New-York tribune., 1874-12-23
TIE LECTURE.


! propOse in this concluding lecture to no.
tce Of and partial truths that are more
less current respecting subject. and to inquire
whether they false defective. and how they are
to be treated may take as motto remarkable say
ing OF our Lord to tho sadducees Of His days "Yo do
err not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power OF God
Jesus was always tender with tho Sadducees than
with the Pharisees He evidently regarded an honest
skeptic as more respectable than q rituast; and
even little science better thing than mere round
Of hypoorica performances; and this tenderness Is
apparent in the mild rebukc which have quoted and
which think will characterize tho scientific inddoty
OF our day. Men in Judgment from not knowing the
Scriptures and attribute to them doctrines which are
really not those Of tho Bible They from not know
Ing, rather not having distinct conceptions OF the
being and power Of God Their want Of knowledge may
proceed from inadvertence, or from want OF oppor
tunity, or perhaps from natural dislike to higher
TRUTH or an ncapacity to perceive It. Much however,
their due. fear, to the imperfect presenta
tion OF truth by those who know IT, and to tho false
CLOSES and bad morals Of tho Pharisees.
1t further to 10 observed that largo part OF tho
opposition to religion attributed to science really pro-
ceeds from q philosophy which has lilo connection
with science, and what would therefore mention
merely Its relation to tho views of scientific The
philosophers OF Herbert Spencer and Of John Stuart
MILL for example, though diverse from each other lilo at
the foundation OF much OF this as appears In England
and In this country Neither OF these PHILOSOPHERS Ia In
accord with science any than with the Bble Both
PHILOSOPHERS ogrce in rclegatlhg God to tho domain OF
tne se' @ S ' h o' s t ~ o % Ibcv orn rIIsd 20
science. they proceed from this point IN very different
rmnr ,r"ttcr and forccs nroceeds by skui mss OF
analogy to assure us That these can successfully pro-
mntbod "a the very onrosito of flat OF tre science how
ever may DO supported ey ustraons fasen 1 # IN
sCen,no lac -ces ond atnns of macr "r hot en-
Tn % "rces Il back ad nonce
traes it on these atoms or forces Which, not prodncod
ny an ine,l1n. % t"''r, , u,u M Coz uhich ihav ora
inexpi cable tnan tne 'or & %n @ y sS,,, nre
supposed 70 account lts ais,he n.tcr .'e i & ~,
o1 OF @ Tue trn arnoss oacr ali mrc a arsnmet Of
anorv uu and no Of s duvs character rcaureI in
MIL on the contrary. In holding that all knowledge is
only rsat,se pnsno%sna, and that i s \, merely ,i
encs ns a. rsav , V Ss auavsis throw
doubt ali s !uas science vcua he Of
thin.s. aud leaves US as destitute Oh Dass lot o,r
however. only Just TO say that ~ ms essay on lhlSn.
his latest work. published only aier ms de e Dea
remarkable testimony to te power OF the wora 81 GHd
Usearnng w as o ha rsvsr g e oy valid ' nrg
inent that from oesiRn ana Eows .nat ts - reg @ an
inductve argument ana 10 VI 10 neu iolou wTn , rU
siered IN the case OF tno more compen oni, stiIu M
lures, as for Instance ihe s1r 10 whrn n,no,at ae
specially refers as lndica'ing utsgn; As a'reauS ~
observed IN preerr'nR tne ureu%ht. % from from nes'Em @ nc
ment alone ~ those passages IN Wncm ~ reasons on tho
suG)ect, as ior eHampe III .s potuuns eaTer1 @ p -.
job. and IN the nrst chapler OF iu epst ~ tne ho
mans IL Is certainly rrnarkane M SonSnenen ,hat re
only way 10 which Iae nhhS I'm w" ~, M In ,.
out reVSiatiou, at'a W & t t, n;t,,,r 10
sse nat una wea s opY tue aTeen valid to h S on
the other hand no regards the prnrie OF tne snvval
ar is pma aa.sJ aes viii Oh only admit that
Is not ~ aOsuii Us u ioOhS, anu .nhe c haoeies
which have been discoverea py eApcliemee avotaoo @
to its possiDillty, 1ar eXcoed ~h any oc M9u nave
supp0seu peio 10 20 o., n,,o "; % ,,,i,n
OF Siew iar e=scne = %, ac r rnc i sirur
o. % s,ec,ns "a and Inc va,no NJ thc onnnrios
n Ppomin,ed ia ess than N II innrined
~ y, e ,at M was even at rho last 30 far icrant
OF tae power OF Gou 'na nE ars @ 70 'n ,y ~ 90 ,nn i @
tae na'T M can hoiaWe opi IN Cod Of med re-
On !ais Soin oweyeT it very %
nature have any srh sisniGcance and in 50 far as
script1[e noion % wnicn mi IT, 0yes For exampc ~
ths incompeeness Of oar knowledge
~ His Ways are uisearchabie :" or (2)
the necessary incompletcness OF created things
and their incomplete reflection OF their Maxi r,
for the works of nature are not in themselves like Go
but on the contrary in the anu modes Of exist
eISe ael1e ars n Ss trS% power % FOR eTaHp when lie
oyerrues physical evil for moral good; % the i'm
nerfecfion Arising from tho Introduction OF sin Mil
However is IN so right the Bible itself declines
to ex plain origin reason for the introduction Of cy,
and that the clay Is rebuked for complaining Of the
potter so that we must expect always be unable to
reconcile all the procedure of God with his perfecons,
and to relegate to the OF what
not explain.
The German pantheists endcavor to continue these
realistic ana iueastic PM sopn"s III tue conception OF
q pantheislic allpcrvadIng Cosmos. netcr spiritual
nor natural neither God nor matter nor force yer m
Guiding oil and developing all things from itself to
turn IL again. This however, though having roots
both In theology and philosophy Is an idea foreign To
physical and natural science. mention these theories
merely to that they do not belong specially to my
subject any further than they aid n presenting tho
actual state OF mind in which We 1hd sciehthc men
Passing TO the macrialistic science or tue time, we
may take as an example OF tDls production which has
excited much attention, not so much on It's own
count as the state Of tho public mind which II indicates
or supposes-the recent address Of Prof Iyudull as
Preedent of the British Association In Its aspect with
reference to Scripture address ali remark
able for 1t assumes altogether position OF the BlDe
with respect TO nature ncglects acknowed dye the
obligations OF science to Coos Word. Truly stating the