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©îîïiisTt AN HËRALD. 4 ....... y.—, — the results of observation and ex lected. By Christianity, we mean, the re- periment. The properties of matter by “Christ *aaad hi» and wind at»o oo unlike -that air-at- apostles. Christ taught the divine tempt to identify them, shows the Origin of the Bible ; and as Christ- most reckless speculation. The ians, we must define the entire Bi .great philosopher, Kant, has said ble. I do not like the tendency on “ Give me matter and I can form a the part of some to ignore Cenesis, universe ; but give me matter only, and other books of the Old Testa and I cannot form a caterpiller.” ment. When we enclose the vulgar There is no possibility of spanning system in a circle, we find the sum the gulf between the living and the occupying the center ; so Christ is not living, without a miracle; for JLhR.centfi.r_of.the.Bible,..Christianity the theory of spontaneous genera- is enveloped in the Old Testament, "tion has entirely explode It has and developed in the New. Christ been given up even by infidels who — - —- ianity is not only in harmony with claim to be scientific. The spirit of man is a separate the highest culture, but it compre hends such culture: first, because it immaterial substance with its own the Ctrl t are -ofman’s- -highest -ca peeuHaF---qualUi®«--~andattributes. pacity ; secondly, because it must Plato in his Phaedon represents acknowledge all the other capacities Socrates as saying to his friends in of man’s nature as given by God, the last hour of life: “You may and important for cultivation te the bury me if you ean catch -mar-D^- highest extent. When Christianity not call this poor body Socrates. fully accomplishes its mission, cul When I have drunk the poison, I ture will result in the perfection of shall leave you, and go to the joyg of the blessed. I would not have humanity. Christianity Harmonizes with the you sorrow at my hard lot, or say Highest Scientific Culture. In 1868 at the interment, ‘ Thus we lay out Professor Huxley announced to the Socrates, or thus we follow him to world, the discovery at the bottom the grave, and bury him.’ Be of of the.sea, oLajelly-Jike substanc^ ►good cheer j .say jbat-yaore bury- » The word culture is derived from representing masses of protoplasm, | ing my body only.” This against by' ridiculing the statement that God made man out of dirt, by say the Latan cult ar a ; and as applied which he cave the scientific name Materialism, for a mode of force ing : “ Some men have been dirty to man, it denotes the cultivation Bathybius. In 1872, Strauss wrote an$ motion in matter, can not exist ever since.” That is so, and among The “ Old Faith and the New,” and separate from the body. The Ven- the dirtiest are ministers who be of all the faculties of the mind. The he used Bathybius as bridging the icians had a custom of representing foul their own pulpits, by deliver Romans sometimes used the word ing coarse jests on the Bible. Mr. humanitas and the Greeks paideia chasm between the organic and the the marriage of their city to the sea Beecher, in his flippant and indecent to denote the same thing. We use inorganic world. He admitted that by casting a ring into the waves. jokes concerning the Mosaic account the word culture very much in the unless this could be done, there was Venice sat like a queen at the head of Creation, does not follow any no possibility of getting rid of the of the Adriatic, and made the howl creditable author on geology. Dana, sense in which the Germans use the aid ofc a ■ miracle. Bathybius has ing sea her servant. It murmured and Winchell do not speak in that word bildung. It is some thing of style of the most venerable book in and exotic in our language, but the failed, so Strauss himself being wit through her streets, anft as a ser the world. There are many of us best we can do. We will express ness, a miracle has occurred, and vant carried her traffic. We repre who remember Dr. Lyman Beecher, its full meaning thus : The drawing science thus far is in harmony with sent by Venice religious science, and we do not see any very con the Scriptures. In 1875 the ship and by the sea secular science. As vincing proofs that evolution, in out what is potentially in man ; the Challenger, engaged in deep sea Venice used the Mediterranean to this case, improved on the original training of all his energies to the highest pitch, and directing them soundings, discovered Bathybius to transport her riches to the different stock. - to their proper ends. Prof. Huxley be nothing but sulphate of lime; parts of the world; so should reli Too F unny .