, 1873-06-01

The thT1Sttd71 Encouragement tuo olb1a " tAo
Reformed Church, charged, in a recent editorial
article, that Prof. Tyndan had tho bad taste, in
his lectures to attack the Christian faith Of this
country, and . 1arge class Of its professors. The
speeches OF Dr.. Hitchcock and Patke Goodwin,
the writer goes On to Say, we're meant ss remind
ers to Prof. Tyndall Of his mistake. Tyndall,
who is never easily put down, meets these aspcr~
sions with this reply in tho Popular Science
Monttly for June. He says:
confess to reading with some anazeme1t the frtt-
Gle On the "TynGau Banquet,n in tie IrtclHgtnttT
an there charged with attacking, in my lectures, both
the Christian faith and large class Of its profes-
Oh The passport to he bo.ter iand" then, assuming
the mixer Of this charge to b not in state Of nvnc-
bic wona 2ot e. hs s ny &c bs
though solicited to do steadily refuaed to quit the
neutral ground Of tho intellect during my ytst to the
Baltimore, Washington, Brooklyn, and New Haven,
can testify whether single word relating to religion
VAS heard in any leeture Of mine delivered in those
Ave out Of the si1 lectures then delivered,
syllable wns uttered Pro Or con, regard gard:
ing religion. And confidently appeal to that
heroic audience which paid me- the memorable
psut Of coming to hear me On the incle1nent hight
when tho words spoken on which this charge Is
what then said could, with fairucss, be CONSTRUED
into An attack upon religious faith, anu one large
before them and would fesrlessly trust to the man
hood Of any Young Mems Christian Association in the
Union for verdict in this matter. Tho writer In the
which his assertions inevitably LEAD; for they
true the perfectly un.n1stakabia manner IN which tho
Sssa q the Hs FAX Toqa to p S
raTerse Of credable to him and others who have the
The head and front Of my offending hath this e1-
tent at the conclusion Of one OF my lectures re-
ferred for two minutes, in mild language, to the
ported words reported tco1d add By Presbyterian
pulpit and this is wifully twisted by that occupant
into an attack upon the Presbyterian body. The
Originally % nids IT. :nd M as nov " % Heh9ed BY the
public zefutation. Why should cars about refudng
It, when the Sympathetic ktndnesa Of The yery men
not believe word Of the Indictment I carried no
more pleasant memory with me from the United
States than that Of my reception BY the Presbyterian
College Of Yale. The high-minded youths aud cul-
tured gent1emen whom met there, as, indeed, tho
Presbyt body generally, few hotheaded fanatics
Sr LII 10 ~ II
assign to ita echo in the Tntelfigecer the selsame
arithmetical value.
The political bias, Herbert Spencer says in his
current chapter, is only less an obstacle to
sociological research than the class bias Of which
he wrote last month. 1t giyes rise to an undue
belief in appliances, and thereby prompts the
multiplication Of laws and Of political tools. 1t
fosters al undue faith in political forms, and the
sovereign eficscy OF constitutions,-e belief az
baseless as the old credence in the natural
supenorities Of Kings and Queens. more in
sidious error which results is the de1uBion which
it develops, that, even with men as they nre,
governments generally might be made much
better than they are; as though it we're possible,
out Of community morally imperfect and in-
te11ectuaIIy imperfect, to get legslaton that was
not likewise imperfect! He uses the present
condition OF America to illustrate some OF his
points, and speaks OF our politics without bias,
but not more severely than Americans do in their
newspapers and conversations. As he expresses
it, "While the outside form OF free government
remains, there has grown up within it reality
which makes government not FREQ"
Baron Liebig'B life and work are skctched in
an appreciative strain, and fne portrait Of him
is given:
dali banquet and Parke Godwin's speech, which
be thinks did good service to science and scien-
tifc men. and joins Mr. Goodwin in attacking the
dogmatic tendency Of some scientlats to claim
authoritative sanction for their theories and
hypothcses. He foils them with q little graceful
raillery and declares that he believes some Of
them are secretly meditating sort Of scientific
Nicene creed. to run after this style:
IbelicYe In the Dsrwinian Theory;
In the Evolution Hypothesis;
In the Undulahon OF Light and
the Lumtntferous Elmer and
In Tie Atomic Constitution Of
Matter.
As an act Of justice to the public and Prof.
Youmans, We call attention to his statement,
that the book, IS Youmans Dictionary Of Every
Day Wants." which is being bought extensively
by those who think it is his work. is not his at
all. He is neither its author, nor has ho had
anything to do with its preparation and, so far
Is his name has been used to sell it, it is fraud.
The monthly contains other articles, on t'The
Constitution OF Nebulm," by Dr.. Fl. 6chellen;
'* The Hygiene of the Ear" by James Hinton
IL Economy Of Railway Locomotion," by G. ".
Grover, G. E., Instinct in Insects-1I," By
George Pouchet; IA Scientific Home Missiona-
~ )" Domestic Economy Of Fuel-1,' by Capt.
Douglas Galton; "The DriftDeposits OF the
Northwest-I," by n. Il. Wincheu 'Some OBJ
servations On Niagara, by Prof. John Tyndall
Estate Geological Surveys" by Prof. Albert R.
Leeds i" Natural Selection in Politics, by Prof.
D. Il. Wheeler.
The discussion concerning compulsory attend
ance at college, which has excited 30 much at
tention Of late from the press and the other ed
ucato1s of the country, is continued in long
letter by President Barnard. His own expert
ence in Columbia College has shown that no
compulsory system is necessary to secure the
attendance Of those whom collegiate education
is likely to benefit. As for the others, no
system Of compulsory education would bo Of any
use,
ASTIFF LECTURE ON HERESY.