, 1874-05-29
Did God Make the World on tho
Eight-Hour Plan2
An Elephant Sitting jauntlIy on tho
Shoulder Of a seraph.
"a Bowi1lored Audience,

t1o HohI Ultra OF tho rof0rlnurH among Lla 90
callod llorottcal ol4urohoa. T,H now light Ia tho
Roy. Father TORY, Ut ST. patriok'a Church, a
gentlonaan not moro than 80 yoars Of ngo, OF
low stature. strongly mnrAod Collie countonnnoo,
omphaszod, 10 to Hpoak by jot black oyo-browa,
dark, glonming c5on, and long, flowing hair,
dark AZ ravon's wing. Father Tory locturod
before tho Union Oatholio Library Association.
in tloir society hull, last night on
THE roErny or oENEBrs'
Most OF hiH nuditorH woro IriHh, aud a,nouH
Aia loarors wero worry many ladles. Tho Lecturer
was introduced by tho preHidont, 3lr. Onullal,
mcnt was strongly depicted in mai: naany couuto-
nancoa Of 4 asoyeroiy orthodox stamp. The whole
world knowd that tho Irish Catholics cling to old
traditions with fond fidelity oqualod by no
osnop nSop,o inc yoang preacher, however,
tho minla Of his auditors lust eyoniug. Ho took
nway thoir breath, aud, Hayo at tho ooao 80
nrapt was the attention, ho did not receive
single round Of appaytHo.
REVELATION AND RCtENGE.
Tho lecturer opouHd by aayiu; that revolution
md Hcicnco woro two distl1lct principles, aud ono
dtd not nocoaearily lean upon tho other. At tbs
san>o tiinc, whom tho subj joct was ooscy scaunnd.
latter falsify revelations. Crood did not oha11go
but schools and systcuH md theology did, Tho
cardinal doctrlnoa Of religion remaimed, hut tho
thoolooEians woro mover at rost, and woro con-
sharoSe. t. Which, tsey fA De'oneed aasea 81. sss
ono. Ind beon porAocutod,- sought 10
DO. obstruotod-not by tho Church,
but by cortain theologlana wlo Het themselves
tleir harrow ideas might DO preserved ntnot,
inBistB upon interpreting tAoir Opaque opinioua
bctwoen humanity md tho truth.
THIS spirit 1t waH that led the persecution Of
in tho nineteenth ccntury. Tho ono Ind Az
Hcrtod tho principle OF n8tronomy autasonigtia
to tue Biblical idoa tho othor had aHsortod tie
truths Of geological rosoarol. which
Gone Genesis: soiouco ean,o from Cod aud
dod and It. It conld i''~'i not 's't', orr, ''pa Snt
eacl, forco acted independent Of tho other.
TluB, in donoas. 1t WIS sot forth TINT
THE BUN AND MOON AND sTAiy
rere placed ~ 80 many ]anps in the itoavcns tt
slime upou The earth, and for tho solo purpose
OF giving ,iglt; 1t vas lnferred that tho n!oou
oung to the bolicf tint tho sun, = aery bill
warmed tho oarth by day, and, In tho oyoning,
sunk down fiery inaBa into tho aoa, JoaLHis'
hclieved that the onrtA was broad,
poesi ds sape 10 nor ad a no ba '& royeo Sf d,
OF tho planetary syatom dawn upon him. Yo',
doBpita tl,is iRuoranto, tLoro WAS no roason WIZ
the genuineneBH Of MoHcB' inspiration should ba
doubted, or why Joshua should DO hold not to
havo beou prophet.
TIE PURPOSE or THE CREATOR
was to convoy to tllo thon cruao pnop1a OF tl.l
earth knowledge Of salvation III language That
would 10 by them oaBily ull]orstood-,ot to ts-
atruot them olther III astronomy or IL geu:oE.
He bollovod that Afonou was inspired 10 coilc !
md writo tito Book OF uolcBis, although 5lou ),
whom writing that work, may not have bsuu
awaro OF tic inspiration.
