The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01
what Do you read. my loIdi
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- bad case to abuse the opposite attorney
C. Jr,, in his last communication, has followed
<shis advice, adding interpretations from his op-
spcnent's brief.
He begins by misquoting d. p. 8. He says
"t'Thereupon he. d. p. g., volunteers an in
zeousiderate criticism, In which he, d. p. B., en-
1sisely objects TO fgurative days, denounced
= be tssohins Of the Jss0sA Or Chri;tian ckarche'
i ask the readers attention to the fact that
'Sthsr0 h not one word said In my frst oommu-
S1soation about Agurative days, and this was
done purpoaely. II tho Christian or jewish
Churches ever taught either the hgurative
-mAaninR of the days Of Creation, or that they
xEere not dsys Of twer -four hours. lot C. Jr
sezshew 1t, where and when. Again, G. Jr. says ::
-"He, ID. p. g., attributes the invention, a. he
Germs 10, of fgaratpe days to Q certain class OF
a1hristians within the last fifty years or moro.
gy."
This 10 another mitquotatiou. What did
>say was:
3" Como Christians got scared at the reported
p acts Of geology and were willing to make al-
Enost any concessions in favor Of the new
1fdooriee."
The parties here alluded TO were nearly all
Protes t. ante, and were needed, as might say,
by DR.. Keith, Professor Bush, DR.. John Pye
Smith, and many Others"
@"D. p. 8. gave the names Of number Of
Saints and Fathers who, as he guessed. were
30 bear him out in entirely otjscting to hgura-
asive days."
This is another misquotation. What said
swss that shese Saints and Fathers all con-
slider the six days n natural days"
cit is evident that D. P. S in selecting ori
gen, made a. miserable 0 choice as he did in
each Of the other cases"
This sneering at "in some respects the great
cat of the Greek fathers" because he condemns
. rash proposition that cannot be maint aimed
except against the Holy Fathers and Holy
Scripture, made me look into the life of Origen
so see what foundation there is in history for
: atigmAt 'Eing the selection Of bis testimony as
To miserable choice" Reeves devotes o whole
chapter in his history of the Church to Origen
and his great and manifold works. have
also found long and exhaustive article in
cha DsbliR RepiesS on the Christian schools of
= Alexandria and C0ssrea, giving history of
Shs life, labors and writings of Origin. It
TNoald take mp the whole of tho MORNING STAR
sSS publish this article in full, WILL therefore,
r culy give few lines from the Rerie,s. st.
Gregory Thorematurgus. his convert and scho-
lar, in his Grafton, says:
'Tro that saving word which alore can teach
God-service. which, to whomsoever it comes
home, it makes q conquest of them and this
gift God seems to have given to him beyond
all men now in the world"
-a- And$ 5fessor Vinoer ri, quoted by the Re-
,v;tAo. "maintains that Origen was never con-
taeuued by Pope or Council" And the Rrriet0
concludes:
-'As he had been the Faiths champion from
his orphaned boy hood, 30 he merited !, t least
- suffer martyr for the truth he hnd
served SO long"
Twill now state for the third time the propo.
-Etion laid down by C. Jr. aud object I'd to by
g e. Jr might have slo we'd my first remar ks to
Snass unnoticsd; but be oho 30 to reply to them
I'm i've or six columns of the STAR But have
Szever yet got him to face the matter fairly and
81 quarely. He might, OF course, have pro-
pounded his opinions ard theories as things
that mi ght could should have taken place,
and ], for one, would never have objected to any
amount or number If Absurdites that the
STAR ohoses to publish. Bat when he comes
before the Catholic public and states, without
eserve OF qualification, that
''As far as the history of the sun is concerned.
1t is worthy Of note that Il was not created
until the fourth day. This 10 the more inter
stipg, as it shows that the first four Of the days
-aocoopied in creation could not be days Of
'sceRty Joar hoursn
There are two distinct assumptions in this
statement which / objected to, and which @.
Jr' wOuld, If We may judge from the length
aud tone of his long articles, have supported
by the Holy Scriptures and Holy Fathers, II he
~1ould. He quotes, indeed, q saying Of St.
A02ustine, "thst In the fret institution of
Mature We are not to look for miracles but for
she lava Of nature" And this truism giVes
him, @. Js., the more confidence that the "most
OF the days of creation were not measured by
che sun, and could not have been under the
.airoumstAr o." But c. Jr. does not oondesoend
Co teil us by what else under the iGsrS Of nature
they could be measured by.
His chief answer to my objections was his
long extract from Huxleys Nashville address,
describing the erosion of tie rocks by the
water of the Niagara river. He then quotes
SSr Charles Lysll and Voltsire, then gave MS his
-oeaebrated trSnslation of the meaning Of the
sSToCd "day" from his Hsbre,r tert authorised By
sts CAGrcA," and 90 went on with his great