New-York tribune., 1876-01-22

,t n.d q, guidance where al has been 10 perfectly
arranged, when all wheels, and eogs, ana Springs
md valves have been put IN the right connechon shn
all her gearing smoothly oiled That Hieeon
.nd collision OF any kind wholly excluded III nature
la. been made for herself alone with no end beyond OF
nve lv overru,e her in any case though she were
,oing wrongi She cannot 20 wrong. She mast do ner
work OF an everlasting steal evOluton evolving ever
for the sake Of evolving anu having no other end 70
which she can deyae either for the better or the worse
Then LEI her roll on fOreyemOre. On let her fuh her
,lonoua destiny and complete her gTaDl evolutions,
whether II De OF rareacon that she follows, or OF
condensaton returning In cycle to her primevai state
of neuIous nihsm the infinite heat out Of when se
was evolved co,cnsing c0ndcnsing, eoonbs' eo"S'
rs OF phy yslciss saydown I" nc me o' ie
beyond the line OF life, until she becomes iro%eh lump
of city colder than the iceberg harder than the ada
mant-the absolute cold, the absolut' haiuhoSS-9Ins
forever dead and immoyabl" IS stirring says III
the cen,er of infinite space," wherever that may BE-
II tha, ia " the glorious creation III that DC al
that is INTENDED by " the unknovabe'" then why
interiereI The question is unanswerabie'
t what irrationay, let me ask in The thonght tha
may be sphere above nature to which nature poth
ns partlcularity and in It's 1tality il subordinate very
subordnate very inferior thing, II may be- and having
value only in reference TO ends greater tah her owh
abe has any ends of her Graning tno ratonaiiy
of this and the whole argument takes new aspect
Worlds tond worlds the space idea Of the scientist
been said the idea of the thcoogian 1t has
n,eht and depth altitude and pr0fJlniity, as well
,s length and breadth. We take nature "a Aristotle
long defined IT, and physicists have ever received
IT, the world Of and mOvemoDtin fine and space
fAr Physea. H. II any one chooses IN euirGc IT, 30 as
10 lie Synonymous with the whole system OF things M
,lading spirit and idea and everything thinkabe, then
the whole debate becomes sheer losoma,hy Law, IN
that sense eau never be broken. But cOnlng the view
to nature proper IL may be said hat IN guiding nature
In Overriding mature, God may be enforcing higher law
higher causatiOn in respect TO WEOh sueh guluheos'
such Overrungs, such miracles, you please. may De
true oausa links lust as physical forces some
times in herself. But the unfolding o tbls ea
would carry me Itis clearly stated as presenting
pue of the polar oppOsitiOns which the question OF
r referred Ilcave here 10 be followed out by him
.elfand the intoi sent reader.
An "evolyins Of things by processes under the gd'
.nee and oyerrung OF almighty a4l all-wse Creor
think can cordially aTeo here wth T., and with my
friend President Potter To me, however, II does not
.eem TO be the DarWiuan evolution, at least ~ have
Deon able 10 mdl rstand II.
There is another polar opposition" u has regard t0
die doctrine Of pr;Aus h0o the rs man of TIE pics-
snt human race, made man, constituted sueh m'mt'S
homo by "a fiat God, by special inspiration togetAef
with q special scaling, or image which spiritually makes
. human min or species, IN distinction from any Phy
difference such makes OF marks all other species
or kinds that upon the oart or ever nave Hfh
iu the indefinite and unohrOnicied past Adaiflty'
Christianity az such word can be pardoncd FOR the sake
Of the important paralesn it briefly ITesent' they
go together re 10 h. end OF concession TO science
or ANYTHING else N tie idea s3tS Gel ofdehS chrts-
taniats The rejection OF makes havoc OF the whole
Bible opening a ohagm which no exegetoal or thcolog-
heal device can close could have wished To SOY some
thing ON tins; but write composcy, iir Editor
for fear of your bringing down tie hammer on my pro
ixty Ibcpe huweyer that have not been tedious to
yourself or to your readers l. l.
Union cotege, Sc'saeciady, " J., Jan. 1G, 1875.