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Show Hj f Anraalern ewr anawerlng aiue. H' I Hon regarding lli limit dlij.o.lllon ol ( I llieanltuila In Noah's ark, aaye luej ' 1 Incrraieel, imiltlplleel euel ''wen. wel" H ' like tha people who accompanlo 1 then) H 'I In that floating TojuRf, only tha SN animals nent flret. The resetritlou la H ' mule, uowersr, lht the oorreclneM of HH the aniwor elepen.la upon the correct HH ' neaa of ths "blblcal story," end It fl thowa that aolentlati no eleolere tht ,' America and not Ail U tho olJr.t '( part of tho world. It oui-ht to be a H milter of gratification to tho mind l which yearns for Inlotm.tlon thtt H 1 science In tblarMptctegroMWltMruo H religion; In fact, we mar T lnat H they neYtr illaagrri-J lht whloh la B U called aclence la aomctl mean ralauomor, j I and It li then and only thon that It H I collides with refcaled or demjuatrelod H HclentlflomenaroaomellmeeiiaiileJ H I by their own lirlghtueaa and thua lei H ' ailrey. They bare been tho ajenta H 1 through which ro much enlightenment H and mtortalnme nt of mankind B ! been tianamlltttl from the great Hource B I of all knowledge, that they at B tlmna may by tho force of habit rely HBBfl upon haity conclualoce rrrotmouily ( baaed and yUo them out to the world' aa now discoveries In the lino of Information. Infor-mation. When thle occura nnd tho truth cornea at laat, allowing the Incor. reotiirss of audi conclualoua, It hae the , edict of causing thojudlcloiialo grieve d and the leaa thoughtlul to draw further ji away from aolenco ae a ayatem. Thli HHH tt la alia wrong. Belenco la demonstrated )) or demonstrable truth; It la the unfold jl Inxof occulted thins", tho develop BBBj ment of Imperfect conditions, tho ex g planatlon of Intricate and prevlouily BBBj 5 unknown or wrongly known prou BBBJ lema. Truo religion la tho aamr, nnd HBBH I whataoover conlllola with either la wrong. Jlut all thluga that are pro HBBB j nounced science by sclentMo men and j all thlnga pronounced religion by rellg HBBB) j lone mon aro not of necessity what HBBBJ they aro proclaimed aa being for rta H mm already atated. H , Itellgloua nources convoyed tho In 1 formation to tho world and tho actual Hl j knowlodge to those who would receive H It many years ago that tho heglnulag H, ,j of man, tha beginning of all thlnga H f attendant upon and accompaDylug HM man hero below waa on American Hli roll. It la oonaeimently fair to aaaume Uf that tha ark did not eall from either V a European, an Aalatlo or au African IIIB ' point but from oneupon thlacontlnont, Ian.l with the prevailing weatern wlnda waa awept acroaa tha mighty eipanso of watera encountering no land until It reached Mount Ararat, a lolly eml B. ' nenooln Arraenla,westemAla. Hero Hg Ita voyage and It minion ended at the HHl aamo time, and hero tbo human beluga W , and tho animate all native Amarlcana Ht ' dlaembarked, going thence wheroTer IH) their Initructtona or their Incllnatloua l led them. Woaay thlala not recent In B formation to thoa who seek, to learn H trorathceourctamottllkely toafTordlt, H' ' and tho faot that aclentlfla men now ! """"""""""""""""' ' ' "oUIni" that audi la the cato doca but allow that In thla Inatanco they might . hato been muoh further ahead had Bi ! they rolled leaa upon tho ruta In which EK theyhavo aeen fit to oonllns them IH.'V aelvea and reached out above and be H A yond the aphoro In which they have K We knuw of men of of knowl Hl edgo, of wladora, of acleuce, who aro H alaoraeu of aplrltual teudenclea and HHfj who acvk to know that which It HS proper for them to know from tho H aourcoawbero their ciuettlona are moat B' readily and aatlafactorlly nnawerod. H They reallio that human attainment! M i " t tho belt but tho galnlug of a Bvi polutmoro or leaa advaucej along a Vj road which Icada to Infinity, and that Bj to depend upon themielvea or their ol H' j lkborera for all that they ucjulro la to K( be olttlmea In orror and alwuya In BSi doubr. To thoao men the annouuee Hj ment of tho "claim" of their fellowa m! elaowheroaa to tho arcbn)logy of our H and tho other rptclea of tho world aud HI the world Itaelf will aouud asmo H i vhat atrangoly; II will aouud to li them ai though Ihoaa loomed men jHj' hod only utt aieu fit to doolaro that tH, thu Atlantlo oeoau could bo croaaod In Hl luaa than a week'a time, or hat glvau riDl utterance to auy other trulam long jjKM' aluco known |
