The New York herald., 1879-09-07


respect by the Section. The chairman, Mr.. Tyler.
has kindly sympathy for the savage races. much
stimulated by the reflection that in the ages to
which & love ioo 10 rsior US ws ~sso
now We too much gwen to eating each
other up in one sense OF the word Commander
Cameron defended the cannibals, laughngly. and
could not refrain from repeating that there was
delicious morsel than the ankle bone Of two
year-old boy eaten cold
srANLEY's STORY.
Commenting on the stories briefly narrated above
the Daily Telegraph ays-"In his memorable work.
Through the Dark Continent, Mr.. Stanley has given
a thrilling account of the cannibals OF the Living
stone River They must have been near neighbors
the tribes of which Major Pinto and the Count do
Brazza speak. and the difference in their conduct
toward the several travellers can best be ex-
pna By sssrSs tss to sss Ss 0q
Mr.. Stanley's case their determination to eat
him was irrepressible aud obstinate. They
ran after him with basting iadlo. All tho
tribes in succession were the same. and wher-
their cruets- -metaphoricaly speaking-and made
for him. Women waved pudding bags at him from
the banks. and the very children demonstrated
with spoons. The cannibais made frivolous
attempt to conceal their real motives for
Wishing to catch the ilIustrious traveller.
aIude darkly to .lonr pig" or like the savages OF
Kampunzu. take refuge in the hdeous jests
Of "soko." Dr. Trench credits the Fijians with
delicacy OF feeling and fine moral susceptibility,
on account OF their having devised the synonym
Of "long pip" as "a fair MAJ name S to COZ, conceal an
to point to . singular regard to the prejudices
OF others. 1t may be that the great man-ape Of
tine tSst clfsss tSs soko after for tSe the
Kampunzu hunters, or it may be that in tho
central solitudes of the Dark Continent there really
exists of human beings 80 low in the scale of
creation that the savages who catch them and eat
them do not recognize them as human. But
the third snyssr. that the s0is
really man. and that the cannibals who eat him
know 1t, but are ashamed to say So This would ac-
nd Dtv,fA tvHkN
the pot or to greedily violate the confidence
posed In them by the Count de Braxza. Tho
sSSnce Sy tn s1ass soao
myth. and perhaps the cannibals good turn also
by clearing them Of the suspicious that attach to
them Mr. Stanley has their address. and Dr. Tylor.
the able president of the meeting on Thursday.
the Of tas shs% he ns
their propensities to q decisive test
ARCHBIsHoP's STORY.
The Archbishop & Of York: preaching before the
said in the course Of an eloquent ser.
Science scion @ seeks to know faith Strives sD to do
science is intellectual. faith is ethical. Science
throws light on the worlds history and upon the
arts Of life and the wonders Of creation Science is
now and must long continue to be the possession
Of the few. for nothing is more remarkable
in the world which is their home. Religion IL
universal. II there are exceptions. rs some CON-
tend they are such a. oy their degradation ~ furnish
he that fears God come to Him aud
serve Him. Science makes no pretence to
eupply those motives which religion has fur
nshed through all ages for devotion Of life
aud high endeavor "An epochs" in which
faith has prevailed, says Goeths-and this 10
remarkable coming from such source
'All epochs in which faith has prevailed have
been the most heart stirring and fruitful both
CARDS contemporaries and posterty; whereas, the
other hand oil cpochs In which unbelief has obtained
its miserable triumphs even when they boast OF some
seeming brillanco. not less surely doomed to
speedy oblivion" Religion supply hopes
and motives. thousands of lives devoted
to God bear witness in the present and
in tho past. To you, Of SCIENCE
belong the secret harmones OF tho world its i'm.
mense history, its wealth of wonder and
beauty; to mans sorrows and aspirations.
There is room for both. Both represent real
need. Sometimes IN the flush of your success. in
the triumph of discovery, when you
arc tempted to think that the satisfying light
and sweetness of scientific truth should now
be all in all, remember that your word OF
scorn for religious work might happen to
spill the cup Of consolation from the very lips
of to whom 1t has hitherto been sweet, or
quench the light in some much afflicted homo
which may hear of your sneer and will never
master your discovery. There is room for
both and call for both 10 you belong
the wonders Of the heavens, Of moon and stars,
of sun and earth; it belongs to convince
each that he is not lost and forgotten in uni.
verse that widens gazc. Yes, God 10 mindful
of you too, counts your sorrows, compassionates
your SINS wakes up your love for Him. bids you
work for Him. calls you home to Him.