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MODERN SCIENCE /
TIAN
W e are well aware of
minds of certain thinkers
evangelical religion are i
ities, however, are stea
I l_ rt
van ue no sucn conmct s
scientist there is not ev
affirm that on the contra
ment of natural law adv;
science and revealed reli
mony and mutual confir
. Beyond this, it may be
effect of more recent ad
scientific discovery, or th
to practical uses, is to he
dignity and intense reali
which the gospel reveal;
exalt our reverence for tl
ence of him who is its a
We do not refer now <
of investigation, so fruitl
verifications of inspired
fresh historic treasures
buried civilizations of 1
amidst the wrecks of an>
may be called a departm
ment which exhibits th<
fillment of which, God hs
ceeding ages, confirmatio
of the truth of his irfspirt
years ago and commend
of our life. Discoveries i
so numerous ana so impc
? a demonstration of the
as being a vindication o
But the study of pur
their laws, as these have
cent years, is suited to
faith and intensify hope;
realities in nature little
and are of a character t<
the wisdom and power c
telegraph and telephone
etherial substance of whi
of whose nature they hac
ether is the substantial
from city to city and f
They tell us that it fills ;
to us the possibly bour
communication for the r
Again we are told that
house of electricity and 1
the earth are nrodnred <
true what a suggestion o
may perchance be utilize
kind, either in the future
yond. Rapid transit by 1
navigation all display th
God has made in his pre
ing the sphere of huma
sphere of human happin
ceived and utilized in re<
love with which they are
through the microscope
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THE PRESBYTERI>
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\ STIMULUS TO CHRIS[
FAITH.
the notion prevailing in the
and writers that science and
n conflict. The best authordfastly
declaring that there
ictually, and that to the true
en apparent discord. They
ry as discovery and arrange
ances, the relation of natural
gion is that of uniform harmation.
observed, that the legitimate
vances in the department of
ie application of known laws
lighten our conception of the
ity of the spiritual kingdom
3 to us, and to enlarge and
ie majesty and the ever-presugust
author and revealer.
;specially to that department
:ul ih its silent, but eloquent
nistory, in which every year
are being rescued from the
.he past. If explorations
cient cities in Oriental lands
ent of science, it is a depart;
laws and purposes in fulis
preserved for this and sucn,
which can not be doubted,
:d word written thousands of
ed to our faith as the guide
in this department have been
irtant as to be little less than
Divine government as well
f Divine Truth,
ely natural phenomena and
been brought to light in redeepen
conviction, confirm
for these phenomena reveal
dreamed of by our fathers,
3 magnify our conception of
>f the Creator. The wireless
make very real the refined
ich scientist had told us, but
1 but vague ideas. Now this
medium of communication
rom continent to continent,
all space, which may suggest
idless realm of activity and
edeemed in a future life,
the sun is a mighty power
that electrical phenomena on
;rom this source. If this be
f f: ?i*- -f t
i mv. iiiiiuciisiiv ui iurcc inai
d for the advantage of manof
this life or of the life beland,
aerial transit and ocean
rpnarvelous provisions that
>Vldential designs for enlargn
activity and therefore the
ess if only his gifts are recognition
of the wisdom and
bestowed. Discoveries made
and telescope alike, are im
OF THE SOUTH.
pressing the minds of wise sf
the wonders of design in ci
provision that has been mad
only for ministering to hum;
ing the receptive mind witl
toward him who ordained it
Upon subjects of vital go
assume opposing attitudes,
tures are but the records ol
religionists in different age
these scriptures on every j
their Divine author, are the
and will. To sopie Christ
ground; to others he is alt
the natural world is the pro*
ing through uncounted ages
work of the only living and s
of these groups will we iden
our immortal souls?
IT MAKES A E
It is one thing to urge q
preme Court's decrees whe
favor, but quite another whe
The Illinois, Kentucky, Geo
as to Cumberland Presbytei
able, and those who were 01
riously and fraternally urgee
But not so when the Tenn<
was a gray horse of anoth<
bers living in other states
to attempt to bring suit in 1
not yet gone quite as far a?
Watson, or Walnut Street (
bers were actually colonized
ly supported there, in ordex
federal courts. There has
seems. Members of a Nasi
Mississippi, repudiated the
Kentucky people interested
nah Churches in Tennessee
court to have the state cour
LOUISIANA'S ONE
INSTITU
Silliman Collegiate Institi
presided over by Rev. H.
institution of our Church
Louisiana. For fifty-eight
cessful operation, doing a r
denced by the cultured and
come from it to adorn our
people better. We say j
educated womanhood make
The Institute is under th
Christian and Presbyterian i
it call for all that is pure an<
an institution where all of
instilled into the hearts and
under .its influence. Its ?
nfPcirlonf ^Aiirn A.V. ?
f vuiuvni, uuyv ii, I!d3 IIK15 V
noble buildings of the Ir
dignity and adaptation, and
people around affords a com
type:
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July 14, 1909.
>ecialists increasingly with
reation and the boundless
e in the natural world, not
an comfort, but for inspir
\ reverence apd gratitude
all.
dliness the minds of irten
To some the Holy Script
well-meaning but erring
:s of the past; to others
>age bear the impress of
revelation of his thought
is as a root out of a dry
Dgether lovely. To some
duct of blind forces work;
to others it is the handiovereign
God. With which
tify the sacred interests of
HFFERENCE.
|uiet submission to a Sun
the latter are in one's
:n they are the other way.
rgia, and Texas decisions
ian property were admirn
the losing side were se1
to yield quietly to them.
:ssee decision came. That
:r color. Absentee memmust
needs be picked up
.he federal courts. It has
> it went in the Jones vs.
Zhurch. case wher*? mfm
in another state and part
to get the case into the
been some difficulty, it
tiville Church, living in
use of their names. And
in Greenfield and Savan- *
are not able in a federal
t's decree set aside.
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PRESBYTERIAN *
fTION.
Lite, at Clinton, La., ably
H. Brownlee, is the one
in the great State of
years it has been in sucloble
work, which is evirefined
women who have
homes and to make our
people advisedly, for an
s an educated manhood,
e directorate of men of
faith. Those in charge of
d good and refining. It is
the Christian virtues are
minds of those who come .
entire faculty, from the
onstantly in mind. The V
istitute attract by their
a delightful and cultured
munity life of. the highest
i
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