New-York tribune., 1874-12-23

mystery that life on earth is evolved (SpenceIl, anu
part Of Hspreof' You not knowing the
second phase o, apparent sn,asonsm Of science TO
Scripture Is that which concerns the organs OF .
taneous generation OF living organisms from dead a
ter has recently received some apparent Of
Life " but the greatest doubts have been throTn upon
the validity OF bis py Of bs statements
and illustrations leads 20 the conviction hat ms Tnr
trusworthy results Huxley himself BY his doctrine Of
prooplasm physical basis OF fe really uispen'c,
force-as much az Basan, and would remove all DIM
Gully supposIng the creation OF 'lng shiiss VIZ
out any creative act FIrther. In his recent paper n
animal autonalsn, Huxley goes as far as possible.
without directly reaching 1t, toward the conclusion nr.
regulating machine requiring special vital or mental
force to secure It's actions and results. ,. Ino u'v
oughy cauva,sed by Bcae. and tho distinction be-
tween living dead and fSrm"a .i,,ou M RroHp'iL IImyioT
here has been illogical from the first. for while ait;D
uiing to proOplasn, as mere a0uminons matter, ,t 1
iorcc. hopelessly obliged eventually TO rrlrr 70
living prooplasn and dead protopasm as quite distinct
IN in MS cHs% eas 60
scarcely DO said to have given US any dehpe doe
It 10. however, deserving Of notice that the eminent
naturalist last mentioned IN the address 10 the Bfis
Association, IN Which he so strongly dsSentad from
Bastins conclusions, took ocoasJn TO ascroe to the
Scriptural writer's belief In spontaneous generation,
he said with many otner ancient authorities His evi:
this the reference 70 The gerlnnatlon OF
a graiu Of wheat illustration or tie resurrec lo.
"TAt hich thou sOwcst. thou sOwest not the Dody
tina. shall be, but bare grain may be OF wheat UT
as be pcases aud to each kind seed or body OF ia
own" It dcult to sec here any Kind OF 'ctrino
of spouaneOus generation. and inderd tho whole 0ie
ment is of the opposite SORT Paul had affirmed that me
grain VI wheat is not quckcned except II ue-a 'f
way of nut ling pldn truth tuat the mass OF the sec
peIsaes in favor of Tho little almost Invisible germ OF
Ilfe which IL contains, ana when slfinEs Wy @
the body 1t shall have and to every seed ts own body
according to the KIND or seed II may oe Iherc IS no
either that something not seed should produce a new
body that wheat should produce tares Or aes
the argument would DO altogether lnValinated, iol
1t IL the germ OF spiritual lie c1lstinK III. ~
tho man here that must o grow up Gp0ns,on Ssa 'n,i %
spiritual hGe. Paul, 10 short perfectly agrees with
Moses that God created plants acsodps TO- 5aeif
o without tho OF the DSo Sss. pS%sr
from ns ausnti" anotnsr Secondary npo
and In its scrlptural aspect relates chlely 10
the nranng wo are 10 attach to the views OF meiiao
creation given in Genesis m aud to the force TO be at
tacBcd the expresson LATTER lis kind relating TO
the views which natural science may srtte us 10 the
limits OF speclrs. These c0Ins we have already dis.
cus.e ana also to solne ex;'nt tho more important
questions as to the Orien OF man.
IL may be We'll, however, 10 notice the manner In
winch tio presumed origin OF man froh ,wcr animals
IS lowed by writer's o various scoos oI aroteJi-
O,y III -pcculations primitive culture ANA re-
iilion Taylor. L. Ibock. anu DINERS IN England; and
followers III this country proceed constantly on
tho assumption that ali human culture Is to DO traced
tack uoa prrod OK historic aarKness , Va %h'I,
or; they neither admit the Sci iptural account OF the
orgin OF man and {. MS resUn nor Io ncy an naess e
These ignorant Ike the Sadduces OF the scriptures
and OF tho lowr OF God claim Tor their sprona1hs 10
humanity irom an !nat Is DassSt; diSpenSe at at
erludcst historical traditions OF our race. AS
a siudcut of nature. l confess l haVH ICES
ogs,., who at least collect facts aud interroga.o
Inro In Earnest and scientific spirit. These men
paycs to merely human relations among sayaEes r.
