The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-14

police would swoop ON n wbath.r 4, me me
or New York. Tnndelity Is NOT hal; as boi5
now as u used 10 be. 'O'N
But. say our antagonists. "Christlanl,v
IS falling hack because science lie cbias
enemy. is triumphlng over H." Now dan,
tnht there is any war between science and
Ieveiation. There Is not fact in science
thnt may not bc made TO harmonize with tbe
statements OF the Bible. SO said Hugh Miller
10 SAID Joseph Henry so said Professor
ni.,1cocS ~, p so said Professor Sllliman so
the scientists OF the day were ali agreed
anu tney came up with solid front to attack
our christianity. perhaps they might ,nnke
some impression upon IL. but they ara NOT
agreed. IL Is often said that we religlonists
are failing In our advocacy OF Christianity
because we differ In our theology. I tell voi,
we do not differ inside the church in tbsol.
/ ogy nall as much as they differ outside the
| church in science. II they reject our relig.
ION because we differ In some minor points
| we might Just as well reject science because
me scientists differ, but as far as / can tell
/ the war OF inildel science agninst ChrIs,i
anity is not so severe as II used 20 no no
cause these men are antagonisttc TO each
I other, and as far as | can tell II il roin,, 90
| be war between telescope and telescopc.
Leyden jar and Leyden jar. chemical appnr.
atus anu chemical apparatus. They do not
agree on anything.
DO you supposetha, this Bible theory abo1,
the origin OF life is going 20 be oyerthrown
Dy men who have different theories dif-
ierent theories--about the origin of life2
Ana when Agassiz comes out and puts both
ieet on the doctrine Of evolution and says in
regard To- many scientists. 'I notice thns
these young na;urIlsts are adopting "a the
orics In science things which have not passed
undor observation AgassiZ saw what wa
all sec-that there art men who talk very
wisely wao know but very little. anl tha,
Just as soon as young scientist finds out the
difference between the feelers of "A wasu and
the horns Of a beetle he begins to patrorizc
the Almighty and go about talking about
culture as though II were spelled c-u-!-c-h-l-r
--culchar
II makes mo sick to 500 these litcrnry fops
going down the street with n copy OF Darwin
under one arm. and ease OF transnxed erass-
hoppers and butterflies under the other arm.
talking about the survival OF the Fittc.t +"
and HuNley's "Pro:oplasm." and tho "Nrhu-
lar Hypothesis ana talking to us common
men rs though We were fools Ifthey agreed
IN their theories and came up with solid facts
against Christianity. | say perhaps they
might make some impression. hut 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 a whole chapter Of what he
calls Errors In Astronomy La Place says
that the moon was not put In the right place F.:
that II II had been put four times the distance
from our world there would have boon more
harmony in the universe. But Iionvillc
comes up just In time to prove that the Lord
was wise and put the moon In the right place
How many colOrs woven into the light
seven, says Newton. Three. says David
Brewster How high Is the aurora borealis2
Two and half miles high. says Lias. one
hundred and siNty-five miles, stys rwinig2
How far Is the sun from the earth Seventy
six million miles, says Lac1illc 81, ,000. 900
miles, says Humboldt 10 O0O. 900 miles. says
Henderson l0i 0OO. 900 miles, says Mayer.
Only little difference OF q. 900 900 miles
These men say we do not agree In religion.
Do they agree in SCIENCE Have they come
up with solid front to assault our glorious
Christianity?
"Gsntlemen Of the jury. have YOU agreed
upon your verdict" the court or the clerk
says to the jury. having been out all night,
on coming in. Have you agreed on your
veriictY' II they say yes the verdict is
taken and recorded. II they say. mo, We
have not agreed. they are sent back to the
jury room. Ii one juryman should say, Il
think the man is guilty OF murder, and an
other jurymnn should say, II think he Is
guilty OF manslaughter, and another jury
man should say, II think he IL guilty OF as-
othAt anu WIN W NH, tHt
judge would lose his patience and say, "Go
back to your room now and make up a YER
diet. Agree on something"
Well. my friends. there has been a grant
trial going on for centuries and for ages be-
tween Skepticism, the plaintiff, verses
Christianity. the defendant. The scientists
have been lmpaneled and sworn on the Jury.
They have been gone for centuries. some OF
them. and they come back. and we say,
"Gentlemcn Of the jury. hGy' you agreed
upon ycrdict2' They say. mo, We have
not agreed Then we say, "Go back for
lew more centuries and then come in and see
If YOU can agree, see II you can render some
verdict" Now, there is not the mcanest
prisoner In the Tombs Court who would be
condemned by a jury that did not agree, and
yet you expect us TO renounce our glorious
Christianity for such "A miserable verdict ~
these men have rendered, they themselves
not having been able 10 agree.
But my subject shall no longer hc de-
fensive II must be aggressive. must show
you that instead OF Christianity falling back
1t Is on the march, and that the coming relig
ion OF the world Is to Doe the religion OF the
Lord Jesus Christ 900 times intensified.
IL is to take possession ot everything-Of all
laws. all manners, all customs, all cities. all
nations. II is going to be so mighty - con-
pared with what II has been, so much more
Eighty that II will seem almost like new
religion.
| adopt this theory because Christianity
has gone on straight ahead Notwithstanding
all the bombariment. and inlldelity has not
destroyed a church. or crippled a minister.
or rooted out one verse Of the Bible. and now
their ammunition seems to bo pretty much
exhausted. They cannot get anything new
against Christianity, and III Christianity has
gone on under the hombardment of cen
turtles and still continues TO advance. may we
not conclude that. as the powder and sho; Of
the other side seem To be- exhausted. Chris
tianity is going on with more rapid strideI
ind an encouraging fact in the thought
that the secular press in this day and the
pulpit seem harnessei in the same team for
tho proclamation OF the gospel. Tomorrow
there will not be u banker on Wall street o.
State street or Third street who will not have
in his pocket or on his table treltises on
Christianity, calls 10 repentance and Scrip
ture passages. 20 or so OF them. in the re-
ports OF the Christian churches of this city
and other cities. Why that thing would
have been impossible a few years ago. Now
on Monday morning and Monday evening