, 1876-04-08
sctsNcE VERSUS THE EloLE.


SCIENCE VERSUS THE EloLE.
cnrAuo. March 2o,-When n.,rlautY nt !:ci-
:t .,.ro.,,,,,c,l - ,,o,,,,;.n,
e"ee' ~ o'eEoY'',ns A"s,D, 49,, ,.,. =" Ia,is,t.a
i4'te. Eeaefaay 'eei 81 w u''',, "o"A"t:a
Whenever Rald facta apparently LENA 10 d1aps3fh
MtIic,1 records their principal aim rccin. IT,
mn Il, bc n nn,e,lto. 10 rid Themselves Of thu
T.oa ., ,,,a t,,to In cr,er In ro. r;a of ,nn,.s
""'' u .'o Io'' ,,,,.,<e :" h'' ''"
tscncraiy, tho Ereas objection Of t''eHo fnon
to thu l,ille Ia. tat It contains records wlI,t1,
rounot In nroron 10 tl4o letter; when tho ia"t
I"'',os ~ pi" ,., .s, -, ,tu h;.,o-;c,, ,,,r,a
containa nothing Int tfhf'taal ththRa' deesse''
in historical narratives; nnd by that ment1h IL
r.rv,rr tyo eutlg. namely: TO rtcortl evnnsH
,,I.,r, l., ,,nn,o,1 o,,o,n,st tfa muslin Ia which
''.n PaFrt" 49,, s.. ;.I,,
the WORD u toa "ah toe"a'e" a''. ': t"u.p,e
in rad records nItfit1hltrnsnA' Ill tha o'a tnao'
from Adam {t!lo Atlantic ctA1grcnasioD) to thn
timc of sIoscs, eYory record Ut cvontA wns
related, from generation to ecncratl3n.
frnm Sattnr Ia aotl. in tho Same way tAa. o nun
,,nwm}n; n rolates narrative to another; it was
tl,, TN n,Iv means OF Instruction. and scrysu
nt tl,c aamo tfIuc 10 preyort historical facta from
hoiny lunt. III tho same sna,uor mural tu1tlls
Ycrn nroscrycd: und IN ofs,er 10 i,ttter keep
ttmu In tleir uouory, the pcopte dressed
tIicn III historical narratives. wiict,lor rcaI or
rctitious. Tho record of tho cEc2tinp. by Moses.
II fu1t,cfl by tie luttnr Tor III literal ncnee, uIst
,c,.ossnr,ty bo misunderstood and tnniutc. pse.-
is's od: ant so " VII, nany Biblical records in tic
tlld Testament, unless spiritually Judged md
considered, Us TINY ought tn be. benE III thor
inward Benso spitittlal. Otherwise tuey cabuot
ho ,,ndcrstnol nr iudred at nil.
Vino. In nll TIC world, can no:yndayA ho so
,onnrnnt that ho bcltnyo tito nx days Of tho
croaso to mean uix i,toral days {oartli idayB), OF
that tho fali of man wns accomplished merely by
lila entinr Of MI app1ef Snrcly will avery senst-
41tIf hat LIN
rocnr,ta Of these two events arc given tgratiyc-
Iv. Tho gatne In tho CAno with gteat tnany
other Bible records. of which evory One
in its inward eenHs contains spfr'tna.
tr,ths. revealed only for those acceptable tllrre-
for. To deny the fact OF thB canuct DO dono
m any pthor ground whntoser than, disbelief;
when on tho stler hand tic reality Of tho facs
mentioned III experienced beyond doubt BY tlsoso
Wore it norsib1e for tsboiioye1H to ASCERTAIN tho
fact merely by tbc uso Of lilo tolceceus or micro.
arnpn or liz n,,y other sort Hf experiment but
faith iu tbo Lord and the Word. they. top.
| ahuuid cor,auly be. CONVINCED. etl. ttere IL
auntlnr way to convince, acceptable to tho aci-
nntiiju MUD. bccauya bping Il fact Of history.
namely i}lat yboneycr ntiti wherever rcopo
on tha earti wero No tIoy,radod In tier moral lab-
,ts lint loyo to tlle noebbur atul fuitil III the
Tnri waro Loaf. tl1etr dcstuction nlwn.s followed
| Whotavar I'm rcrn, tney wCrshin,,.d tho Lord
| mn1n m inference tho co,,pealcnces wore tho
| rnn,o. IVA min not proparcl vet, aud l.e,et wilt
be- 10 admit that .FC, lu1Atl IGltEH 0 tflh2cS
of lin f.reatnr. ire nothing hut animals
! ri n Lfchcr orIer. The lux wAicl, shall
cnu,'cci liz will tho animals will, bope
fnrnynr In iust hecuuso t. uoycr exis,eh, furlLcr
than ws tlecrHco uu,nc(yts 10 tho iikcness uf tho
| bca.t and br,ttc. 1 hold Tint .uan always was
r,nt, tftel will, ca,,act7 for dcyelcIlIicut AMI
nrnrrasu - runacity which in iulcriteJ in him
| fro,,; niH crcation ald tnst, hu] he not been
a,,cl,. tic id.n Of Creator and tic worsl,ip Of
Him could poyer hayo entered bis mint, more
| ti.r ~ co, tI,n ans ny t,r swine
/ tycryho.tr cnn un,,ors,autl that tho Word uf
God nf NECESSITY uunt treat Of spiritual tsinys,
onncrtaur 10 tho traituag au1 welfare Of man
kid In this world mt. iu tic world to como !;
and thnt thn nnritual truths It coutaius col1lti
not by u,,y o,i,cr ,nsaun lo COMMUNICATED to tho
"nonje Of this world tllau i,g ttie tiso Of p,lcn
I iansua.e, expressions, anu parallels as ti,oy
cuuld Understand Of by Interviewing it viii
rhetorical eyon.s md pcrtoss for tho Harla p,,r-
| nom In what otI,ct ma better WAY Eu3ll t.tr