, 1876-02-19
VARIOUS POINTS.
DxcokAu, lS., Fob, Is.
To TIC Editor Gfthe Chicago 1r,1anr:


To TIC Editor ef !he Chicago 7r,1ans:
And wider get those blllows Of war
Thuultrca along the hotizoos bar,
Aud louder YET luto Chicago rolled
M.tiug tue blood Of tho reader cold
As he Thought Of the stake IN that fiery fray.
And Noigtazn many miles away.
Tho discussion now being carried on In your
columns seems to grow waruler every week. aud
notice that 3lr. HodSnan Inns supporter 1t,
TIE Ta1nuNE for tho 18th inst. Weil. "koep the
ball rolling" In hiA letter Of the 0lh inst, Ms.
Mccormick gave Ills idea Of NebulAr lIypoth-
osis, aud my idea is substantially the aamc. Dut
tAlnk that, instead Of gaseous ringa being sep
stated from tho nebula, tho mass cooled to
liquid a,ase, and .hon, BY centrifugal force pos-
tiona were thrown on, which now form our
oyston.
Nearly Ill your correspondents hsve pro.
pounded questions, and have one would lite
aonle ono to anawor. Why Is II thai, when ro-
ligiunistH find that scientists hAvo made q good
point they say, "Oh! thatis perfectly abHurd;"
or, "AN that ,B Irrelevant, and has nothing to
do with tho qucstEon"7 ThiB il Il JUST what
Mr. uodgman does.
Again, A. M argumont against ths Nebular
Hypothesis, Air. ilodgman saYs ''No, tits too
late to talk Of putting Christianity to proof At
this advanced period In tho history OF existence,
lut this EohuInr I1ypothosls Ii comparatively
nu~, aud it has noyar yet oenn tassed, aud
| evidently thinks that the Nebulas Hypothesis ID
autagou,stio to Ilo'lg,ou; but there il nhnro he
| makes Ills greatest mistake. i ~ the height OF
folly to tApk such thing. Tho Nohalar li,-
pothesis does in no way nooct tho s1istouco Or
| the Ilou-ct!steuee Of \ Divine Iefng. or the dt
! yluisY Of ChEes. What Ia l.elEliou Ia ltaot
! love OF God. aud going out OF tlss heart to
M,m az tho father and q chrns m ~ ths , s9n
| ion il. Hus does the NehulAr Hypothesis in
| any way affect thiB7 Moat certainly not.
Why. then, does Dir. iIodsnan maks tho 70.
| mark he docs? 1t is not On tho truth Ut
the Christian rel!giou that NO are .rgn!ug. but
on tho truth Of tho Eabular Hypothesis ~ op..
pohcd 10 the Moaa!o account OF ths Creation. i
would advlso Alr. liodgmhn to reAd ~ aFtica
Popular Science Monthly for Pobru.ry entitled
| "Science and Religion, aud also JoaePh Le-
Coate's book supporting Religion; entitled %hs, ".,
llgion and Scicnce." Now. hlr. Aodgmao' aoh1
held for t.a1o years. aud tho kebulaE hypothesis s
| Is comparatively new; hence tho efoFesnlo A!.
.sothcaie is fa!oe. Tbs Nsbular llyI,othebss -
not N Any way opposed 70 1na,5a.5a ND !, nv
QUE eau diapfove 1t, wish then! to Do 50; To-
iix(ou hls ,lothinR 10 do With tns Nebalar iy-
pSthosls; and CONVERSELY. !hG SsDuaF Aopo'hs
| uot.ro one Uf your corresPondonta, siknlnR
himself ~. 4. H." says; "Ihough Ksl!ona Of
wator luay 10 thrown oser tho coals. not drop
| rtulAtQH IN ti6 COKE NoH, ul!ol hk8 AtpuLiEala
ihat tpja pauet was orlStnaly At 'rel.hot
giox,' aud 10 continued Tor an indoanito number
81 n,llllons Of years, inust it not necessarily,
altar tbs cooling procs4a bRd Aftos manner ou!.
| mIuatel, boen without Water7 How IL 1t, then,
,has 10 large portion Of tAis dem dam pness'
lcka up this satth2" When water il thrown upon
tlis coa!a. II III not destroyed because matter il
indsstfaetib'o. bot 10 eousssted into vapos;, 50,
| when tha earth WAS At d "rod-hot glow" tou
| water waS 10 state OF vapor surrounding tho
earta, and, ~ 1t cooled, tlla steam condenAed aud
fell upon tho earth II w2ter. This, thiuk, will
should BIZ. Hodgman degn to ansssr Any Asgu.
| ulousa hare used, bsg That be viii do 80 not
by simply denying them point-bAnk, but by