The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-12-12
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so large "a nlght have been expected
log partly 10 . eOnfusion Of dates and
partly 10 some uneertainty as 20 whether
the Reverend eenel Would come al
all, hO having lallel 10 give timely notice
Of his scceptSpce OF ,he invitation,
Bishop 8oNpan said that he was not a
profeSslonAl iectuesr, nor had he the time
TO devote 10 Ire subjects which generally
constituted The theSes Of what are called
ed lsct1ses, apd then Only 10 aid Of some
enterprise copnec'ed with the church. He
had chosen as Che theme OF bis lecture for
this occasion the
GoSuHESrAD EvlNssoGs or CHRIsrAN.
because /, VI. in IT, Il. llus a. . Minister
make It intereslinE and instructive to
his heafess. The Nsitten evidences Of the
truth oil ChriStiahity we're very volumin.
Gus apd extsnded back through many
ages. Scientists aud Philosophers had
attacked the validity ot these historic
evidences, had even claimed that so far
as the New TeHtaAeut was CONCERNED, the
books had been written by the monks
hundreds Of 5eSsa alter the recorded
events had tbken place, and yet, he said,
II the specnIatioas Of the 60 called Sci.
entistS had a fitieth part Of the evidence
10 support tbe ,tsuth Of their theories,
that the Whole Bible had to support the
truth oL IL history Of the creation, they
would be worthy Of for more consider.
Science, sid The Reverend gentle
many thiegs 1nn,SS1soWn to the early de.
tenders Of The Bible spd yet con6rmatory
Of their views. Fortunately, too, travel.
ers in the copntri.eA to which Bible histo-
ry relates have io1nd Monumental evi.
denceS that have been buried out olsight
for thousAnds Of SeSrs and therefore In.
capable Of being manipulated by map.
Bishop Bowman then took up the sub.
iect Of 9eology, tracing the steps by
which 1t had been DEVELOPED into u science
out of which men were gathering more
aud moe knoSledge Concerning the
structure Of tue earth. During the pros
greSS ot the groTtk Of this science men
had written SOrke to prove conflict be-
tween religion aud science, but they have
only alcCeeded IN deuonstrating a con-
rict between the theories Of certain adyo-
Gates, religious aud scientific, He said
it was OF iaterest 10 ditcuss whether there
really .was bny Congict between science
and religion. Science is yet in its iniAu-
cy and scieptisls have had 10 change
their systetns, Soaetiples to entirely re-
construct them 40 as 10 accord with later
developenentg. While We must, said he,
be very Careful as to Whatwe call science,
yet some Of lbe Principles he would dis
appreheaded these would be no material
The leeelaret then referred to The great
change In modefa language, and said that
owing to its impeetection It was wonder
that in the dsysot King james 1t was at
all possible 70 make anything like cor.
rect or intslligible TRANSLATION Of the
Bible. The intespre citation Of the Scrip.
lures must moi therefore be considered as
exhausted.
Heshowed how prone we were to draw
conclusiOns ant, assert as facts things not
warranted by the scriptures. Familiar
examples we're thus given: Mathusaleh
was the Oldest han and Sampson tie
strongeat mSn, Yet the Bible does not say
SO, but the one was the oldest and the |
other WA the strongest man OF whom the |
Bible tells Us and We have been accustom,
Inll n inf Ia al III 81 |
oldest asd stronRest and 10 assert that the
Bible says 70. Just so with regard TO
science, absured theories built up with.
out inqeirinG INTO facts YET the Bible and
science both, olten sre OF themselves sug,
gest obvious and proper Corrections.
TbeolosiStS Often start out with foolish !
theoriea and make foolish interpretations. |
So do Scientists, The Bishop here gave
q familiar sEa%.pleiu the common pump
before Science had recognized the inaa.
ence OF the pressure Of the atmosphere.
Scientiats then accounted for the rising Of |
the water upon the theory that Nature
abhorred Vacuum.
The reverend gentleman said that Sci.
ence In geperai and Geology in particu.
lar has not up to this time conhicted with
Mosea In bis account Of the creation,
His account OF the creation was but a
briet Introduction 70 book designed 10
teach RELIGION. He did not attempt 10
tell how il vas Created. The term "cres.
ted out Of nnSlhipg" Occurs but three
times IL the Bible, and seems 10 be better
interpteted by The Apostle Paul when he
said, ",rhing,s Which are seen were made
out things which do not appear" There
was no coolllct between Moses and Paul
Although Mosea gave but mere outline
still there vas enough to detect error il
he bad msjs any in the essential features
Of bis accolnt. Science, said the Bishop,
has only seriopAly attempted to contro-
vert Two or Three points in Moses' account
Of the creation. One OF these il the
translation oil The word day, yet all men
have had 10 adult that day does not nee
essarily mean twenty'tour hours. II ia
in the very lret chapter OF Moses &c.
count,psed in three different senses. Light
was called day; "in the day that Tie
Lord God made the Heavens and the
Earth; the Evening and the morning
were The frat aay." As an evidence Of
the latitude o. the word day, the Bishop
rslated tbat osigin and others Of The
early tatbers soniended that it meant an
indie Sdaite period.
The reverend gentleman here took up
the order Of Creation as related by Moses
and made . Very interesting comparison
with The indabitAble devslopments Of
Geology, 10 which he showed there was
not a trace oil conflict between the teati- |
mony Of the socks and The narration Of
MoseA, These showed that the order Of
life "a described by Moses waS confirmed
by the iossils Of The several series Of rocks
ss far as they hid been reached. That il
to say lhst the order Otlile which Moses
ascribes 10 the 9Th and sixth days wss
The char racteriStic feature OF those period,
But sid the bishop, Science comes in
to ous aid where Geology ceases, because
itgoea back aud beyond The Geologic re. |
cord and attempts to grasp the manner oil
the csealicn OF The heavens aud the earth,
particularly. Of the earth before Il came To-
that copdition 10 which the incidents
com maencipg With the third day Of Moses
account we're possible.
Scientists said The speaker, agree with