, 1874-02-09
Science and Religion.
40nday Sermon by Rabbi KoAlor.
The Subject Of Presbyterian Inf
deity,
Dr.. McKaig's Reply to Criticisms on
His Sermon.
Prayer, and How It Is An
swered.
Sermon by tho Rov. Wayland loyt at
tho Michigan Avenuo Baptist
Church.
Dedication Of tho Church Of the
Ascension.
Sermon by tho Rev. Joseph Hartman,
Of St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
Dedication Of tho Church Of the
Ascension.
Sermon by tho Rev. Joseph Hartman,
Of St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
SCIENCE AND RELIGION.

Sermon by tho Ncv. I)r. 1koh1cr OF tho
Reformed JcNvisIa Church.
The following is the llrst Sunday Hormon by
DR.. Kohler preached before thu sinai congroga-
ton Of tho Reformed Jewish Church, Ut their
place OF worship, cornor Of Wabash avenue anu
Peck Court:
Tho sun aud moon, Hays aJewish parable, were
onco equal In magnitude md Hplondor; both sot
In Heavon by the Divine Master, III ordor to ro-
ciprocal!y give light by day md by night. But
the moon said, How can two Kings wear
crown togothcr2 ono must bo subordinated to
the o.hor.' "Jenlous rnlor of tho night" re-
sounded voico from above, "you have M
nounced your Judgment. Your own Jealousy
has 1cssenod you, and your eplendor will dimn-
ish through envy" Then tho moon became tho
ossor Light but tho hope was left to hor TINT
she would hereafter become as clear aud slime
brilliantly as tho aun.
i Tho sun and moon Of tho mental heaven Of
humanity are scionco ind religion. Religion Of
ten watches Bciouce with joatoasy, ana fears the
brilliant diurnal Bplondor OF her Histor will OBJ
ecuro lier own light, and thus it often nppears as
IL the Hilyery radiance Of tho one would fade
away entirely before tho conquoring king OF
day. But envy and jealousy alone havc dark-
enel her light. It is the mission Of both to T.
lumine the sphere of human Ifo. Science, tho
last-born child Of the mind, has torn empire at"
tor empire from faith until at lust " the linowl-
edge Of God fills tho Garth u water covers the
sca." But tho growth Of SCIENCE does not
Of religion. On tho contrary, tho light Of faith
shines a!l tho brighter in tho splondor Of acence
Religion aud scionco must ilutnino ono anothor,
mud must harmonzo with one another. Not tile
lessouing of tho one or tho other, but harmony
and union ia tho aim OF their carcor-har1nony
o. MUD mud Of fecIing-harmony Of tho wholo
man that is tho aim OF both.
There is no eitler-or. He who is continually
calling out eit]!or-or,-tho blind believe or tho
nuboliever, fp,ls to recognize tho unity Of hu-
man naturo, and brings dscord and division
irto humanity. Scicnco and religion nced not
antagonize one another. Tho knowledge Of M
poyitos. They arc revelations Of one spirit,
ElIo one through tho emotions which fool The
One in all tho otlor through tho roason which,
I ap eo ae toav as N fo roroa ie
would hive to give up the field entirely to world
tonqueging sconco3 And as il oil which was
Go6-liko lnd holy was to be cast down from tho
throne of heayon-and Ill spiritual lie WIS to
investigation points it's telescope at heaven, aud
sayB " We SEQ innte worlds coming and going
but no ruler OF 4caven, no God" It acarchea
through tue dsspftns tno Of tue a aarl a opans e
accrcts of tho sun, tho so-ealiod
fixed stars and tho comets; dissolycs in its
crucib1o all inorganzod matter into Its original
elements, md follows tho traces Of developing
life from the lowest form in tho bosom Of tho
sea up to tho high oak. and from tho cell Of the
embryo to tho complotcBt animal organism, and
says: "Wo cnn discover, neither in the heights
nor In the deptAa, that God whom religion
teaches forco mud mutter we seo ruling every
where We can perceive no free conscious crea
tor."
