Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-04-16

Columbus. Ohio, gave a short talk On
the work OF his society-the Peace So
/ eiety-in arbitration Mr. Hubbard Is
/ q member Of the society of Friends.
prot. Barnes paper treated really OF
the broader theme, the relation BE-
tween science and religion. The es-
ssylst avoided the title. science and re-
ligion. because OF the misconcep,ion Of
his discussion which would likely Be
produced, as ii IL generally suppose
that science and religion are hostile i
not in actual coniic,. Conflict exists
only between the collateral phiios0fkl-
cal questions Of theology and science.
II vas further pointed out that science
and religion have % many taings IN
common that there Il not q priori Tca-
scn why the study OF science should
dwarf or ir,poyerish the religious lie.
"a Both seek the truth; not mere
sense tiOns on the one hand or mere
emotions on the other. BY which direct
knowledge ID gained. but that higher
Organized knowledge which s only
veriaable indirectly t2l Both are
prohted By the personal eontael BE-
tween the observer and the su0jac of
his regearcn ia The realm Of science
t3.) The truths ot both religion and
science become influential with men in
the same way. namely, By manifesto
tor Of the known truth In word and
action. a. Re- son is the fnai al
bitter In both. This b readily ac-
kr4owledged ii science 1t Il equally
the controlling factor, though not the
source Of religious life
The sssayist then considered the in
fuence Of natural bent and tempera-
msut On the choice oil career. and
showed that tae selection of intellect
nal pursuits was evidence that these
powers were most readily susceptible
OF development The fact OF such
choice, Therefore. is IN itself a caution
ary sigma. warning that assidioHa at
tentIon needs to BE- paid to the davsi-
opmeBt 81 the religious nature Test the
powers OF experimenting God be
CIV srfed or atsophied BY disuse. Again.
II va pointed on, that since, in the
development 81 the religious nature
there must b constant growth there
fore constant necessity OF modifying
old beliefs and adding new ones) any
training which CRADLES a student 10
Judge dispa s!onately reason correctly
and formulate concepts clearly must
have profound influence Scientific
training acts upon the religious life
therefore. and its effects upon the in-
diYidual are three. III IL begets he
scientific spirit, which may be de-
fined as an attitude OF openness 70
truth from whatever source - 1t
seeks 10 eliminate what is called the
personal equation from observations
that is, 10 suppress completely the e.
fects 81 emotion and desire, and thus
10 have the result as coloriess a.
though recorded BIZ an automalen. t3J
II tends 10 magnify the material uni
verse and the laws which control il, and
thus Lead 10 a lack OF appreciation of
ID things which are not appaeheuded
through sensations
From this scientific training. there
fore, arise certain dangers 10 the re-
llgious life These are. a. The dan
ger arising from disuse OF the emotion
al powers, and the attempt constantly
10 eliminate them from consciousness,
t23 the danger arising from the atti-
iu3e oi skepticism ii an unfamiliar
ield and one in which the aoYice may
readily underyalue the evidence and
mistake the relation Of truths; 80 the
danger arising from speculation. which
hcs been greatly oyerestimated; and
w. tho danger trcm the tendency al
scientific study tc materlalism
At the close the paper was discussed
By Messrs. Baskerville, Cochran, Min
er Robinson Updike. Lummis and
MacNeill the views advanced being
generally iii accord with those Of the
essasist
Amons ,he reverend gentlemen pres
cnt were Messrs J. W, Cochran, E
i tpdike. vi D. simonds, f. G. Up
dixie II b kamp, II a. Miner. Chy-
noweth, A. II Burkholder, " VI
Moore n c. Winter. W. Dawson, OF
this city; and Messrs. 4. H. Karman.
Stouehton; Z. IL Pence. GAINESVILLE; Il,
II Fulton, Villas; Norman Harrison.
Oregon, Henson, III G. Hubbard, CO.
lumhas Ohio 4 4. Robinson Bara-
boo MacNeill, Lake Mills, H. Lummis,
Windsor
The organization includes about
thirty churches The object OF the as.
ISOLATION Is % discuss current religious