New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-15
MIR. coNr4Y on SCIENCE IN ENGLAND.

TIIE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL DENIED-sATIsFAC-
TORY CHRISTIAN EvIDENCE-INFIDFL SCIENTISTS.
To the Editor Of The Trtbune.
SIR: In the middle of the nineteenth CEN
tury and in this Christian land, Mr. Moncure ID Conway
comes TO enghten a New-lork audience concerning
Science and Religion in England" At the close OF
lecture which the goOdnatured TRIBUNE gives nearly
three columns some one asks him about the English
scientific view OF God and Of the Immortality o the SOUL
suppose that beogged ques'ioner meant the views of
leading scientists" in England And the wonderful
answer comes The Scientific view is that there Is no
power in the human mind TO personlfy Cod" which, II
1t anything means that there is no power in the
human mind 10 conceive of love aud trust personal
living God, heavenly Father. And further, that
science has clear word 10 say about individual lim
inurtaty-considers it a question OF probabilities :
science has enabled who thoroughly studies II 10
i've n ccrta n kind OF Immortality; by living in
tho history Of the race and by anticipating its future
with scientific conception and imagination" fine
kind ~ Immortality, truly Noble words Of comfort to
the dying or to bereaved hearts!
The God who created III His own image and like
ness has been in communication with His creature from
the first, Jesus the Of God visited this earth spoke
She words II eternal life and manifested the Father to
the human mind. Dying, but rising and ascending to
Heaven, He brought life and immortality TO light.
Millions in all the Christian ages have seen the glory OF
God I'm the face Of Jesus Christ. have been renovated III
character wei rs renewed from the buFutn OF gut
have spent their lives in loving and praisne
God. have prayed and received answers Ia
PRAYER and have died in full assurance
Of blessed Immortality. Millions now living
know that the religion Of Jesus is blessed reality, hold
communion with God, and await the coming glory These
things are OF worldwide notoricy. Tie indirect power
Of divine revelation has changed the face OF the world
and gwen freedom, civilization, everything that
makes life In Chrstendom better than lie in heather
dom Tho skcptical scientific" profess to be OBJ
servers OF facts; but these facts, patent as the sun AT
MONDAY they do not observe They fix their eyes upon
one narrow Of phenomena and call the universe
They construct out ~ their own brains wonderful theories
~ The past and Of the future and call IL scientific history
conception and imagination" They put dead matter in
the cruciDc living forms under the microscope AMI
they see there neither God nor immortality All the time
the works ~ nature and the history Of the proclaim
h eternal power and GOdhead, that they are without
excuse"
The Christian religion with its solemn teachings nd It's
blessed hopes l. not thing OF natural science; sccn
tists better qualified to speak concerning II than
other men. Neither does II belong 10 the underlined
realm Of sentiment, feeling, Intuition" IL Is
cmphaticaly religion Of facts. The life DEATH and
resurrection Jesus historical facts and so are the
Church and the grace Of God the world. Cannot have
any certainty Immortality. indeed! When our ador
able Lord has assembled To heaven aud promised that
where lc H. there shall be Also IN life eyerlasting-
promised this mean of course 10 his followers Perhaps
inc 7tHutlNtH Wil"'N' ''''"' ~
hcayrns-at least that IT question Of probabilities
1 do not know whether Mr. Conway deserves AT all the
of scientist" or not bat the real SCIENTISTS IN
sp OF natural science are worthy of all praise
for their labors and discoveries But the ne part OF
them also another purpose, not crcdIbe 10 the
not intended by them, but IN which Mr. Conway eY-
IDENTITY has share. They add TO the evidences OF Chris
tauty by fulfilling prophecy. For II Is written III.
Peter ill., 3 aud L. b. L. NeIsionl knowing this first,
That there shall come in The last OF the day ,coHris'
saving: Where the promise of his coming For from
the day the fathers fell asleep, all things 30 continue
from the be gnuing Of the creation" "A good deal OF
"sc.cntiac conception and imagination mere For Of
this they willingly are Ignorant that by te w0fd OF Goa
there wer, heavens OF old" &c THE TRIBUNE is the
best newspaper the world Perhaps good journalism
required full report of Mr. COnways lecture You VIII
doubtless welcome to its columns few words OF com
mcut that ungOdly address. J. W. W.
InlerAnn. Y. u. IAN. 4. lSIL.