New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-05

man Of the Church of England his is not I'M
derstood to have contributed much 70 the aoNa nc
ment of its Thirty nine Articles and has rather occa
stoned some trouble to cergymel 10 ItcV Q s o
with the facts of science. But NOrWlch was 4.oIe
surprised with what followed: Mllnlii odo C y, ~
theTe are ~ churches and 40 Dissenting OnapeIs
This gives, at the lowest c0mputatOni o. PIsaCueIs
Thus the clerical portion Of the city, chuIch dlgnta
RES OF various grades, anH rauoctah,o
grave and learned show. These were supplemented
by scientific recruits from the regions round about
and unite legion Of them sat together on the right
~ the President As often as DR.. Hooker whose re-
Ggious training was of the most afectiOnate kind
touched upon any theological point, II was done Win
go much tenderness and fairness that applause came
from the clerical quarter. Instantly, however iol-
lowed passage Of such direct dissent from orthodox
error that perturbation amid lawn sleeves was very
audible. so DR.. Hooker spoke OF the Rey DT' Iiana
and then answered. so he c0nsOled the Dl'ke oI
Buccleugh by graceful words and then asserted lle
onmpotence of science. pom the NaSs 90 -
speculation man." exclaimed the f IesIuen9
Science it is trne may never sound the depths OF
that sea, may never buoy its shadows OF span lls
narroweSt creeks but she VIII sun DulJ o M
filled till she has sounded its prOfoundest depths anu
reached its further shore or proved the one TO pe vi
fath0mable and the other unatta,napic, uPG?n her
dence not vet revealed to mankind. And II III net
tracks he bears in mind that 1T Is common 9pJJoV
of religion and of science to seek 10 unuersta9 o
infancy of his existence that the laws oi f b,si
not vet relegated to the domain OF teachers Oh py
cal science, and that the laws OF matter arc noo
within the religions teachers province, THESE MI. may
then work together in harmony and with good VIII.
Bnt if they would do this work i'll harmony DOM
parties must beware how they fence Win that SoSC
dangerous of all twO-edged weapons Natuial Iheoi.
ogv science falsely sO-called. when, not content
with tIustfuily accepting truths hostile 10 any pre-
sumptuous standard il may set up ~ seeks 10 Wei.n
the infinite in the balance of the hnlte ana sh,i's s
ground to meet the requirements OF every new iacV
that science establishes and every old error that sVl
ence exposes. Thus pursued. Natural theology Is 10
the scientific man a deusion and to the religious
spor
leCts and to atheism" -
The lawnalceve quarter might well ilntter as these
words fell upon the ear destined to echo lar peSou
the so churches among which they, were, spoken:
When DR.. Hooker reached salient phrase ne tnIcm
it out-flung it over his audience with al the force
he had at command and he concluded ny s'athS
from memory not reading +. +. PalgTaves song or
science. With direct and determined mt0ha'lOh 'he
President said:
"To matter or TO force
The all Is not confined
IL set the law Of mind
One speaks in rock and star,
Aud one within the brain,
In unison at times,
And then apart again
And both in one have brought us hitnGr,, ,o,
That we may know our whence ana whilher'
"The sequences Of law
We learn through mind alone;
We see but outward fOrmu.
The soul the one thing knows
II she speak truth at all,
The voices must he true
That give these visible things,
These laws their honor due,
Put tell Of One who brought us hither.
And holds the keys Of whence aud wAither
lie In His science plans
What no known laws fOretcll;
The wandering fires and n1d
Alike are miracle;
The common death OF all,
Tho life renew'd above,
Are both within the scheme
OF that aliCircing love
The seeming chance that cast us hithcr
Accompanies his whence aud whittier"
Dr. Hooker sat down amid astOnishment, terror
wonder gratitude and applause, according us certain
portions of his audience understood HIM.
The British Association never had q Presidential
address so thorough so bold defiant, searching,
so philosophicay passionate as this of DR.. Hooker;
That mission OF science which Prof. 1yndal and
Prof Huxley have alone cOmprehended and avowed:
No one could more appropriately propose vote OF
thanks to Dr. Hooker than Prof, Huxley. No one
can praise another but he who is equal in Intellectual
range and sympathetic capacity. Prof. lluXl Icy Is
man of this order and Prof. Tyndal. with singular
fitness followed adjoining bis speech by an apt quo
tatiOn from Emerson. 1t generally occurs when
man of eminence has anew distinguished himself,
some amazing but titled nobody. who is incapable of
understanding him. is put forward TO praise him. it
was Dr. HOokers better fortune TO receive the praise