West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-02

Revelation. from Geology to Astron-
omy, are given by the same Master
for one purpose, the glory Of his own
name.
The leaders OF true science say,
we work on matter and force; we
know that matter fills all space; that
force governs all matter; that no
matter is ever destroyed; no rec
ever lost. We demonstrate a form
Of matter a million times as solid az
lead, and n million times az classic
as steel; we demonstrate a group OF
force governing all matter, that are
but so many mani feststions OF sim
gle force we call ATTRACTION; we
know all matter is atoms or mole
cules; we know all atoms have iner-
TIA; we know all forces attract or re-
pei all atoms. Molecules, inertia,
al traction, repulsion, out Of these
simple ideas as elements, the mighty
fabric OF the universe has arisen
We know the same binoplasm pro-
duces the flesh Of eagle in one case,
Of man In another, Of lion in anoth-
err, and so on; but why we cannot
tell. We know that there is force
over above and beyond, and that
never can be property Of matter,
or manifestation of any other force
and is the will and consciousness Of
man. We know that man is mi
crocosm; thst waves OF light and
thrills OF heat from burning suns
and blazing stars have wove the text
ure of his physical form. We know
that upon certain conditions morgan
ic matter assumes organic form. We
know that there are laws governing
the changes; but this change and
those laws are alike beyond the
mightiest range OF the proudest phi
losophy, and the grandest sweep of
Of the deepest science. We know
there is that which holds all worlds
to their place in the measurless fields
OF space. We know there is that
which bridges from nothing to some
thing; that there is that which
bridges from something to thought;
but science only discovers, and can
not tell what the chain is that holds
the vast systems, and their millions
CT blazing suns, and cannot reveal
what the two arches are Of the
bridge Of existence spanning the
stream Of time, and joining the
eternity OF the past 10 the eternity
of the future. We know that push
ing our group of sciences to their
farthest bound and standing there
in reverential awe on the very verge
of the finite, even in the shadow of
eternity, we can not catch a glimpse
OF the infinite to recall it's own sub
lime simplicity, solving the mystery
OF life or the force Of attraction and
we know it must be 80 that as the
finite is not Of the Infinite, so the
finite can not comprehend the inf
mite.
Along the burning lines Of blazing
thought, down the glittering track
OF the centuries past, come Coperni-
Gus, Gallileo, Kepler and Newton
from the study of the stars; Hugh
Mil er from amid the rocks; Faraday
from the labratory; Oh ampollion
from the pyramids, and Agassiz from
the world Of Fl shes, and pen in hand
construct the scientific creed and
form the physical thought of the
future ages for all time to come in
strict harmony with the inspired
teachings of divine revelation. On
the lofty mountain height Of science,
amid I he play of lightnings, and the
crash of thunders, are clearly re-
vealed the truths Of divine revela-
ton in accord with the laws of ma
ture and the teachings Of science.
While on the plains below, the sci
entists Of the New Departures =
are worshipiug the golden calf of
Evolution.
Early education is a great factor
in Progress. So the early educa-
ton OF some Of these scientists,if we
could trace it, we would fad has in
sensibly Influenced their great minds
In developing their mighty lines Of
erroneous thought You have OBJ
served the century Hve-oak of the
forest emerging faom The earth upon
it's tiny foliage in the infancy Of it's
existence, the weight Of g sinpIe
straw borne by summer breeze but
rested til the growth Of a week cast
it off yet its weight had crushed
and deiormed the infantils synme
try OF the foreat roopa,ob o,J H.