The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-03

not its highest affinity. But here W G
find the benelicence of "A wise God who
l~ntervenes this law. For if this law of
nature was allowed TO operate, and
chlorine allowed to unite with hydro
gen., n form h~ydro-chloric acid. il
would eXtinguish all life. For hydro
chloric acid is a rank poison, and would
not leave a vestige of life upon the
earth. So here we have four u~ncontest-
able miracles, and if there are four. may
there not be n more? Then, if five,
may there not be one more-only one
more-on TO any number? Who can say
no?
Don't be frightened away from religion
by what atheist scientists say. Eemem-
Der they are only men, and they differ
among themselves as greatly rs any
other class OF men. About Il year ago,
as all of you know when a certain comet
appeared in the heavens, one set of very
wise scientific men, after making their
observations and calculations very
carefully, said that the comet was
coming toward the earth. They ever
Calculated when it would strike the
earth. While another set. equally wise.
disclosed that il was going away from
the earth. But who knows where it
VENT
In further illustration of this point
take evolution. Men have advanced
evolution in the hope of destroying the
bible. But have they succeeded? They
have put forth theory after theory. and
tried tn establish them by facts, but the
facts will not come at their bidding.
Huxley announced that he had found
thessource of all life, and called it Bathy
bins. Strauss seized it, and they ami
their kind raised the cry Away with
h bible and God /; we have found the
source of life But, alas, for Huxley.
the German Naturalists' association
publicly inferred his Bathy bins theory
at Hamburg, in September, 1876, and
Huxley published his re%-cantation in
the American Journal of Science and
Art. Now, having no facts To stand
upon. they are standing upon an infer
ence OF Huxley, which, he says, is as
good, as far as his present knowledge
goes. Since his observed Bathy bins
was proven TO be false, the substitution
of an inferential for an observed source
of life is ~unscientific. Messrs. Huxley,
Strauss " Company have no more right
To build u theory upon IN inference
than you. Their facts fail to appear.
But when you talk about evolution
discrediting the bible, or when you talk
of being an evOlutiOnist, what do You
mean? Here, too, is a good illustration
of the diversified opinions of scientists
| am an evOlutiOnist. The bible teaches
evolution. You must remember there
are many kinds of evolution. There are
three totally distinct systems, the athe-
istic, the agnOstic and the theistic.
Then each of thess three is again sub
divided into several systems. The
origin of species among plants and
animals has at least seven hypothesis
n there have been at least thirty
different views as to the past history of
nature Then when a man says he is
an evolutionlst, he ought to be able to
tell TO which system he belongs.
There is not a single fact i'm possession
of science, today. that discredits the
account of creation given in Genesis;
and this is in spite of their great efforts
to have it otherwise. There is no con-
ilict between science and the bible.
There is no conflict between a large
majority of scientific men and the
bible. A large proportion of leading
scie ntiiic men of today are real, pious
Christians.