New-York tribune., 1874-12-15

moved nv tbe Holy Ghost The Bible that they revere
and love, has their endearment ny uou ars r. is
entirety. Where didsctic statement y, 'oo od
expectto SEQ phenomenai angnase] ] 's an under
stand and the Language which scientific men themselves
use In their ordinary speech In nsing wnch ~ m1 an
an instant suspects tho OF Ignorance OF Iouhu an
argument thereon against his scientific charaotcr but
when tho inspired writer teacnes, ,vn sricp,,ao
elements when the phcn0menai anguiso moa wo
be falsoh0od, the Bible men ,l ol f., ,ha"e
al angnage NAV be used for the ling up s
in scientific treatise prepared for the pop,r
staodiDg) but tne main frame work Oh tne teaonins @
mnst hc strictly exact No man would accuse lever
rer OF scientific Ignorance VINO shonih use vi nv @
iprovded ne published one) tho phrases " ne sun ie
wa ,o ann setsU 0t who should say "when tue hDn
reaches its most northery point although scon ~
to tue Bible OF scentluc ignoia19i w IN it
states thai the sun ond the moon sahu SUI, H., ~ m
ordinary dialogue poetry or history uses '"' pO'"'
iii third fact in my proof that the Bible IS Sci9n
tic book Iis express aluslon, o3ld ny to
OF science which nave ohly idteW Vtoons ~ @he fioiy
scientific men. careful examination OF the tod .,
Scriptures Will convince any candid sear'er a'
God of Nature is speaking III ebo mpto h 80 In CrI,-
lie 30 made each atom OF matter ana clch 1Int ~ IT, m
saion the direct nSplrer Of % nn. or ia The
support the general KNOWLEDGE OF tne gay; npp ~ &
surcial knowledge OF philosophers but thai ms Drcn
confirmed by discoveries made th"us O Scai'
i,eryorl by the investigation Of Nature aud her hM y
Let me enumerate few instances. In lnc pOoh W 70
oiesases have tho return Il wac. ny a. ina
from the sea t. the spring, eXph4sy st nto thc
rivers run into The sea, yet the sea s not fu unto c
place the rivers come tnith9r .noS NIL ~
again" No human being III that age n VIZ How ~
tell the writer Of Ecciesascs that scinHtiV
did tho writer ht such rec9rdf was u napPS al
oden or did the God oil Nature GUIDE Ms tnouSu'' au"
In the 3oh Psalm we read My substance was not ma
from thee wnen was made IN the lowest par,s OF tlo
earth" (otachtisyOth aretz tho under parts Oi tns
carthJ What man ~ DAyg's d8y wouIt nave ta ul,uJ
trace me elements of body beyond the palentai
sorcei VINO then on earth had studied the chemistry
of Ife as find IN the upturned strata OF me ~ NJ
rocks aud Goals upheaved from their Original Ded tns
noiHcniar fountains or the human body. IL was Tor
actence but lately 20 show 10 tne worm no" an tno
meuls Of nature flow In and out OF orSansHs au ~
hnu eve.y action now existing In my BODY may once
have beea in plants and earth' ara =, r0ga, ,s,ss
md sea and from these have been carried
INTO tho stream OF 9rganzltiOn. Ana yet
nero In this grand Old PaaiIn OF David, Wr.teI
breo thousand ago. th5 great ru.n of science IS
rrssy uttered ami tho parts OF our bJie5 sh Hh,
wnen they III the soil and its contents peiore t
took their position Ia human generation anl Wdeh HOn
I'm nur orranic nature was Guiding them al throdeh
their Intricate paths to their destruction.
Tn te second evstla OF Ptor nave the uprising OF
continents from beO the surface OF the s,a toll US IN
tho cearcst words, great trush Wich s supp ny
many TO have appeared out now among mon, ana thdt
~ ~ rosuIt ~ Scientific researches. Wnen hear
modern science gOwngiy describe tho old quI deqaN,
and men tho Andes rising gradually above lt ana tueh
tne Aps and HImmlltya IN their proper order We are
charmed with the picture anu ar5 feady 10 crown WIN
iamreIs tina Learned mon who have wrought out tlis
ine history by patient Investigation a1d com parI.
