Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-08


 now. The scripture account gives US grass, trees and fruit. Geology immediately after the primitive rocks finds vegetable liFe.- There Is no difficulty except tn limiting the tune. Geology requireA great length Of time for the successive formations Ofthe rocks. ,
 c. The sun and moon appeared. The stel. Iary system might have been formed infinite ly long before hut now the sun and moon were made visible tO the earth to it it for the residence of man; and they were now made a measure of tinr.N Day is not necessarily confined to a particular porti"n of time, as the days of planets, and the days on different parts of the globe, are 0f di(eren, length.
 2. The marina, or great saariNns. not great whales as it is commonly read. were next created. All these animals are f"Wnd in the rocks. and they come in with geology exact ly where and when the Scripture account would have them. It was supposed that the 4th and 9th numerical periods might have been coinciGent. "+"'
 g.. Land animals and reptiles appeared. and in geology we have now arrived at the ,ertia. " peI ind where they were found. s g.. We come next in the account of Mo- ses to the gigantic land animals; and next in geology to the diluvium formation in which they are found. ....
 10. Last of all we come to our own period, .o the very beings that are like those now a. live, and that are found in the upper diluvium and aiuvium. ''.''- 'f#"s Al ssti"- -vi 5'h
 Such coincidences could not have been ac- cidental. Moses was no geOlogist; and he could not have stated those facts, and in that order which geology discovers and confirms, without being inspired. Thus geology proves the truth of. his statements. -s...... .s-.-...,
 This view implies. that the days mention oA SN Ahn rf sx,o like our days. It would seem impossible that those successive formations in the crust of the globe should have been effected inso short time as would have been allowed son the supposition that common days were intended in the account. In 2d chapter 4th verse of Genesis. the word day is used in a geological sense. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Frequently day is used in the bible for time at large.
 Those who object to this view would do well to remember the opposition that was made by the Church, with the Pope at its head, to ihe Introduction of modern astrono- my. Calico was imprisoned for the heresy of asserting. contrary to what the scriptures were supposed to teach, that the earth re- volyed around the sun. The bible literally interpreted would require us to believe the revolution of the sun. around the earth. But 1t used common language, which is according tO appearances, and which is used now by the learned who know what astronomy teach es. Those who are not satisfied with the view now giren, are bound, he thought, to bring furyRrd better one, which will be re- cOncilable with undeniable facts. .ft 2. i,se 3 The effect of the deluge must have heen wholly unlike the regular formations in the structure of the earth. All would be torn up and rent asnndaE hH raaaas. T.hesas were ihe breaking of them up by the deluges. ni Most strange is the assumption that the delnge has done the whole that is brought to light by ge- ology. Strange asjit is, however. some great and good men make it, and adhere to it most tenaciously. rei3tga4 o4 sf,s.s ,,..,.., :.
 It is hardly to be expected that any of the portion of the human family would be found in the earth, as there have been no scientific examinations of those re- gions where they lived and died and as most animal bodies are so soon decomposed in the earth. The human form has never yet been discovered in a fossil state. In a limestone in Ga"daloupe the body of a female was found, though not, ,petrifed. ss4. .g..., 9.zt, ..t ~a.f
 To the question why the earth was so long in being formed Mir. Silliman said it might he answered, 1t was to present to man the materials which he needed. In consequence VI SuCu tVTuIdttODSs anu tue COuVutStOaS ana various other changes that have taken place, the materials which he needs are brought within his reach. The elements were proba- ply first formed. and then subjected to the in- tluence of those laws which the Creator gave them. The ocean was drawn around the earth to keep in the, fire, though it would burst out here and there. Had there been no elevations from the deep, there would have been no place for man. Had there been no breaking up by the fire beneath, there would have been no mountains, no running brooks, none of that rich variety, nothing of that beau- ty and convenience which man now enjoys. 7, Professor Silliman closed his dppply inter- esting lecture and his whole course with word of serious advice t0 the young-that they should remember the longest life was a short preface to the vast volume 0f eternity; that they should study the works of God and grow wiser and better; that without regard ing and serving him, every pursuit, every ex- pectatiOn was vain; that without preparing for a future world we live to no purpose in this; andthat in that future world we might rise to view the GOdhead in his goodness and glory, as the eagle rises towards the sun, Z, From the Boston Gazette. Sept g. "Ft
 DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES. An immense multitude, consisting probably of several thousand people, two thirds of whom were Indies, assembled yesterday mor- nlng. at Sargenrs wharf, for the purpose of witnessing the departure, of the fne ship Louvre Capt. Brown. fur the East Indies,
 which carried out 2l missionaries of the Ban-
 tlst persuasion, to disseminate the gospel of 1 our blessed Redeemer mIoos,O th. hanat tbn. 1