The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-28
SCIENCE and RELIGION.
The Rev. Mr.. Eakins Thinks
Theology the One Guide
That Never Contra
diets Itself.
PATRIOTISM IN THE PULPIT,
Mr.. jackson Keeps Up the Fight
for the Public schools-Mr.
Grants Idea.

The Rev. Mr.. Eakins, pastor of st.
Paul's NJ. E. Church, preached last night
to a large congregation, one of a series of
sermons on the topic, "The Bible and
other Systems of Religion" His text
was from Psalms CXIX, 1o4, Through
they precepts 1 get understanding: there
fore I hate every false way" He said:-
sit is frequently said hat revelation is
destined to be superseded by science.
When the Bible is compared with other
sacred books and is demonstrated 10 be
im~measurably superior to them, its enc
mics shift their base by saying that after
all it is only relatively superior to them,
hat the sacred writings of heather lands
had their day. accomplished their work
and were set aside; that the world is as
sure to outgrow the Christian Scriptures;
that we are today far so in ad-
vance of pagan lands as to see
that their sacred books had their origin
in superstition, hat the generations to
come will SO far excel the present as to be
able 30 look back upon orr super
stitions In a similar manner, that
the world will outgrow the Scrip
lures and demand something higher and
UGbtcEt duQ IudU new IQ0dS hhuSb IdhU II
places OF old in religion as In every thing
else. The enemies of the Bible, when
they are pushed TO it. will freely admit
that iG is superior TO every other book OF
the same nature, but they will stoutly
maintain. at the same time, that when
the world comes to have truer and
broader ideas than formerly, it's influence
will be sure to wane Such is the attitude
of a class of people in our day.
AND CREEDs.
"A number of years ago listened to o.
B. rockingham preach a sermon in
which he tried to prove that there was a
practical divorce between the churches
and the creeds. In the course of his re-
marks he very magnanimously admitted
that there were very many excellent
things in the Bible, things with which
we could not afford to dispense; buG that
at the same time there were macy things
in the Book false and misleading. When
he had, to his own satisfaction, shown
that the Scriptures We're not a trust
worthy guide of moral actions in every
case. he raised the question;-.To what
source then shall we look for an unerring
guide?' To this he replied:-'Follow the
teachings of science, catch the spirit OF
the times in which you live. Let the
ripest and best scholarship be your guide
1--WE are ready to admit that the ripest
and best thoughts are the most reliable,
that we should accept the truth, when
ever found, that we ought to be willing
to gather honey from every flower; that
whatever is purely scientific is as infalli-
BILE as the Bible; that Christians are ex-
ceedingly foolish who manifest any OPP
position to science; that we are 80 conSti-
tuted that we can no more reject the
demonstrations of science han we can
the facts OF our ~eXistence; that science
will ultimately compel universal consent
to its teachings. While we admit all
this. we should never forget that there is
a science falsely ~so-called; vended in
public prints, talked of on the streets and
cars, over the counters and in the shops,
until the very air we breathe seems to be-
come tainted with its sentiments. There
are some among us who imagine they are
following the teachings of science who
are only choosing a phantom-a myth.
Some fancy themselves in advance of
Christianity because, as they say, they
accept no teaching but that of science,
who have gone back without knowing 1t
to the crude heather superstitions of
thousands of years ago. We could iden-
tify much of the so-called advanced
thought of these times with exploded
pagan superstitions, which have been
Wondering in musty volumes for ages.
SCIENTIFIC INCONSISTENCY.
Most of us can remember the time
when a school of philosophers, regarding
themselves as the leaders Of thought,
were very positive that the different
branches of the human family had each
had a separate origin. Were one to ex-
press the opinion that the active race of