New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-23
SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE.

IkCIl RI BY HE kENs IN b'i'''
The Rev. Dr. Lord began series OF lee
+ures last evening at the Tabernacle Lay College
Rrooklyp His general subject for the Of lectures
IA " Christianity and Modern SBepucal Science" and
3ast evenings discourse was Introductory. He began
nv reeren ny the increasing dangerous prevalence OF
skepcsm saying that the sweeping assertions OF sAep
ticsm are becoming accepted as aXi0ms' ana not Only
ara particular forms OF theology endangered but Cs-
tany ITSELF The tendency Of scientists seems 10 De 70
know nothng OF the Deity save lis omnipresence lie
condemned whatever implied doubt Of the Bibles IN
epired character rcegated TO the domains OF super
stiton or made il a religion instead of The religion.
He spoke OF the upon 1.-THE Bible that are creeping
into the current literature Of the day poisoning the arr
and bscoming channel Of unallOyed mischief 10 hui
IDanity by undermining the whole revelation OF God 70
man Referring to the charges made against the Bible
nv scennc men, the lecturer asserted that so far from
holding thar the Bible has anything 10 dread from the
revelations OF science. he believed the Bible to have
,Ieen q giant when infant. Although
written Iy many different men, at different times the
Bible contained nothing conflicting with science Not
1yithsttDing the wonderful and vast discover
les OF science since the biDo was writ
,sn cSn,cted With them They must re.
member that the end Of the Bloe was not intellectual
hut moral and they must not expect TO nd In IT treat
ises geology. chemistry or any other science what
ever di have TO on these subjects would be found
true for Divine prescience Kept the writers OF the
Bible frou error But he claimed more than TINS ne "a
1--WE fact that science did not dsproye the Bible he
/ claimed that there were WONDERFUL duu
inmaons Of scientific truth in the Bible. It's inspired
leaves contained the water lines OF truth
God OF Revelation. The sacred books OF the heather
were a. full Of blunders in science as IN
their theology the lecturer said pointing his statement
by prOfu-c Illustrations Of OF the aOsurdties OF e
ancient philosophers, such as the theory OF metempsy
Ghosts PvthagcTas, etc, and by extracts from tne
Koran. The founders of the church themselves were
led INTO these errors in science, he said, quoting IN
proof Justin Jerome and Cypran. In striking contrast
10 the mass OF ignorance he had just read was the lOe
Though written by unettered men who knew nothing Oh
science there errors IN IT, Could TINS nave come
from any but men guided by God be askedt observing
the wise receuce OF the Bible how could we al TO see
Indication that IL came from G0dt III was
more than free from errOit contained Significant In
SinatiOna OF the discoveries OF science.
81 John spoke of a earthquake such as never was
ence men upon the earth aud science showed tha
before our planet inhabited dreadful earthquake
shocks must have taken place. The oath and 18th chap
tiers OF Jon aud parts OF tue Bible were read by the
lecturer and Explained in the light OF science In con
eusOn that all true, sober science was tnelsIe
and all pointed 10 something Wmoh we can zoo
There will thirteen lectures IN the course 10
be delivered bY DR. Lord, every THURSDAY evening Ihe
lecture will pursue the subject Oh Scehce ana
Revelation"