The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26

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Shas BE Ssid, with equal sepsslsy. eepeiu:
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junction % the moon and Jupiter the Chris.
Han repEon would perish They believed
! divine In slit ition to confr,ra TONS and con
HnsGGrs Of s She planet nss nd Es All: duty
preseryatioh. For the cEurc 6" 70 accept
Baoons CONCLUSIONS was sheer suicide. They
wsrs feeo,Sin i sly CONCERNED a, Along with
a. Il vas an immensc loss to the science Of
m Middle Ages, and Of the world. that these
ht' Were they, In any strict sense. the 81 sns 81
4. conflict between Religion and scisncei
was false &c ence II was not trne 4, S Sas. more
charGI6; + Rot the whole episode nv, one
sSs . s etwssn Enis Shiatw and
Eyof--6etween ,lliuminaton and isnorancef
her. never s4e wa ss' az any e sse
a. conflict mn between religion and science J
Ssyo nSt dsts ~ to hs na,,
ent nature Whatever eondicts religion
Jury they VIII not be with science although
the name may be invoked, a. the devil quotes
s er.2s K. ny sS% 'h bs1
ing this long period there. have been endless
warfares between one religion and another,
snee and pssEdos ecnes' but Very very rarey
IN, S , eyer The Sses We now discover :.
would have been In conflict With the theology
Of the thigteenth', Bu, IN The thirteenth cen.
g.ifaTs Vas I'M IN general between a religion reIson and
PSsdo;.elsn c.~nst RELIGION The dis,lnetion
SSonstitution Of man and the world he
S1S g ms rhsn R' ,s H,... nan 5
man and md s eS'erna nature. Between se man and
mstsria2 Nature Rns been Mi = odssd or CIR
r man. P,r ;Hs, Of Go%1St
are the mile-stopes along the torttions path,
Little by little the ignorances. anxieties and
or may be, GIRO invented lone set OF dis;
auietlng Illusions being sometimes replaced
~ Even IN a. % 20 has e'p Pet
been attained for society ~ laree-~tness
the housing OF the poor and the death-raie
OF young ohidren-though We are lar on the
*sritable progress has been made on the
rosd 70 spiritual as9
in bis reli sion. To attack and unsettle the
beliefs Of any age is TO threaten i, happ!-
Away. @ srSs iEs 'Isi dfscse ted
against Ideals sincerely held hurts: and 4
sas. Thai tex M S,ye sea
partially-and only ,portlslly-lesrned the
lesson that u we would not sIlgpats n error
that a patient tolerance of criticism 10 the
conrdtion Of progres..
se seTlpie nd re- past nus pes es,
t,e hs residue I' sr
science E TIE i,snc has been been along tae road
that we call prosT,e es the residue Of insight
s snd q 6e u hs St sFp sf
even our diysgstons from the Straight path
are NOT all in vain. thGt our teaching comes
their errors but once; they become. our lead
ors because they learn more quickly or
snd me
All that we have acquired has come 70 US
direct from such leaders all that the mass 81
the leaders let fall. and 10 have Somewhat
patient tolerance OF novel ideas and Of suy;
msrtyr dom Of one SORT or anc tfsr We msy
account unusually fortunate OF exceptionally
LOOKING backward. then. over the CEN
tyies in this light we SEE, perpe tTnl conflict
WITH spoIaaaes rfrn5'1ai , i,tS,sgIrd ,s sSn
ra nGs st anG 10 cae World LSt%ceb true
EnS fa,e irnss ,bs ,e re .rI Is
g. sS Es fo has I: 0sn eP Ia
t t" So me sind Between rslision and is oppc,
Between thinss so di0erSnt in their nature as
science and relision. It'll
nay re 'hat sore leaders, even even wni ii
S fssf a T be c sr ders from recsySd
We've ex pounded IN books OF the whIfare-Cf-
science sort But IA. IS As, 70 opinion, |
will s.0 shcs PITTS r. Il SsRFr nothing eu,
innovation. ard q combat with iT,T,cnnoTial
igH orancs keplcr was IN fhe e. tsick Of tie
tlsnles ignorance and not religion. ncr
!. the real te.etins e tic 11of 81, IN
President whit's " arfore a science with
Theology In Christendon,"
l. Nothing Is more unjust than to o,st especial
Roman Church. The Protestant church. though
rarely able 70 be so severe. Las been more bhme' .
II, A+M, to the older errors, the whole eivli1ed
OVID T To n pF9!fss9s q Ms e sa 81
hat snort -sigh;ed linking OF ,neoloe.csl dogmas
EnS SoI s g. T w. m ai FouSa Sa
isniiy narrow minded. louo voiced men are ever
prone TO substitute for religion.
II. nr.t cit,tlop /; amply proved in tie
avs me blame precisely where il belongs,
namely, upon the whole .civilzed-thGt is,
partly ojyiized--world The conflict was
he outcome OF invlncible Ignorance IL was
in episode In the progress toward enliehtcn-
rent y had nothing e do wita ;e.istoinm
Q do with theology will be clear when.
70 reflect that the particular form OF
icular manner in which their isporance
,as manifested. Catholics choe one form.
'rotes tapt. another Lhe real cause rs undcT.
Il n arrow-n rded" MEN. IL was irdependent
4 tscrintursl texts" though thsse were
, hite's own words II appears that the con-
lets OF science have not been, in general with
eliaion nor yet with theology. but With the
i,nmeyrorjal Ignorance" of narrow u inded'
nen' recognized ~ the arch cnen'y by Kcpler,
nrotaponi,t and RECOGNIZABLE ell about us
'''' FpwsnD 8, HoLpYS.
wIsT POINT. April 20.