, 1874-02-09

Of TIC fourth lay The sun moon and atars anss
made III order 10 EVe gmt anu ees d;s thg sGHsona m
m iot ill., .nn PATTY L1s ~, oo ,mat woro a,,rht oao
!han III mtol oi uuss @ , mnGn J., ,s1', n;!.aS
III fho ~ nnu tila Woria is OILY siA Iuousaaaa %
years oid Le s an G09 n"
tNe Ngns 1ron WHICH tnnes IT, it 3uara
how can they tallS OF tons OIL centuries Mlinons
OF years are not enough 10 coves tnae es'oM ta Ha
cseatlon which tho nple pnts intG one aas ano
more than twonty odd n1aKas Of doveopoms
when ls uss nave tns'ea 'ntonkh' t1 ~ lnoua1 an1
perloas OF tlmo: 20 sno 1oSs'i nt,'tnIs H. @ au
n!antB fonna "a t1o ooson OF tho gassm, IT, pp.s
hardly be brought into & ase4rd a' WIN te o1ca nc
system OF oreatio, or Wth sae aah,npt'9n ,, % o.
But 81 the miraeuloqs stories Of t., tho nb9w
Of tongues at Dabol, tho resurrootion OF Elias
aud Elijah, and tho long lito Of Adam, aud
Noah, and Of Abaalom, with lis ITO years, arc
shown by the light OF investigation to DO pop
ular legends aud poems.
But ia, therefore, tho old faith to DO put on
tho dead list 2 II tho old Diblo to bo thrown
into the gnrret, since re look upon tho world
from new point of view? Is tho old God of
Inraol to bo depoBod, and the Goddess scenco
brothers and sisters, we mood no now faith. Wo
need no now, God. We need no new
Bible. ~, tho old God,' spake tho
mouth Of tho prophot, nave not changed,
and you the sons OF jacob nave not coasod to
exit in nl1 the y1clsstudes or of llfc. JUDAISM
Of old, united aud har1nonized its new knowl.
edge with its Old faith. Jewleh thinkers OF oid
combined the new vlew8 Of tho world with their
idoaa OF God, aud have remained Jewa: Tho
JewiHh philosophers Of Alexandria, Arabia, aud
SPUN, did not believe TINT snake or an
ass could talk. Thoy believed III no au.
pornatural wondors,-tho divine order Of
nature waa to thom n sufficient testimony
Of eternal omnlpotone,ni,-pu s,i,, th9y unl
Naturo bore witno8a to Him. They did not give
up tue revelation Of God, since their own leurts
testified to IT.. But thoy all spoke thoar pnilo-
sophcal doubts concerning the assumption that
God had made tho world lew centuries ago:
esernai love nave o. 9ia no o91eet 70 wntc9 t
coula inparL ls9Gl1 ta the lsI, ~
Will, pololo H. H. eatsu ~ nnat tessp
eoe tausms stas @ so rpr'Sa ,ooar1;,
Ky " a ~ ,,d .,os 4e
nelle1 y, , sho eternity u moa1er, 1nu yos .ney
Loiu Luz no.e nisH anu ucas 10 ~. ie @ iesson.pooh
o. n4ans Ssa ~ @ suo tiua t s'tt
ad VII T. rot aTays Te%a' n, ,lqMtosstionably sda
iuat ea'9 ~ ~ w. sao st;3o o,sa
Coula aslence Win ~ ~ s.anH, hutues, 9'es =.
rho ta ,no @ u mnaa IN IN
Main ~ tuat KGts1 y D4A1 - 1'Ata' AZ
'nJ i'aAso " ooo 7,.,a
can see no danger for Judaism IN that mod
er1l scionco which ia summed up in the deciara-
tion that tho world was not made ct Que moment,
but has developed isselt, and ] that man , vas not
for this is essentially tho new Darwiniau doc
trlne, the foundation anu capstono OF tho modern
scionco Of nature. And doos this, accepted and
constantly confirmed ny almost I'll investigators
of nature, o,-RHtronouerB Geoluglate, botahists,
God? All which Darw!nam declares 1s, that
creation iH not TO- ho explained through mira
clio, but through t!io natural law OF progressive
development OF life Under favorable circnnl-
| undor varying influences, tho manifold forms Of
existence havo developed themselves. Do I
dony God whom l, instructed by science, declare
that God docs not scnd rain directly down
y caused by natural pr9esv7es3 7e Do deny
sun out from its tabornaelo, and loads it back
again, btt that thronsh the power OF attraction
around the highor central Sun In eternal orbits
10 dony God whom 40 not believe that l!e,
tor tho benefit OF man, let's tho earth bear its
fruits, but that the Hun, through its warm
ng rays, A%akons and sn6talns lifo
nnl growth throughout tho whole sphoro
OF ita rulo! Or do deny God when bolioye in
no Heaven and no Holl. made for reward and
punishment but declare that tue Justice OF God
| allo"s sooa doAo 20 10 roWardcd through itRoif,
aud the evil to DO punished by itself. in tho
spiritual life OF mnn2 Do deny God WHOM |
y aony every Immediate intorferoneo Of God with
the eternal order OF The world, a1'd queation
every mirac1e? Quite tho opposite. NY idca of
tue wisdom Of tue Eternal il too great to allow
me to he!leye that Ho y T. from time to time
gatohinG up ana improving MlB own works. The
eternal lawa OF naturo are His eternal wisdom,
31is M unGh9ngsab!e @ VIII: We're Ho ever to change
Liz will, He would not to mo bo tho Eternal..
Formerly tho creation, at least, WIS looked on
Us tue immediate work Of thc Divine hand, ,-aa
aslIpernatural act OF dod-a wonder as mani.
fold al tho number Of things croated 80 thai
the many millions OF plants and animals indi'
Gated Just 30 many specal oroatiyo Great aets Of God
marvellous, but Which wo could not trace back
10 natllral laws. Then eanio Darwin, IIaokol
aud others, and explained to us that all tloAi
things took place according to natura
laws. According TO TUG same law
by which M ear Of corn Will
forty or fifty kernais springs from grain par