Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-14
EsCEiG:OM and SCioncn.

NJ contradiction il possible between Nature
| and kaT;Ia!io2, for both Gre Gods Word. The
souiI Of tEs I'm pirio il not scientific, md the
alaI'd;c.i2a Of ihe. bisot is rot religious. Mar
row u'en get 1to cracks aud discover facts,
Hhosc raatoaa 10 tho the uortrs, narrow men
| ncT5r see. Yet tie facts are Gods Verbs.
AID e. i; is cae skill which feds diamond
| aud auc;heE xii; which sets il, ptl shed aa6
Giving. amid ia ttlaws, il q golden crovu
so tie oa;ura.is: may discover fact; la. the 10.
| sic ~ mcs: classify ,h,m, uad no.e tho So
qlerccs Ehioh Ienl from Nature 10 to ra-
! !use's E2J." Whist uallels the scoFJ or even
| t'n thoa;i4a oE DAWN aad rynd II. They be-
| ilci: to Dl!wo and Ty-dsll TIC facts th,y
| 4l.")'2f h>to2g 10 Go1:, s. :cug az they,
'.1iauah !ol 6 Jay 5 It abr aad Lish;s dc7cii
| Vi tau qaes,.1G tie Created o.sslel of u 80.
sni note ru5 IN" Uv!or n1sacrs, lhirk ali
| ma s!on;d hea3! their U0:k. Tho result may
| be II make II moIc than probable that cr:a:on
lr5c2t:i ty evolution from The htm goneous 10
| tho E9.,rc :cD2cus; traal The simrl, to the cjm
iI.y, - Ia: tic J5'iy Of mi8 msy laya dsesl-
cgcl i.2Ri glotopia>ms. By srewipg sid Hid eu-
i:g !?rma o lite thrcug Ord. hcss!. fish, it,
SEQ; SHEA 40 eye CO see, Up 10 tho psrfoo
| '92s OF them all Tho flower Of material ctca,
tens -!hc physcl mao. into wbcm God
"brjathcd no breath CT life and man became a
living sui. Suppose this is tho result, shall
| tue tai,h OF tho Christian be weakened Or
| lninly not. lie DGy sec then that tho ssc;cd
narrative soems to diny outline this ms,b7d
OF Creation; that it draws man. body from the
| slaic 4 the caTtI;" makes lho waters bring
| forth reptiles sod bird and the earth brirr
| tcr. IN fIh tIInnc nd ,oc Al.
earth, suggis.ltg =, as it were, an evolution,
during the ages wnen The "L:rl God hid NOT
| ral0ct % the earth uad there was uoi man to
I'LL the CATH. Says dcvou: English cls,cy
| mao, II so toiloT the 2eologist q, he burrows
shat |! IS OF religious thought arc open to US
kingdoms Of animals w1rn mlu, their ki,r
Was not yet created, millions and millions of
TcaT5 while earth vas preparing Ter the hum,n
race, silent gtim cpochs Of Inorganic matter out
OF which G1d was gsnirg glory Geology,
Hh'l3 1t oycrWhc!m5 US win gigantic periods OF
tine satmS at the S.melm) 70 send Gu; dim
tSpItrlog Ugh: ln!o the clements that were b..
loro crcnu0ni acd While Il exhibits to US our
eva plane; undergoing appalling vi,isaiiudes for
g!6 without ral0ual lnhAbitant UPON j., il
suoWs Us that ScleIco cannot otiac!, at least 10
The present state o! kuomledge. to cur choosing
10 gepsrd Tic other planets sud stars as still ua
telapted if 10 our view i. better suits our dec.
trno OF tbs Incarnation. aud Of the Hsadsbip
OF Christ. and, il We think 81, the general slluc
iurc o! revelation Not that Theology poeds to
shrink from the tl 70 of auy possible dcoycr;cs,
oLl7 that iheologisns. ike Others nav use
their liberty Waiie they have il. Theolte, it,
SILT will be found to fit ill discoveries IS they
come. 1t is oD'y the private theologians who
nay som3Ilncs have % tuuor their owo rr-
yate IDEAS"
80 10 mechanics tee respite i've Laws Of foc',
moioG rest eDd lporia arc Only 50 many rove,
alous OF Himself ty God Tho same may be
said Ct the laws Of sculd, light and heat. II
would seem when we come to the study of
chemical ad10itIes, the doottioc of m1oaders.
bic Hud9', the theory Of stoms, especially the
theory ct bosco7ltca, which makes ma!t,r con-
sIst act OF solid PARTICLES, but cf mathemaio
centres OF .orc,-ls TCuld seam as ii Va we're
gcstirg DIVA lo!O the primevaI caves snd lab
orat:ries CT c:eallon and d light e1pec! any mo
ment to como uDoo Cod at work, so near to
hfss things. to tie limits If tia void, do these
considerations brlng us ooufess to have al.
most 'Ien bed, bGt iD esgsrOess, bait With fear
10 readIag Of these thilgs aud wondering what
the haod ct man would touch AID feel and get
he!d ol mex. The p;escLce OF God 'owa then
i!kc thrill that cames from the uear1ess of
o6e ne love. 10 religious mind physios!
spIe5ce IS 40 iotctsely religious thing"
"Eut nowhere il God N ore manifest, nothing
ID scleHcs parhsps is moro religious than the
comparison II the two doctrines Of g.avi.stion
sno polarity. In grsvi!s.ion we see nature al
eHce heeplng herself in motion and 1T the Gane |
Nife 'eadl' to 1epCse IL is as il the hugo ribs
go N;'oHs snd lrame work Of Onnipot,acu W. 70
orlhg is,u ba!e before us, IL is as though va
saw !! htW steEuloC5 snd ribra.iog, with the '