The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-06

JIursrowN, Aug. 3.-Chautauqua Lake,
,r tho extrsne western part OF this state mas "l
late ve,rs begun 10 attract tourists by reaso" oi
tts natural beauty, cool ureezcs. ana che'p"V's
It has a special attraction, also 10 its se".-
religious gatherings held each year al IA" "'"'.
This il the seat Of the National Sunday-ocnoo'
Assembly, organized three yeas ago Nv W. o. IL.
vincent of this city, whereby people lnte'es'eu
IN that work are trained for Sunday-sohool
teaching by improved methods, and everyoodv
vno can pay for admission Is onereu
cared and valuable Intellectual en- er-
..,ousnt The revenue OF the enterprise
A. derived from the gate money, and as good
as.l Of IL lie needed for the Improvement
and ere OF this little city In the woods, and for
o,bsr purposes. The managers are public cater
,nin the show line, as well as laoorers In tho
moral VINEYARD. There ~ good deal adver-
tsed, therefore, that did not belong To the sun
dy school which the Sun reporter used TO
Ihey made q good deal OF money last year by
getting President Grant no there on erhloition'
lsmase too mas been gen, ,oersrsnu u,sap PA .,
Of performers this year make two columns Of
the Assembly Daily Herald, credi bile sheet
published on the ground. Among the ofaw-
ing features offered to SUNDAY scbooi WORK
ers" are magic lantern SHOWS, calcium lsbts'
Chinese lantern illumin lions, ceDtsnn,ai ora
lions, brass bands, fireworks, plantation min-
strelsy by southern darkies crayon cnricau.riu d
lectures on ali sorts ~ topics hv Dig guns anu
gunnsssss, &c. hut the peculiarly OF TINS year
"cBArrAuouA SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE"
The idea OF the projectors was to do some
thing TO demonstrate that there 10 and can De
no conflict between science ana revelst,nn, ana
theOlogians. Aud to make money, possibly.
Accordingly care was taken TO select as lectur-
ers, scientists who are protesting Christians, or
who hold scientific demonstration to be less
oonstrainins than revelation. and who could at
names on the long list that one can detect 40
entitled TO rank as those OF scientists are Prof.
winchell Of Nashville, and Prof. 5. A. Latti-
more Of Rochester University. The rest OF the
pei. The program me was also we'll maze up to
demonstrate reiilio-scienttho unity.
Out OF all this have come several eruptions in
dicsiive of an iIr,pressible conflict between
scientists and thenlogiaDs, II not between true
snSs ana re ss'e % oTos' ,S out ,ns
lecture delivered ny clsrsynsn, Al that. Tbs
Rev. j. N. Buckiey Of Connecticut threw the FIRST
science, by sdvisine ministers to study
science more In order TO avoid "degenersting
into cant" and displaying their Ignorance and
BY declaring that Those who would make the
Bible n book OF natural science to be interpreted
In harmony with successive phases OF scientific
research have undertaken an impossible task"
This lecture was very sharply criticised by sew
eral clergymen IN public discussion the same
THIS IL the history Of the reception accorded
60 every scientific perform suce proper. during
the Conference, except the very brilliant chemi-
cal experiments Of Prof Doiemus. hsse were
nberaly spiced with descriptions to the duty and
quotations from cred authors, ana proved as
acceptable to the CLERGY AS Interesting and prof:
liable to tue laity. short synopsis Of some Of
the
SCIENCE or TIE THEoLooIASs,
will be entertaining. The Rev. X. o. Haven, Of
Syracuse University. divides the cosmos into
two elements-matter and force. Force IL an
entity, ana is always the direct expression Of
Gods volition. He denounced the develop
ment doctrines; declared language to oe only
the expression VI the mind, and not the func-
zion and CO DEVELOPMENT of organs OF speech.
give . dog mind, and he would forthwith
I1he Rev. E. F. Burr, Of Connecticut, dieresset
from aD able lecture on Celestial Magnitude"
60 eontrovert the Rev BUCKLEY. He declared
theology to be not only science. but the chief
and centre of oil sciences, without wHch they
would hy INTO characterization. without reli-
gion there would pe no sciences.
