The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-27

verse, which is now SO often denied,
furnishes us with the only true mon
ism, the only true doctrine of unity.
There is one infinite and eternal God
| whose creative power produced all
| finite creatures and preserves them in
| existence. There can be no real an
tagonism between knowledge and faith
| because there is only one truth which
cannot contradict itself. Therefore
cling with loyalty to your ancient
Christian faith mod. Biology, p. 521,
| 1910.
Professor VirchoW: There cannot
be any issue between faith and
science because each excludes the
other; not in the sense that one rem
ders the other impossible, but rather
that faith begins where science leaves
Off. The business of science is, not
to destroy faith, but to define the
boundaries of knowledge and their ex-
tent, and within these to establish a
uniform system. Unity, p. 649. 1870.
Professor Huxley: The Christian
| definition of Theism is nearer the
truth than the creed of some agnostics
who conceive of no unifying principle
in the world. Physical science is as
| little atheistic as it is materialistic.
have visited Maynooth and discussed
| religion and science with the profess
sors there, and l found them men who
knowing their own business, listened
to the arguments of other men.
heartily respect an organization which
| meets it's opponents in this way and
wish that all ecclesiastical organiza-
lions were in as effective a condition.
| The army of liberal thought" is at
present in very loose order, and many
a modern free-thinker makes use of
his freedom to vent much nonsense.
| (Wilfrid Ward, Problems and Per-
sons, p. 1850.
Sir Charles LyelI, Geologist: In
whatever direction we pursue our re-
| searches, whether in time or space,
we discover everywhere the clear
| proofs of a creative intelligence and
of His foresight, wisdom and power.
To assume that the beginning of SO
vast scheme Gas that of Creation)
| lies within reach of our philosophical
enquiries, or even of our speculations,
appears to be inconsistent with a just
estimate of the relations which sub
sist between the finite powers of man
and the attributes of an Infinite and
Eternal Being. principles of Geology
PIP. 620D.
Professor Geikie: One grand object
of science is to link the present with
| the past and learning ever
| more and more of that marvellous plan
after which this world has been franz
ed to gain deeper insight into the
harmony and beauty of creation with
yet profounder reverence for Him,
who made and who upholds it all.
| phys. Geog. p. 381.
Professor Dawson: No system of
the universe can dispense with First
Cause, eternal and self-existent; and
that First Cause must necessarily be
the living God whose will is the ulti-
mate force and the origin of natural
law. Our knowledge of God cannot be
| immediate, but must be mediate, either
through His works as Creator, or
through such Revelation as He may
have made of Himself to the human
mind. Mod. Ideas, p. 241).
Sir Robert Ball: To the question as
| to whence the stars came, Science
really gives no answer. To me the
| very circumstances of the heavens
seem to bear written on them the i'm
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gone on from all time as they are
now. There must at some time have
been an Intervention of force and ac-
ton such as Science is not able to
take cognizance of and which postu-
lates the operation of some Higher
Power than anything mans intellect
can comprehend. astronomy.
Lord Kelvin: If you think strongly
enough you will be forced by science
to belief in God which is the founda-
ton of all religion. You will find
science not antagonistic but helpful to
religion. Science positively affirms
creating and directing power which
she compels us to accept as an article
of belief (Life of Lord Kelvin, VOL
ii. p. 1009).
Professor Lodge: We are beginning
to realize that the whole scheme, so
magnificent, so enormous, so immense,
demands in a real sense a manager, a
controller, accessible to prayer, able
and willing to help in His own way
and in His own time, but still always
able and willing. Speech, 1909.
Professor WindIe: Between science,
properly so-called, and religion proper
ly understood, there can be no kind Of
| dispute or dissension. Do not be wor-
ried theories come and go, but God
remains for ever, and there can be no
possible ultimate contradiction or diff
| ference between the tenets of His
Church and the laws of His creation.
| Scientific Facts, p. 15).
Lord Avebury (Lubbock): The true
student stands on an eminence from
which he looks back on the universe
of God and forward over the genera
tions of men. Religion should be a
strength, guide and comfort, not a
source of intellectual anxiety, or angry
argument. pleasures of Life, p. 210).
Or. Mivart: Reason demands an
Absolute Cause for. the universe-an
all-perfect Being who has set before
each man the task of conforming his
| conduct RI ri0ht raacon (Noft1ro and