New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
EVOLUTION, OR SPECIAL CREATION
ADDRESS BY TUE REV. DR.. j. n. THOMAS BEFORE

EVOLUTION, OR SPECIAL CREATION.
ADDRESS BY TUE REV. DR.. J. b. THOMAS BEFORE
TIE BAPTIST MINISTERS.
The Baptist ministers of New-iork ana
BROOKLYN held their usual Monday morning meeting
yesterday in the Mariners Chapel at Oliver and Henry
cts. There about as persons present Inc im'y
have not yet discovered their clergy accustomed
10 throw Of all Monday mornings, and to OK
press many their freshest thoughts on church and
secular affairs at The doors are always
oVen The interest Of the meeting centered IN the essay
on Evolution Special Creation by the Rev. Dr. D. b
Thomss Pierepont street Baptist Church. Brook
lyn The clergy present showed great appreciation r
Dr. Tholhass method of teaching the theories OF Darwih
Huxley and Others applause frequent, and the plan
of inviting Dr. Thomas deliver series OF lectures on
the suhject in Brooklyn and New-Iork was discussed
with favor. Following is an outline of Dr. Thomass
views:
The two rival propositions each initial point Of
ph,Icsnphy Of The universe winch called to discuss
are these ID The opening verse Of SCRIPTURE IN ,ne
r. emn ,ation of tic nateriahsc philosophy, In the
beg mining the universe began Ia eNolNe hse INC his
procsses to he a revelaton-that is. statement OF
shsoluie truth from abCye downward. The second
phosophy-that Is, conclusion OF apnr"Snidc ~ ma
before the mat rial universe assuming me
God when the universe was nor INC SECOND rnrrs
backward v analOgical reasoning 10 Oe-hhhs Mion
first cause for that which pc IN 10 eVV'he r
md the which set the evolution on must htye w
before
ylv an approximate conclusion, and does NOT
account fGr the absolute origin of things 1T
,Sosophc side and see what objections can be found
IL As chronology there can be no oteclSn Ior 'e
: none-Doth assert u beginning neither likes uAte
- Hs to creative 0od, philosophy neither aflirms nor
ieries directly but declares Him ~ ioGc %
ure nowhere seeking to prove ms eNi'Iencei n
rot" nor can 'by searching fiud Him out" go
As to creation itself philosophy declares the lHea,
N tic sense Of absolute and original bringing INTO
.Xlstepce o beyond the range oI all anolgy III
human thought, and therefore unthinabe TO tins also
tut through faith we understand that the worlds were
ramcd by the word Of God, SO that things when ale
,ccn were not made Of things which do appear
Strangely enough the terms " unknoWaUie ana ul,
Of strength rather than confessions OF weHksSs me
frqcks crect, altar 20 the unknown GOd, cdncSSS
that they Lad not found nm bat ahe GoG Rpfore
God can by logic be driven out OF reGty tntrc must De
an exhaustive knowledge II all the contents oil Tie UNI,
verse and OF az me knowing capa.i,es VI It, .ota
then il absurd 10 speak Of the nEknOWanie as ta-
known there neither science philosophy and silence
Is better than speech If the idea of God the Creator DC
tn and Proviicncc is sure follow. one of the most
blasphcmOus of the matcriaisc sen OF represents sI-
euce AS conducting the hypothetical Creator With honor
10 the frontier OF the universe ana dSin-slhS h WIN
thanks for His profcssion services 10 LONGER Ie}uired
Prof Huxley invented pIOtOplasm, the INK between
matter and life But Huxeys neighbOr 1yEdall comes
Observation-Disclosures and lack OF structure prooplasm,
because the microscope finds no structure Is Il psee
saw that This whole gigantic Cosmology. this gauzy ana
brilliant and tenuOus bubble 0i the evolution o. an hss
has been blown from the very moderate illhnIeis Oh
substantial soapSuds in the pipe OF ,DArNlhin 40
CREATION. And Darwin has dlscONered-whatt way
ist what Jacob and Laban Encw, AID JRcOb USED 20 ms
ndyantage among the hocks OF Laban The whole dis
cussiou OF the subject of design III nature must De llNs
neEtary The evolution theory looks for nothing III tne
order OF preadapted to The NINA 81 hah IL pIs
anatomy above physiology, ana physiology aoOVe PM
lpsophy, human autOmatism above human thought.
The discussion which followed the essay was brief all
concurring in approval Dr. Fish OF Newark SAID that
since he had heard Huxley he had had less fear of the
scientiss He said, g" think in all soberness that lux
lev made perfect Of himself and that this is not too
strong language 10 Uso III his opinion there had been
reaction against evolution in this part OF the country
since Prof Huxeys visit. Prof Fox said he heard HuX-
lev lecture and that 1T the absuIdCs exposition OF
himself ever heard make" Other remarks We're
not "a strongly EXPRESSED but similar i'll tone Next
week the Rev Burroughs will read an essay Oh The
Plcmillenuia Reign OF Christ"