New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-14
MR.. BEEcHERS BELIEF ~ EVOLUTION.
HOW MUCH OF THE DOCTRINE HE Is WILLING 70
ACCEPT.

HOW MUCH OF THE DOCTRINE HE Is WILLING 70
ACCEPT.
Mr. Beecher baptized twenty-five children
Yesterday morning III Plymouth Church. the most VI
them infants. In his sermon M Beecher said:
MANY men. who believe IN churches say that II Is
matter OF grave doubt whether ali natural phenOm,nt
cannot be accounted tor by secondary causes
Tuey read the works OF Darwin. Spencer.
Huxley, Iyndall and others. These writers
have clear style aud Ia r uteriucss frank and
manly nor IN the ittlc sugarci cOoGy style o. religious
discussion admire these writer's have read them for
years and years. Forty years ago was lnOcuaed with
the doctrine OF evolution found IT Ia the Bible and
scientific accepted II gladly accepted 10.
hold II to-day more strongly than ever. believe it VIII
give christianity lower than has ever had. aud
more volume But do not accept a. the grand priaci-
pies Of writers evolution The age is much indebted
Herbert Spencer for his study aud presentation OF tho
whole history OF creation On certain deep and su5to
principles differ with him. aul not more in anything
than in regard 70 agnostlcism. | 10
think God is movable with proper limitations.
II things this world evolved from foregoing lie
ments, here did the force FROM on the elements
iorrn where did that first form come from DID natural
law produce Itself Is nothing more powerful than
1T is not the same ask where God came from. All
material phcn"ulena have causes, bur IN the region
md che Is m oar cognitOn and We must think thar
creative force caused material things t
arisen from The oyerposilvcaes, Of ihc,.oy
Its teachers overlap the bOIls of the Scriptures Thy
ave been supremacy e-otsticil IN their know edge
theology - yoNd-nS from the lccOcrgs or the NOA %
the warmer waters o. thc south The sI'rd Scriptures
are modest compared tO theology. They prcsrn Goi
a. Il Known ana uukuOW3oie No man can bound God
-lch knowledge is not possible to HIN. The scope AID
grandeur OF God cauuO ue Srispet 10y tho limited iic-
utts OF man. The animal development j. itst bodily
nd then cerebral Toe eye oi az eagle l. iar hey.
HE eve OF tuc luau. bt his miad far The IA
Is tar str0nsrr than man bnt does not know much.
but animal l. first developed. I'm BRAN te.
vclopm nj tu,rr are bOh inferior and superior develop
mems he lower animals eau oAly be- trained IN very
narrow limit The do, cannot be tiu-lt
anything abou powder o. the bird Just shot 4 IO.s. -
slEsr Ols bat ask ann what lie woulI do In Imc Of
dynamite revolution and ne would say mega and
cauicr OF 70 the vi dcrnesS. daughter
"Tncre Is an mpa- sab guf between the iOworJuuss
and man. III c human family there grades I0 20
trur IN man or other animals cannot UuL g,t.t tIo
superior II Is tie same "a, 10 man and the power
apoYc Him. lie cannot udDistAiI. II tO.4 God
minnie can only know that lIe *. bus we ,d.lOt
know What haultc i. Some men hnd with tao
power Of knowing and seeing things fiI beyond lio
nary power Ibl- power gives just faint and
De with "A tar wider scope m God Himself with woul,r-
ful radiaucy o, taste. love and grace 10
gives such magultudnOus idea Of God that
no man can grasp as c0gliL4b'c. la any
ldl g sense GOi IS unkuOwallc. 80 can
sail onnd Him. IL Is not u BE- expected thtt u'n
should know Him as they know each other All OF tIo
problems ~ the mind cannot hr wrought down TO tie
tests OF the senses by obedience God. lie be-
come personally known as far oar ,acut c, AL ult
Tie ilgh glory, honor and love OF the world beyond,
be fDTs Pei T.