New-York tribune., 1873-04-15


written upon the face of the moon. Not only must
our own planet reach that chill and desolate con-
diton but the sun itself must fade into darkoned
orb and become extinguished in the heavens
" These thoughts" concludes Professor WincheI'
" summon INTO our immediate presence the measure,
less past and the measureless future OF materiai
history They seem almost to open vistas through
the eternities and to endOw the human intelleo'
with an existence and vision exempt from the nm
its of the Finite, and lift it up toward suoinno
apprehension of that Supreme Intelligence WnoSo
dwelling place is eternity"
PATBR MUSDIi oRpocrRrNR OF gvoL uTioN ~ Kew D. =
Burr D. u. ilmO. pp 80 Roye'' Holmes. 70
To the eminent names recently cited IN our
columns as proof that the doctrine OF evolution wa"
universally accepted by scientific men may pe ~" ~
that Of the author OF the present work Juus'"s ~ e
the long list OF testimonials appended 10 tnis 'o'u
from the very highest theological authorities ne Is u
,, rerarkahe Of living American writer's. He Is re-
nresented AS having command Of language ana so"
Of eloouence that Is altogether extraordinary he
tracye instructive, edifying." one OF MS preNlo"'
works is described book that Is oook' "o,'" "a
weight In cold or diamonds IL is full OF god anu
precious gems" "In majesty DO MS 'housn'S -.
forth either 10 conquer, 10 convince or 10 WOO Wv
"a n mailed warrior are they fully panophed o
ments every foe" "He has suddenly burst upon oui
vision as an author OF the first mark in the mgcs'
realms of thought and leading defender OF preV"
truth against the assaults OF scienhc pretenue's ~
preentious sciosts He calls TO mind the days Oh 'ho
great New-England divines the Edwardses' Be'ahS'
Backus smaley EmmOns." Yet THIS wondrous pii"so"
Of intellectual might withhods his assent from the
theory of evolution. Not only so. He regards II "S
scheme of fell intent and dire import In his opinion
"a extremely hostile 10 God and religion. Most oi us
loading supporters have been materaliss, skept's'
atheists They have been active foes OF churches
the priesthood aud the Bible. sun IL 70
true as he afirms, that the hypotneSis Va
evolution which be identifies with the doctrine
OF natural laws has attained very wldo acceptance
1t has taken to itself the language ana the lue oi our
best science u dwclls under the caves OF Chrlstah
colleges II sits without reproach in professors chairs
II il even invited to our theological semnaries, ana s
fed 10 the young men who are about to feed tue
churches II stands on the platform OF popular lecture
rooms and affects the language OF tho common peoo'
You can hear this gospel by the country roauSe
I'm the village grocery in tho basksmlths shop anu ~
the Sabbathless cabin among the mis-. But aitel "'
Dr. Burr insists the new doctrine is not science IL ID
not even scientific speculation. 1t Is only specuia
ton held by some scientific men. and by stil more
wbo ARE not men OF science at all. III ls
dream an air-caste, the very mythology OF science
Bu; the author is shrewo TO imagine that IL can oe
demolished by a battery OF eDithets. lie sui9ec's tlo
doctrine to a cruel analysis riddles the arguments Oh 's
defenders smtes them hip and thigh, proves the 10 DC
mpostors and charaans. and knocks the breath clean
ont OF their bodies. Even while lying dead on the cold
ground he continues to assal them with his pltIe's
rhetoric Here is specimen OF the favorite weapon
which he wields with such fatal prowess;
"sureiy inadequate Law Hypotheslsl Fan surely, "
intoxcate Law Scheme; boueversing thysef ana then
supposng the universe to stand on It's apex lnseau Oh
Its Dase Most surely, unnatural Naturallsm; lmpos
sbly deducing like from like equals from equals, ana
even the greater from the less and even the greatest
things in all Nature from that which is next to ncthng
As surely as that a God cannot make God nothing III
the parental economy, anywhere else ON the same
level eau be anything than the conditions arteries
and tools through which Great Personal Force from
above pOurs along its mighty reproductive energes
ana that whole childhood which perpetuahy reshehS
tbe earth and reuvenatcs mankind must have been be-
gotten from far above the human plane say from the
circuit Of heayen-wy not say from tlat awful Zenith
of which we can assert and toward which won
der but whittier neither sight nor thought can
cmbl There Is the spring OF these swift human rivers
Thence come our broad Amazons, fruitful Miles, ana
arrowy Rhones. Thence flows down the Parent-Power
upon all the world. True ProtO=oon-nfinite instead oi
inhnitesimal Alpha of worlds
voluntary personal august, cloudenyeoped summit OF
all things-we reverently pronounce before Thee
that most ancient and venerable OF all names GoD!
The seoI ganizng power OF Nature finds no mercy AT
the hands destroying angel He presents f1ght
full picture Of the consequences that Woud ehsue o
the spontaneous play Of the natural forces We should
see not only complete plants and animals, hut horrd
fractures OF such beings Disconnected arms hands eg
feet teeth boards heads hearts, and trunks would he
about In promscuous confusion thousand chances 10
one that every organism would be parta ana deiecNe
Vastly more fractions would be found than integers
wholes would be the exception pieces the
rule at would be tremendous miscellany
of fragments. No Armageddon Of battle
field would present more dreadful aspect
Lift mp your eyes. Buds. branches, roots VEINS arms
ewes brains lungs hearts all sorts Of Diseca Membra
as separate as they pictured on our anatomlcal
charts; sometimes embryonic, and sometimes rouhued
out into the ripeness OF finished Organization; some
times fresh aud dripping with the sap OF the algie ana
sometimes fresh and dripping with blood as due
as ever coursed under the white skin OF ran
tagenet-see them falling through the air, noat
ina in the water, stirring in the sod! Here you
see the horns OF an rpennc apart from the OK tse
there by itself the hoo of horse yonder the proDocls
" an elephant yonder s the feather Of an ostrich ana
still yonder the brow Of man. ArmlesS hands sueh aS
say Behold In newspapers and on guide-bOards' OF
sch az ia said 10 have written the doom Of Belshazzar
bodess heads such painted on our canvas buss
and tOrsos such hewn in our marbles; neslless
skeletons such as might stand for ancient Time
himself single bones If from plundered
reliquaries aud catacombs AL such dreadful
spontaneous creations stare at US IN our
walks especially from amid the great decomposition Of
laboratories eonlagratons, cemeteries and marshes
The Dismal swamps, the burning Moscows. the plagued
ondons the steaming Pere Ia Chaises show something
more startling than ignes Jati Ii is II the museums
Of Anatomy had been sacked and scattered
by unscrupuous vandals 1t Is as IL the memories OF
ancient surgeons and tyraDts and butchers had
been enptiedi into the objective all around u.s."
As counterpart 10 the abominahon Of desolation
presented by the spectacle of world under the reign