Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-03-23

sense. You know the most endearlnS III
stitution on earth the most popular in5iitu-
tlon on earth today Is tae church Of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
The inlldeis say. 'Inhiel.ty shows It's sue
cesses from the fact that II i eyerywhere
accepted aud Il can say what il Will why,
nv friends, inndeiity Is not half 50 blatant
In our DAYS AS II was In the days OF our
fathers Do you know that IN the days OF our
fathers there were pronounced lnndels IN
public authority AMI they could get any
political position2 Let a man to-day declare
himself antagonisiic to tho Christian re-
ligion, and what city wants him for mayor,
what State wants him for governor, what
nation wants him for president or for king?
Let man openly proclaim himself tho
enemy Of our glorious Christianity, and he
cannot get a majority OF votes In any State,
in any city. ia any county, in a.y ward Of
America.
Do YOU think that such scene could be
enacted now rs was enacted In the days OF
Robespierre, when "a shameless woman was
elevated as goddess and was carried In
golden chair 10 n cathedral, where incense
was burned to her AMI people bowed down
before her as a divine being, she taking the
pla,e OF the Bible and Col Almighty, while
In the corridor OF that cathedral were en-
acted such scenes OF drunkenness aud de-
hatchery and CNscenity as has never been
Witnessed Do you believe such II thing
could possibly occur nLhrlstendom to-day?
No. sir The police. whether OF Paris or
New York, would swOop on II.
| know inndeity makes u good deal OF
talk in our day It is on the principle that
if man Jump overheard from Cunard
steamer he makes more excitement than all
the 500 people that stay on the decks. But
the fact that he jumps overheard ioes that
stop the ship? Does that wreck the 800
passengers 1t makes great excitement
when man jumps from the lecturinR plat
form or from the pulpit in hirlity, but does
that keep the Bible and the Church from
carrying their millions OF passengers into
the skies!
They say. these men, that science is over
coming religion in our day. They look
through the spr'tArlrs OF the inndel srirn-
tists. and they say 1T Is Impossible that
this book can be true. People are finding il
out The Bible has got to 60 overheard.
Science is going t. throw It oycrr"srl.' DO
YOU believe that the Bible account Of the
origin OF il'e will be uverthrown by inhdei
scientists vino have huy different theories
about the origin OF li5-t II they should come
up in solid phaanx, all agreeing upon one
sentiment and one theory perhaps Christian
lily might be dana ;eu, but there are not 80
many differences o: opu.,on inside the
church AS outside the church
People used TO say, "Iuetc ara 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 ,plit up-you cSunOt find two OF ;hem
ahGr. On. Il makes me sick 10 see these lit
erary i"ps going along with copy OF Oar
win under one arm and a ease Of trausllXed
grasshopp.rs and butterflies I'm Ter the other
arm. telling about the survival OF the 1T
test, and HuNIey's protoplasm, and the
nehular hypothesis,
The fact l. that some naturalsts Just "a
soon as they find ont the difference between
the feeers Of u wasp and the horns OF "a beetle
? begin to patroni2r the Almighty. while Agds-
siZ. glorious Ayasslg. who never mad" any
prrtcnsion- to bling a Christian. puts both
his feet on the doctrine Of evolution and
/ says, II see that many of the nuturnltsts al
. our day are adopting facts which do lot
7 bear observation or have not passed un Ter
! observation. These men warning against
each other Darwin warning against La
marrhc. Wallace warning against Cope, even
/ Hersrhel dcnouucing Ferguson.
They do not agree Hb0li anything. They
do not agree on enlnryoIcKy, do not agree
Oh the graduation OF the species. What do
they agree Oh, Hcrsrhel writes whole
chapter IN the errors OF astronomy. La
Place declare that the moon was not put In
the right place. He says that II II had been
put four times farther from the earth than II
, Is now there would be more harmony ia tho
I universe, hut IOnvi!le comes up Just iu time
to prove that the moon was put In the right
place.
How many colorr woven into the light?
Seyen. says Isaac Newton, Three, says
David Brewster. How high Is thu aurora
bor"Alls' Two and IA hall miles, says Las.
. one hundred ami -ixty-eiHht miles, says
TwininS How far is the sun from the earth
Sryeuty-six million miles, says l.acailc
. Eighty two million miles, says Humboldt
Ninety. million miles, says Henderson. One
hundred and four million miles. says Mayer
/ only a little difference of - 900 900 miles ,
All split up among themselves not agreeing
on anything. They come and say that the
churches Of Jesus Christ are divided on the
great doctrines. All united they are, in
Jesus Christ. In the divinity OF the Scrip
lures. While they come up and propose to
render their verdict, no two OF them agree
ON that verdict.
Gentlemen OF the jury, have you agreed
on "a verdict asks the court or the clerk OF
the jury rs they come in after having spent
the whole night In celebrating. II the Jury
says, Yes. We have agreed, - the verdict is
recorded, but suppose one OF the jurymen
saws. IL think the man WAS guilty OF muir
der another saws. 81 think he was guilty OF
manslaughter I'm the second degree " and
another man saws. Think he was guilty Of
assault and battery. with intent 10 Kin the
Judge would say: Go back TO your room
and bring in verdict. Agree on something
! hat Is no verdict.
Here these inndel scientists have impan-
e!ed themselves as a iury to decide this trial
between infdclity. the plaintir. and Chris
tianity the Defendant, and after being out
for centuries they come in to render their
verdict. Gentlemen OF the Jury. have YOU
agreed on verdict? No. no. Then 20 back
for another 500 wears and deliberate and
agree on something. There is not a poor,
miserable wretch in the Tombs Dart to.mor-
| row that rould he CONDEMNED Inv "A iury IN nj