Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-15


miss Eva Dorsey Carr has favored
tie Evening Capital With 4 communi-
cation which is TOO lengthy 70 publish
lii one Issue and II has therefore.
been divided into three instailments
which viii be published consequently
The first 81 the three instaIlments fol
lows Editor capital
70 the Editor Of the Epemtng Capital:
Discussion and arbitration with q
view To understanding and justice to-
wards all is the best medium for pro-
gress and fraternity dream not.
only of general conference of
churches, but also d conference Of
thinkers Of every sort Given such
conferences. with justice. not preju
Giices and personal redispositions. the
deciding factor. and we shall render
the world priceless service. This
vast movement Is already afoat, n
.is healthy sign to see. here and.
there. Iaymen In council When peo-
pies are silent and secretive about
their theories they are fostering q
spirit, which Is d menace to the com
mon good From such a condition
war is bound To result Many are Of
the opinion that the discussion of diff
ferences makes for i'll feeling, but
such fl not the case among people who
are sincere and just and broad minded,
and they are the ones to teach this
lesson TO the masses, both by word
and example. When all the people
will come together on common foot
ing to discuss and arhitrate. perhaps
We will be able to create perfect
republic. That these means will be
above bum arguments. II Ii neces-
lsary to persistenfly educate the peo-
pie in heart and mind so that they
can make d worthy contribution to
this Ideal Away from this method
lies disintegration, confusive, futile
warfare, misery
Along with my early education i
gained pretty good surface knowl-
edge OF all the science and a special
knowledge OF history In all Its aspects,
not from one view point alone, the
Catholic, the Prostetant, or the ag-
nostic,. but from all sides for which
thank God and my teachers. for ii
has enabled me to see the events Of
history past and present, with justice
and impartiality II was also my good
fortune to be thrown with people Of
scientific minds, and once had the
privilege Of nosing through the lab
oratory Of Johns Hopkins biologist
who was engaged In research He
was an agnostic and fully expected
to find the soul tucked away in some
cell Of the human body He ii still
expecting. He has sweated blood and
gotten gray over 1t. and still he won
ders why he cant catch the mystery Of
life IN greasy protoplasm!
Consequently. am perfectly fa-
.miliar with DR.. Garner's observations
on science and religion and under
stand the state OF mind back of his
theories. can also truly sympathize
with this state Of mind, although /
fatty disagree and know and declare
him to be wrong In the contention that
science is more satisfying in its reye-
Iations than religion, and that religion
lis the enemy of science. He Is abso-
Iutely mistaken in this because he has
logged the issue between science and
faith DR. Garner Is d man Of much
learning, and the fact that he con-
fuses metaphysics and science, is no
reflection upon his scientific ability
The misconception of religion and the
precise issue Ietween religion and
science Is common to materialistic
specialists. The trouble with them Isl
that they think religion IS q germ
which can be examined by them
through "a microscope, and It makes
them mad when theologians tell them
faith ii too big to be squinted at
thusly.
Seriously, there Is no laboratory on.
earth big enough to contain the mys-
teries Of life and it is impossible for
the purely physical and material
scientist to arrive at ultimate truth
without faith III and divine guidance
from Him who IS the Truth and the
Light OF the world. without the spirit
the flesh proflteth nothing Religion
Is concerned with the supernatural
science with the natural Science IS
necessarily agnostic. 1t Is concrete
and must deal ID concrete manner
with things. 1t IS therefore incapable
Of metaphysical distractions and IS
out III It's legitimate field when driven
into metaphysics. When scientists,
leaving their own hunting grounds.
would reduce metaphysics to the
terms of agnostic science. the church
rightly comes forward with its .'theo
1ogium odilm. I and here is where the.
issue lies between science and faith.
The ennify IS not between the exact
sciences and faith, but between re
ligion and agnoatic metaDhysic
science. This kind OK science wouE
burden the spirit of man, and clo@
the rays Of infinite Truth with its Al
nostic sDecnlatiOns. The human msM