TIE CH1Er TROUBLE
10 dealing with tho questions raiHod between t!,o
l}bio and science was, naid tho Icctilror, tai
thoologian5. whonever tho sciontists nlatEe nav
discovery, attempted to mako tho crudo trrii-
lions Of the JOYS coincide with overy new aaro.
nomica1 or geological fact. Henco there wal
en1lesB confusion, ,-ontllosa chango Of front,
aud endleaa war Of ideaa. In pursuing tAii
course, the tloologians Bl.owod tfoir woaknt,ss,
and exposed themselves TO ridioulo. When )Io..
HOS wrote, the world waH iu tho infancy ot itl
knowledge, and 1t was sheer nonsense to at.
tempt to stretch tho scnnty loxandB Of the Bill.
cal era to m e1tont TINT would nationally cover
tho wonlrous scientific discoveries Of L.;or
| timea.
THE oATHoIIu TuEo1onrANs
had glvou up the idoa Of battliug Bcionce. for,
agos aeo, Ut. Anguatino warned t!'o p:ieats
sppoaling to tho Scriptures whenevor Hclc:lco
developed aomo fact Of tho oraAtiou hithorto I'LL
known, Other nhurchos had not been riAs
enough to follow this course, and. by bringing
in human theories, thoy oaled tllor crootla With
such idoaH predoHtinntion, election, antl infant
dalnnation, Until moro liberal ago, moro rofued
religion and noblo heart bad forced a prci.by-
terry to abundon doctrinoH faliacioua and llioE
ical. [Marks of spprobation.l
TIME or CREATION.
| One Of tho chef points over which tho thcolo
glHtH uBod to wranglo WAS as to tho time wi.ich
was consumed by God in croating tho world.
rol.ulnr dayn God, like good Jowisl, mechanic,
completed His work. and rosod on the Boyenth
day, which waa called tho Sabbath. Others held
tl.st the VIZ daya mnant n ages and that Mosea
mont clupg to tho opinion that the world and all
tIloren created aB writton, or tranamittc ed,
by MoscB in the six regular days Of AL osGi-
nary wcok. They forgot however, to dc1iuo
tenn, like most Of tho lahorcrs Of this day, or
wiothor Flo took his tims IN completing tho job.
lsubauaa lRughter.1
Now all ths sp.ouaion aESKs's "a. s;mply childish
In tho first place, 1t was more tLan doubtful
whether Moaes wrote any part OF tho Bod. II
Goueals except that portion Which MAS conte;.~
poraneous with his own ti1nos. Compare the
vide: oven al translated aud tho most surer-
t|oia1 observer will ut ouce discover singular
aud startling difference botwoon the at glo
9na Is tho language. In tho original
the psoduotlos ne & the doron sh psrads Of n
g1iah litorature-of Chnucor spensor, shrL-
spoaro, Pope, Byron, and Tonnyson-contras.e
with oact othor. Thus It could easily bo in!ozrel
tnkl AltlOuEu Qlohca u!Eut DAf6 WllttGQ LIE @ 4
commentaries, It was mont rational to conol,ta
that the other portions Of Genesa wsro hautied
down. frat by tradition. from father to eon. NJ Il
by 1noans Of barda singing from door to donr,
Ing the teachings Of those bards aud lastly by
the great law.giver himsolf finally gathering up
those traditions, placing them in regular order,
and then adding his own personal experience :,
obHerrasions, and inapiration. Hehaa no doul
that tho account OF tho oreatton a. given bY
MoBos waB tntcnaed in no a!legorical sense, AMI
that al theories to the contrary were simply tho
offspring ofi minds which sought to apologize
Scripture by appealing to allegory.
Tho same wad truo with regard to tho pretty
story Of Eden aud the creation Of man. Tbs
Book Of Geneais WAS, in fact,
HUGE EPIC
the product Of Oriental genius, inapirod, per-
haps, to pEoseryc, by ,iIythmical Tradition. eome
Of tho earlter fruits Of divine revelation, On
this point Of man'H origin the theologiaus hal
nv linn daf3