New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17

nnt single act OF what was erroneousy designated
supernatural creative power had ever oeeh inter
be moro profoundly consistent with tho agency OF an
absolutely personal intelligence For It would be only
end was ever presupposed In the beginning and the
beginning surely propho!c OF the end; anu All tmngs
were woven together by the grand necessities OF
ThSs IA f. confea,ed that the innexible order OF the
universe "a discovered and proclaimed by science, bears
the oftiest witness 10 its Divine CREATOR anu !ho reyo,
luton Of thought complete FOR te vew tos nela
eminenty religious. Shall we deny, thon, tnat those
VINO are deepening and widening our pii1 'e
ous work and may it. not be tna 9o SoSE oSd%
OF the philosophy OF evolution are ehttou :" o'"nS
place among the evanges OF our ume
REMARKS OF JOHN WEISS.
ITpon the CONCLUSION OF Prof. Y0umanss paper John
Weiss gave1urher views upon the subject OF which the
following Is an abstract:
II has recently been proposed 20 apply scientific test
of the efficacy OF prayer by uniting all CHRISTIANS IN
oraypr for the patients o. one ward Of hospital to the
exclusion of the rest for gwen time, anu mo,ing
~ medical skill alone IL would, II undertaken. be
a very imperfect test, for unless INC Pdllen,tss
were ignorant OF the trial their IMAGINATION would
greatly affect the result When expectation IS nouflshed
by superstition IL produce great cnecls AS III me
case Of the siberian invads who often recover after
having being howed over by their medicine man they
because they expect To 90 so ie 80 io Is h u
cnnverted beconse they know that had prayed
for them; Catholics have been cufeu og IoiuhnE 'o
UoIy Coat Toe effect Of ardent faith IL genuine
1be r. Lasts bn # ia of short duration have noticed
The PRAYER test that / might refer to an OBJ
lection made by an Evangelical critic because
the test compels God 10 save one ward, whether
he had previously intended to DO 50 or NOT IA orae 70
save the credit Of orthodoxy II ia the weakest point IN
the nopuar conception OF God that He Is almost nnVer
sally bed 10 be constantly changing ms lnu ~ y. az
coriance with the wishes OF men, e conducts no u.
disturbed affairs" but watches mems cOuhlehances anu
nOdhes His system by lis caprci0us hppodI"nc5' ny
knows variahlcness aud shadow Of tnrhs anu nT
the great am" but says to. man you are, anu ah
what you are This is the dry rot Of popular tnSuOgS
During Gen. Buffers reign IN T., NV heiief
RanaI oil. IN
in special PrOvidences, my iaith VIII dl II ~ :
does not become an epidemic ~ ne" W. i h own AMER
ner" This rebel gauges Providence Oy MS o"n augei
but threatens not To believe IN one VINO is NOT "a
hmsef but Buffers sanitary measures VIZ d,'a, ~
the clcrcymans belief though he was Tue most elo
qucnt preacher in New-Oreans Inc following - an
extract from description al an Engilsh oointLy iDq
mine as had seen IT, unpleasant ifnlyi the WORK
had witnessed arduOus, bat there comes seasoh
when this mine with tue inSah niieUoi and
sepulcheT. lwhere our brethren. absOIOeu pIoDdbIf
in the Ordinary thoughts Of WORLDLY Worh' are PIec'P y,
family HURLED to Judgment OF an asearchlng TO
Anayze this statement made III all possible lors Ny
all denominations. Who hurled the c0Iliers 10 Judg-
ment4 Their Judge VINO judges themI The Goa VINO
thus suddenly depnves them OF all further OppOrtun-
ines for Improvement. What God! what Heavenly
for they have hearts moved by distress 10 pity.
But this God OF the coal PIT Is more ruthless tnan ine
ewes One OF the rescued passengerS OF the unfortunate
Nets said il was q merciu Providence that saved 80
so many AS were drOwnedl When VIII men leafl 10
use words accurately the drowned and the saved were
mea sured by the strength Of the man ana the waves
More presence Of mind. more care. DetteL
the amount OF Providence IN favor Of the man.