nn ana this IS well. All honor to these faithful anu
@ ar stIdents OF God' grand universe, VINO have
sui tnrir onserya,ion ana logic, as God intended
tnnlylodSe thong the advancement OF mankind, and
tne glory OF the Maker. But while we gratefully place
these aurcis tnelr heads et Us ho 10 20 paen
Is centuries and hear n3Ierns1 ls & o n not mn
derstoOd when lie uttered t, perhaps even w nih>ch
bnL now made clear ~ the aOors Of science DS the
word of God the heavens OF old, and the earth
standing out Of tie water aud through the water ~
orally, "tne e1rih out OF tLe W'eer anu onr9uSn '"0
Because the phrase "fOundataQn5 vi the eirIn ls ire
quentiy used in the Scriptures, it l1 loosely chrse9
"A STABLE innOYaDlo earth, eOlity lOuhueu on III
dehmey deep foundations IN a,retS anIascnl'n pu ~
,fa nt In
this charge utterly fails when we see hat the BDe eA
nrrsslv DECLARES OF tue Maker Of all lie haUgeth tue
earth upon nothing" UOD XVI. ~ which is the ex lcd
Translation Of the Hebrew "IOch erctz al b !lDan
So that Bible phraseoogy OF the eartns
IL lust what would be used IN any poetry, though tbe
poet wefa the most sciehtt isf0LOm"r In TINS state
ment Job have another OF the numerous evidences
of "a scientific knowledge nndiug utterdnce IN hoy
word which was So far beyond the Knowledge OF me
day that it could only come from Hiih VINO was 'ne
author OF naturc.
1t has been beautifully shown by the late dlscoy-
cries Of science that tucge stcrOid bodies lnnumeT
able pursuing their 0r0lt' around oar sun, lhrongh
these bodies within tne ndionce OF tho earns
attraction and are broken by contact with lhe earts
atmosphere and are then precpiiated 10 tiG ea va
surface in stones Of larger or smaller SIZE Iney are
that the Bloo recorded ths iAc more taan 80 centuries
ago Wnen Deborah. the prophecies or God san- her
"fn'of' hSss OF JaSa to his general 0 sisefa she
lnges out feature OF the dyine interference in
routing tho foe aka to that which sent tue hastODcs
upon the flying army OF Southern Canaan IN JOshud's
day. sings in hcr gratitude TO Cod The stars In
Iutlr siSbE.L.
silly astrological superstition what Is perfectly eXpll-
cabe scientific grounds God made the 9tOh es 10
juActlous of nature used tho ast9rol phen0nena to
winch have referred III his guardianship of Ills o"n
IL has been common say that Scripture makes
mistake in speaking OF the ant s,orng up It's Ood
that III reality l. only stores mp its e-g; Out Col SYKES
discovered at Poonah species OF ants (Atta Proylden
which regularly the seeds or mil0t for its
i0oI IN oy G c scc u o
They have been equally premature when they haye
trleh a9lnuYnhH W ess', 1or late researches nave
proved that the ostrich qs her eggs during the day
and aDanGons them altogether II there mas o1en any
intrusion dpon thon, thus furnishing an aumolo 20
OF carelessness regarding onprnS' These instances
indefinitely multiplied, but L snail content my
SELF in tho narrow limits or lecture 10 tue men
theory with maay that tho egg was before
the animal aud tho seed before tho pinni. h"l
tnls is ut truly scientific view Of tue matter. We
nGnt acorn, Is true there grows up from this
seed tho branching oak with its mighty limbs ana rich
From tho seed Certainly not. Tae OAK was never in
the T0ere vital principle In the acorn by
whose action under certain requisite conditions, the
materials from Surrounding nature were drawn to 1t,
united and aSsmated, To make the oak. The oak.
We know, was never ~ the acorn Could that great
bulk havo been in the little seedl When mat
planted the future oak lying all around In the otncr
vegetable matter of tire earth. Now theD II the anal.
ogy OF growth, as We IT, requires not only the seed
how could an original seed have effected anything.
when there was no surrounding yegetaton The
oak mast have been before the seed, the
animal before the egg. II We going back to orig
iuals it Is in TINS must solve the problem And
now what does the rsG chapter OF Genesis say "And
tho earth brought loren thc nerD yielding seed nOt inc
seed Yielding herbl and the tree whose seed Itself
(nOt the seed whose tree IL IN itsUlll" WDat hu
mind would have thought OF putting it IN this
way And yet this Is the oniy way IN which true
science settle tho question between the seed
the tree.
". And this brings TO my fourth fact regarding
the scientific character OF the BOe that supplies the
links Ia the scientific chain which experimental
science would fl to reach The analy SIS OF mat
ter to very wonderful degree Of mDIteuess through
the use Of tAe microscope, spectrum and chemical ap
piancc and also the connective OF some OF the lower
phenomena or causalon through which old arts
rIched and new arts created from the WIDE aud yet
llmtcd Held Of human research discovery ExpCri