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ZION. GRANDEUR amt dignity with
the msasIreIess period OF time
aad the stGpenfous display OF
infinite power, wisdom and pa
tienea the work of bis ev0iutI'1n
involved. Thus sf Ire material
70 the elod his plowshare turns
and brother TO the worm en-
winch he treads. he IS a AIng
With the universe for ms realn1r
eternity tor his dominion, the
seepter Of divinity IN bus hand,
aud upon his brow the tIdeiess
crown OF immortality
But Just here l am aware
some one raises the cid ery,
like Banqa0's ghosts VIII never
down Science is seeking
To overthrow Religi0ul' Ny
friend. on the b-oad arena OF
time no two truths have ever
vet met 10 combat; and N ITS
eternal welfare against the ie-
gi0ns of Error. Truthhas won
Unnumbered victories, but BIAS
never vet lost a battle. But let
me say this further In all that
pertains 70 man, his origin, his
nature. his dirty and his destiny
the transeendent philosophy of
the Christian Religion so sup
plements and completes the
deeper truths of Scienee, "a not
only to raise the presun ptlon
of their common origin and aa
thority, but to establish beyond
the shadow of a reasonable
doubt. their inseperabie relation
a. parts Of one great whole
The protoundest understanding
OF either is based upon the sub
lmest filth In the teachings CT
the other. He will never right
Iy read the book II nItare who
does not ecae to il with a deep
er religious spirit, nor can he
ever hope to comprehend In
their fulness and beauty the sub
HmeteIcbings OF the transen9e
wis dem CT linn who spake as
never man before him had spok.
en-. who does net interpret them
In the light of Science aud of
history.
The doctrine Of the new birth
and, beginning with il, the de
vvlopmelt Of mans spiritual ia
ture. 50 Gften attended TO and
- forci5lv impressed by Jesus
aad his Disciples. is not only pro
Faundly scientific. but antedates
nearly I'VE Thousand Yeas the
-raRdest achievements of mod
eIB scientific research
Away then with this nonsense
about the warfare between Set
enee and Christianity evervtime
biguted tHeol9gian finds his pet
dogua meaaeed 0y the light
the rising sun of Science Hash,
Is upon his fossillzed creed
There II no warfare bet seen
them There never has been
there never eau DC Any Chris.
uanirv Is profoundly scientific.
and science Is devogtIy rghg
iaus Every advance made il
one. leads 70 sweeter. pQrer
higher light in the ether.
I would noE. however. iusuI
your Intelligence b. asking yol
to believe taat there Is no hos
tlIsy between science and TIA
30 called Christian OF orthodox
churches ef to-day Scienc,
from It's necessarily progressive
7. spirit, Is the "b0rn eneny'f G.
ereeds. and has ever been ans
must ever be the champion .
liberty of thought and of con
science, and the inveterate 70,
of dGgnatism and bfgotrv
wherever found. Rejecting
with the supreme contempt I
deserves. the presumption,
claims of iaEIEibility, and ae
snowledging no authority but
Reason, it refnses to be dictas
Ell to, by either the "Edictf o
a Ntcene Council. the ~Confes
slGRs CT an assembly of Di
vines at Westminister, or 9Th.
Thirty nine Articles of a con
v0rcatlon of Bishops at Londor
There IL no closing our eyes to
the Fact that We are on the eve
of a great revolution. The Gle
theologies founded, AZ they are.
upon medieval superstition. iy
noranee and barbarism, must
pass away, to give place to a
pGrer higher more RATIONAL flith
They did their work. AEGEAN,
piished their purpose. fhey
lived to give birth to higher
truths into which they passed
their life What remains Is but
the deeaYing earcass Of error
But let the timpt possess their
souls n peace; there Isno cause
Ter alarm but mach tor home
anu reIoIcng- God rules. The
sublime t~eacaings of the won
Gerftl4 Sazarene that Ia eigh
teen hundred years have pene.
uated INTO every nook and cor
aer OF the civilized world. per
meafee every fibre es human ma
lure, recass human thought. feel
Ias and purpose. aad on the
urn fouad1uoa OF their eter.,I
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