The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-03-06
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
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e.. ney. derald Molloy, Professor of Theo
osy ~ o. latr1ck's College, Maynooth, has re.
10y pophsned work entitled Geology and
OF the Ancient History of the Earth
fohs'dered in the light of Geological facts and
Revealed Religion" This work iudcino from
European criticisms, is of great scientific value.
Rnd entities the author to rank with sucb ,,.,,
emlnence as Cardinal Wiseman, Piauini
auckland and Miller. Many persons loo,r With
YuSpic'on, as leading to unbelief, on some of
3he apparent consequences of invest;oat;onsi,
astronomy and geology. But in reality, under
fuch guidance as that of DR.. Mo1loy, These
Ptudies are antidotes against unbelief--the stud
:. les themselves being more elevatino and ot
trsct've than any mundane subject, We an
pend the eloquent concluding remarks:
Before taking leave of this subiect 1ye won,d
fentore to bring under the notice If our read
N que very obvious reflection, which is some |
as";o .0sE sgnt OF IN heat Of controversy. The
Tosaic history of the Creation absolutely
ganos alone. 1T has no rivals, no competitors
Eyery other attempt that has been made to ex-
nan r .ne Gr,ga OF he>world and of the hu-
trayagance and absurdity The wisest nations
OF antiquity failed to discover that great fund
am %e6 rs. truth which stands out boldly on
bne hEse page OF Genesis, that there is One God
who hath made all things The nhiloson6ers
OF Chaldea were familiar with the course of the Il
10 &c, t'uu couiu predict eclipseS of the sun
ana moon But the philosophers of Chaldea !!
could not rise from the contemplation of crea j
lures 10 the knowledge of the Creator; the
ea ,rn themselves We're the gods that Chal
yea worshIped. Egypt had greatness of mind
70 conceive the idea of the Pyramids and skill Il
70 aevise the plan OF their constructions and
SIREN OF arm to lift up the huge stones on
1nese stupendous piles. But Egypt raised up II
temples to the river that waters it's plain, and W
oHereu sacrifices to the reptile that crawls upon
eartn' ana the beast that grazes in the field
nrVrY1,x Il
iSh1, ana ranged over the widest and most W
beautiful fields of thought. Peerless is she re
sInnonS the nations, the mistress of the arts nj
me FOUNTAIN source of refined taste the store al
mouse OF intellectual power, the great nurse of b:
human genius. Her schools of philosophy have /"
hnuenced and guided to marvellous extent al
ne thoughts and speculations of all subse- pl
lueh. times The song of her immortal bard co
las klhdled the imagination of the poet in yo
very generation, and enriched his mind with it
ioWing images Orators and statesmen still is
oVeto copy the lofty sentiments, the graceful 81
lotion, the flowing periods, of her golden elo- W.
hence. And students from every cline stand 81
before the beauty and the majesty IN,
her scnlptnred marble. But Greece, Impe- gu
: Greece, knew not the One God, the Giver ar.
an good gifts, by whom she was SO highly l.. ]
ndowed, She fashioned for herself gods and WI
oddesses after her own fancy, and portioned his
lt the universe between them. Jupiter hurl- ha
!, ms thnnderbolts from the clouds; Neptune my
'.ed the sea Pluto swayed the sceptre of the an.
ieTnal regions; Minerva the goddess of tin
ls Is, Vulcan the god of fire; Apollo the of
III Vi music. Nay, the very intirmities and las
ces OF human nature were personified under tl,;
e names of divinities, and worshiped in the sir.
lhbheon OF the gods. Rome, too, the conuuer- ma
OF the world, had it's philosophers and its cou
ators, its poets and its sculptors whose pro- the
e still charm and instruct mankind the
e was Rome no exception to the common lot YOU
the gentle world. For Rome, like Greece thi,
q It's long array of gods and goddesses, with Gro.
e!r petty jealeusies, their vndictive malice gov
BIZ shameless passions. Alone, amidst ali was
MSthologes and Cosmogonjes of ancient owl
lions, the story of the Hebrew Legislator ~
es superior to the gross and silly specnations told
morta! men. 1t alone proclaims to mankind LII oiu
at- philosophy and Science, when left to i rol
'mselves. have never been able to teach 1 1
u, IN the beginning God created the Heavens u .
the Earth; that the plants and the animals WIZ
, ocean and the elements the sun and moon Az, wS
stars, man himself, and all that delights u. aa
His GREATNESS. on5 ~. i;i LIS tne in'nu, sudC
no other God Away, then, with the idea yer very
u this sacred Narrative, stamped us it plain III u !:
s with the imprint of it's Divine Author ~ "a.
MD ever be found at variance with the i men
Tbs of science-or, rather, We should saw ny =
those scanty fragments of trnth those :" a., IL =
Heavenly Fatbrr ,yh;h - i; hara e ,.;' W very
below to gather up with laborious care ; ness
which, however they may excite his long .nil'
J, cannot satisfy his hunger. unha
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