Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-11-25

aPpIy '" MN A. any rate. 10 adopt the
langrage at DR.. johnson. IL, us not d,s,r,sr
h. most ancient and sacr, d ni all records.
| anu The concurrent ialil, nr all history. Tot
'he"frs ana 'anclrs resting upon such ba.
s's,-'he mnst wayne, unsettled, aud un-
cct'a'n OF all sciences at the present day.
geology.
There is another consideration which
mn>t BE- obvious to all who y,v"tn his sub
jecl the attention winch us ,npnrtanc, :"
well merits, aud which is. iha, TO all hu.
man labnrs and ,ff,rls tune is a necessary
ngen'; there Is an essential interval b.
tween cause aud effect I, il 50 also IN
he ordinary course aud operations Of IA.
ture; the seed tune, the early and the lat =.
ter ram, III" termination of the bud. the
fructfication, and the ripcnIng, must all
procedo the natural harvcs, or gathering
'n'n store. But. as regards God. tune is
one "f ms creatures. only. and not neccs.
snrV av"h' It may. or may not, according
!" bis almighty will, be an instrument. or
may be entirely superseded aud lad aside.
when The machine Of nature or he GRATED
world was completed. time bpcnmo subject
I" hxtd laws aud properties and was there
a'ier employed as an hgen, or insirnnr
~ working "nt The will of the Almighty
Creator. Bn before bis scheme Of crpn
ton was completed il was a mere relation
or creature. and we must admit and believe,
el'her that u had received no laws, or was
suspended and dispensed with. Thus. for
example. The first man and wonan were
made IN their full growth and stature nj
h- moment of their crcaiion; it was the
same with all other ANIMATE brlnus--,h
same with Trees vegetables, the r-a.s nt
he fields the stones. the strata Of The earth.
ana all The contents both of The AIR aud the
sea- To apply Tins argument to the case
~ pnint, --"Knuwn unto God" in the
words of III" sacred oraclos are alI h,,
works from the beginning" l. there any
n'nicnlty, therefore, ~ believing that he
f"fcsaw and ioreknew at once that such a
quality aud property of earth. such vrgria
Die matter. such car bon, Goals. sirn'Iticn
ions, &c, would be required IN sucI, lands
! aud islands for the due sus,ruatinn of
mankind; and in order to aff,,rd such dual.
tiles ct soil. he, either by his infinlie pow.
'r' created them at once, or 50 accelerated
he properties of the secondary causes 81
temperature. atmosphere. moisture. drvness
NC which he knew T." be necessary to
their I" their f'rma'lon because le had 80
rendered ihrm) a I" produce them at the
Tine aud place N winch human necessities
required them. For example. ACCORDING
T." 10" ordinary uncraiiUu u. second Cause,
ana The common cours" Of nature, 1t I'M! hi
take. say thousand years. to convert q
stratum ct fallen trees into n stratum If
coal. God saw that this ordinary course
w""ldnot work out his designs and produce
sufficient Tor The want of his creatures he
therefore either s" qualities and mod.fi,.
the causes already existing, or brings 9th
ihe'S nj" operation, a. 10 produce liz.
same effect 10 a fin, or tenth part If the
tim" ;--p"thapS bv The mere operation OF
his Will at onr";--prrhap. bv the chrmcal
properties at fire and water ludurd IN IN.
bowels ofthc earth. We know that some
spr ings have The property of p'trityinu M
slngle year. whilst Others require crniu
RES 10 pfoduc" the same eff Ct aud a..
"" know that nature itself Is one urcar
lat raj DRY ar machine under the dlrect,nu
Of Providence, us operations miul, BE- re-
tard"d or accelerated according to his all.
suffice 1t will and purpose.
A. regards The fossil r. lies Of suppnsod
nn'malS and lv'ny creatures, from winch
III" genl"gi>t ir'chrs his other argument.
OF the creation al the world prlor to The az.
CONT given by Moses, the whole aryumrn,.
rest upon premises wholly un.a,l,iac,nrv
and vagu" Fu>'. are these FOSSIL rrhcs
! the actual remain, OF animal beings or no,
or are they mere casual forms aud rcs,m.
blances' NV. as there are no nvmr TYNE.
wnh winch To compare them, To argue from
such fossil remains l. all mere CONJECTURE ;
and gHolngr,s are divided upon Tins v.,,
! first principle of ,h"rr own science. L.,
he render consult C"v'er on Tins point
again. why Is II necessary +" suppose thai
wherever '"r." haS Noon shell there must
! nave pee" us" !" W M'sh, ""' the shells
nave nee" Que creature, "f f",SI or work
'''a">"'P """ '"e s"''nh'S a"''"'': besides
""o N","s w"a' ', Tue s,'"c'"'e' wha' me
eo""''''y ~" w"a' are tue '""' ''als"' .
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