Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-17
VIOLETTE GETS
CAPACITY HOUSE
EVERY EVENING

The audience Sunday night at the
Christian church was said 10 pe the
largest religious gathering ever seen
in a Douglas church when Dr. E. E.
Violette delivered his message on,
eff Christ Be Not Divine, Then
What?" Last night the subject was,
Science and Religion" The house
was filled with one of the most
representative and attentive audiences
any one had witnessed here on a
Monday evening. DR.. Violette's main
emphasis was, will our faith stand
the test OF modern science?" He said
in substance:
1--WE have, in America, an organi-
zation known as The American AS
sociation for the Promotion of Athe-
ISM It's purpose is to battle against
the Gideons who have placed Bibles
in the rooms of the hotels of our
country, and when they can't get
the hotels to take them out, they
will room long enough in the rooms
to paste four or five pages OF the
most bitter attacks they have against
the Bible in the book. But they
ought to remember that the Roman
Empire. brought every known. power
they possessed against Christianity
and the result of it was that. Chris
tianity became the state religion.
Also, we know that Athens and
Greece did everything in their power
to destroy Christianity and the result
of their attack was that the New
Testament was written in the Greek
language"
The doctor then told how the
atheistic association had several little
followings in various cities. That in
New York they called themselves
'"The Society OF Damning Souls,'' "in
Los Angeles there were 42; students
that called themselves "TEe Devi1's
Angels" and in another city they
called themselves 1.-THE Damn Fools"
''Well," said Doctor Violette, that
will save us from 'cussing' them"
He review the proceedings of the
worlds convention held by scientists
in Kansas City two years ago where
the leading scientists OF all nations
were present. He began however, by
saying, First, believe that every
discovery of science, and every in
vention that is accepted as a fact
can be accepted by any believer in
Christ without having the least feel
ing of antagonisri between the two,
for they are harmonious when JllG
Bible is understood and compared
with actual accepted science. Sec
ond, save in the realm OF mathe-
mates there is no text book on.
earth on any subject which is ac-
cepted in full by the scientists" He
then told the audience that in the
great convention mentioned above
that in that wonderful gathering OF
scientists there were, by actual count,
95 per cent of them Christian people,
and that so per cent OF them were.
active workers in churches and that
40 per cent OF them held some
official position in the churches.
The speaker said that that con-
vention took up the matter about
Jesus Christ and that it was agreed
that from the marvellous power and
influence He had had that He was
super man, agreeing with Chris
tianity that He is the Sot OF God
DR.. Violette paid tribute to Jane
Adams, a social scientist who, said
that the golden rule is the latest
thing in social science, and that love
and virtue must be the guardians
of the home, that brotherhood is
based en- love, and that 1--WE are our
brothers keeper" all in agreement
with Christianity.
He further mentioned that the
convention. next brought out the idea
! that if we are to have a brotherhood
OF man we must find some authority
on it, and they found it in the
revelation OF Jesus, who revealed the
truth of the fatherhood OF God and