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the   rule   of   the   whole   is   frankly   recognized�察  �and   where   each   man   holds 

himself independent of his fellows only in the sense that he will claim the 

right    to   hold   such    relation    to  God     and    his  duty    as  he   himself     may 

apprehend。 

     In    these    times�察   �also�察  �the   development        of   temporal      and    material 

prosperity with the intellectual mood which is involved in that affects the 

attitude   of   the   age   toward      the   Bible。   Sometimes   it      is   spoken   of   as  a 

scientific age over against the earlier philosophical ages。 Perhaps that will 

do for a rough statement of the facts。 It is the age of experiment�察�of trying 

things out�察�and there naturally works into men a feeling that the things that 

will   yield   to   the   most   material   scientific   experimentation   are   the   things 

about which they can be certain and which are of real value。 That naturally 

involves   a   good   deal   of   appreciation   of   the   present�察  �and   calls   for   the 

improvement   of   the   conditions   of   present   life   first   of   all。   It   looks   more 



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important to see that a man is well fed�察�well housed�察�well clothed�察�and well 

educated than that he should have the interests of eternity pressed on his 

attention。 That is a comparatively late feeling。 It issues partly from the fact 

that this is a scientific age�察�when science has had its attention turned to the 

needs of humanity。 

     Another  result of   our  scientific   age is the  magnifying of   the  natural�察�

while     the  Bible   frankly    asserts   the  supernatural。     No    effort  to  get   the 

supernatural out of the Bible�察�in order to make it entirely acceptable to the 

man     who    scouts   the   supernatural�察    �has   thus  far   proved    successful。    Of 

course�察�the supernatural can be taken out of the Bible�察�but it will destroy 

the Bible。 Nor is there much gain in playing with words and insisting that 

everything      is  supernatural      or  that   everything     is  natural。    There    is  a 

difference   between   the   two�察  �and   in   an   age   which   insists   upon   nature   or 

natural laws or forces or events as all´ sufficient it is almost inevitable that 

the Bible should lose its hold�察�at least temporarily。 

     Regarding all this there are some things that need to be said。 For one 

thing�察  �this�察  �too�察  �is   a   passing   condition。 As   a   matter   of   fact�察  �men   are   not 

creatures   of   time。   They   actually   have   eternal   connections�察  �and   the   great 

outstanding facts which have always made eternity of importance continue。 

The fact is that men continue to die�察�and that the men who are left behind 

cannot avoid the sense of mystery and awe which is involved in that fact。 

The fact also is that the human emotions cannot be explained on the lower 

basis�察�and the only reason men think they can be is because they have in 

the back of their minds the old explanations which they cast into the lower 

forms�察�deceiving themselves into thinking they are new ideas when they 

are not。 

     It ought to be added that the Bible has greatly suffered in all its history 

at the hands of men who have believed in it and have fought in its behalf。 

Many of the controversies which were hottest were needless and injurious。 

All the folly has not been on one side。 Some one referred the other day to 

a list of more than a hundred scientific theories which were proposed at 

the beginning of the last century and abandoned at the end of it。 Scientific 

men are feeling their way�察�many of them reverently and devoutly�察�some of 

them rather blatantly and with a readiness for publication�察�which hastens 



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them into notoriety。 But there has been enough folly on both sides to make 

every  one go   cautiously。  It   has   been   remarked   that in   Dr。   Draper's   book 

The Conflict Between Science and Religion he makes science appear as a 

strong´ limbed angel of God whereas religion is always a great ass。 The 

title of the book itself is not fair。 In no proper understanding of the words 

can   there   be   any   conflict   between   science   and   religion。   There   can   be   a 

conflict�察 �as   Dr。 Andrew  D。 White   puts   it�察 �between   science  and   theology。 

There can certainly be contest between scientists and religionists。 Science 

and religion have no conflict。 

     It is interesting to observe how far back most of the supposed conflicts 

actually lie。 There is no warfare now�察�and�察�while our fathers one or two 

generations ago felt that they must fly to the defense of religion against the 

attacks   of   science�察  �no   man   wastes   his   strength   doing   that   to´day。   That 

period has passed。 The trouble is that some good people do not know it�察�

and are just fond enough of a bit of a tussle to keep up the fighting in the 

mountain´passes   while   out   in   the   plain   the   main   armies   have   laid   down 

their arms and are busy tilling the soil。 

     The     period   of   conflict   is  past�察 �partly    because    we    are  learning    to 

distinguish   between   the  Bible   as   it   really  is   and   certain   long´established 

ideas   about   the   Bible   which   came   from   other   sources   and   have   become 

attached   to   it   until   it   seemed   to   sustain   them。   The   proper   doctrine   of 

evolution      is  entirely   compatible     with    the  Bible。   The    great   Dr。  Hodge 

declared that the consistent Darwinian must be an atheist。 For that matter�察�

Shelley      defended     himself     by   saying    that�察  �of  course�察    �the   consistent 

Newtonian   must   necessarily   be   an   atheist。;   But   fifty   years   have   made 

great changes in the doctrine of evolution�察�and the old scare has been over 

for some time。 Newton is honored in the church quite as much as in the 

university�察�and Darwin is not a name to frighten anybody。 Understanding 

evolution better and knowing the Bible better�察�the two do not jangle out of 

tune so badly but that harmony is promised。 

     The doctrine of the antiquity of the world is entirely compatible with 

the   Bible�察  �though   it   is   not   compatible   with   the   dates   which Archbishop 

Ussher�察�in the time of King James�察�put at the head of the columns。 That is 

so with other   scientific theories。 Any  one who has   read much of history 



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has attended the obsequies of so many theories in the realm of science that 

he ought to know that he is wasting his strength in trying to bring about a 

constant reconciliation between scientific and religious theories。 It is his 

part to keep an open mind in assurance of the unity of truth�察�an assurance 

that there is no fact which can possibly come to light and no true theory of 

facts which can possibly be formed which does not serve the interest of 

the truth�察�which the Bible also presents。 The Bible does not concern itself 

with all departments of knowledge。 So far as mistakes have been made on 

the side of those who believe it�察�they have issued from forgetting that fact 

more than from any other one cause。 

     On   the   other   hand�察  �it   has   sometimes   occurred   that   believers   in   the 

Bible   have   been   quite   too   eager   to   accommodate   themselves   to   purely 

passing phases of objection to it。 The matter mentioned a moment ago�察�the 

excision of the supernatural�察�is a case in point。 The easy and glib way in 

which   some   have   sought   to   get   

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