Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-21

have 90 different theories about the orr
igin of lifeI If they should come up in sol.
id phalanx, all agreeing upon one senti-
ment and one theory, perhaps Christiani-
ty might he damaged, but there are not
so many differences of opinion inside the
church as outside the church.
THE FITTEsT SURVIVES.
Peopleused to say, There are so many
different denominations of Christians
that shows there is nothing in religion"
| have to tell you that all denominations
agree on the two or three or four radical
doctrines Of the Christian religion. They
are unanimous in regard to Jesus Christ,
and they are unanimous in regard to the
divinity of the Scriptures. How is it ON
the other SIDE: All split up-you cannot
find two of them alike. Oh, it makes me
sick to see these literary fops going along
with copy of Darwin under one arm
and case Of transfixed grasshoppers and
butterflies undS the other arm, telling
about the survival of the fittest," and
Huxley's protoplasm, and the nebular
hypothesis.
The fact is that some naturalists just
as soon as they find out the difference
between the feelers of a wasp and the
horns of beetle begin to patronize the
Almighty, while Agassiz, glorious Agas-
siz, who never made any pretension to
being a Christian, puts both his feet on
the doctrine of evolution and says, 81
see that many Of the naturalists of our
day are adopting facts which do not bear
observation or have not passed under OBJ
servation." These men warning against
each other-Darwin warning against La
marche, Wallace warning against Cope,
even Herschel denouncing Ferguson.
They do not agree about anything.
They do not agree on embryology, do
not agree on the graduation Of the spe-
cies. What 90 they agree on? Herschel
writes whole chapter on the errors OF
astronomy. La Place declares that the
moon was not put in the right place. He
says that if it had been put four times
farther from the earth than it is now
there would be more harmony in the
universe, but Lionville comes up just in
time to prove that the moon was put in
the right place.
How many cOlors woven into the lighti
Seven, says Isaac Newton. Three, says
David Brewster. How high is the au-
rora boreahs? Two and half miles
SAYS LAS One hundred and sixty-eight
miles, says Twining. How 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
q little difference of 2S,OO0OOO miles
All split up among themselves-not
agreeing on anything. They come anc
say that the churches of Jesus Christ arr
divided on the great doctrines. Al
united they are, in Jesus Christ, in th'
divinity of the Scriptures. While they
come up and propose to render their yer
dict, no two of them agree on that yer
dict
Gentlemen of the jury, have yo'
agreed on a verdict?' asks the court o
the clerk of the jury as they come in aft
er having spent the whole night in de
liberating. If the jury say, "Yes, W
have agreed" the verdict is recorded
but suppose one of the jurymen says
Il think the man was guilty of murder,
and another says, Il think he was guilt,
of manslaughter in the second degree,
and another man says, "Ithink he wa
guilty of assault and battery, with III
tent to kill" the judge would say: &c
back to your room and bring in a veI
dict. Agree ON something. That is n
verdict"
INFIDELITY AT A STANDSTILL.
Here these infdel scientists have in
paneled themselves as a jury to decid
, this trial between infdelity, the plain
tiff, and Christianity, the defendant, an
after being out for centuries they com
in to render their verdict. Gentleme
, of the jury, have you agreed on vel
dict? No, no. Then go back for anothe
: 500 years and deliberate and agree o
. something. There is not a poor, misel
+ able wretch in the Tombs court tOmol
; row that could be condemned by jur
! that did not agree on the verdict, and yt
, YOU expect us to give up our gloriou
, Christianity to please these men wh
/, cannot agree on anything.
? All, my friends, the church OF Jesu
Christ. instead of falling back, is on I'll
! advanced / am certain it is on the az
+ vance. O Lord God, take thy swor
from thy thigh and ride forth to the VII
? tory!
a | am nightly encouraged because
| find among other things that while tn
Y Christianity has been bombarded Il
: centuries infidelity has not destroye
one church, or crippled one minister,
uprooted one verse of one chapter of a
4 the Bible. The church all the time &c
q ting the victory and the shot and she
- of its enemies nearly exhausted.
4 | have been examining their ammun
tion lately. / have looked all throue
= their cartridge boxes. They have not
= the last 20 years advanced one new ide
"a They have utterly exhausted their an
- munition IN the battle against the churC
\ and against the Scriptures, while Il
+, sword of the Lord Almighty is as ket
:, as it ever was. We are just getting OF
- troops into line. They are coming up
. companies, and in regiments, and IN bl
,f pades, and you will hear a shout atu
- I'll, .hst will make the earth Qual