su,c tho b. ei In Immortality intO the result of dreams,
"anI,s,a" H to dead oijoots. II their conclusions
had any scientific value, they woua ,,o, Oc
than unyhng arising from physical or nattral M i
science be. 1n"y nave In them, however. an eic
GcnosiF, aud the crude becfs mat have replaced rue
races OF men, Take, for example. the instinct oi
Immortality, whcn Is .dn't,;d Is untHersa. Nv ,na
n1ns art ma, it r Of sner dead nas or enemies
and everywhere c"mc 10 believe In their con
tiat tnis Is merely convenient evasion Of d!nc lit
fact. Men IN rude and prmiIivc state dream itIe.
themselves than of their dead ficnds. aud such
dreams are Eey to Uo OILY occasional and exceptional
Nor there close connection beiwcru such dreams
and tine futurc life or the dead IA Ia make the heller
universal 1t is much more likely lhat the belefpfo
c,e froU belonging to the primitive State
OF man, and perhaps cOeva wh his origin. The Bihle
gives II, Il mOre logical solution. Man was originally
Immortal ana II part OF his nature 70 cherish the
hope OF an undyIug lfe When he lost the gilt Of I'M
mortality Io lad hopo held out 70 him OF ITS restoa-
tiO, and THIS hope necessarily lies at the foundation
OF all tne Religions of humanity. ana Is the la>t
o. % it., OF n w'h acas WDdrcvcr IN tho wa m r
this belie under however ana degenerate Ors,
we should respect it u relic OF primitive faith. nay
more, priniUve instinct intuition depending
the original immortality OF man. and should not with
fJncy. Cnristiau writers have often been false the
BIDr and jo causo Of Truth In thA treatment Of such
Old beliefs Let US slft from the errors with which they
IRA mi xpl an golden
skeptical writers OF this school often make another
Of future state in the Od Testament Now is true
that this doctrine little insisted there because 1t
was an instinct already Implanted IN mems minds. and
because II lad been made bad se OF by priests, who pre-
:cuded by their iitos and ceremonies to give bad men
passport into future happiness. Tho prophets OF the
Old Testament Insisted moro on holy lie In this wori.
ana on doctrine OF the present aud Immediate caas,
also Of the New Tes,anent-and perhaps to be
more inculclted than It now Is. But tho
prmss proise to Abraham. the Messanc doctrins and
hundred Incidental references SNOW us our savior sd,
the dead but Of the ving life aud immortality are
said 10 be brought TO light By Christ ms Is not that
tLey uo initiated, but moro clearly ana plan'y maze
The Classification which Muller adopts of religion Into
three great groups corresponding to tho three great
rr1ups of uace tho TIrauian the Aryan, and the
semticls IN accordance. as FAR as lt goes with
Juhc history than seems TO he aware. The Tur tnin
religions universally regarded as the most simple
and primitive and they sun eIift 10 ut forco among
more refined form III the oldost r. ig0n OF emma what
relalOusI Ihcy lnclude DelcI III ltntnor-
tality often developed into O worship OF ancestors,
a recognition OF God In nature. sometimes as Great
Sn,r and creator ofcn with generally difised delft
cation of nature These elements lie at the basis OF the
AIRY an aud Semitic religions as we'll what are they all
hui more or disnte grated remnants OF that prmi
live foith In God and immortal life which we ind in
the carly chapters Of Geness-a more or less cor
rmnt survival Of antediluvan and patriarcha
iirion Tue religion Of the Aryan races, as we
hive it In the ancient yhooges OF India aud GREECE,
Hranians hut further developed II begins with the
idea OF Heavenfather, or nature God Dy auspitar,
Zens. .pater or Jupiter whose name Muer COM
nares with the Christian Invocation, "Odr Father
m Heaven" aud whose attributes ara dis.