The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-06-17
A MOOTED QUESTION TREATED OF.
Does Science Contradict the Bible
or Not?
Rev. s. NJ. Martin Gives Reasons to
Show That 1t Does Not
Do So.

Rev. S. NJ. Martin preached at the
night on Science and the Bible" to
good-sized audience.
He took for his text. "Beware lest any
man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit alter the rudiments OF the
world and not after Christ" He wanted
his hearers not to be led away by any
''foolosopby" like theosophy and other
theories.
He divided mankind into three classes.
Some people, he said. always agree with
whoever they are with for the time being,
but when they meet at the same time two
persons of opposite views they decline
to take sides. They have no convictions.
and only one man is meaner than they-the
man who never agrees with you and will
take the opposite side from pure con-
trariness. The third class have heads
and brains, and think and form their
own opinions and express them.
We are told that scientific men are con-
tradicting the Bible, but it is not so. 1t
is the religious people WHO, when science
makes Il discovery that apparently does
not accord with their Bible, make the
charge. The Bible is not a scientific
book. 1t is only guide to life and i'm
mortality, and is only incidentally sclen-
titic When it was written 1t was IN
tended TO suit the und of the
people of the times. 1t was not written
for 1000 years after the creation and not
finished till less than 1000 years ago.
Every statement in it any way scientific
was made to suit the comprehension OF
people 1900 years ago, and If IL had been
made according to the present state of
science would not have been accepted by
them.
Science does not stand still, and to-day
school children laugh at the accepted sci
entitic statement of forty years ago. 1t is
constantly changing and is poor thing
to tie TO.
Scientists do not say that science con-
tradicts the Bible. Professor Bernard,
Professor Dana, Professor Young, al
though some of them are agnostics. DO
not say so. Professor LIE COnte says that
without the immortal spirit the Cosmos
has no meaning" Professor Burchell Of
Germany says that the theories which
have been made the basis of intidel
science are false and based on wrong
premises. Louis AgassiZ, the greatest OF
all scientists, pronounced the Darwlnean
theory unScientlfic, untenabie and false.
Richard owen denied the truth of OAR
winlsm. DIR. Wright, IN his MAN and
the Glacial PERIOD" said that man had
been on the earth not moro than S,OOO
years, and that scientists held differently
only because it was necessary for the sup
port of their theories. Science harbOrs
superstition as well as religion does-the
latter near its beginning, the former near
its end.
Tonight Rev. S. NJ. Martin will review
Rev. Il. NJ Stevenson's sermon of last night
on 1.-The Other Side OF the Baptism Cues
ton" Tuesday night Rev. Oehler's SER
mon on Subjects of Baptism" will be
reviewed by Mr.. Martin, who will show
where the "recent misrepresentation Of
Gods wilr' has been done.
On W ednesday night his subject will
be "How TO Seek-Sure to Find" Thurs
day night, "Men Pleasing;" Friday
night, "Idolatry-Ancient and MODERN"
Saturday night, Excuses" Sunday, "Do
All Things Work Together tor Good?"
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