Ny friends, this is only tie exu1tation Of vic
tory OF young sccnce. It is ncrcly tho fesment-
ing must which las not yet become the clear
heart-sartning wine. But the sober wisdom will
come. Eternal bounds hayo been sot TO human
reason. which it cannot ovor pass. The Alidrasch
tolls us of q conversation between tho Emperor
uadrian and tho Rabbi Joshua. Il a God
rules tho world. why does he not allow hlmAelf
to bo seen by his creatures, 80 that they may
rovoronce and sorve him with honor7" asked
tho Roman Emperor. No man can contcm.
plate the spLondOr Of divine majesty and live, "
IopIiud the Rabb'. II bclioso ouly what can
So, II you crnnot show mo your God do not
beligVo 10 him." said the Emperor proudly. Ii
was then noon, and the sun cast its porpendIc-
utar ray down upon tho Garth. Then Joshua
w1hat YOU % seo." II caunot," yaid IIatlria1.
s'Wlo can look with uusLa.led eyes into the sun
without injuring thom?" ''Ah!" said tho
. Rabbi, triumphantly. "You confoss TINT you
canuot bear without Injury the full spleudor Of
the SUD, and yot you nre prcBumptlouH enough
to say, "Sinco cannot sco God, therefore do
not believo TINT he exlsta."
Aud II tho son OF tho nineteenth century,
ar,nod with his tooscopo aud spectrum. eau look
Ills bold glance tho clouds Of tho milky-way re-
solvo themselves into forming worlds, can he
explain the forco which built up world from
ncbulous gases and millian-fold life from the
first balla Of gasea tore themselves looHo from
the soa OF couds, aud gaining distinct being,
became Buns aud earthn and developed into liy:
ing organisms, and feeling nnd thinking heingssl
ups - u appsensssS Sa ssSP t. leprns te au a'S laying s
its finger on ita mouth, iutimatod q
reverentih s:cnce; and as the father Of phios-
oply. tho wiso Socrates. WIS accustomed to say,
vi know SO much thlt know nothing ~ and ~
Kont, the founder Of modern thought, prescribed
tho limit to human cognition, Which 1t could not
pass 30 has ono OF tho most prominent a1ul
liberia l-mindcd scarchorB OF Nature iu Germany
with tho great remark, I'VE slall otcrnalIy know
but It science loayes us in uncertainty about
tho lust and highest question Of n!l exist.
os Our %u feelings sssshsg so'f' ats1 st'f Sa Certainty IL
finite, canuot roman ut thoae limit
which are imposed upon 1t. Il must on to tht
freshest original cause, to tho eternal, to tIlt
absolute, mud on 1t lift itself up to tho higleB
freedom aud happiness. Hero religion olatm
its eternal rights, and plants the dominion Of
higher moral world high abovo tho realm o
blind mutter and force, in order that It may rea,
on the ulbu [ntOho 0I uch P0u tQ4 ulFln0 jAtGn
of nobility Of man ia tho thrce words-uod. FREQ
dom aud Immortality.
1sit not strange and significant enough thu
since this development OF natura! scienco
gloomy melancholy trait OF resignation, OF til
"world.sorrow," las passed through tho cult
7atod circloa OF soaloty? While our age cello
bratcs the proulost triumplls OF tho MUD, an
advances with tho powor Of Ateam and alectri
rapility; while progressive knowledge IL oou
etantly opening now aud naxhailaible source
Of comfort, aud ~ extending nidera. wider til
aime and hopes of tho future, the posalnism q
. Boiopponhauer aud iIartn'nn. are tho popsl
lar wisdom Of tho day, and the gloomy contonl
plation of the world OF l3ndla. or tho mea,l
oholy hope of dissolution into Nirwalla into
frightful nothing. 1nd ueop accord atl
RESPONSE to tue mud Of man? Tho opposite o
this philosophio nihiliam il found IN tho lowe
grades Of soclety-in the low matorialism whie
says slot us cat and drink, fog tomorrow "
did,"
Ara not those Indications thu strongest proof