The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-25

In all pursaits ssys the Aiabls psi.o soPstr TrSnt
thaa balGlsSrnsd and hsfsIperI. I.--oord. W., f' and
RsSd Rel Leet. 3 p. 49,
Editor Morning star:
Isee that your critical core 1spondent ID 81
in still on tse war. path The present difference
Of opinion between him and me arose, because
said thst the days OF Creation were fgurA-
tive days. Thereupon he volunteered sn H.
considered criticism, in which he 'entirely Oh.
leted' to fsurativs days, denounced them as
snos sOarraHed BY he Holy Scripture. or the teach
sg of tie Jerisk or Ckristidn Churches. and, said
he, ave have the published opinions Of the
Holy Fathers, origen, st. Gregory Nsztsrzen,
Bt. Augustine. st. Thomas, etc. VITO al con-
sider the six days as natural days. He then
won't on to assert that the periods or fgura-
tive days were Inventions Of the ioi lei philo-
eophers.
This st1h was, all. ab bsolutely without any
Foundation out side the Imagination of the
writer, bat, rs il amounted to q charge OF
hsresy against me- I replied to it. He also
iutimate that mIs: be the dupe of the
infdels.
To remove these ridiculous charges proved,
by the very words Of Huxley and of Sir Charles
Lyell, both inidsls of the 19sh century, that
d. P. s. had stated what was opposed. diau.t
Eicslly, to the facts of the case. Yet did not
drop more than 8 hint as II whether or nc
my critic Was entirely unecqoainted with
the state CT the question.
showed that IL was the In { srest of Huxley
q Co. t3 stbreviate Christian chronology ~
nuch ss they could aud at the same time to
make the world appear as ancient a. possible,
their object being to show . contradiction be-
tween the account transmitted by Moses and
certain "fscts" which, they say, are evident.
Next, proved By the testimony of the other
iBHdei (LyelD that Voltaire, the leading wit,
poet, and sham scientist Of the 1s:h century
had no idea of invet ting periods of creation.
moreover proved that the doctrine OF fEura-
tive days was admissible in the Church, and l
gave the very words Of St. Thomas, who had
incorporated in his remarks tie very words of
st. Augustine. And for fear that d. p. 8.
would act he sstitfed / referred him to the
prieats of the Church, . much better reference
than q book. for they could perceive all his
mistakes And correct them, aud book could
not
onS would think all this ougt to satisfy D.
P. 8 bat no, he wants to be completely, pub
icIy and utterly squelcbed.
Accordingly he returns to the attack but
insteGd OF proving his original charges be
prates about his want of know ledge of Hebrew
and even OF hts mother tongue, % i'll had
charged him with knowing eisherl Besides
. although, in his first reckless assault, he
paraded the names Of Cardinal Wiseman, and
- many of the Fathers as he conld think of,
he fails in his second attempt to bring forward
-agatceS me O single fair or decisive quotation
from any one Of them The logical deduction
ali, that he nsed their namts unWArrantsbly,
md therefore misrepresented them, As shall
allow clearly further on. This misrepre-
DsatstiOn OF the Fathers is an old Protestant
dodge and therefore j have to apologize to him
fes installing him for Q Catholic and referring
kin to the priests. no longer wonder at the
SAbid and ranoorous hostility bs exhibits
sEainst fgurative days, calling them reckless
theory" nor ut his daring pertinacity In claim
Ing, like Huxley, that the natural dayD have
always been the belief Of tho whole Church.
&c. Jr. maksa the time of Creation rs long
As poas BILE and calls Huxley an Athiest for do
ing the same thing"
now p. 8. must admit that In the Sorego.
ing sentence be grossly misrepresented G. Jr.
81 10 90 Rrots that wonder At his reckfessnesst
EaIley AAys literal days, while G. Jr, says fE-
1sAtiye days. Hnxley says that the earth ex-
iSasa thousands of years before the time
allowed in the Christian account Of creation
While C. Jr, tells him that he does not
understand that account. D. P. 9. agrees
1AO4e clossly with Huxley, while G. Jr. 10 sup
POzted by Father WeuingeT, 8. J, learned
Priest and illustrious missionary, who, in his
valuable book named "Cat Aolic ~, Protestant
iSm and InAdelity" at page 800. (16th editioD).
ssys
"Secondly, the Church has never defined
that toe Ays Of Creation were day o of24 hours.
This observation is q complete aDs wer TO every
geological objection that can bo brought
against Divine Revelation"
D. p S. contrAdicts this for he says not 1 n his
arst attach ID. P. g. quoted, no-not quot ed
=asRSd s.. Augustine siding with him in con-
3emning me, That reference must have bsen
Unfouuded gcesswoTk, for Father Louis J Jouin,
g. j, in his EridsHoes Of Religion, q book bear
ing the ImpriBaGtWr of His Eminencs, John, Car
Gsnal McCIoskey, tells as that st. Augustine
NJ of q a.