit or avOwed
atheism. We find another body wilful in their de-
vOutuess, Tampantly insisting upon founding theO-
logical doctrine where with the best intentions,
will not fit and making their assertions and class
fcatiODs with authority in the name of God. And
we find here and there individuals, like Thomas Hill,
who pray and preach on the one hand, and observe
he 9TH i'm their
and giving time and patience for the human mind
to bridge across the interval that separates them,
and, supplying itself the third point Of union, to
grasp with effort of thought love, aud imagination
the opposing sides of truth
And here as Socrates remembered in dying that
be owed a cock to Esculapius, and Xantippe, whom
we take to have been practical though incOherent
woman, no doubt sacrificed with regret the family
roOsteT-even do remember that we owe
thee a breakfast, gentle President of Antioch Col
iege. For, on the occasion Of a rustic fete where
only we exchanged speech with thee, we received
at thy hand handful of chrestOmathia p0lytolia,
with directions for preparing the same, which,
being strictly followed, produced dish MT for the
gods, who lived, be it remembered, before Strasburg
pat{s were invented. We owe thee further a live
Nv sermon preached in the Rev. Brooks his church,
Which combined the salt of science with the SAVIOR
of piety and left ike the dish just mentioned, little
70 be desired. Wherefore happy is Antioch, that
possesses thee Antioch that remembers thy prede-
Testament of righteousness, with the natural laws
for his DecalOgue-thOu belOngest more tO the Cos
pei of LOye-hast in thee more comprehension and
reconciliation. The Apocalypse of truth hangs upon
both.
But am far from gnC ring, TRIBUNE how wide
ly have depa' ted from mine Office, IN yenlurlng
hssty remarks upon subjects whose greatness drains
the resources of the brain, and Tanscends the mar
row bounds of our common thought and lte. Are
newspaper letters ever written to BuncOmbe! DO
We not often address ideal public, to the great
WEAKNESS or (, tai nattentiOn of the real one (?
FOur-hOur speeches are listened to- and may be,
when Sumner speaks, but we remember certain
anniversary Getting, in our youth, at which the
President, persistent old gentleman interrupted
each successive speaker with this reminder: 1.-The
gentleman will remember that he has promised to
a. be short" And the individual thus addressed
tiled to cramp himself into shortness, and failing,
ehOked and sat down. Yet the advice to be short
was good, if one OnlJ knew how TO follow IT,
Since / wrote last, there have been parties and
rlinOrs of parties, mems hearts failing them for
fear of not being invited, and great relief and in
ward exultations when poor little | was remem-
bered. III private life as distinguished from hotel
life afternoon parties prevail, beginning at J or
D. m, and lasting til twilight, or moonlight, as the
case may be. We must praise these entertain
ments as sensible and healthfu combining out
door and indoor resources, apprOprabng the pleas
ATTEST part Of the tweuty-iOur hours, at least for
social purposes, and above all, as giving the I'M
painted woman chance. For however your pow
behring's and plasteIings may pass muster by gas
light, believe me, friends, they are horrid by day
light. There is no deception-the fixed white and