—After our long has written some good things on and when it dissolves, it chrystalli- gious science use physical science to • advance the cause of true Christian pause for an answer from the P. C. education, and I take great pleasure zes as gypsum. Advocate to our question, we are in reading his writings on that sub * Professors Tyndal and Bain to civilization. The religious faculty able to present our readers with the ject ; but I do not believe that he get rid of the Christian idea of of the human mind is supported by following: comprehends, in hissystem of educa mind, make matter a double-faced the intellectual; so the Christian The Christian Herald says it is tion thefull meaning of the word cul unity, consisting of a physical and religion should always be planted waiting patiently"for our answer to ture. He is a specialist in a depart a spiritual side. In this position, upon a true scientific basis. the question whether “ Christ com The most eminent microscopists manded immersion in his commis merit of physical science ; and makes they are unscientific ; for they con sion as reported by Matthew.” We it center of the circle in all of his tradict the established definition of and physiologists, such as Beale, gave the Herald our answer months writings on the subject of culture. matter. All scientific authorities Carpenter and Draper, advocate the ago, but have no objection to repeat The spiritual nature of man, he al make inertia a universal property doctrine of the imortalityxof -th© ing it in another form. That com most entirely neglects. It is an of matter. This teaches that mat soul. I once put the following mission reads: Go ye therefore and teach all na established fact, and entirely scien ter can not envolve organization, question to Dr. Draper in New tions, baptizing them in the name tific, that man has a religious faculty; life, thought, emotion, conscince. York : “ Do you believe in the con of the Father, and the Son, and of and this faculty is the highest ele and will. That inertia is a univer scious existence of the individual the Holy Ghost; teaching them ta ment in his nature. We believe it sal property of matter is over after death ?” His answer was • observe whatsoever I have com should be the center of the circle in whelmingly proved from the neces “ I do not see how it can be other manded you ; and lo, I am with you every system of education. In fact, sary beliefs of the mind, froih com wise.” Ong daythepoetGoethe and always, even unto the end of the there can be no true-culture where mon consent, from the agreement the philosopher Eckerman were world. Amen. The Christian scholarship of the the religious nature of man is neg- Qf scientists in all ages, and from conversing on the doctrine of a fu: as well as private conduct. Indeed, he declares that this feeling of duty ~ isr -something -which-nreverricaver * him for a moment. It is his last waking thought at night, his first inspiration as his eyes open with the morning light upon the world. The conception of lofty duty and the heroic determination to do it are the secret impulses that shape every noble man, and make him a blessing to His race. Sir Henry Lawrence, one of the bravest and most self sacrificing of the stalwart English- who helpc^o^ght^doxynJhe »Sepoy rebellion in India, wrote his own epitaph, and it was the best any man had ever had, as follows : Here lies one who tried to do his duty.” If only every boy grew up trying to do his duty in giving money to the Gospel, in opposing wrong-doing, in advancing good causes, the world would soon be re deemed. 17 century which gave us “ King James’ translation” did not find “■ imTnrTrioTF14"' "hr tfrrr passage., “baptism” only. —The Christian scolarship of the nineteenth centpry which gives us the new revision did not find “ immersion,” but “ bap tism ” only in it. We find baptism only commanded in it. So our answer is Christ did not command “ jmmersion,” he commanded “ bap tism.” To us “ baptism ” and “ im mersion ” are not, by any means, synonomous terms. If they are to the Herald we have no fault to find, albeit we thTnk thatF ts "" teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Well, we have received many kinds of answers to this question, some wise and some otherwise, but we must say that this one “caps the climax !■! ” Why my dear brother, the only excuse we can frame for you is to suppose that you intended E volution in S an F rancisco .— the whole thing as a huge The C. C. Advocate pays this com We have no more to say. Really, pliment to Mr. Beecher and his lec it is too funny. ture on Evolution while in Ban Original Contributions. Francisco: Henry Ward Beecher, in his lec ture on “ Evolution ” makes fun of Harmony Between Christianity and the Highest Scientific the account of Creation given in Genesis, and brings all his great Culture. r?sources of wit and sarcasm to bear