The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-09
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Many critics have topnu q IHllacy lhlue
DbTwinian theory, but the discovery that
1t has bsenan "imposture" from beginning
to end has been reserved for the Christian
htsligNcsr, which says:
"DArwinism ia beginning to Iote favor
In quarters where it has been expected TO
be accepted and advocated. 1t never was
a principle or law OF lite scientifically
deduced from facts, but began as q theory
in the mind of the grandfather Of the
present Darwin. The grandfather, y
physician in England, was 81 inidel, He
adopted an old pagan theory oil develop
ment in order TO disprOVe the inspired &C
connt OF creation. Three generations Of
Darwins have been at work e%ndeAvoring
to find facts which could be made to ap-
pear to sustain the speculation, They
have exhibited q great deal oil ingenuity
and have succeeded in imposing upon =
great many people, Darwinism ia simply
an imposture presented in the name OF
%RClenCe."
The ChurchRlGn says OF the mohblng Of
the funeral procession OF Plus IN: III
anywhere there Is Romanism p1le and
simple, II anywhere it 10 right to judge
tho tree by its fruits, and 10 decide whether
they are grapes or thistles, it should be
under the shadow Of st, Peters and in the
presence OF II oil the dead POpes And
what do We see but an outrage scarcely
paralleled in the history OF Christendom,
q Bishop Of Rome bounded to the grsvs
by q bowling mob OF his own people and
children! II il Q dreadful. fact, aud ii IL
ons 10 be accounted Tor, By what train.
ing and influences was such barbArism
produced in the hearts OF the people OF
Rome that they should insult the dead
body OF their own Pope? Here Protest.
Rnlism cannot be- made the s%CRpeHoAt, II
is not the result OF theological ranCor and
wrangling; the mob was born; 1t will die
in Rome Itself, where the voice oil Pro.
testanllsm was scarce ever heard, and they
are the children OF Papscy, the Benjamin
OF It's love, who insult its grave, II ia
phenomenon that may well make US
pause"
Dean Stanley lately said Of the work Of
ths American reviseEs:
THE labors OF the English Company
were transmitted to the committee 10
America, and the result has been that,
except 10 a few natural variations inher
eut in the formation Of the Anglo.Amerl.
can dialect and Q lew mere strict adhen.
sioas to pathological exaCtness, the trans.
lation Is the same"
"BeiDg in the midst OF this Anglo
American d~ialeCr," remarks the Independ.
ent, I'VE do not recognize it's peCulianties.
perhapsi but we would like information
from English sources, as this 10 the first
intimRli0n OF the sort we have heard. II
is that the American r~evIsors prefer Mat,
thew to st. Matthew or Holy Spirit to
Holy Ghost or try and trial to tempt
and temptation or who to which
when used of persons, or demons to
devils or from within him 10 out Of
his belly, or urgent to Instant? We fall
TO fad any other important changes In
which the mere matter OF literary taste or
choice between British English and an
'AngIo.AmeriCEn dialect can be suspected,
Perhaps the good Dean wrote hastily and
uncrItlCaIlp, as he sometimes did"
Joseph Cook, In q ~eulngistic sketch oil
Professor Ohristlieb, the German Minister,
speaks Of the current religious thought and
prospects OF Germany ~ compared with
our own. He says:
at Is true to-day, as II has been for the
last fifteen or twenty years, In Germany
that the r%AtionaIisliC theological professors
attract far fewer sludentR Than the evan.
gelical. According to the Unipersitds KdLen
ddr for 1850 81, ~rationallstic Heidelberg
mas only twenty -four theological students,
while evangelical Berlin has $50, evsngel.
lc'l Halle 304, and hyper evsnp eIiCAl Leip.
zig 49, AT n time, recently, HeidCl.
berg University had seven theological
professors, sl Ta%tionalists, and only seven
theological students. Professor ChriytIieh
assures me that the number OF theological
students in Germany Is now decidedly
on the increase, although It diminished for
q while under the operations Of tie no.
%toriOus Falk laws, now happily al perseded
In large part by the bet or arrangements
OF his successors. FAlk appointed as
teachers IN gymnasia very many thor.
ougE.going r~atiOnalists, who were aCCus.
toned 10 aneer At any Of their pupils who
proposed 10 study divinity, and thus did
their utmost 10 diminish the number Of
theological sludtuls in the univefsities.
Until Andover and Princeton, In America,
and The Free Church theological colleges
in Scotland added a fourth year to their
courses Of study, the theological training
given In Germany was Contessedly super.
lUr In merely intellectual thoroughness to
that Of any portion Of the world. The
great need OF Germany Is such spiritual
awakening ss may lead to aggressive
church life and tran,f, nm her university
training into a Pillar OF Fire, through
which God can look and trouble The hosts
OF His enemies and take off their chariot
wbeelE."