Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-27

agreed 1t is often said that wa rsltIto-; 49, ;r.s
nIe Ialllng In our advocacy of ChrIstianIty
49, we 1Iler IN our theology. tell you
We 40 not differ inside the church In tbaoI
oSy hali as much as they differ outside tha
,uutch IN science If they reject our reltg
ION because we differ in some minor noinfs
We might Just as we'll reject science because
tie scientists differ, but as far as Ga, IN
the war of infdel science ay,iDst Chr;s.i
&hity Is not so severe as II used 10 he ha-
ttuse these men are antaconistic TO each
o'her, and as far as 1 can tell II N c-oin = 10
- a war between telescope and teles,one
Itsyaeh jar and Leyden jar, chemical appar'
a'us and chemical apparatus. They do not
! agree on anything ''
DO you suppose that this Bible theory about
he origin OF life Is going to be oyerfS-ozsn
" men who have different theorles-5o dif
.'rent theories-about the oricin Of Ijfa:
And when Agassiz comes ont and yrts totL
I .eeI on the doctrine OF evolution and saws in
'eSard 10 many scientists ''I nottce thae
hese young naturalists are adopting as the
ocies IN science things which have not passed
luder observation" Agassiz saw what Wa
all see-that there are men who taIr -,
"lse'y VINO know but very little and that
! lust as soon as a young scientist finds ont the
5H5rance between the teelers OF a wasp and
me horns OF a beetle he begins to patronize
! me Almighty and go about talki1p ahoy-
culture as though it were spelled o-u-l,c-b-a~r
! -cuichar!
II MAKES me Sick to see these literary foDs
! gong down the street with COPY OF Darwin
anfer one arm, and a case oftransdrsd grass
! hoppers ana butterflies under the other arm
talking about the Survival OF the Ftttcst. y
| thd huSiey 5 "Protoplssn," and tho 'Nsbu-
Or hypothesis, and talking to US common
men as though we were fools Ifthey agreed
| N their theories and came up with solid facts
| AGAINST Christianity, 1 say perhap. they
! niSht make some impression, but they do not
! agree. Darwin charges upon IsrnarrA VOL
2 ace uDOn Coma HarSehaI
| apon Ferguson. They do not agree about
| The graduation OF the species they do not
! isree about enbryolosy. What do they
| agree about?
! Hersahel wrote q whole chapter OF what he
,ai!s Errors In Astronomy" La Plsce saws
| nat the moon was not put in the right place
| mat II II had been put four times the distance
| nom our world there would have been more
| harmony in tho universe. But I.ionvilla
J cones up just in time TO prove that the Lord
! vas wise snd put the moon in tho right place.
| How many colors woven into the light?
seven. says Newton. Three, SAYS David
Brewster. How high is the aurora borealis?
| Two and hall miles high, says Lias One
hundred and sixty-hve miles, SAYS Tyinicf
/ How lar is the sun from the earth2 Seventy
! six million miles, says Lacaille 81, COZ, 900
miles, says Humboldt &c, ,OOO, 900 miles, saws
Henderson; lO+ 900 900 miles saws MAYER.
| Only little difference OF IS 200. 900 miles
These men say We do not agree in religion
| Do they agree in science? Have thev come
up with solid front to assault our glorious
Christianity?
Gentlemen otthe jury, have you agreed
| 1POn your verdict?" the court or the clerk
| 3sEs TO the jury, having been out all night.
| IN coming in "Have YOU agree on your
5e-iict?' II they say yes, the verdict fs
| .asen AMI recorded. II they say, "So, we
nave not agreed" they are sent back TO the
| 'uTy room. II one iuryman should say, al
| :hiuE the man is guilty OF MURDER" anI an
~ 1lE
guilty Of manslgughter," AMI another jury
nan should say, ~ think he is guilty Of as
lault and battery with intent to kill" the
udge would lose his patience and say, "Go
2ack to your room now and make up u ver-
lict. Agree on something"
Well. my friends, there has been a great
rial going on for centuries and for ages be-
:ween Skepticism. the plaintiff, verses
Christianity, the defendant. The scientists
nave been impanelei and sworn on the iurv
They have been gone for centuries, some OF |
hem, and they come back, and We say. |
| "Gentlemen OF the jury, have you agreed |
lpOn a verdicty" They say, NO. We have
not agreed" Then We say, 60 back for |
'eT more centuries and then come in Rndse |
Z you can agree, see if you can render some !