The Rev. A. A. Hodge, II Western Theoloei-
cal seminary, Aleghany. Pa, lectuted on
suming the fact Of miracles IS proven, he tried
to show they we're scientifically possible, proba-
ole, aud dsnons'r able; h's s1osis% w wss
causes produce like effects under like conai-
tions different under lnerent eondi ions. In-
zion Of conditions. and produces mir .cles with
out Infringing on any law OF science" His arsu-
lnent would have answered equally well =
scientific defence and expianation Of auy VI the
modern miracles IN FRANCE and SPAN, and was
premises were admitted the in1deI would De
siiencsd.
now SCIENTIST GOT INTO THEOLOGICAL HOT
WATER.
But, Prof Wincheli, in three lectures on
geology succeeded IN stirring up the most hor-
nets nests, albeit. he declared every science to
be but the doorway to theology. all energy and
activity Out The voluntary EXPRESSIONS Of the gu
pTsme Power and IntellIsencs, and did moi f.iI
An eloquent aud pious perOrations. Bat he es-
,poused the nebu r theory warmiv, and detail ed
fhe continued story OF tue geologic ages 10 a
way that Impressed the w4tcnfui GUARDIANS Of
orthodoxy IN tue scientific Conference, - being
iss Vic ~ mai Ss u Sn cosd ,hs
Conference, was as remarkable as anything
In II all. The Rev. Mr. Burr admired Prof.
Nlnglelia IeCuxnltlOn Ia
science. He rejected the talk Of the uaus-
mutation OF species, persistency Of types,
ne glad 10 hold the held against all corners IN
favor VI the old ua.itlons Of science" He de.
Atheists. Z" II nature can exUlsiD nature there
Is no need OF God. ]. IN common, WITH all
cause 1t Is aschsme Of m aterialists; and IL would
make no dinsrsnce # It were GENERALLY acoe pied
as true the P,oiemaic sySIem Was once univer-
pr, Hogse also attacked the very lid and
scholarly lecture OF Prof Latti more on ~ he
eun." as tnctuTed wiLu Darwinisui, though
where he found II does not appear IN the text Of
the lecturs, and the Professor certainly didn't
forget bis quantum Of theology IN the perora-
sion. he did say, however, that tue Pope and
Luther aliAs thought tue scientific Researches
Of Caliieo suoY rsise 20 the religion ano mo
r.ht, Of their time, and d.. Dodge may have de-
tected reference to an fusion" In this.
the ussisric.I Scientist 1i Prof %,"sh Ell
made head against tnen alone. lie de-
tnslstc u sny,.s 'ecognanS in' sl'lgen, msInoi s
~ all the changes VI nature. Science does
mot attempt TO account Tor tue cause OF things;
tue nhal appeal IS 10 Intuition and revelation
aof cause Matter 10 not a source VI energy.
FIheie II a physical force aud spirit force A
creative force resides 10 human and divine will.
IA minister How ABOUT fee wili2"l There Ia
W suSh tilbs ~ spOhtaheOuH development. III
thap toulu De Traced to the QuduTum anu ais, n
uescvhueu from a monkey, ] should still say
NVu created me IN MS own i'm re, In tn az way.
can u evolution or what YOU VIII" me eriu
clshs mat followed, both during the de bate and
subsequently, were 80 warm that Prof. wiuChell
was laln 10 suthoTIze the publication in &c As
KW " Heidld VI a disayOwal Of his belief Ia
DatWhlsm, Thus was the conflict betw cen
soshce ara revelation h4rmonized at tue lrst
thautauqua Scientific Convention.
MORE ABOUT MIRACLES.
inns discussion may have been somewhat
rlskb but that on miracles more ., Or.
Strong Of brew IheOlopich seminary sal IL
rad bosn ascertalned, since late discoveries Of
science, that many accented expositiOns oi
scripture are Incorrect. IL IL not the Biule, but
some pet interpret atiOn Of IT, tuat IS IN coullct
with science. For Instance, astronomy mas
detected tue error OF tue literal account OF
Joshua causing the sun 10 stand stiAl. / don't
believe tue sun stood stlI OnA man ign T.nt
OF astronomy can believe It," This created a
sensation, and one startled auditor cried
"WhyT IL don't believe IT," answered ID :.
Strong, because / know what tAe phy sioal
consciousness IN the universe would have been,