The New York herald., 1874-12-15
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
Lecture by Rev. DIR. Howard Crosby on
ssThe Bible on tho Side OF Science"

Lecture by Rev. DIR. Howard Crosby ON
ssThe Bible on tho Side OF Science"
Last evening the Rev. DR.. Howard CROSBY de
livered the Introductory lecture on the above sub
ject before the 'New York Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Science and Art" In the church OF
which he Is the pastor Fourth avenue Presbyterian
church, corner OF Twenty.second street. tho
house was well flied by highly respectable au-
dience.
The lecturer commenced by saying that the
"connict between religion and science" and the
"connrct between the Bible and science" are not
equivalent expressions. Religions are manifold.
the Bible Is one. Religions are largely subjective,
the Bible In Its letter IL objective. In
It's contest with religion. as religion has
been represented BY courts and councils.
science has often gained . decided victory,
for sne had been the advocate OF truth while rel-
gion was the advocate OF error. Such contest
has frequently taken place, and In these the world
was Indebted to science for deliverance from the
bondage Of superstition and ignorance. But be-
tween the Bible and science we deny that Q con-
nict ever existed Scientific men assault the Holy
Scriptures but the Scriptures make no counter
attack on science. the Bible u on the side Of
science. \
The lecturer divided his discourse into fouf
parts, viz. The irsr was Q consideration OF the
fact that ali scientific Institutions. both In Europe
energy
and the money OF Bible men. In this connec-
tion the lecturer referred to the endowments to
dinerent universities, both here and In
Europe. AS discoveries multiply much more
do inventions multiply, for every new principle
may nave a thousand applications and so the
means OF settling and civzing the whole earth
have given our age an energy aud growth utterly
without parallel IN the history OF mankind. Who
can doubt that In the advancement OF science We
are .obeying tne- command given BY our Maker
the 'us earth aa'' and suoaue T." Tne men q
me Bible founded all the great Institutions as q
berg, Leipzig, TuDingen, Jena, Aaiie, GottnSen,
Berlin and Bonn. Also at salamanca, Oviedo and
valladolid, % oxford and Cambridge, ct st. An.
very first scientific minds. marked in the
Bible. Faraaay. Forbes, Carpenter, HITCHCOCK.
s.ranse It Is that these acute men, who knew os
never have perceived IT, while IL was lett to others
VINO 90 not .. know at o al ,a,t TO MAKE 1Gax ths
mistake in his fnyscs but God never. The
third fact In the lecturers proof tnat the Bible s
BOOK Is s express naoa o1 6od ssase
become known to scientific men. A careful
examination Of the Holy scriptures win convince
any candid searcher that the God OF Nature Is
made eaca atom Of matter and eacn Joint in
causati0n is the direct inspirer OF phraseolOgy
that had no support in the general knowledge Of
philosophers but that has been confirmed
by the discoveries made thousands OF years
aiterward by the investigators OF nature and her
laws. number OF Instances were adduced In
support OF this position, particularly from tho
Book OF Ecceslastes, the 13stn psalm, the Second
Epistle OF Peter, &c. Instances OF the scientific
accuracy OF the Bible might be indefinitely multi
pied.
In hts fourth part, the lecturer claimed that
the Bible supplies the links In the scientific
chain winch our experimental science would
ever iall to reach. Experimental science
always nnds itself at lass upon the border
OF the great unknown. All modern civiliza-
ton rests upon the Bible All the discoveries
aud appliances OF art and philanthropy
for the elevation and well being OF man Kind.
| which make modern civilization so contrasted
with the pseudo civilization OF ADyssnia, Babylon
| and Egypt, spranR from the Bible. The lecturer
left the subject with the confident expression that
our experimental examination OF natures at
tractive fed will always be best performed BY the
| devout mind that recognizes GOO and His Word
| in the Investigation.