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The Bible and Science.
Lt. Maury, at the laying of the corner stone of the University of the South, said:
I have been blamed by men of science, both in this country and in England, for quoting the Bible in confirmation of the doctrines of physical geography. The Bible, they say, was not written for scientific purposes, and is therefore of no authority. I beg pardon: the Bible is authority for everything it touches? What would you think of the historian who should refuse to consult the historical records of the Bible because the Bible was not written for the purpose of history? The Bible is true; and science is true; and when your man of science, with vain and hasty conceit, announces the discovery of a disagreement between them, rely upon it, the fault is not with the Witness of his records, but with the 'worm' who essays to interpret evidence which he does not understand." When I, a pioneer in one department of this beautiful science, discover the truths of revelation and science, reflecting light one upon the other, and each sustaining the other, how can I as a truth loving, knowledge seeking man, fail to point out the beauty, and rejoice in its discovery? and were I to suppress the emotion with which such discoveries ought to stir the soul, the waves of the sea would lift up their voice and the very stones of the earth cry out against me.
As a student of physical geography, I regard the earth, sea, air, and water, as pieces of mechanism not made with hands but to which, nevertheless, certain officers have been assigned in the terrestial economy. It is good and profitable to seek to find out these offices, and point them to our fellows! And when after patient research, I am lead to the discovery of any one of them, I feel, with the astronomer of old, as though I had "thought one of God's thoughts and tremble.
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The Southern Literary Companion.
A Weekly Journal:...Devoted to Literature, Art and Sciences, Horticulture, Hygiene, &c.
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The Great Reconciler.
Death has been called "the Great Reconciler." It is so. No matter how bitter you may have felt against the person while living no sooner are the clods upon his coffin, than you feel desirous of spreading the veil of charity over his frailties, and you say with a sigh, "he {text cut off} man after all."