Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-10

From his whole character aud the entire
tone Of his writings, am NOS very much
surprised ct the verdict ,pronounosd upon
him BY IN eminent German phrsu0l0gist
He tells OF Il In his autobiogrsphical chap
ter I" II the phrenologiets are 70 b trustsd
was well fitted In one rsspsct 10 be 9
clergyman. A few years ago the secretar-
les Of Q German Psychological society asked
ne earnestly BY lsttsr for . photograph Of
myself and some time alter wards / re-
ceived the proceedings of one Of thsiI
meet:ngs In which u seemed thst
the subject Of public discussion,
and ono OF the speakers declared that had
the bump Of reverence developed enough
for ten prissts" The feet ~ Mr. Darwin
Intended becoming . clergy man and pur-
sued his studies with this end In view n
writes, and my fathers wish ever for
mally given up, but died . natural death
when, on leaving Cambridge, Joined the
Beagle ~ naturalist" And II was q the0io
gisp, Prof Henslow, 70 whom he owed this
latter position which may be said TO have
determined his whole After.life.
II "people who live Ia glass houses dart
not throw stDnee," the scientists cannot
cast u p TO theologians the disrsputable fact Of
having st first Violently sttacked and op-
posed Darwin and his theory; for soientista
y OF every Kind % we're guilty OF this fully .. 2.
unfair, unkind, and abusive too. Prot.
Huxley sometimes seems TO forget this
The letters OF Mr.. Darwin show that the
attacks upon him of scientists ~ eminent
were as violent ~ any ever made BY cler
gyman of any standing, and that ~ class,
| scientists, represented by mon like Profs.
/ o sens, Agassiz, Sir VIM. Jardine, Profs.
Phillips, SedEwick, Mivart and ali the Yesi
Of any standing with not more than half {
him by word and pen, and with more OF
less sDimosity. On tho other hand,
among his first sdherents and most faithful
friends aud champions, the proportion OF
clerRymon and prOfessed Christians IVES, II
anything, larger than that Of any other class
DR.. Henslow, Rev. Jenyns, Canon Trlst.
raD, Rev. Charles Kingsley, Rev. j. Bro.
die Innes, and several others Ito whom be
refers again and again with unbounded
gratitude for their generous friendship and
| staunch defense OF MIN and his Views. In.
deed DR.. Asa Gray, whose recent death hal
taken from us one OF the noblest and mos
eminent scientists and Christian gen tlemen
America has ever produced, was DArwin'l
/ right hand In his early struggles agains
the verwhelming assaults OF hts fo0s He
was his Intimate and trusted friend hil
bravest aud most effective champion Il
him more than to all others put together
Darwin owed tho early spread and accept
ance Of his views In this country. TIT
friendship OF these two maUly men Il
touching,
1t is an interesting fact, made clear BY
these volumes II not clear before, that Oar.
winism owes mere for its spread and &C.
ceptance in the world to Christians than 4
all others.
Let those remember this fact who In thei
mistaken zsal are inclined to condemn Oar
winism as an invention Of the devil and al
instrument forged for infidelity. And le
1t not be forgotten by those anti Christian
who love to represent Christianity as tn
deadly foe OF sli scientific progreas In II
beginnings 1t was opposed every whit a
much by sgnostic and materialistic scienl
ists as by Christians and among its frs
champions no un. Christian or anti C b ristial
WAS more ardent and none more effecttv
Alfred Russell Wallace; not even to Lysl
or Huxley, according to Mr.. Darwin's owl
testimony, belongs any more or create
honor In this respect than to these tw
Christian gentlemen.
1t Is a great satisfaction to know that
Mr.. Darwin was granted the rare privileR
OF living to see his theory, surviving o.
opposition, accepted more or less CON
pietoly throughout the world. And at hi
death In 1882 scientists, philosophers, an
theologians joined hands around. his grave
| and together chanted bis honor and praise