Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-11

PASSENGERS IL MAKES sIedb cASlSS tuoHs
when man leaps from platform or
pulpit into infdelity; but does that him
der our glorious Bible from taking its
millions into the skies2 tell you int
deity is not half as bold now as IL used
20 be.
IF THE SCIENTISTS
OF tho lay were all agreed, apd they
cam with solid front to attack our
Cdrisu-uity, perhaps they might make
some impression upon il; but they are
not agreed. 1t is often said that we re-
liglonlsts are falling in our advocacy OF
Christianity because we differ In our
theology. | tell you we do not differ
inside the church in theology half as
much as they differ outside the church
I'm science. II they reject our religion
because we differ on some minor points,
we might Just as we'll reject science be-
cause the scientists differ; but as far as
I can tell, the war OF infdel science
against Christianity is not so severe as
IL used to be, because these men are an
tagonistic 70 each other; and as far as
can tell, il is going TO be war between
telescope and telescope, Leyden jar
and Leyden jar, chemical apparatus
and chemical apparatus, They do not
agree on anything.
Do you suppose that this Bible theory
about the origin Of life is going TO be
overthrown by men who have different
theories-fity different theories about
the origin OF life?
1t makes me sick TO see these literary
tops going down the street with copy
of Darwin under one arm and case OF
transfixed grasShoppers and butterflies
under the other arm, talking about the
Survival Of the Fittiest and Huxley's
Protoplasm, and the Nebnlar HYpothe-
sis, and talking to Us common men as
though we were fools! IL they agreed
in their theories and came up with
solid front against Christianity, l say
perhaps they might make some impress
sion; but
THEY DO NOT AGREE.
Darwin charges upon Lamarck, Wal
lace upon Cope, Herschel even charged
upon. Ferguson. They do not agree
about the graduation OF the species;
they do not agree about embryology.
What do they agree about?
Herschel wrote q whole chapter on
what be calls the errors in Astron-
omy." La Place says tnat the moon
was not put In the right place; that II
il mad been put four times the distance
from our world, there would have been
more harmony in the universe. But
Lionvllle comes up just In time to prove
! that the Lord was wise, and put the
moon in the right place. How many
I colors woven intu the light? Seven,
says Newton. Three, says David Brew
ster. How high is the Aurora BorealiS?
Two and a half miles high. says Las.
One hundred and siXty-tve miles, says
| Twinig. How far is the sun from the
earth? Seventy-fve million miles, says
Lecaille; eighty-twO million miles, says
HumbOldt; one hundred and four MILL
ion miles, says Mayer; ninety million
miles, says Henderson. Only little
difference Of twenty-eight million
miles! These men say we do not agree
in religion. Do they agree in science?
Have they come up with solid front 10
assault our glorious Christianity?
Even mathematicians do not agree.
Taylor's Logarithms are found to have
faults in them. The French metric sys-
TEN has wrong calculations. Talk about
exact sciences!
THEY ARE INEXACT.
As far as with my little knowledge ]
have been able to explore, the only ex-
act science is Christianity. There is
nothing under which you can so appro-
priately write, "QUOd erGt demonstrdn-
dunn"
"Gentlemeu OF the jury, have you
agreed upon your verdict p the court
or the clerk says to the jury, having
been out all night, on coming in. Have
YOU agreed on your verdict" II they
say YES, the verdict is taken and record
ed II they say, mo, We have not
agreed, they are sent back TO the jury
room. II one juryman should say, 81
think the man is guilty Of murder, and
another juryman should say, 81 think
he is guilty Of manSlaughter, and an
other iuryman should say, II think be
Is guilty OF assault and battery with in
tent 10 kill" the judge would lose his
patience and say, go back TO your room
now, and make up verdict; agree on
something"
find an encouraging fact in the
thought that the secular press in this
day AID the pulpit seem harneSSed In
the same team for the proclamation OF
the Gospel Tomorrow there will not
be a banker on Wall street, or State