, 1875-08-08
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.

Mr., Samuel Hall, Of tho City OF Hamilton,
Ontario. Can, is the latest gladiator who has
bounded into tho arena to do battle in the con-
fjct between Religion and Science. He has pub
lishet his opinions in a 1actate OF sixty pages,
End Announces that he will hold public discus
aion with any one who may differ from him. Els
essay Is entitled "6cence and Theology" and
he triumphantly oonfutes the pretensions Of the
former. He 1elies entirely upon the Binle 70,
his facts, - being IN infal1ible authority, and
from them he constructs various scientific theo-
ries which, however logically dependent they
may be upon the promises assumed, differ some
what from those generally received. He does
ut think much OF the nehnlar hypothesis OF the
m:.tion OF the earth. He says:
4h the surface TO the greatest depths that
4 cla ha tho earth Is n laye1s, and the evidence
nof smeltod x.Kgteril of which 1t was built WIS in
. s.:e hea 1ns Hx.4 est Sehs hsd
was mid or the material would before the next sye
hJers re9ue the theory Of those xPe N lase Ihss.
eth III n. and Is cooling ~ la eaE
wa& 1t Ray time ii are the fire vouli NJ, have lefI
"a any coal or oil, nr limestone for everything tLa.
would burn would have been reduced to ashes: mi
FL that would not burn would b some pure heav.
metal that would sessle down where It would
found ~ uan; and there would be nothing hut sshe
for many rni,es desp. Hear Godt own worda to Job
H hid the cornerstone thereof and his SONS shout
Cd for Joy Such host Of skilled workers. with IL
the machinery Of he4.ea TO work With it would not b
mach for dod1 tnnumcrahle host With tho knowedg
and power of God in them to mako q world In III
COMMON days, BY pouring down the material out o.
1fbons of furn.eea Sons @ furnaces M for sold other
es I'D e1ane ~h eou nos e MAJ %
Diff, ~ supposed by pretended philosophers
: Nr. Hall thinks the modern. notion Of the
Toundnesa Of the earth is N in6dnl beliaf He
ssya:
God sa3d to Job; Hast th,u perceived the tue.dtb
fhA@ In IN
ing ID round bodies, but IT fat things. l cannot
prove e1zclF the shape Of tbs carth but prove
euppcs4 It to b. The earth rnay b. rounding sons-
Ntakt, but tho water IL not.
: Tho latter CONCLUSION he deduces from the un-
&eniabfe fact that you caupot mako water stay
tn round heap or body. Tho common llostra-
ton OF ehip at Sea is valueleas- The reason
Why the hull alnks from sight ia that the water
yApoR ia the All eecu IN bulk is opaque and hides
tne notL "baihng round the world is railing
eaat OF west through seas and straits till the
snap aI1!ves nv rhere it sailed from. Just rs =
and went out OF tho west door and
w.nt round the hill till he came in To The east
ooor 1he motions Of she esrth OCCASION Mr.
Han no dlthc1it! - The earth sits in a;mos-
paefs' no won1o not move only for the san,
which moVea 1ound 1t, causing the water to arisn
ca the earth ~ it passes round removing tae
water from the sunny &ide, and causing aha d.
to fall on the dark side, thus removing the
eartt's ballast it keeps tipping over from the
sunny aide, which is the liGh&est eide 1t tha tina
Chat the sun il shining Oh it. 1t xahhles from
&ade to slde II ths sun passes around. This
nAutes the tides
Mr. Hail does not believe the absurd theories
about the centre Of the earth being in n igneous
condition, becauso I ire can't bum without air
or = supp1y Of fuel There are local
fires caused By tbs Lightning penetrat-
ire cav1hsa, setting FIRE to coa-o,l,
or indammable gaPes causing volcanic eruptions
Ths earth 10 really hollow, and filled with gas Is
4 balloon: Otherwise it could not foat in the
air On nothing ae it does. The theory about the
attraction Of the earth waa gotten no by the int
1els, who bAiisyed that otherwise the MOTION OF
be ear1h in gning runnd would throw al loose
k1taeaes o6, snd ths mountains would act rs fans
10 keep the anow 8nd rain from falling On the
,axth: But if It was tzus that the earth was
;eRnd md hald thiDgs to u bx attraction, Ehsn