The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-12-27


veranest q The uSrla per -. because one does
uOi tAisk Of uakiog theo 10 sra,aed religious
{ philosophers tor Instance. 10 Principal Dawson
CT Mr.. 81 GeOrEe MivsFs. Soas may thiak Q,
ssy that the religious prepoSsessions q these
rentlezea lessea the weight Of their opSnions On
4 certain elAss o. scssotse Qoesttons, but no one
4 ~ooa oaesuNa tAsis rigAt 10 share in scientific
I ciSccSSiOos>
We are nored to spesk On this sehiecs BY tie
I regret which ue Fesl Al seeing edacalea aud IN
+ fusatsSl uea, trcu resaSpS the must in6aea,ial
toiy q eisoAtet nasa in tie SoGa,ry, helping by
/ tAsiT example 10 spread The already TOO pSsva.
leat teluSsen that training Is 10, ueeiei 10 60,
she ran 10 talk o. think With pr05l % him-
sell o. Others Ga any saajSes, aud il Is deiuslon
vkieA-les Is S&y-helps 10 CIT the croaad fron
uudes The feet 4 religious as xeu IS Of other
,eeeheos Il furnishes the ssh,le p,,;sou Which
det&eeles potIies. ami Esakes 50 Saueh labor in
al kellS slight and iSes5eieal aud Which renders
edrea,loa aSS,y sai SipSA0i, and scholarship
<s&ilos and p-e;eatiSas, Reading over the
Other dSv she Rev. joseph C,aks lectures in
BOsio1. IN which BE- 6emolSh the evoluliOnisiS
ey means Of detached sentences from the works
Gov O one An6 DOW Of another. pat together
With considerable rhetorical skill aud seasoned
Wish fippAaey. ani prs$ealsi 10 sseA way as
10 nSke 3: SpPs4r that The ceOlogS,s and biolo-
giSts and physicists aud nslsuasists-the Lyells.
HaxieyS, a&eekels, parWics, iielmAo.sts aud
Others who have eoaatenaDeei aud Supported
the hypothesis and ev0la;ion. and Sivsa 10 IL
ye&rs o. lives 0; kbo5ioRS S1i considerations III
veStis1Oo1-ueUe set of Guardians OF dreameFs
ueose chief use vas 10 rsake CLERICAL - Mooday
lectures fGnuy. ne coafsSs we doubted whether
ne bad az ate heard q any more melancholy
spectacle o. oOe likely 10 prove uioVe misehle-
rocS- What ESS most melancholy ahOat IL was.
however. not the assault "a lab1riOns inveSti.
sSUo1s BY Esatiel4a whose acquaintance with
the saejaes in haat Is Al best very small bat the
ar74reat Inconsistencies Of both The orator and
his acdie2oe that there vas anything absuri OF
sGailAaUg in his position. Let u assure the
ministers wAo enjoy $1d participate in this sort
q SPOri IhSI Il = uOt the nso Of science they
are Iljasiss q degrading; IL Is lbeir Own order
aud roeA.1oa. II they wia only look back, they
siil see that the history Of the relation Of ne
.gSoa 10 science has consisted lu the maiu Of tie
acspt@1ce ,! theoloSi2ns OF Scieat6c hypO-
theses over which shsy al first laughed or were
angry. sad that this zccepganes has only dam.
SSed Theology Eheo the acceptance was srads.
iUs o. ll.-teuPsrej- How Eiany unpleasant AMI
Al Srss sighi formidable truths have bees swal-
lo~ei >Sooe the day ahel the proposition over
which the Rev Joseph Cooks Of the tine doubt.
less U-ds ze-Ty, that The earth VAS not the cen
Ire e the solar system bat oulF satellite Of The
san. MAS 6rsi pCodscedl Would il not be best
Tor rellsi9a and morals 20 give u2 struggle in
which The! nay lose mech and can Win uothiugi
Czu there Be any gain sr0Ggbt for either by
pVe;s1diug ikat there are sJms subjects on
Shieh one nay Be- qualified TO talk without hav.
ing stalled tee1t The SOrii Is not - simple
Is Il used 10 De- Or 80 ignorant. Plain People
al over tie coGntry, N oar DAY. know enough
soosi the methods Of scientific investigation to
Be familiar with NeGtous Rnle that s hypO-
hess ~hIeh all explain phsaOmenOu, and
against which 10 fatal objection is known. is a
good and proper HYPOTHESIS to work Ga 10 iaSes-
I'Ssuon. Sad they see that the hypothesis OF
eyolzilon does tGiel these coalitions, ard they
e1pse; thOse ShO ssSaii It 10 PrOdaee Que that
vii take its pi4cs. This ministers do not do
Tie Mosaic account OF the creation explains no
sh5og which RoE puzzles us. For, TO use the !
dilemma presented to Mr.. Cook bT q 6istin. [
gnished ptysiciAn, men are the oispring OF |
single pair. and environment has NOT as the Evo-
isiio1Is,s say il has, modified them 10 character
and conformation. shat has caused the difference /
between Australian zhOrigines aud AngiO-SsxOns I
IN TIE short space Of SIX thOGssOd years! IT, 4
% the other hand. the difference be due TO the 4
descent fron $ nGnoer Of separately created 4
pairs. what becomes Of the Mosaic account 4
People are pOodeEins these questions seriously. I
.1d they cSanOi be dismissed with laugh.
Hoald It got Be vel. therefore. for ministers to
loAndo0 the sititude Of angry fagi,ives towards
Science, AMI await its discoveries With calm. and
a2tcA the tentative eOgIs by Ehich all its truths
ave been revealed with irisndly or. at all
'Esais. o01rsgeocs INTEREST," For though s
,ood ally, 1t NAY BE- terrible because Inevitable
lnsny-
fEs NcEisE FuLsr writes, an. hAviuE Wit
Moves Ca uar 81 yer F5ssg kzd ~
shall lErs Il lax ck1esl lzif a Ike.
Ne- al Ee1- tsa-s sksA 81 ~lSd q iL-i