The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-03
Rev. Coles Sermon.
Continued from our last issue.

cIOuS ana eV~ll-lntendlnG are simply
human spiders. They spread their net
purposely to snare mems souls. Some
people, when they hear the noise of this
war. grow timid and fearful. They are
afraid the bible will be destroyed. But.
friends, don't grow alarmed when men
attack the bible. 1t is Gods book; il
has stood the storm of ages; it isn't de
stroyed yet. God has sent il upon n
mission, and that mission shall be
accomplished. Then its truth shall live
on forever. | am reminded OF two
lrishmen standing i'll broadway, New
York. gazing upon that magnificent
cathedral. In wonder and amaZement
n of them sad: Pat, that bates the
divil.' Pat, rejecting a moment, re-
marked: Mike, that was the original
Intention So the original intention of
the bible is to beat the devil and its
mission shall surely he fulfilled. Don't
be uneasy about these attacks. Some
scientists have attacked the bible with
a great flourish of trumpets, but | stand
here, today, to tell you there is no con-
fiict between the bible and science.
There can be M God wrote both
bOoks-nature and revelation-and God
cannot contradict himself. There is a
conflict somewhere; there has been q
hot conflict, and it has been waged
furiously. but it was not between the
bible and science Who were the CON
flicting parties? The fact of n conflict
has SO excited the people that they have
forgotten TO look up the opposing forces.
If it is not the bible and science, who,
then, are the OPPOSING forces? Scientific
men on n side with their opinions and
judgments, and the bible on the other.
These scientific men have hurled their
opinions Mt the bible. and said. See il
fan. but. alas. it was ONLY their opinions
that fell. Distinguish between science
and scientific men. Science is true
scientific men and their opinions NAV
be wrong, often are wrong, as we shall
show. but another conflict is between
theologians on one side and science upon
the other. Theologians have hurled
their opinions at science, and said, See
her fall when, alas. only their opinions
fell. The third conflict is with scientific
men on one side and theologians on the
other. They hurl heir opinions at each
0ther Win great noise anu snow 0f q
tle. IN man who Is best skilled III
argument-not trHth-usually stands
the longest. We must distinguish
between Ii opinions OF men and the
true principle. But, you say, the theo-
science anu Inc DlDle. Urahteu Du'
HIS mo- tne scientiIc man as many
", miSiiR VIEWS VI po.ni ~, u io. as Easy
o;.*aio LII ny SI,om.in. naS naIo q
~ Z. IN ." .n;uIo .iu VILE oram 't nal
as ~ Is 10 tninK tiiat the theoioSian has
made a mistaken! las the scientist any
advantage Over the t~heoloSian! Is the
a speclallst, Doth by training
and purpose! SO Is the the0lcglan,
lIaS ne hau tilc auaan,aSe vi euucalio
annu asSVSiat,on Win Ieaiheu ueh; %
nas III. ! ~; aeGo,os,ah T, aiaS NE . D,s o,ai ii
anu p ~ he mns;,al nc IT, ,haofaa;ao mmaa
tIu., us. ngsues' eno ;neoi1s,an hnS
.Moh'y osnaulleS 'enISa'
.r IH anu eAp.n n " 20 uionl
viii .ne soieh.iIo 'ieoiioo quay W.
conipaIativeiy piah hew. M, iet Io
tIiis cohiIlcI scarf you OF, put, rather
.ahe comlage .nu press i9rM'l9 uItI'
you sna,, 'lpie,ien.u .mo ,i'"o' Vi ieiis
ious i"i''i anu cAfeiie''so.
But let me lead you TO the bottom oil
this trouble. Designing men will
wicked, evil hearts, instigated and in.
spired by the devil for the task, entered
the scientific lield, not to learn what
God a written there, but with the
determination to distort nature and thus
ioicC ISi W tViitlauiSe VIZ pioiC, ant
tnls sna,.ei ,ne ~iouiua.ioil y. nlan
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uthenticateu ltct vi scenes Is III luil
accora Win the piDie. lake tne xanp
VI sPoh.aneous Selle!t.i"li. Wen set ou'
Will tne ue,eIinila'ioi 70 piouuce spoh'
tahssous Ssnsia.lou any .nus upse. .nt
n Es, ~ snoM ing t.aS uou ho un"n . 9iea.s
naedoa oyf 60 ~arnnn,ceI IT,em :.
ceeueu, anu 50 aiiiio,'hceu. inel '
sIea. tiy wei up az o.ei .me VIII
agaIhst tne p,Die. lo"! where Is tnt
nlan moM who peiie,es III S~p.ii.aleou
sSnnsnie ~. hd ha ;sIuod q, n',hino,
nnsS NC %Huau NC J'"sHo " II. 'uuyeS'
,oi tno luIiatic asylum. ~ 10 an eSteu
iisheu sclentiic iact, HOW III sp!te VI =
ue ..e 'ifn uu Snoi. " ,,a.G !. re, UtherMLse
.na. my u,uy ian p,Gauu Ill, my r., 10.
peautiluly .hisla Wl'n onlist
teachings W ueau souis. re ihus' ~
Dorn again; i nluse pe porh Oh tn'
spirit. New cfeatioh III Snfist.
,Ghrlst formed IN you me nope OF glory.
Cnrlst Is tne lsnl anu ne Oh men. n.
uloiS met Ieioiiua,i1li VI iaIacte
ne pIouuceu ny ny: 40 spoh.ai
eous sese,at,on' o"' iio ~ ii'o' pe
gotteh oi ''oc'
This is not the only time that scien'
fists have arrived at wrong conclusions.
As we have Just passed through the
Columbian year, with all OF its marvelS
fresh in our minds, it may not be &
mistake for us to go back to Columbus
times. The very day and the very houl
that Columbus started on his voyage Ia
discover the wise scientific men Wert