The Progress., 1894-03-24

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Thev say. these men, that science is
ovrrcnninr RELIGION in orr day. They
IonL, ,hr,,,rb fine sprc,acIrs Of fine in
GdcI scientists and they say: 1T is
iunos,ibIr that ,hi, book can br true:
people are finding it out: the Bible has
cot to 90 overheard; scicnc, is gong
to throw it overheard. DO YOU be
Iicvc that the Bible arcount Of tine ori
Gin of life will be uycr,hrrvn by in
fdrl scientist, who have ifty different
throric, abonl the origin OF life! II
they should come ND in solid phalanN.
all aprcciug ON one sentiment and one
theory. rcrhap, Christianity might be
DAMAGED: but there are not so many
differences Of opinion inside the church
as outside the church. People used to
say, "therc are so many different dc
nominations Of Christians-tha
shows there is nothing in re
lirion." have to tell YOU that
all denominations agree on the two on
three or four radical doctrines of the
Christian religion. They are uuani-
nous in REGARD to Jesus Christ, and
they are unanimous in regard to
the divinity Of the scrip
lures How is it on the Other
side? All split up YOU can not find
two of them alike Oh, it makes me
sick to see these literary tops going
along with a copy of Darwin under
one arm and a case Of tranSfXcd grass
hoppcrS and butterflies under the other
arm. telling about the ''survival of the
fittest," and Huxley's protoplasm, and
the nebuar hypothesis The fact is,
/ that some naturaliStS Just as soon as
thew find out the difference between
/ the feelers of a wasp and the horn, OF
a beetle begin to patronize the Al
mighty: while Agassiz, glorious Agas-
siz, who never made any pretension
/ TO being q Christian, puts boil,
his feet on the doctrine of evolu,
ton, and saws: 81 see that many
of the naturalists of our day are adopt.
ing facts which do not bear observa
ton. or have not PASSED under obscrva
ton" These men warning with cac
other: Darwin warning apains,
Lamarchc, Wallace warning against
Cope, even Herschel denouncing Fer
guson. They do not agree about any
thing. They do not agree on cmbry
olopy,do not agree on the graduation o.
the species. What do they agree on
Herschel writes whole chapter on tn,
errors Of astronomy. La Place declare.
that tbs moon was not put in the RICH
place. He saws that if it had been pu
four times farther from the earth thar
it is now there would be more harmon,
in the universe: but Lionyille come
up just in time to prove that the moor
was put in the right place. How
manv colors woven into the light
Seven, says Isaac Newton. Three, say
David Brewster How high is TIT
Aurora Borealis? Two and a hal
miles, SAYS Lias One hundred an,
sixty-eight miles, says Twining. HOY
far is the sun from the earth? Seventy
six million miles, says Lacalle Eighty
two million miles, says Humboldt
Ninety million miles, says Henderson
One hundred and four million miles
says Mayer. Only little difference o
twenty eight million miles! All spill
up ann ng themselves-not agreeing
on anything They come and say tina
the churches of Jesus Christ are dj
vided on the great doctrines All unite
) they are, in Jesus Christ, IN the divinit
) of the scriptures; while they com
/ up and propose to render thei
, verdict, no two of them agrc
on that verdict. Gentlemen of tn
, Jury, have you agreed on a verdict?
, asks the court or the clerk of the jur
as they come in after having spent tn
whofe niUht in deIiberatinp If th