, 1877-03-05
What the Latter Will Do for the
Former Reiigiously.
ALI Mysteries Dissolve to Reappear in
One UnHnthomable Mystery.
Praying for Reversal Of Natural Re-
suits q Return to the Dark Ages.
Interesting Lecture Yesterday After
noon by Prof. Cunning.

| AQVA I4 &1N4s NAA0A4AEs
Prof. William D. Cunning delivered the las
OF his series Of six lectures on 'Sclcncc ant
Mani at Hershey Music Hall yesterday after
noon. The subject discussed yesterday, "Wha
Science VIII Do for Alan Religiously," wa
the most interesting of the series, and wa
listened to with much attention and signs O
approval by majority Of those present. Their
were, however, few who gave unmistakabl'
signs that the peculiar ideas OF the Professor IL
regard to religious ceremonies and observance:
did not agree with them, aud one or two LEFT
the hall.
In commencing, the speaker quoted Qcero'f
saying that man Is the horizon-line where tht
| wor1o vi matter blends With the world of spirit
and tDcu went on to say that the animal is o
the>earth alone, carthy. It stands SO far On the
>hither side Of the line that no echo Of the be-
I yond ever falls on its car, no ray from the be-
yond ever illuminates its eye. No Qualm o1
conscience disturbs the beetle or the opossum for
| lying. No compunction rufiles the serenity OF
baDoon whe:h he steals, or q wolf when his
| jaTs are red with the blood of a lamb. The
dreadful word 't ought - Is nowhere syllablcd
in the animal mind, for it Is at peace with mat
ter. In the spirit is at war with the flesh.
| ~ N~~N3 80 -~ '''-@~ -
| mind The sun seems to rise from his bed in
| the east, TO ci!no soliu Vault VI Dlue 70 the
zenith, and then to slide along the arch to
announcer bcu 10 ttic west: ihe earln seems TO DC
HAT and the heaven vanitca- Ihe earth seems to
be fixed and the sun and stars vagrant. Thus
nature aecelvcs me dawnshS thons4ts OF man.
and blood must flow and pangs OF dissolying
laltn oe cnourcd oc1ore .thcy WILL learn that
| witch Nature gnyc to the outward senses de-
celTed their infant thoughts, now much more
should rays from the Unseen, shining dimly on
the inward sense, deceive and lead astray AL
things seem to have conspired to lead the
prin,eyal man into superstition. AS the body
was tattooed, SO was the mind. Was there any
help! Is there any help! says Macau!ay:
There are branches OF knowledge With respect
to which the law of the human mind Is progress.
With theology the case Is different. as to the
great question. What becomes OF human souls
after death.' we do not see that an educated
European Is more likely to be In the right than
a Blackfoot Indian. All the great enigmos
which perpfex the natural theo!ogtan are the
same i'll all the ages. The Ingenuity of peo-
pie just emerging from barbarism is enough to
propose them; the genius Of Locke Is unable to
solve them. The Book of Job shows that long
before letters and arts were known in lona
these questions were debated with 10 common
skill. Nor has human reason In the course Of
5000 years discovered any satisfactory soll-
tion Of the riddles which perp1exed Eliplay and
Gophar. Sir Thomas More was man Of emf
III his Testament as it is in ours. We arc unable
to understand why what Sir Thomas More Le-
lieyed respecting the real presence may not be
believed to tho end Of time by lnea equal in
What Is this which the greatest ami best of
the race may believe to the clG OF time! It Is
that little flour aud water, made into 4 paste
mud upliftcd IN q cl,asllble by priest, became
Father Cainitluy tells us that once when lie
was to celebrate Mass the paste which he was !
to transform into God had been stolen and
eaten by ratEt Great and good men, to believe |
himself against rats!
No, Macaulay spoke in the name Of letters, !
mud nis cry was that OF despair We are here |
to-day to speak in au humble way iu the name |
OF Science und our yoire is one of hope
II we a.1alyzc the religious sentiment. we find !
that II surpes from two roots-t11t one he t
lief in Sunerior Being. and the other n belief |
ir II life beynnd death Ia form, n rational t.on-
must trace the history oi their evolution.
An animal kntu,s nothing of thu sentiment of
wonder. It unitrstu1uls cnounh Of whatever
lies around it to serve its needs. As to that
wnich lies beyond. il .riyrs itself m tt,nc,rn-
Alstraiia is i!lIcI with Nocturnal howlsrs. Lut
nnt one has ey.r e.ast m ev.. al wander ~ the
nocturnal Heaven. Tie .t:rm of 1e!,1ion ia not
in the animal. l)uIy tnc T.rm is in tit. man vim
bus risen but little above tlle animal. There
nrc tribes th,. Io;, IN lie crlor;cs oi the nyt-
heaven with the same in,ifIerrncc as IN the
: mi below th"ir faat n,1t NAV n Lila hrtta-
rstnte * nm u,w,r,l Iool1er' fire t;rcrs c,Ird
bim .1ntiliopos-he ct tue uuturneu eve, Gazing
~ the Hearrus. bc ,von,1rI,1I W,u,j,r e~n1,cs}
n,.nmrs wnrsI,in- anil snn-w,rst,;1,. ns Mar
Muller i,ai sail. vas ;uyitaL,r. II was l;lr n
lrcn furrow which tli.: yrcat i,nnary drew in
rs Silent 1rorc;slu trt.u ,.,st RI ,ycsI t1r,M,0h
he y;ro,n minis NJ tho ~,z:ur muItitule
But tnis sentiment fastened often On thjnos
ow and seusuu. The mystery OF renrotl1cf;on
.h,w thc 1nIni] nj the ,:n;ii-inon has hr1o.le1
,y.r thnt! How ull primitive religions were
,itioteI i,y its syinpolism! The mystcrycycn Of
almost Nil the early reli,runs
ycrt Eainttl with s,tase-worshp tTuc sayay.. |
aw tho sprinp Of the tiger and tnouvht he un-
cr,tnol t. ..'rh,. t;r.r,' he satl pt,rs 1;ic
nySelf on LEGS. thu ISL ,ucs On ins. the b,1l an
rii,os But there ia the sernent il 1ues and has
.ituer levs. nor 1ins. nur wings.
HERE II A MYSTERY.
here must b. a something / cannot SEA- ;
pIrlt, The serpent shall be to me as q srud.1
ONE one las said that language is a dictionary
t faded metaphors, I would say that syniu,i- :
IN is a dictionary OF failed ryli"ivns. :
II Sclotnons Tc,uplc werc restored betore
our ewes you would lind IT 4 rreat I;unhrj.Irr1
,ictioilary 4 little study would reveal its |
,eanun- Iou WuuIl sec N, tlr ur,.,I altur |
,ur horns, like tic horns OF a bull. You would
.t. an attcmpt l., represent TIN, ocean in hr,ss :
nd this brazeu sca YOU would ind rcs1in~ "n
ye,yc uycu, What is the ,nc.uirvt IN nnr q
mes ii VIC want to recall New EI,l,nI ,s II l.