verdict" Now. there is not the meanest |
prisoner in the Tombs Court who would be |
condemned by jury that did not agree. and |
set you expect us to renOunce our glorious |
Christianity for such miserable verdict rs |
-hese men have rendered, they themselves |
not having been able TO agree.
But my subject shall no longer he de- !
Fen-ive II must be aggressive. l must show |
you that instead OF Christianity falling back |
t i5 on the march, and that the comm rclil;-
on OF the world is to be the religion oithe |
Lord Jesus Christ 10, 600 times intensified. |
Il Il to take possession of eyerythiuS-Oi all |
avs, all manners, all customs, all cities, all |
nations. II is going to be 50 mighty as COM |
pared with what II has been, SO much mOTs |
nj rhry that n Illl seem almost like n new |
religion
I adopt this theory because Christianity |
has gone on straight ahead Notwithstanding |
all the bonbardment and inhdelity has not |
destroyed a church, or crippled a minister, |
or rooted out one verse OF the Bible, and now /
heir ammunition seems TO be pretty much /
exhausted. They cannot get anything new
against Christianity, snd II Christianity has |
gone on under the bombardment of CEN
turies and still continues to advance, may we |
not conclude that, al the powder and shot OF [
the other side sesm to be exhausted, Chris
danity is going on with more rapid stride?
find an encouraging fact in the thought |
that the secular press in this day and the |
pulpit seem harnessei in the same team for /
the proclamation Of the gospel. Tomorrow
here will not be a banker on Wall street or |
State street or Third street who will not have |
in his pocket or on his table treatises on |
Christianity, calls to repentance and Scrip |
.urs passages 20 or 80 Of them. In the re-
ports of the Christian churches OF this city |
and other cities. Why, that thing would |
have been impossible few years ago. Now |
On Monday morning and Monday evening
the secular press spreads abroad more re-
ligiou5 truth than all the tract societies OF
the country spread in the other six days
Blessed be- the tract societies We hallthem,
and we hail these others.
l say It would have been impossible a few
years ago. Hundreds of letters would have
come to the secular newspaper omces, say
ing, "Stop my paper; we have religion on
sunday; don't give US any through the
week. Stop my paper" But l have been
old that many of the secular papers have
:heir largest circulation on Monday morning,
and the whole population OF this country are
becoming sermon readers. Besides that,
have you not noticed the papers proclaimins
themselves secular almost every week nave
religious discussions in themI
Go back a few years when there was not /
decent paper in the United States that mad
not n discussion on the doctrine OF eterna!
punishment Small wits made merry, |
know but there was not an Intelligent man |
In the United States that as result OF that |
controversy in regard to eternal punishinsnt |
did not ask himself the question, Nhat Is
TO be my eternal destiny! And some years
ago when Tyndali offered his prayer gauge |
there was not a secular paper in the United |
States that did not discuss the question
Does God ever answer prayer! hay IEs
creature impress the Creator!
Are not all these facts encouraging to e'-
cry Christian AMI every philanthropistP !
Besides. that. the rising generation are be- |
ing saturated with gospel truth as no other
generation by this international series OF |
EunEay-school lessons. Formerly the chill
fr-rl were expected only TO ntbble at the Dt-
tie infantiIe Scripture stories, but now they !
rre taken from Genesis to Revelation. the
strongest minds of the country explaining /
the lessons to the teachers. and the teachers
explaining them to the classes. and we are
coina TO have in this country 100000 youth
forestaIled for Christianity. Hear it! Hear
Besides that. You must have noticed, fyou
have talked on these great themes, that they
are finding out that while science Is srand