But God Is not improyser divine breath is deep and
slow, and breaks upon our shores with the gathered
tide of ages The Word is always the even were
there ear TO listen; though IN oar ignorance we can
not hear. live and die by regulations lie has OF
dained. We the finite cannot comprehend the nm
mite. but not deciphcr the gude-posts winch
God has set up for MS Why DO we put M win the
almanac OF an obsolete yeaT2 The Bible OF capfclous
Providence science constantly repudiates In coliery
IN France some uer Te ccnnugicgtsd Win and
asked what they most wanted they replied Lleht pc
fore AL things" yet they haa Peeh ong ~inIut lou
1t is the instinct of mankind: Let me see Us tne great
cry of the human mind. Tired Win aftlucl toys We
demand of Nature her realities. In ITS hunger Tor nght
the telescope has swept me heavens, inc HI1iVop5
examined the earth. II has sought Tor an ihtelgeht
design design OF order On every mana Sc nnu re-
Elected to common center Livery eye ,u9
love in the universe and shows Us Goa OF duecOn
infinitely higher than the God OF theology. we must
seek 10 know God that We may nave correct cohcep
ton of relation TO Him. and when TINS conception Is
reached the Kingdom Of heaven VIII d"tlI WIN men
Give rs light wee ana virtue lheahhoss au hoDIeheS
labor and capital all the worlds antItness wait TO be
adjusted. and the state waits 10 De reenlueu ny Ih 10
q God OF imnuHble Intelligence.
REMARKS OF MIR. GANNEG.
Al the conclusion Of Mr. woIsss address. gentleman
in the audience attracted general attention by saying
perceive this is Free Religious meeting. Your
sneakers have heretofore spoken upon one side Are
YOU ready TO hear anything on the otherT Mr. Froth
Ingham replied The hall has been hired by the Free
Religious AhsOCldllou. VIC HiFt "a bu'u NN"' ""'A'
and not much time to do 1t n and | compelled to
refuse any outside discussion" little later Mr. FrOth
ingham stated: ave have not claimed to offer a free
platform for discussion" Mr.. Gannet followed Mr..
Weiss He began in this way:
confess / should have enjoyed hearing what our
friend the left would have sald, Tor am prey sure
would have reused me mp to say with more f9ree ana
enthusiasm what | intend 10 speak about. believe
that science not only allows religion but eXalts IL.
Science is what makes one feel his relation 10 Cod 10
religion: II puts God in His universe ana doing that,
helps religion. Whatever makes the physical universe
vaster-whatevcr makes 1t more unity, more full OF
aCuOn-that, think, brings God into the universe.
Science has made the universe more unity in our
minds. Think OF that law OF graVltatlOn by when
the furthest heavens are held IN subsection TO the
same laws Of attraction by which the rain drops
truth Of the correlation OF forces by which
We know that the old dream, dreamed before
Christ was born is reality; that no force ever comes
out Of nothing ever goes into nothing THINK OF IN
the light of the unity which gives to all things Think
again of what the spectrosoope has tod US How has
actually visited the sun and gone great distances be-
yond and told us that the constitution OF the stars is
similar to that OF the earth: THINK Oh the eyHuton
theory applied TO life which shows that we ourselves
the children OF all lower e Take the four endow-
ments that science puts in the universe IN our eyes
to-day IL makes 1t more vast, more unit,
more active, and it makes the activity more
progressive. But what we have got-one oneness,
from rim TO RIM only there rims In that yastnes
and oneness What are ones feelings before such uni
we feel bowed before the recognition OF infinite
powerl But what were our feelings toward that Godl
Was 1t not sense OF His omDipotence- sense That He
was the An-POwerful and All-Pervadingi Has not
science tended TO put that God into the universe by
alting the universe into such home for that God TO
live ini
REMARKS OF Mr.. CHADWICK.
Mr. rockingham then introduced the Rev. J. " Chad.
wick OF Brooklyn, who in his remarks referred ed
itorial in THE TRIBUNE comparing briefly the Associa
ton with the Evangelical Alliance in which it said
that the majority of men find 1t hard to live without
some immediate and sensible dependence on a higher
power 1t TO me, said he, that science gives us
this immediate and !sensible dependence on
higher power In some deeper, richer, and fuller way
than IL given TO in the old theology. There was
Of the immediate relation OF the soul this
higher power The way with blocked in these
various 1t blocked by this personality the
Mediator, Jesus. coming between God and man,
that there direct communication with