The Newtown bee., 1897-07-30

The land uncultivated, no cities, no rail-
roads, no telegraph system, no factories,
no improvements. Everything in state
of abandon" and then look at Connecti-
cut to-day. Look at her cities, with their
attractive homes, their high buildings,
their busy streets, their thronged stores,
their N, ans Of transportation. Lock at
her government, her colleges, academies,
schools. Her university, her churches,
and Sabbath schools, her benevolent
institutions, her charitable institutions,
her civilization, her great strides in learn
ing, and advancement, her vast army of
Christian Endeavorcrs, her missionary
organizations, her Y. NJ. C. AS and Y.
W. G. A? Her railroad syetem, her tele-
graph, and telephone systems, her
markets, her industries and factories,
her farm lands, her orchards, her peace
full villages, and her sense of security.
Look on this picture and then on that
and tell me
WHAT POWER ON EARTH
could bring about so sudden, and so
happy a transformation. Am told that
"Science" has accomplished all this
ard when l speak of 'Science" here
speak of it as some thing discovered en-
tirely from Religion. I refer to that
species of Science" that is purely infidel
that puffs itself up, and that used big
words to attempt to prove it's right to
dethrone God from His pedestal of au-
thority. All true Science is the hand
maid of true Religion. They are not
antagonists. There is no antagenism
between true Science and true Religion.
But both are twin daughters of the Most
High. God is the author of all true Re-
ligion, God is all knowing, God is order,
God is infinite wisdom. s'Science" is
knowledge systematically arranged.
Therefore God the omniscient one, the
God of knowledge and of order, is the
author ofeall true Science. A Science
that leaves God out of it's calculation
IS NOT TRUE SCIENCE.
1t is simply, neutrality-suspicious.
and can it be said that such Science
has made Connecticut of 1000 the Com
necticut of 1900? Nay, Nay, Indeed
We must look deeper and higher for the
solution of this problem and looking thus
we find it in the language of the text
writer, 1.-THE entrance of thy words
giveth light
And what is true of Connecticut is true
or may be true of every state in the
Union where God is known and honored
where Gods Laws are recognized an6
His will obeyed-there lis light. And
where the reverse is true there Darkness
abounds. Lam not simply asserting
this. 1t is patent to every thoughtful
man and women. In his book, Oul
Country, DR. Strong brings before vi
1 two marked illustrations Of this fact. Or
the Western Reserve are two adjoining
townships, which were settled by men o.
radically different character. The South
ern township was founded by far-see
| ing and devoted Home Missionary. Hi
had become convinced that he could dc
more to establish Christian institutions
on the Reserve by one conspicuous ex
ample OF well organized and wei
christianized township, with all the best
arrangements and appliance OF New
England civilization than by many years
of desultorY effort in the way of Mission
ary labor. The settlers were carefully
selected. None but protesting Christians
were to become landholders. As soor
IS few families had moved into the
township, public worship was com
menced and has ever since been maintain,
ed without interruption. a church was
organized under the roof Of the first log
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cabin. At the Center Of the township
where eight roads meet, was located the
charch building ftly representing the
central place occupied by the service Of
God in the life Of the Colony. Soon, fol
lowed the school house, and the public