Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-12

Ells SUNDAY school hynln that tlasir hftle
glrl sang the LAST cabtafh afterseon shs
~as oat b<fofe sAs va seixsa 9TH tAs
wfai -ickne~z hat hFoks fathsf heart
ana mothers heart. On. yoa know ~
~sil - dol shall net dwell ca il any
h1Dger-tho chnrch u ODD. instead u
bsane a WORKOUT insutatssn. stands noaF-
e. tks synpathies II the people than il
ever did and echpses all other snsfita-
tlsanz
baf car antagonists 80 en- and say
thai Christianity : falling back. IN me
fAcs that ilfsisllfy u boldeF nos AMI
more blatant than if ever Wa. deny
ths statement. InhArhfy u not neAr -
bold now a. il va Ia the days II cur
fathers and grans.fathefs- There were
times m this eountFy when men who
were openly and ah0ve board infsirl and
antagonistic % Christianity c0ali DO
elected % high odice. Now. let some
man wishing high position IN the state
proclaim hin~slf the foe q Christianity
and al inhdel. how many states Of the
Union would hs carry; how many
counties; how many wards IN Brooklyni
Not one.
An. my friends. infiielity in this dAy
h nj half as bold a. IL rssd . b.. II u
eones now. IL i apt 30 eome under the
disguise Il rhetoric or fantastic ssnti-
mentality. ! know n = man with great
intelligence does become an infid@l and
bsgins an attack On Christianity IL
Make great excitement---of course u
doe. and peopls come 20 the conclusion.
weakminfied Christians come Ia the con-
ciusion. thai everything Is going over
lizard because some man Of strong in
teliect asSsils Christianity.
IL a man jumps overheard from Gu
nard steamer. b makes more excite
ment than al the 500 sane passenger.
who continue IN the berths or on the
decks. bat does that stop the ship, DOES
that wreck AL the 800 passengers Ii
makes great excitement when a man
leaps from . platform or q pulpit into
intdelity. but does that hinder our glo-
nous Bible from taking It's millions into
the skiesf tell you infidelity is not
half a. bold now ~ IL ussd 10 be.
DIVERSITY or SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT.
Do yon suppose such things could be
enacted now as were enacted in the DAYS
Of Robespicrre. when shameless wonl-
An Was elected 10 be goddess, and she
was carried on a golden chzir 20 a ca
thedral. and the people bowed down 10
her rs a divine being and burned in
cense before her-she 20 take the place
Of the Bible. and Of Christianity. and Of
the Lord Almighty: And while that
ceremony was going on in the cathedral,
in the chapels and in the corridors adj
joining the cathedral scenes OF drunken
ness and debauchery and obscenity were
enacted such a. the world Lad never seen.
Could such thing as that transpire
nowi No. SIR. The police would sweep
on IL. whether In Paris OF New York.
lnfdelity Is not half as bold now as it
used TO be.
Bat" say our antagonists, Christi
anity i falling back because science, its
chief enemy. Is triumphing over H."
Now. deny that there is any war be-
tween science and revelation. There is
not fact in science that may not be
made 20 harmonic with the statements
Of the Bible. So said Hugh Miller; 20
said joseph Henry; 30 said Professor
Hitchcock: 30 said Professor Siiliman: 50
said Professor Mitchell.
Joseph Henry. the leading scientist Of
America. better known and honored in
the royal societies transatlantic than any
other American. lived and died be-
hever in tho religion Of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Henry knew all the facts Of geol-
ogy aud yet believed the book Of Gene
Sis He knew all the facts Of astronomy
and yet believed the book Of Joshua. the
sun and moon standing still. Joseph
Henry knew all the anatomy of man and
fsh and yet believed the book Of Jonah.
II the scientists OF tho day were all
agreed. and they came mp with solid
front to attack cur Christianity, perhaps
they might make some impression upon
IL, bat they are not agreed. II Is often
said that We religionists 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 a. much As they differ outside the
church in science. II they reject our re-
hgion because we differ on some minor
points. We might just rs well reject
science because the scientists differ, but
~ far a. I can tell the war Of inidel
science against Christianity is not 20 So
we're a. 1t ussd 10 be. because these men
are antagonistic 10 each other. and a. far
~ can tell IL Is going TO be a war be
tween telescope and telescope. Lsyden
jar and Lsyden jar. chemical apparatus
and chemical apparatus. They do not
agree ON anything.
Do you suppose that this Bible theory
about the origin Of life Il going to be
overthrown by men who have different
theor,es-50 different theories-aboutt the
origin ~ lifeg And when Agassik comes
ont and puts both feet on the doctrine
" evolution aud says IN regard 10 many
scientists. Il notice that these young
Dafuralists are adopting a. theories in
srience thing which have not passed
under observation Agasziz saw what
We all see-tbat theirs are men who talk
very wisely who know bat very little.
aud that jast - soon ~ a young scien-
fist finds cut the difference between the
feel~rs Il wasp aud the horns u =
beetle he begins 70 patronixs The Al
mighty aud 20 about talking about
cnlture ~ though "a we're spelled o-u-l-
c-h.a-r-cnlchar'
II makes fne sick % SEQ these literary
fops x0tnx down ths street with = copy
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