, 1873-12-22

cation, pnt TO unuefatnAu tue meaning ul: Hls
apiris'inl revelations. I ain convinced that all
light, OF wllatoycr kind, Is good, and comos iron,
God; that oil knowledge comes from Him, md
cau bo naca in His sorvico;. that nothing Which
really ads t. tho knol9ge Of tho Worn
trary. 1t should bo tho effort Of all who Indor-
tals to instruct their brethren III religious
truth to show that wo fool TINT rolgona trull,
mud secular truth aro not only capable Of being
recoi!cod, but really came from tho sane God
| WHO III tho God OF all tr,ith.'
I mako no atrlcturos upon the extreme claims
Of acionco which I % MT make upon tho tho
Safsao isnss to s''ns Know how fAin Ssdy a
! Bnrors whom allo socks to hold back tlo r1Hing
lido Of intelligence ho has but to study the hlH.
| tory Of the Christian Church. antl llo will find
| tho information lo uoolg, to hia SORROW.
| But do wish to 10 Understood o. saying tint
| thero III bigotry of scence aH we'll aa big0try
Of religion, aud that. howoyer deplorable, this
bigotry may 10; ~ largely a'aqualifyihg those
is far losa Objectionable mud hurtful than TINT
| concert Of science with which QUO is brought
almost constantly IN contact.
Scientific men are Of two elasaea: Those
aro truly scoking for tho TRUTH. mud who
respect it whorovor they find It, In tho past or
in the present; IN tho word Of God, or III the
| worhB Of God; ln human life, or iii auy element
Of the huuaH body. Tbeso aro tho roal work
ors, the trlo acontiats of tho age, aud to whose
labors wo arc al indebted. But thoro is anothor
class, aud that not q small one, WHO arc III no
| proper Honao Of tho word scientific mon; men or
greedy minds, giycn to curious Bpocu'ations, aud
who delight Iii manufacturing proaigloua tlloo-
rios out Of tho anlallost n,ateria!s Thoso
are tho people TINT aro noounR t., soei.eesy .ey
nnconcern rs to tho effect which their theoricB
1nay have upon the faith aud morals Of society:
Aud tho oracnaar mannerin which theho puople
talk about Nature, mud Providence, as IL now nil
| nwau IN In
world, until now, Ind been III darkness and
doubt. Miracles, !" they toll us, ''are impos-
siblc;" :" tho universe is ruled by inexorah1e
"tl,ero is pns no variatlon IL Tue Divine planu."
Wise men alo these that talk thus Who told
them 30? Whatdo they know about 1t, as acion-
tiilc mon ? 1t is simply dogmatisn, not to lBo
harshor word, that Ioads auy man to affirm
such position. Shall my tnan dony TINT tho uni-
vorHe contains my proof Of tho oxiBtonco of
personal<sod until he shall himself lavo cx-
uminea every part Of that universe ? but: who
Is sufficient for this ? Aud shall my ono have
tho lardihood to decaro that the idea Of tho
fatherhoo1 Of God iB u 'unsciontific," mud With
out warrant In faet,". until ho shall first havo
shown that tho world he searches iH all the
world there il, snd that l,e iH compatent to find
all the proofs there arc in 1t
I'he Bimplo truth il, tho world OF the
acientist is not in any proper sonue Of tho word,
the world OF humanity ut oil. Doaa men's bones
are in his world, but tho living souls Of men and
skeleton 2 Ifyou gather up the bones Of tho H.
lustriouB Washington, and string ttom together
ono by one, have you Washington himself Is
le there in that lifo!esa frame !?
I repent, the world OF the scicntlat is not the
ouly world there il. Tlloro is no morality III
that world, no affection there, 10 love, no svm-
pathy, 10 faitA II tho scientist, weary with
hs study, wishes to refresh his uatnro by
abandon for q short time his special studies and
eutor worldof which, in his professional capaci-
ty, lo knowa uothing--the work III which home
IL tho ccntral fact-in which 'loue ia the presid-
| lug gonius g
Aud if over that homo the shadow Of aorrow
fall, it ONO whom ho lovcB withorB away, shall he
then turn back to tho lessons Of tho rocks and to
the negationB Of law for Bolaco, or shall he look
to God, of whom his world has nothing to aay
but in whom his soul believes, and to whom, In
fon1ness aud trust, in spite Of hls denials, his
heart fondy cngs?
Iu this relation, lot me road you q portion OF a
letter in reference to the loss Of tito VILE du
Havre, and the conduct Of tho passengers in cou-
ncction with that eyeut:
Never hayo soPe SO calm and resigned
Earn struck ua to tho moment We went down. Every
one wns composed und wonderfully calm.
minutes struggle, then wo shall enter together il
mother, and two friends who were With her, saying
LET " rray let ns ask & aod te keep us" About ts
|
euruest prayer. 1have never witnessed ouch 1nuni-
. | featation Of the power Of faith.
Toll me, so that find no Goa iu Nature, aud
rcsolyo all facts aud forcest into law, do you
have any such experiences US these in the world
, you 1.-Two in ? And yet, had you been OH tue
deck Of the steamer III those terr!blo moments
, with almost certain death before you, do yor
, not believe that your heart would have beer
touched by tho trusting words Of those Christial
| women aud children as they talked Of Got
and Heaven Aye, aud would you moi
have bcep led to ice how unsatisfactory are al
our theories of human existence that do not in
: cllde God, Duty, and Eternity!
70 those who think, as some seem to- TINT al
wjsdom originated with this ngo, and that Bcieu
tiiic study il q new element III civilization, il
may bo useful to read tho following passage from
n | one Ut Prof. AgasBizB last lectures. lie says
III some wsys the study Of natural history haa Lost
rnthcr than gained, in modern civilization You woult
. bo surprised to learn how wel-nforncd tho Greek
for INSTANCE, about he structnro Of ninals Al
crttieul analysis Of intellectual probena we'll /,
dramatic anl poctical conposiio and III al beauty
iItarity with uuturo is not we'll kuown their enl
ture IN ettors anl art. Aristotle knew more Of Ger
utn kinds Of unmas md THUR general reatious THAI
! is kAown now. For Instance, he never eonfounde.
shatks u1d skates with ordinary fishes, while all mod
natnsaAsts wen!d Put the.n ~ one anl thu ssn
class Strange to say, have s!uded tho selacians
tho South American coast by the light Of Arstoe1
researches upon then ~ the Mediterranean Sea- mad
] by him moro tlan 900 years ago.
I can think OF no bottor evidence Of the ten
i doney Of our time to adopt the new theories
autl to rush to conclusions, than is furnished II
0 tho history Of what il popularly known az DIR
\ winism. III tho debate ut tho late Scientific Con.
vo,,tiou in Portland, Mo-. this ia tho dciinitio1
: OF Darwusm given: 1.-THE theory that iuor
ganic matter is developed into tho lower orders O.
' organism, and these III turn aro developed
!, into Aighor organising until man il Produced
: ''Now this" MS DR.. Dawson justly said III the
r discussion Oh this subject before tho Eyangei
: cal Alliance, " is not science at al,-ouly o bat
philosophy" And, What 10 moro, Darwil
; does not claim that it ia scence
t neithor does Huxley, Lyoll, nor l'yndall
Darwli, gives tue results of his stu!lie'
:; not claim that they demonstrate tho doctrine o
: natural solootou,- ,-nor doos lo pretend that III
o covers the whole field OF inquiry lie recognizc
Ist tion tSeory but Ut pro PROPOSES to to e1anno furor
0 and 500 What he Gun lind. But tho craauitly o
| tin are In tin ilenn1fmnnt nf aeiantic sti1fv