The Wisdom of thisWorld Is There Any Real Conflict Between God s ord and True Science? False Philosophies A/ C . By A w PITZ er , d . D. Salem, Va.
P the faith of the church is to stand in the wisdom of men, then it will he the sport of every wind of doctrine, and be
ing metallic disc the words and tones of the living speaker, and is able to re produce them after a thousand years. All tongues, and tribes, and nations are brought into daily and direct intercourse and fellowship. Time and space are no longer barriers between men, races, and empires. Even the dark continent, un explored equatorial Africa, has been penetrated by the heroic and dauntless Stanley, from Zanzibar to Bomma; and the cannibal tribes of the Upper Living stone are no longer unknown to the civilized world. And still men run to and fro, restless and dissatisfied, cry ing for more light and more knowledge. The Christian does not look with dis may upon these researches into Nature, these discoveries of Science; on the con trary, he hails with joy each new discov ery as affording additional evidence of the wisdom, power and goodness of God. Full well does he know that the facts written on the rock-leaves beneath, the star-depths above, and the pages of inspiration, when properly understood and interpreted, will be found to be in exact and perfect accord, Showing forth the glory of the Infinite Writer of them all. There is no controversy between the man of faith and the man of wis dom, provided each one acts in his proper sphere' There is not, and never has been, any real conflict between Re ligion and Science. There may be con flicts between interpretations of Scrip ture and interpretations of the facts of Nature; but what God has written in His Word never conflicts with what God has written in His Creation. The scientific skepticism of this day
driven hither and thither according to the course of the popular tide; and if the church has no better anchor than the wisdom of this world, then, indeed, will it drift from all its moorings, to -be tossed continually upon the seas of ceaseless speculation. But if faith is to stand, not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God, in the sure word of truth that liveth and ahideth forever, then, like its Divine Author, it is and will be the same yesterday, today, and forever. If faith he founded upon the Word of eternal truth, then the church has an anchor sure and steadfast, enter ing into that within the veil. One prophecy of Daniel is fulfilled— “ Many shall run to and fro, and knowl edge shall be increased.” The world has never witnessed a period of such incessant and intense mental activity. Nature in all her vast domains, in her atoms and her masses, has been searched with keenest scrutiny, and compelled to give up her wondrous secrets. The microscope reveals worlds of order and beauty unseen by the unassisted eye; while the telescope sweeps the silent skies, and stars by the thousands and tens of thousands are discovered, and numbered, and catalogued. The elec tric spark sends thought, in printed words, with lightning speed round the globe. The microphone magnifies sound until the spider’s walk across a window echoes as the tread of an armed man. The phonograph receives upon its shin
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