New-York tribune., 1874-03-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS..
-.xsrx,ssTpR SERMONS BY the Rev 0HAhu" hNosIs'
"ksrhiTS'" s,e m 339. Macmillan Soc.

science. canon hlnRsiey IL uo
',, ond no coward while he elngs with fervor
s'"l'' -. rol,,,cns faith he eherishes dread of
- ress a. modern discovery. His love OF Nature is
oas,iy strong with hB attachment 10 tue bioie' no
nnds the essence Of religion, not In oogm"uo oo"e'P
SONS hut IN eternal principles In bs Ne" every a0'
tth of physical and Of the humsu reason WIN
-. ,,h tho doctrine Of the English Church lie sees
o,hino I'm seripture 10 forbid natural theology from
setng az once seriptural ana sclenNho' ihe kIe"'
aenand OF ply siosl science JUST now is 'uo peruo
O., natural lave. But that' nc Haih'"Ans' 10
.aso, for granted throughout the Bible. Inc
,a,alles O, Christ drawn from the mrds anu
a.. aowers the seasons aud the weather, eau
have no logical weight unless they are looked at AZ III
x,.nees OF laws in the natural world which nave theN
,nalogues in the laws Of the spiritual wora. FhyscaI
sssence moreover, demands theology that shal SET
forth God whose character is consistent with ali the
,,,s of nature and not merely those which pleas
Ant aud beautiful You tell Us. II Is said OF Goa oi
toye God OF flowers and sunshine, OF singing blrds ana
utte children there are more facts IN nature thah
these There DEATH pestcnee famine, the hurricane
and earthquake poisonous vegetables. aud noxous ami
rsis fearful agencies OF destruction which seienceps
,ust beginning 10 make kuOwn-a new page OF lcath.
someness aud destruction. But this, argues Canon
Kingsley agrees with the conception Oh the Deny as
ID forth in Bible. It reveals God not merely OF
C. bat Of sernness God in whose eyes physical pam
. not the worst OF evils, nor animal life the most !
,fceious OF objects. An awful problem is here pre-
..4uy. Physical science is facing y valantly now
tural theology may therefore face 1t valiantyike-
90 According 20 the great words Of Carlyle about
ncesca in the Inferno, Infinite pity; yet also mi
"a r!gor Of law. It is so Nature Is made. IL Is 80
.nte discerncd that she was made
There are also questions OF origin and questions OF
,aee which natural theology is bound TO consider
PHYSICAL science Canon Kingsley declares, is proving
t.,e and more the Importance OF race, the Importance
Of hereditary influences all organized beings from the
vest plant 70 the highest ANIMAL she is proving more
a more the Omupresent action OF the dIherences DC
recn races, how the more favored race eXtermhates
les, favored at least compels II under penalty OF
cath 10 aCapt It 10 new circumstances. The natural
Theology the future must take account OF these ire
uoudous facts Scripture has already taken account OF
thom II talks continually of races 1t is fun OF hered
s,ary tendencies, hereditary eXceheDeies, hereditary
gunt
With regard to the doctrine o; final causes Canon
ugs,ey agrees with the OF science that they have
10 place In physical research But they belong tc the
province natural theology. The Why of the universe
is 10 DO discovered wen the How Tho student OF
Nature bound 10 investigate the How; the natural
thoologl4n the Why. But unless We learn something
Of the How we shall never fud out the Why Tue
.nthor suggests that lt would be useful II not
necessary clergy have some scientific tram
ing lie dreams OF The day, when every candidate for
ordination shall be required 10 pass IN at least one
bancrof physical science, IL he only 10 teach him the
method OF sound scientific thought. But our having
learned the How, be maintains, will not make II
needless 70 stujy the Why Ii viii merely
make clear the things Of which We
have 70 study the Why enable us 20 keep the How
the Why more religiously apart from each other
point. Canon Kingsley meets the objection that
after ali, there NAV be Why. the doctrine OF evoiu
out e Said hy doing away with the theory OF creation
does away with that OF hnal causes. Not IN the least
replies the author. We might accept all that Mr. Darwin
al that Prot Huxley an that many other able men
unVG GIlQI Cet VET
preserve natural theology exactly tie basis
that which IL was left by Butler and Paicy We
might have to develop IT, bat to renquish il, never
Tue new doctrines OF evolution, interpreted by
Canon Kmgslcv. demand only that the body Of every
Hvus creature is evolved by natural laws from previ
germ into its mplee organization, without the
visible action Of any designing mud. This conception
is cYtendcdit TO the whole universe, which may have
been evolved Just our bodies are by natural laws
acting through circumstances. Now, argues tho au
Thor whether this conception be true false, Vt does
take away ground OF natural theology. For II
there evolution there must bc evolver The theory
natural selection ana the creation Of species 0y grad
ual variation nrerferes 90 little with old theory Of
design aud 6ua causes that DarwiUs WORK onthe Fer
iinzlton Of orchids forms most valuable addition TO
natural theology. For suppose, says Canon Kingsley,
that all the species Of orchid, descendants vi
original form nearly allied TO the snow-irop and the
iris, what theul Would thit be unworthy
q the divine wisdom than u, according TO
the common belief, they created each
and an at once. with their minute and often
imaginary shades of difference 2 II the former
theory true IL wold only show natural theO
logan that Gods works evenmOTe wonderful than
he had before believed. Whether the theory be pos
sDe Doe LETT the students OF natural science 1t
is not for cergymen 10 limit the power Of God. In the
opinion of the author, the theory Of natural selection in
wolves nothing more incredible than that child should
resemble parents, that The randrOl should make
The grass grow, that should become osh aud tho
ncsh susteuancel 'or the thinking brain oi man.
Bot mas Do said, rem trks Canon Kingsley that The
nov idcas contrary To Scripture. q" must beg very
bumbu,' LC continues, "blt very firmly 10 demur TO
that opinion scrgfuIo says that God created But It
nowhere define, that term The means, the How Of
creation IL nowhere specified" II nee We must he
cautions ahont limiting the meduing OF term which
Scripture itself las not J.,ed, lest place INTO iho
Teaching of seuptue onr theories or pi j1dcos.
We should rather. advises thc author look with calm
ness aud even with hope ana goodwill tho new
theories since thcv Indicate tendency toward more
hcrPtura view Of NatLf,.
They at beast attempt oescopc from the shallow
mechanical view IA, universe which was much in
vogue ir the iSh century among fiyues well PHI
l0eopuCrs, uQ b.. Coz .lr tI: after hlu yle have
treated with such noble sCOrn-the Theory that God
Ias wouud rp universe SIC a clock and LEFT II
i,A 10y itself tii u down, never troubling himself
WITH IT, possibly 1y IBTaculOus interference
With tie laws vh.n he himself has made Modern sc-
at all di.trTbs chilling dream Of dead
universe uugovorned absent COD. VI hin the
las tfr yeaI. i Bss produced the most significant
rosuits. u hs. discovered below all the phenomena
a. Tho senses. something rameless, invisible, i'm
pondersblo 40, sD~suto creative life More aud
more tie no.estinHG.d sci, n,ic cngrosscd Gy
The Uysety Of unknown ana truly miraculous ee-
meut 90 Nature which Jlway, escaping them, hOurh
they cannot escape it, Crgymeu shoud have the
Iu tN VtcNtf.