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Science And The Bible. *

contained ; these are literally secrets of the Almighty , to be diligently " sought out of all them that have pleasure therein . " "Who are they that are trying to open this book of revelation ? " Mftn of Science . " thev ara sometimes called : " Students of Nature " —— ~ — — — — —

_ _ j j . j ^ is their true position . Nearly all the world besides pass the revelation by unheeded , almost as if God were only the God of external nature , a maker of pretty forms , colours , and fragrances on a grand scale . Many even speak contemptuously of him , who , in the study of stones , insects , or worms , busies himself with endeavours to read those records of God ' s wisdom . In the style and spirit of the Atheist , they

decry his pursuits , and strive to throw opprobrium on all of the sect . They may think better of some , who deal with worlds , and mountains , and large quadrupeds , perhaps ; as if material size were a measure of truth with God . They seem not to know that the minutest living being is as much above an universe of dead worlds as life is superior to matter .

This unworthy spirit is mainly due to prejudice and ignorance . They say that Science , after all its claims , is no nearer to explaining the ultimate nature of matter or of life , than centuries ago , and at the same time decry its " boasted" laws . And here is a fatal misconception of Science . Has metaphysical or sacred Science yet explained the nature of God or spirit ? or has any mind yet measured eternity ? The ultimate nature of matter or of life is as much beyond all investigation . Science claims not to fathom it : is not so

presumptuous as to hope for success , although examples are at hand of this prying into mysteries among many writers on the second revelation . These subjects are neither within its bounds or aims . It seeks only to ascertain the laws which God has established in nature , or rather , the methods in which he is constantly working in the universe , his plan or system , ordained in infinite wisdom and sustained in power . Man w ere presumptuous in his searchings , were he not

made in the image of God . Thus endowed , if also teachable in spirit , he may read and understand , and reach onward in his knowledge to brighter and brighter revelations . Newton , by a flash of his intellect , conceived of the law of gravitation ; and as he , inquiringly , looked around and above , he everywhere found testimony that the conception was a fact , a comprehen- sive truth . At once , cycles and epicycles , and all the cobwebs of past ages vanished , and our planetary system and the vast universe stood

forth in its majestic extent , the whole like a vision from on high . After the thousands of years that the world had existed , there was , at last , a correct apprehension of the actual relations in space of the heavenly bodies . He announced the law of attraction and its ratio , called it , for convenience , the law of gravitation ; and by it , the great

highways in the heavens have been traced . What before had been thought out , and thereupon received as true , proved to be wrong in fact and principle . But who will say that we do not now Imow the relations of the heavenly bodies , and the law of their motions P Tins law is as immutable as God ' s will , for it is his ordinance . Newton

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MASONEY IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT Article 1
WOMAN. Article 3
ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EARLY AGES AS CONNECTED WITH EWLIGION. Article 4
THE PRACTICAL OF MASONRY. Article 9
SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE. * Article 10
THE TRUE PLEASURES OF A MASON. Article 16
BEVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 17
SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Article 18
music. Article 20
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 22
SYMPATHY. Article 24
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 25
METROPOLITAN. Article 30
PROVINCIAL. Article 34
ROYAL ARCH. Article 52
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 53
MARK MASONRY; Article 53
SCOTLAND. Article 53
IRELAND. Article 54
COLONIAL. Article 55
INDIA, Article 57
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JULY. Article 58
Obituary. Article 62
NOTICE. Article 62
TO CO-RESPONDENTS. Article 62
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Science And The Bible. *

contained ; these are literally secrets of the Almighty , to be diligently " sought out of all them that have pleasure therein . " "Who are they that are trying to open this book of revelation ? " Mftn of Science . " thev ara sometimes called : " Students of Nature " —— ~ — — — — —

_ _ j j . j ^ is their true position . Nearly all the world besides pass the revelation by unheeded , almost as if God were only the God of external nature , a maker of pretty forms , colours , and fragrances on a grand scale . Many even speak contemptuously of him , who , in the study of stones , insects , or worms , busies himself with endeavours to read those records of God ' s wisdom . In the style and spirit of the Atheist , they

decry his pursuits , and strive to throw opprobrium on all of the sect . They may think better of some , who deal with worlds , and mountains , and large quadrupeds , perhaps ; as if material size were a measure of truth with God . They seem not to know that the minutest living being is as much above an universe of dead worlds as life is superior to matter .

This unworthy spirit is mainly due to prejudice and ignorance . They say that Science , after all its claims , is no nearer to explaining the ultimate nature of matter or of life , than centuries ago , and at the same time decry its " boasted" laws . And here is a fatal misconception of Science . Has metaphysical or sacred Science yet explained the nature of God or spirit ? or has any mind yet measured eternity ? The ultimate nature of matter or of life is as much beyond all investigation . Science claims not to fathom it : is not so

presumptuous as to hope for success , although examples are at hand of this prying into mysteries among many writers on the second revelation . These subjects are neither within its bounds or aims . It seeks only to ascertain the laws which God has established in nature , or rather , the methods in which he is constantly working in the universe , his plan or system , ordained in infinite wisdom and sustained in power . Man w ere presumptuous in his searchings , were he not

made in the image of God . Thus endowed , if also teachable in spirit , he may read and understand , and reach onward in his knowledge to brighter and brighter revelations . Newton , by a flash of his intellect , conceived of the law of gravitation ; and as he , inquiringly , looked around and above , he everywhere found testimony that the conception was a fact , a comprehen- sive truth . At once , cycles and epicycles , and all the cobwebs of past ages vanished , and our planetary system and the vast universe stood

forth in its majestic extent , the whole like a vision from on high . After the thousands of years that the world had existed , there was , at last , a correct apprehension of the actual relations in space of the heavenly bodies . He announced the law of attraction and its ratio , called it , for convenience , the law of gravitation ; and by it , the great

highways in the heavens have been traced . What before had been thought out , and thereupon received as true , proved to be wrong in fact and principle . But who will say that we do not now Imow the relations of the heavenly bodies , and the law of their motions P Tins law is as immutable as God ' s will , for it is his ordinance . Newton

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