The Grenada sentinel., 1893-09-16

the obsequies in the private house
what building do they solicit? Th'
academy Of music, the hotel, publi
hall, courthouse? No; the churches
And II they want music on the sad 90
casion, do they select the MarseillaisI
hymn. or ''God Save the Queen" o.
our own grand national air? No; thel
want the old hymn with which w
sang their old Christian mother Il
sleep; they want the Sunday-schoo
hymn that their little girl sang the
; last Sabbath afternoon she was out be
fore she was seized with the awfu,
sickness that broke fathers heart and
mothers heart. Oh. you know as well
as dol shall not dwell on It any
longer-the church of God, instead Of
! being a worn-out institution, stands
nearer the sympathies Of the people
than it ever did, and eclipses all Other
institutions.
But our antagonists 60 on and say
that Christianity is falling back. in
the fact that infdelity is bolder now
and more blatant than it ever was.
deny the statement. Infidelity is not
near SO bold now as it was in the days
of our fathers and grandfathers.
There were times in this country when
men who were openly and above-board
infidel and antagonistic to Christianity
could be elected to high Office. Now
let some man wishing high position in
the state proclaim himself the foe OF
Christianity and an infidel, how many
states of the Union would he carry?
How many counties? How many wards
in Brooklyn? Not one.
But" say our antagonists, "Christi-
anity is falling back because science.
its chief enemy, is triumphing over it."
Now, deny that there is any war be-
tween science and revelation. There
is not fact in science that may not bic
made to harmonize with the state
ments of the Bible. So said Hugh
Miller, so said Joseph Henry. so said
so SAID Prof. Mitchell.
Joseph Henry, the leading scientist
of America. better known and honored
in the royal societies transatlantic than
any other American, lived and died a
believer in the religion of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Henry knew all the facts of ge-
ology. and yet believed the Book Of
Genesis. He knew all the facts of as.
tronomy. and yet believed the Book
of Joshua. the sun and moon standing
still. Joseph Henry knew all the
anatomy of man and fish, and yet be-
lieved the Book of Jonah.
If the scientists of the day were
all agreed, and they came up with
solid front to attack our Christianity,
perhaps they might make some i'm
preston upon it: bnt they are not
agreed. 1t is often said that we reli
gionists are failing 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
in science. If they reject our religion
because we differ on some minor points,
we might just as we'll reject science
because the scientists differ; but as far
as / can tell. the war of infidel science
against Christianity is not so severe as
it used to be, because these men are
antagonistic to each other; and as far
as can tell, it is going to be war be.
tween telescope and telescope. Leydon
jar and Lcydon jar, chemical appa-
ratus 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--tifty different theo-
ries-about the origin of life? And
when Agassiz comes out and puts both
feet on the doctrine of evolution, and
says in regard to many scientists, II
notice that these young naturalists arc
as theories in science things
which have not passed under observa-
tion." Agassiz saw what we all sec
that there are men who talk very
wisely who know but very little, and
that Just as soon as young scientist
finds out the difference between the
feelers of q wasp and the horns of a
beatle, he begins to patronize the Al.
and going about talking about
cul turc as though it were spelled c-u-l'
c-h-a-r-culchar!
1t makes me sick to see these literary
fobs 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 Fittest," and
''Huxley's Protoplasm," and the "Nebu-
lar Hypothesis, and talking to US com.
mon men as though we were fools! If
they agreed in their theories and came
up with solid front against Christisni-
ty. say perhaps they might make
some impression; but they do not agree.
Darwin charges upon Lamrack, Wal.
lace upon Cope, Herschel even charged
upon Ferguson. They do not agree
about the gradition of the species;
they do not agree about embryology.
What do they agrce about?
Herschcl wrote whole chapter on
what he calls the errors in astronomy.
La Place says the moon was not put in
the righ place; that If it had been
put four times the distance from our
world, there would have been more