The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-09-15

,ion' suan"s INC Ympathies OF
the people tnan IL ever did and eclipses
all other fnst1Etiona
But our onlsts 90 on and say
that Chrtstiaus Is falling back, in the
fact that innrffity ia holder now and
more biaVant ~ ~ ever was. l deny
the statcmenL inhdelity is not near
SO bold now % was IN the days of our
fathers ana Rfandiathcrs There were
times IN sn puhry when men who
were openly 80 apove-board infdel
ana anta9onRE 70 christianity could
De eiectco R N'gh Office. Now. let
some man hlgh position In the
state procia''1 nsnsef the foe OF Chris
tianity ana q inndei how many states
OF the union would he carry? How
,asny - o" many wards IN
II
All my ~ infidelity In this day
/ - ~ s'. n~'ss Il r. - y used 70 he II
a. 49, ~ s.-f ept 70 come pRd,F
s.n.,ras.a,,. If'oric or iantasuc
-. t...N,,. now II q man Win
g. rs become an IN
.ia;.a :. Rck on ohris-
~ !. les sreat oScitement-of
oo,,.,u.;o - pvop pme 10 tine
80 a. a. I, thristians
a. I o'on ust every
-. iee'' sSsaiis Cnris-
ts
| 60, au jumps oye,uoAro from
-. Inc, ~ NAMES more ex-
80. -, '','ln az '"e oVv sane passen-
g. "no continue IN 'he oer.hs or on
~ a., -. ~ ~" &c, ,nas sup 'he SNIP
7, -. :" ~, ele wv P,ssensersT
| - 80 ~ ,o.s ""en man
,.sI.,t. Pe'Pie INTO
.i-..t- u0s .na' nihuer our
80 ~ 80 Us unions
i you hnueiity
~ D"'' ~ 0oiO as ~ useu W oe'
10 you suppose such things could be
enacted now as were enacted in the
uays OF hooesplerre, when a shameless
woman was elected TO be goddess, and
she was carried on golden chair TO
cathedral and the people bowed down
to her as divine being, and burned In
cense before her-she TO take the place
of the Bible, and of Christianity, and of
the Lord Almighty. And while that
ceremony was going on in the cathe-
dral, in the chapels, and In the corri-
doris adjoining the cathedral scenes Of
drunkenness and debauchery and OBJ
scenity enacted such as the world had
never seen. Could such thing as
that transpire now? No, sir. The police
would swoop on IL, whether in Paris or
New York Infidelity is not half as
bold now as it used to be.
But" say our antagonists, Chris
tianity 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 a fact in science that may not be !
made to harmonize with the statements
of the Bible. So said Hugh Miller, so |
said Joseph Henry, so said Prof Hitch |
cock, so said Prof. Silliman, SO said |
Prof. Mitchell.
Joseph Herry, the leading scientist |
or America oetter known and honored |
III 'he royai societies transatlantic |
.nan any o'her american, lived and
Iieu oele'er III the rellglon OF Jesus
. nris1 Joseph henry knew all the
Iac,s Oh geology, ana yet believed the
pook @, nemesis lie knew all the
IacVs Oh astronomy ana yet believed
me pooh OF ooshua' the sun ana moon
''aiuihg sui Joseph henry knew all
nc anatomy OF man ana hsh- and yet
tne oook OF Jonah.
IL tue scientists OF the day were all
greco, ana 'ney came up win solid b,
ion' 10 attack our 'hrlstlanlty' per-
iaPs tney might make some impression
'pon IT, put they are not agreed IL is
'ioen saiu that we rellglonlsts are fail
ny IN our aoVocacy OF 'hrlstlanlty be- :
ause we oiner IN our theoiogy' tell !
GU we 90 not dlrer inside the church .
II 'neoiogy mar as inuch as they dliter
u1siue .ne church IN science. II they
eject our rellglon because we diner on
onne minor points we might Just as
ven reject science because the scien-
ists diner; but as far as can tell the I
var OF inhdel science against Chris q q
iani'y is not so severe as IL USED 10 De >,
ecause these men are antagonistlc 70 ;,
aeh o'her, ana as lar as ca n zen IL Is ;,
W DC war between Telescope n
esoope' heA"eh J"r an" Leyuen a
. ehe'nieai apparatus anu cheliiical u
PPara'"s' Iney 90 NOT agree on any ~
Ing 4
10 you suppose 'nat inns piDle theory
oous 'he origin OF NE Is gong 10 De ~
re,io"n py men VINO nave uinereh. u
ainereh' theUrles,aoout :,
le orieln Oh me- ana "hen AgasSiZ =,
ones OUT ana puts oo'h ieet on the =,
ooaine Oh eVoiution' anu says IN re, I,
Hru 70 many scientists hotiee 'nat q,
lese young haturallS's are adopting as i
l.o'ies IN science 'hlngs Wnien nave ii
W Passea uhaer oo>er'at'on' hgassH :;
wv what we al see .tna' .here are II
zen VINO taik very wissiy VINO know 70
y. very NIUE out JUST o. Son US s.
ouis scien'is' mas oue VIC oinerence n
e.wecn tne ieeiers OF wasp anu the \,
orhs Oh oeetie ne oesins 70 patronize A
&c alm,Rhy ana 20 aoou. .aiH,hg q,
oou' Sui'u'e aS ,nousn ~ "ere Speiieo -
'u-i-c-n-a'' ui'har' :;
~ makes me SICK 10 see these literary :,
ops gong down tne street with copy !,
Darwin unuer one arm and case OF !,
'anstxed grasshoppers and butterflies
nder the other arm, talking about the ~
arrival ot the httest and Huxley's g
Pro,opIaSm ana the "Nebular Iy- :.