Lanterna Rally

Author: George Dana Boardman

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-19

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781332594283

Excerpt from Studies in the Creative Week Fifthly what, then, is the infer (e.) - time the Great Expositor. Ence to be drawn from the foregomg remarks? Simply this: Since it is true that Nature and Scripture are alike the Word of God; that the two Bibles cannot contradict each other that the interpretation of both of them is alike human and liable to error; and that our understanding of them is progressive: then it follows that, in any case of apparent con ict be tween a Scriptural statement and an alleged scientific fact, it is our duty to be cautious in our judgments, reserved in our statements, and patiently await the tuition of future discoveries. Had the Church thus waited, she never would have pronounced Galileo a heretic. Had the Academy thus waited, she never would have pronounced Moses a blunderer. It is pleasant to believe that not one of the thus far demonstrated facts of science is hostile to the Mo saic story fairly interpreted: Lives there the man who knows - demonstrably knows - that Moses has told an nu truth? Remember that candor neither affirms nor denies till she knows. Let the Church and the Academy listen to each other respectfully, and treat each other fairly. Let Science help Scripture, and let Scripture help Science. In all cases of apparent con ict between them, the true phi los0phy and the true bravery, alike for theologian and for scientist, is to await the tuition of events. Time is the great expositor. Let the Church, then, in whose behalf it is my vocation specially to speak, calmly abide her time. The grass withereth the ower fadeth but the Word of the Lord endureth forever (1 Peter i. 24, And among the many tributes which science shall yet lay at the feet of Im manuel and Immanuel's bride, not the least costly will be that brought by fair Geology herself. Yea, the very stones of the field will be in league with Messiah's Church (job v. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."