, 1876-12-25
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1876.

TIN ,hco,og,or o,,,o,nda, ~. ~ar,,1o1 vo,a
ri Gmi. th .c.sts,s "To,,.T 'nI rit. ..,.n. Ria
s'entc nv n,on wa. ,o, ,, ,'s tr,.,,r f
,r M bat Of is T3nne 9s Wo1Hs Nar
mn, H. ,nnmv IN W. ,.s ,,,r
tlculneion'3 As a ,nis III W" sc,cntt6c men ~ a. an n
elna. Geioye IN thsr VIII, eu sarn ~" naius
ns to "; rn1 Ss Gy .y. ID tnso to d. W
ased Sy lie ,il not mnic ,nGrr "u oney W tha,,
he did have M ti,no ~ ,nake g '' H.
kntw rothnT hnt tho avs ~ ~ sn".t ~ ,tuth
3s T. noqla I'D BE- Hs ns all ~ s!esy MI
ANIL 1S en o. ,or
ost would mt H. II What r. ft,,,i in hIs r..
s sfatS o nt ag5es w s tneory ne saye up
te wor v sy ~ th e 'T S u
tIcnn,ta ri crctnrrnt,s NH. wnTc nv ~ titncs
table Of the Worils aae but sat wa ri The M oirect Of
certain narts ri thr orcaIs trcre rr,.ycrc renatns
nrrrl.nv stmttar IN tinse Fomnl thn csoIt, eir.
Of TnajanI. Terhops sotne fui,,ro unhcnrai Of
similar rocks, upui n which were were c5nstructcd
viii take nlacc. TIA effcct nj iii. dJ.cnv.Tyt
was Tint scinntilc man rnrc m ,Ie;r thcnTx'
Thty eaid Il was not true. and ticy mt thrf1,-
selves about the task OF looking around ior
The lecturer then Referred Ia the cani1or Of
sc{rniIilc men. Prnf. Trnt1nil EI,nnaif fTentiv
cttnfcttet1 there waa nj rrt,nf Of tnnrh nj what
he beltcyei. A scicntlf'c man vaa mi 10 .nv
Tint a man wlio believed IN That n wbfeh thnrn
was no nroof MI fool. nv the samr anaiorv
T,Sndali " wns ~" n seienttAr fooi '1s ff,naT,,er e
There was not one atom, OF proof Of lie Truth 81
the theory Of spontaneous generation, but sci.
entiiIc men were not Jaunfci by tI,ia In tf1cir
labors, They would snare no natna 10 aet nj.
truil. Tho }af,ors at, surh mir, wcr, lnva,n.
nbfc. and tley wcra vtrv iIttte inferior IN lin
martyrs Of tic Clrtstlni1 Church. fAppiause.1
verse, surely It Is worth mans Wild To- study
tts wonders ! Thtro gfas nothnp In *
too small. for the scientist 10 in
vost!eate. Volumes Ind been written
most ilsgncant eieatnrcs Of @ 5 t9 o}anism et
which ti1e microscona ha,i beurt abIc' Il, rnakn
visible TO tic llun.a.l eve. but yct scientists
were compeljed 10 admit that il was ns iifiIcut
germ % for tte whole. Ths oGIieattons aesin.
WHICH tlcoloEians were under to scicntista were
invaluablc. Some might work Ia hostility to
the Christian faith, but thcy were strcnrthcntnr
er Cod BY theIr Researches, tut they could I'D
in making man understand His works-GM
revealed Himself in JiIs Word, and scicpce was
necessary to q thorough understanding Of Ills
ttonably elevated rnanis conccpt,on ] Of T Cod. The
Idea that the biuc heavens wero only Ittlo
aboyo tho earth, and that the stars wa2o iittie
pecp-holcs through which the npecla lookcd
down upon earth, was d beautiful, poetical
idea, bnt how much grander a conception Of
scjeneeI @ % IAppIausc,i a ~" '''1'''" ~ i'a" ~
The lecturer tIlen referred IN detail IA the
theory Of evolution. and pojntcti ont it, wcak-
ness as accountinr for tho exietence Of man
made In Ool's Image. He referred to the we'll.
known obiccttons' to the thEory. Tia ;nrom.
nictancss Uf the CONNECTING li,,ks batwecf, Ilif
| fcrcnt distinct spccIcs, mid even divisions Of
sncclcs. lie tle,l proccedcd to show TINT in Tho
,xs,,tt ~ stmnt M t.s,t1s - ..r liz s.4 " Al.
| royer whit thoy sought they conferred ucysr-
1hcinss n prcat hene11t IN lin h,,rnan rara n
tho aichen,sts Of tic Middle Ages did not ais.
roysr the n],ilosonl,rrs etouo. they dtscovnrrl,