Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-01-07
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1875.
EARLY RISING,


pressing their honest opinion upon this
subject. But few persons have the
hardihood to face public opinion and
take coUtmon-sense view of it. There
is proterb in rhyme, 10 the effect that
early to bed and early to rise makes a
man healthy, wealthy and wise. This
might have been true at some distant
day, but now the observance of such q
rule would be a blow aimed at the very
foundation Of all progress. 1t would
put an eternal period to the pleasures of
our long New England winter evenings.
There could be no games, no sociality,
and no mirth. There could be no more
consumption of the midnight oil by the
student, and no more cultivation of the
enormous powers of the human mind.
Tom Hood expressed the truth in nut
shell when he said,
rho man who's fond precoclonsly of
stirring, -. .-.... ....t ...-.. ."..'
Must be SpO0H'' e.. 49,. .-.......-. .e ~. D."
There can be no doubt that morning
is the time and the bed the place for true
horizontal enjoyment During the
night the sheets have wrapped them
serves ar lUraus fUlus ABOUT the person,
the head fits the pillow as the bust does
It's mould, and as wise Sancho saith,
sleep Covers one all over like blanket. ="
visions pass rapidly before the
mind, beckoning one away TO dreamtand
where the past, the present and future,
are charmingly blended. 1t is a good
plan, as Charles Lamb remarked, to let
the world get fairly aired before one
goes out in the morning. Those who
have the habit Of early rising always
have a restless and discontinued look
about them, as if they thought that hon
est men were suspicious of their having
risen an hour before the proper time to
gain some undue advantage over some
body. And the plea which they offer
in support of their custom can easily be
turned the other way. ''The early bird
catches the worm" said the father to
his son, and "served the worm right for
being up so early, the precoci0us
y0uugster replied. There will be great
many new leaves turned over at this
time of the year, but we do not recon-
mend any one 10 waste much resolution
upon the habit of early rising,
The most remarkable controversies OF
the past year, says one of our exchanges,
have had England for their birthplace
and have quickly spread over the world,
"The old war between science and re-
ligiou, which has never been allowed to
die out wholly, has sprung up into new
activity. The author of the last out
break was Professor Tyndall, who os-
tentatiousIy took the liberty, which is
scarcely denied in any quarter, Of assert
ing his right to free thought, and of
testing religion and the truth of religi-
Gus dogmas in the light of science. His
challenge was promptly taken up, but
the combatants quickly discovered that
each was contending at a disadvantage.
It Is admitted that science has compelled
theology to modify some of its most an
Gent and firmly held beliefs, but relig-
ion denies what science claims, the right |
to dispute the existence of any super |
natural agency which is not demonstrat-
cd by science in its present stage of de-
yelonment There is, therefore, no
common ground on which the disput-
ants can meet, and the controversy
quickly becomes fruitless. Science, in
DR.. Tyndalrs hands, assumes to gener-
aliAe from a limited number of admitted !
facts; theology denies the sufficiency of
our present knowledge. The contro-
versy served to bring to the light and
caused be defined the Roman Catholic
view OF the relation between science
and religion. That church denies that
any revelation of science that conflicts
with church dogma can be true. All
such science must necessarily be false,
and is to be rejected off-hand Yet the
church processes to be friendly to sci
ence and investigation. In other words,
it welcomes facts that confirm its dog
mas it rejects all the acceptance of
which would disprove those dogmas, not
because they have an appearance of be-
ing less true, but because the infallible
church is to be trusted rather than
natural phenomena. ...... .......