New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-25
SCIENCE AND EXPERIMENT.

me Rer.L Is Wa4 az ne Ssrs'ia street AsAOd"i Church
The Rev. Dr.. J. S. Willis of the Seventh
struct Methodist Episcopal Church prrlontd yesterday
morning on the text from H. Peter H., Il: Looking
for aud astenng unto the great day Of God when the
heavens being on fire shan pass away with great noise
and the eIsgnts shall melt with ieryeut heat" He said
in substance:
Aday Of contamination for the present order OF things Is
one of the plain teachings Of the Scripture III anything
n bceyabic it Is that Tie Almighty holds the material
DnIySr.e ppder bis spcoinl control The development
theory which h beautiful and not necessarily heterodoN
l. snborr..e 10 that higher force which has given II
stcnce and direction from the beginning. Man may DO
an evolution, but he IA also creation ana aceouhl2Pe
10 his Creator for bis conduct and hH character ms
present life wAIc Ia Of probation, and his present
fesdenee, which partakes Of his Own imperecons are
both PREPARATORY and look thai period which Is su
cstd i'm the text VIZ the second coming Of Christ, the
reformation OF the visible Worlds ana ne puDuc
nj the human family The Influences which the consdor-
on of the text should have the mind are these We
cannot afford IN rest the issues OF Gus GrsilLy on te
yagrcs Of human speculation nor even on the tenets OF
modern science Research rs yet too meager and so
called science too much of AL experiment. 9 be allowed
place In the faith and creed OF mankind Tue nc and
entertaining productions of Huxley 1yndaI, or
Darwin must be kept at the door OF Christian OrLhOdoy
until they present card stamped win more heSuy
evidence than can DO furnished by the experiments ana
Investigations OF generation We honor all great thinkers
and All good men whether in tho church or out OF 10
hut they must pardon n prefer the simple creed OF
Jesus and His apostles with Its history anu sanction 70
ANYTHING that can bc furnished ia the lifetime OF single
man M the Word OF God tells that period Is a-
preaching which all things viii be changed and sudden
y changed We have for believing IT, equal 10 those
which have for believing that God crested nan Dy
breathe into him the breath OF NE ana stronger reasons
than can possibly be furnished for any proposition OF
speculative science. .
The consideration Of that day invites Ae following re
aectlops First the awful effects OF SIM both ia the AMI
u,ats and inanimaIe existeueeA God will destroy and
rebuild mans body IN order 10 MAKE II q mort ltIhs
babtatiou for his SOUL and he viii destroy aud reOud
the material universe IN order TO make more suitable
residence for soul and body both THIS Is pbnosopLy
more comforting, and having higher sanctions than any
other system Wo know Of second, We should reflect Ols
Inc vanity OF earthly things their unsatisiEg character
their instability. Wealth, honor, and power with an
Visible glory viii pass away ~ ic UastIess IuDIlC Oh
vision - hut the Christians hope Is immortal because
rests on God, and the Christians recompense enduring
LASTLY the contemplation Of this subject should lead us
10 Christ. He was the wisest Of philosophers, the
broaegt OF phauthFOpss, the simplest OF teachers,
tLe kudcst Of friends the mlghtest OF cOnquelCrs,
lie conquered himself the world and sin, aud offers us
saIya6n through IDS blood Scholars viii 1--we aud die,
and be forgotten In the lapse ~ ages the founders OF
great schools VIII pass away only few generations De-
TENS Which they formed. All human and earthly things
Will dissolve into thunCst ar but the Gospel shall never
faI and It's Founder IL all enduring and all sufficient,
ana there is none other name gwen among men Dy
which We must De saved" than that VI Jesus christ ana
HIN cruCined