The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-23
DEAN STANLEY ON LYELI.,
The Funeral of the Great GeOlO.
gist--Deaa AtanleY'S Memorial
SeFInOn.-(ieOlOgy and the Scrip-

The Funeral Of the Great GeOlO-
giSt--Dean Atauley's Memorial
SeFnOn.-GeOlOgy and the ScFip-
lures.
lFOm The London Times, March ~
Sir Charles Lyell was buried on Satur-
day in Westminster Abbey, Dean Stan
ley read the service and tho Lessons unas-
sisted by the canon Of the day, who was
absent through illness. The Queens car
riage and the Prince Of Wales's were
among those which followed the hearse;
and Mr.. Donald Cameron, Of Lochiel, the
member for lverneshirc, one Of tho
grooms in waiting, placed upon the collin
ut the last moment u memorial wreath Of
white camelias and hyaCinlhs, TO which
was affixed q paper with the words, VA
mark Of esteem from tho Queen" Sew
eral immOHeles had been previously
placed upon the coffin and were on II
as IL was borne up the naVo to the choir
in the midst Of the funeral procession.
The Hon. c. l.. Wood, groom Of
the bedChambeF to the Prince Of Wales,
was present on behalf OF his Royal High
ness, Tho choral service with CrOtts and
Purcell's music only differed from the
usual brief ind impressive order by the
custom OF the Abbey which intcrpOlatCd
nj the end, Just before the bencdiction, the
anthem to HANDLES music, "lis body Ia
buried In pence, but his soul liveth ever
more" His body lies now, with the
simple inscription OH the oaken case,
"Chas. Lyell, Baronet, died 22d February,
1875, aged n years" In The north aisle Of
the nave, beneath the monument Of Dr.,
Woodward, who founded In 1877 the geo.
logical chair ut Cambridge. Tho choir
and the transepts were thronged again
Yesterday at8, when the dean preached n
memorial sermon. Dean Stanley select
ed for hissormOn tho words Of the second
verse Of the first chapter Of Genesis
1.-THE earth was without form and void,
darkness was upon the deep, and the spirit
Of God moved upon the face Of the wat
erS." Tho sermon was In fact discourse
OIL tile religious aspect Of geology.
The words OF the text, the dean said,
have sense wider than The mere literal
Transcript They express tbO transition
from The gulf which the ancient Greeks
called Chaos TO the order Of the Universe,
which q modern philosopher described
under the head Of Cosmos. The words IN
the original which portray the fOrmloss
void Of the earth convey most precisely
the image Of warning elements, while the
words used for tile moving Of the Divine
Spirit on the face OF the waters express
tic gentle brOOtling, us II were, Of bird
Of peace, The language, however poetic,
Ghfldllke, parabolical, and llnscientilic,
impresscs upon liz the principle which ap-
plies in both the moral and In the material
world that tho law Of the divine opera
tiOn Is the gradual, peaceful and pro-
gressiye development Of diseord Into liar.
mony, confusion into order, darkness
into light. IT CHANGED that within the
short month OF February, by most I'LL.
usual coincidence Of mortality, twice had
The gates Of the Abbey been opened lC
pay The last honors TO two men widely
apart In all else, but alike in the share
they took In unfolding and exemplifylng
this divine law-tlie one the aCkliowl-
edged chief Of the English musicians Of
our time, tho other the acknowledged
head Of those who, whether here or else.
where, have devoted their talents to the
study OF tho history Of our mother earth.
OF all the branches Of att and letters,
mono moro reveals the hidden capacities
OF the human soul, or the fearful and
wonderful structure Of the human frame,
than tho slow process through which
from the most barbarous sounds tic
spirit which brOOdetl over the harp Of
David, and inspired the genius Of Beetll-
oven and Ntendelssohn, has gained itS
majesty and glory. This passing allusiOn
to q great musician, this Indication Of the
latent capacities for spiritual emotion
brought out by abstract and inanimate
things, elements seemingly without form
and void, was no uniting prelude to The
consideration Of the study Of nature, Of
which lie who las just gone was 40 bright
an example,
Il Ia we'll known that when the study
Of geology first arose II was involved Ii
intefmihable schemes Of reconciliation
with the letter Of Scripture, There were
and are two modes Of reconciliation whicl
have each totally and desCryedly failed
The one attempts 10 wrest the words q
the Bible from their real meaning aud
force them TO speak the language o.
science TO meet The supposed require
inents Of llle Bible. The seventy Ilru
ing that tue hare was described az crew
Ing Tue cnuy inserted inc worn not anu
or the ot9er MANI InS JesultS, III e ~ ",
"Newtons ftlnclpln annOn .,0t ~ W. W.
preface that tley were co!slralhei. 20 trea