New-York tribune., 1875-02-11

trausccndantly magnificent tho sce,e r:,;sr ,bsn oe
eupies extent q space mops p nysp IRON t. and
therefore absolutely insgnihcan wond On m,er fos a
origin and maintenance the immediate interyentono Vi
Dr. Draper here seems the aphorlsn an AN
undeyont astronomer Is adv He sees In the grsatnsss
OF the material universe not something TO @ e mis-
sdoraoD bnt rather argument to put Goa ou' Vi '
Thought and separate Him from his worship. .h. ~,
The great Augustine has been Shaping suo ~ nraner
IN asfer minds for these fifteen centuries Or DaPo
sars His works srs an ncoberent dream = and also
says where What possible creation O ~ tutoi
iesnst mindi Taere waneth yet the rsao
But view OF this scentisr gres,ness an a1o moral
nature are little. Matter Is all. Some men tnnk, ana
am of the number that Que neliigent soul SOUL gSos
possessing moral nature IS "ortn more ore tpan M bon NJ
system OF gaseous matter; anu think that tne nuao Va
such a SOUL though 1t be mere speek IN the iuno %
void is of profounder interest than nebulous cloud.
though it sphere whose diameter Is great rs tne
orbit OF Neptune DIT Draper diners RON % W. oc "i, %
gas II It be extended and far enough on nVuo % t
portan than world OF thinking souls Bat Wll noe
pursue subject which Is painful and e1ceedinsy f H.s
tasteful TO ono VINO has sincere admiration % ahu I,
ton the writer whose book he crilioses rms etter
has been written not as detailed review ot ,hr t
fict between Science and Religion put IatHe aomo
indicate this concusion Tho tlme mas not euIIo h
when confidently lay aside wnat we we q, navo i
been so long thinking Gods revelation ana IN us
place adopt the conclusion scientists who reject an
hold IL IN contempt. When think OF the dsc9veIIes
that arc aud lost again, the conclusions
that are made and relnodeied, the tneoIles qua" "a
established and renewed, the laws tna. oted az and
and reconstructed, the species tnat are cteao
vanish every year under the hand 0f these
it does not seem TO me extremely oanY9IJus % M Method
awhile and to hold fast To tue oId BOOK, WIZ d @ neace
OF pardon which need and the cOmorO T Inu ~ III
which 1T somehow gives 10 so many peopie. t % Dr,ner
and this cannot but believe tDdt even ~ C;i md
will ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS evermore been tue m Llouu -, he
helper OF science: Tne hour when ~ wa or Enrooe was
people and began to throw ITS radiance oyer
tie hour when science waAed 10 new lie ,no !" nds
where it Is freest. where IL Is most res aod 49, home
where the scientist hns hIs hlo ,a siis under iis
Whether he acknowledges 1t or NOT ne ss sti 80 rr
shadow with great aehglt. WINE Jug 70 OTOn %n,Sitnde
Diapers will take ITS place. M aloIS ,tn % os reyeia
of Ike attempts to inlpugn the biVe as i'eat
| tlon from God and WIN them VII s'Uw tma thatt
the fact Will still be none tne Ie5S % tu, in ;, , n1
lor man OF scleuce TO attack tao bIois Is 70 ~ al -
grateful and an ungraeods hing & thn DECISION OF
critics Is tnat Genesis - trIo: tnat Inc
whole Pcntateuch Is unhistorc ana nonMosac; ~ % 1on
tans the most extraordinary contradictions anu upos
sibites. sufficient 10 Involve tae mn tyon ~ verv
WHOLE" it Interesting at least tO KNOW that tnSso eJ
| hooks arc lust studied moro cdTclhIy alu
ticaliy and by manifold more minds han ever
before since tney were written Ihat oaDD"'u 10y, w H.
bath over large portion Of tue CArlsdh "oI,' ta1
s9me6ow they seem more real ana valuable than ever
before. He who believes tle BOle eau aHoIu 70 oo 9"
isned the present position OF thhgs, anu cal
think feel at When tn, class or scehtss "ho
talk oity add with such cOndeht assertion cOo W
tolerable sort OF aGrtemeht among 90
20 helr iac's We may a.e"P W uops fesr The resut
tion OF the record 10 thein No one neeuS lear .e
TO the men of science VITA prOprlety emphaszeu W
all lis past history: Iju have endrSed the donan O
Thought: you have given new ANA glorious views o
the creation OF God your telescope aud your crosVUP
have opened DO ore US Visions 0I tue sIeauess Va
| which nj us VITO aiOrIug wOnGer; we WelcQme W.
glory In your Investigations ~o otauu sio W n.
you in your researches and yOur qIesllohlngs Vi n
lure and tue past pu.sue tnem wIth the aIaor a ~
enthusiasm that inspire you; we VII, Iot PeIu - rio
turdst us away from you, We have heiped you III to
past we are that can neip Jou IN the luVutc
but let us hasty III our conclusions OF Ioo 'o
ident III our assertions. TAe domain OI nature Is Neis
laEe We are NOT very great nor very wise. Nature 10
very old, of yesterday and know kuOthlhg raSs
| are not easily reached in the great unknOWn. lne
| Bible is "a very prOiOuLd book. AS Robinson sao-,1hu
$50 years have all the While Deen eOnnrihlng
| light Is eyerm0re breaking forth from the "oru Oh
God" We often been compeied 10 correct our III
tcrpretaions Of IL. We shall probably nave 10 90 30
again. In explanations bOtn vi nature ana Vi he
| WO!d, mOdesty becomes rs bOtl. . - -
Detroit Mtch. Feb. l, 1878. WILLIAM AlkhAN' ~ ~