Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-09-21
Do ron s,,pnose such things could be

| woman was elected to be goddess, anC
she was carried on a golden chair to s
cathedral, and the people bowed dowr
to her as Il divine being, and burned in
cense before her-She to take the place
Of the Bible, and of Christianity, anG
Of the Lord Almighty? And while
that ceremony was going on i'll the cath
edral. scenes of drunkenness and de
bauchery and obscrnity enacted such as
the world had never seen. Could such
thing as that transpirc now? No
sir. The police would swoop on 1T
whether in Paris or New York. In
fidelity is not half as bold now as II
used to be.
But" say our antagonists. Chris
| tianity is falling back because science
it's chief enemy. is trirmphing over 1t. y
| Now. deny that there is any war be-
tween science and revelation There
| is not il fact in science that may not
| be made to harmonize with the state
| ments of the Bible. So said Hugh Mill
Ter. so said Joseph Henry, so said Prof
| Hitchcock, so said Prof. Silliman, SC
said Prof. Mitchell.
Joseph Henry. the leading scientist
of America. better known and hor
orcd in the royal socities TRANSPLANT
than any other American, lived Il
died a believer in the religion Of Jcsu>
Christ. Joseph Henry knew all the
| facts Of geology, and yet believed the
Book of Genesis. He knew all the
facts of astronomy, and vet believed the
| Book of Joshua. the sun and moon
standing still. Joseph Henry knew all
the anatomy of man and fish, ana ye'
| believed the Book Of Jonah.
If the scientists of the day were all
agreed, and they came up with solid
front to attack our Christianity, per-
haps they might make some impression
upon it; but they are not agreed. 1t Is
| often said that we religionists are fall
ing in our advocacy of Christianity be.
cause we differ in our theology. tell
you we do not differ inside the church
in theology half as much rs 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 sclen-
tistc differ; but as far as can tell. the
war of intidel science against Christi
anity is not so severe as it used to be.
because these men are antagonistic to
each other; and as far as I can tell, 1t
is going to be Il war between telescope
and telescope, Legion jar and Legion
jar, chemical apparatus and chemical
apparatus. They do not agree on any
thing.
Do YOU suppose that this Bible theory
about the origin of life is going to be
Ovcrthrown by men who have different
thcories-tifty different theories-about
the origin Of life? And when Agassiz
comes out and puts both feet on the
doctrine Of evolution. and says in re-
gard to the many scientists, II notice
that these young natul1lists are adopt
ing as theories in science things which
have not passed under observation"
AgasSz saw what we all Scc-that
there are men who talk very wisely
who know but very little, and that just
as soon as Il young scientist finds out
the difference between the feclerS Of {:
wasp and the horns of Il beetle he be-
gins to patroniZe the Almighty, and 60
about talking about culture as though
it were spelled c-u-l-c-h-a-r-culcher!
1t makes me sick to see these literary
tops going down the street with copy
Of Darwin under one arm and 4 case OF
transtiXed grasshoppers and butterflies
Survival Of the Fittcst," and Hulk
ley's Protoplasm." and the "Nebular
Hypothesis" and talking to us common
men as though we were fools! If they
agreed in their theories and came up
with solid front against Christianity, I
say perhaps they might make some i'm
preston; but they do not agree. Oar
win charges upon Lamarck, Wallace
II II NJ,
upon Ferguson. They do not agree
about the graduation Of the species; they
do not agree about emblyology. What
do they agree about?
Herschel write 4 whole chapter on
what he calls the Errors in Astronomy.
La Place says that the moon was not
put in the right place; that if it had
been put four times the distance from
our world there would have been more
harmony in the universe. But. Lion
vile 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 Borealis? Two
and a half miles high, says Lias. One
hundred and sixty-fve miles, says
Twinig. How far is the sun from the
earth. Seventy-six million miles, says
Lacaille; S2,OOO,OOO miles. says Hum
boldt; 9O,OOO,OOO miles, saye Hender-
son; 1O4.OOO,OOO miles, says Mayer.
Only little difference Of 2S,OOO,OOO
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 Christi
anity?
Even maihematicians do not agree.
Taylor's Logarithms are found to have
faults in them. The French metric sys-
TEN has wrcng calculations. Talk about
exact sciences! They are inexact. AS
far a. with my little knowletlge I have
been able to explore the only exact
science is Christianity. There is moth
ing under which you can SO appropri-
ately write, "Quod erat demonstran-
dum."
Gentlemen 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 verdict?' If they
say yes the verdict is taken and record
ed. If they say mo. we have not
agreed" they are sent back to the Jury