The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-20
THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE.
new DIR. j. ID. Jordan's Lecture Mt
the COIOred College.

Kew DR.. John D. Jordan. pastor of the
f"sl Baptist Church, lectured at the col
ored college yesterday, on The Bible and
Science" The lecture was one of DIR
Jordan's best efforts.
believe in the unity, harmony and
eternity of TRUTH" he said. 81 believe as
much in spiritual law in the natural world
as believe in natural law in the spiritual
world. The voice of the Bible and the
voice of nature are always in harmony.
for it is God who speaks through both
Deep answers deep while men strand
themselves upon the shadows Between the
bipse and science there is no conflict has
p"eu none, and, indeed, never can be The
author OF the Bible and the master of
science Is one and The same all-wise and
omnlpotent God. What some men call
bible truth and what other men call sci
entinc fact has eonficied and may con-
uhue to conflict. This is not due either
10 the Bible or science. but to the men
who misunderstood one or both of them.
Friends of the Bible apologize for it by
saving it is not a text book upon science.
lille this is true, the Bible must be held
responsible for its utterances when it
speaks upon scientific questions.
II a known Bible truth seems to be con-
tradlcted by scientific fact, what are
we to do? Stand by the Bible till the
scientific fact is modified or abandoned.
In 1896 the French institute enumerated so
counts in geology against the Bible All
OF those counts now are abandoned and
the Bible still stands
Text books on science are constantly
changing, while the Bible remains the
same. A school with scientific text books
of % years ago is behind the times, while
a school with the Bible of our fathers is
the best.
Men now living can recall how the doc
tors used to bleed a man, physic him and
then starVe him TO cure him, Now they
pursue the opposite. DIR. Jordan mentioned
the fact that the doctors bled George
Washington. Recently the medical profess
sion has proclaimed The Blood is the
Life" Long ago Moses proclaimed THE
life of the flesh in the blood" Putting a
person to sleep for a surgical operation
is a modern thing with medical men. In
the Garden of Eden God pursued the same
plan with Adam.
In 1916 DR.. Harvey proclaimed his dis
covery of the circulation of the blood.
Moses said The blood is the life," and
Solomon said, "Out of the heart are the
issues of life
Modern anatomy says there is no parti-
Gle in mans body different from the
ground upon which he walks. Genesis
says: The Lord God formed man of the
Dust of the ground Our modern quar-
antne system is an old Bible idea Take
the treatment of lepers and other loath-
some diseases.
While Aristotle held sway with deduc-
tive reasoning, the Bible was being writ
ten on the idea of inductive reasoning
which is now received by thinking peo-
pie as a decided advance and improve
ment.
The Jewish code has never been equaled
much less surpassed, by any other nation
The modern idea of the accused testify
ing in his own behalf is a Scriptural
practice.
When an African Prince sent an ambas-
sador TO Queen Victoria to inquire for
the secret of England's grea tness, she
handed him a Bible and said: Go tell
your Prince that this is the secret of Eng
lands political greatness"
Lieut.. Maury says: Il have always
found in my scientific studies that when
l could get the Bible TO say anything upon
the subject it afforded me firm platform
TO stand upon and a round in the ladder
by which I could safely ascend.
In Deuteronomy, 1918, we read of "Oil
out of the flinty rock" and Job, 24:6: And
the rock poured me out rivers of oil'
Infdels used TO laugh at such expressions,
but now they are literally fulfilled in the
great petroleum fields. Darwinian eVolu-
ton has never been popular, and never
will be. for men are not anxious to prove
themselves descendants of the monkey.
But Gods evolution from a lower to
higher state is the natural one to accept.
If the Bible says that thing is white and
it appears black to me, what am | to do?
Believe the Bible. l may be color blind,
but God is not.
The Bible says certain things ought to be
L Ill -
be done l may not see the wisdom of
either. What am l to do? Do as the Bible
saws, for God knows best.
Christ said that He must go up to Je-
rusaIem and be put to death. Peter said
he must not. Which was right?