, 1875-08-08
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Prof. Churchill's Address at
0berlin College.
"Hudibras" and Dr.. FalloWs---
Judicial 0aths.
J,V, Farwell on Moody's Work.
Course Of the London
Stiffness"
Theology and Sc1ence".''
Church and State
in Italy.
The Pope and the Jesuits--~
Bishop Eccleston's Ac-
ceptance.
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.
Notes and Personals at Home
and Abroad.


SCIENCE FOR MINISTERS.
ADDRESS OF PROF. CHURCHILL, OF oBERL1a.
The following il the substance Of IN interest
ing address delivered last week at Obetlin, BY
Prof, c, q. Churchill, OF tho College which is
located there:
"Do YOU see that human skull }" snid Goethe,
walking with his friend in au old cemetory. 1T
appears to me like mere blossom Of the spinal
column, an e12ausion Of the uppermost Veree-
bra." This poetic fancy. thus first expressed ls
now an accepted doctrine Of anatomy. 1t may
illustrate the relation OF genius to Intelligence,
OF hyuoshesis to science. It goes before and
prepares the Way, inspiring with it's lofty IN
acinings the enthusiasm Of the patient ploddeFs
" no como to verify their suggestions, and vino
tins get climpses Of the glory which shall re-
ward the toll
Genius sometimes sees at glance the CAUSES
the sequepces, and the relations which to the
common mind appear involved in unfathomaole
intzicacy, The physical creation ls ae full OF un-
written poetry as is the world OF society, and
opens rs inviting field for the play OF tile
iuasination, a. largo though widely different
scope for the most comprehensive intelligence,
az do the ambitious, the intrigucs, and the
,.asslons OF men- For here We deal directly
with the thoughts OF God, and are amazed, or
pleased, OF touched With deep emotion, Is His
power. or His skill, or His love shine forth.
It is not wise, therefore, to decide So ia yiona-
~ the hypothesis Set forth BY the mastery
minds which have proved their right to be heard
For, while some Of these will suredly not ABIDE
the test Of large and thorough Investigation,
nan$R 1f
tho power OF human thought. Nor does bold
h,potLss,s which challenges the admiration OF
men. aud which at least birds together facts not
otherwise easily retained, fall 10 be great olcss-
ing to mankind, though tune aud research prove
it to be f4liac,ou=. Who shall estimate the
triclr7 and Of heat, or the corpuscuIar theory
Of LIGHT, though no Que of tneso is at present
received as trne? What an inspiration has Tue
doctrine OF the correlation and the conservation
OF forces been to scientific men, and What vast
regulations have been built Oh their discovery.
slecharical force may indeed be converted
into light but, up to verI recent date,
light has exhibited no force whatever
and the recently-dscoyered force ID barely eaih
Client 70 overcome tho smallest resistance tna
can be devised for it. ..
Lavoisler became . household name because
few wears ago he discovered thar animal heal
vas the result Of the slow combustion coustautl.
gong On III The lungs aud distributed through
the 3, stem by The Calculation OF the blood NOS
it is we'll known that tue proportion Of o1yge1
necessary to produce tho amount OF carbonlt
sc,l continually exhaled from tue lungs is far be
yond that which can be derived from the iuhates
AIR. and the theory Ii universally given up. VIA
heat is found to be more or less dependent oi
nervous energy, and astonishing changes IN th
temperature Of the body may be made while tn
actiou OF the lungs and digestive appaI atus re-
main constant. Moreover, the uumber OF pulsa
| tiops OF tue beait in q lealthy man has bee
] raised to nearly double the poTmal Cunt, wtll
| the Temperature las been lowered at the sam
| moment. :,
| or1giuators II those theories which have bee
| most brilliant aud have stood the test OF time
| a. we'll ~ OF those which have served only
TEN, orary purpose, havo been devout men, wo1
sh1piug and LOVING God, or exercising tn
t serene faith OF the CHRISTIAN; while paltsa
| advocates OF their theories, believing that the
have seen in them the seeds Of q powerful opEc
si,,ou to religion, hare both raahly com
nitted themselves to the theories, and haV
| bn,It upon them m Intricate superstrucaure IL
yolyipe vast amount Of truth aud errot whlc
| thew practically CAIN as science par excellence
It il this last class OF men who have precipitate
| an apparent condict between 1e!lglon III
science, nhlle all OF truth which they have ia q
| much the property Of religion "a OF sclenc
itse.f.
| on facts aud knows whereof he afirmB. AZ
| alter age the store accumuiates each brothe
conscieutiously and toilfuliy gathering material
whose worth be kuons not, and which will onl
be appreciated peshaps centuries alter h1s deati
No one would cali in question recorded OF
ssrgation OF Pythagoras, or Tbales, or {
Ptolemy, or Of Newton, OF Of Herschel, or hsa
| t:te to make it = basis OF reckoning, any mo!
| tlan 3 Christian would hesitate to accept th
testimony of Paul. or the experience OF Pete
Hut science like religion, hiss its hypoc1ites au
/ fn1I nf Ra Il
century, ordered his astronomers to measure a
arc of the meridian. with the view OF asceftai1
inc the diameter Of the Garth. There is Roe
evidence that they made q fent
measuring Tie arc a5a. and returned 70 :,
made = thousand years before. So now =
lave CardiH giants and artificial mermaids. Y
have human skulls. found at astonishing deptt
aud in uuuea1d-of places, 10 prove the antiQuii
OF man. Tho facts OF man who has = p
theory md partisan spirit will bear ecannin
very closely in these days. Tho authority {
distinguished names will no longer satice tt
proofs must be overwhelming. II the ec'ept
we're couteut to give tho wol!d his proven fact
and state modestly his coujectures, giving otht
peop!e, equally shrewd, tbs came privilege I
guessing, We should never hear OF any contr'
Ye1sY between science and religion.
| Controversies arise from the different uethot
Of accounting for tho fscts Of Nature, aud nc
from the facts themselves. Nothing besIays tt
| unBcieutltc spirit OF pfOieas8o 6c1enlldE soone
tnsn the exhibition OF impatience wheu his cot
lectures are nos received ~ things know
Some perfectly honest udents Of Nature ms
wander bevond their depth when betrayed, I
their novelty, into imaginative speculation
which viii not separate themselves in the min
from the facts. But the reyereut and de, OF
sui,it euteus the eame field Of inveatlg;
ton, and has 90 perfect m Insight into Nature
works that the man comea back al a2lou wit
the vision, and gives modestly the account of b
axo.oratlon and the summary Of his conclusion
N wor,s OF such power that they become Il
wa.chuord Of scieuce for all time
Snch IN origin had the atomic theory whie