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not well received bv eyerv BODY. We
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'n'nh u que 10 Mr. Feathefstohhaughlh NOW
absent On one of his animal excursjons) Ia
CAIN Tor MN the merit to which ne Is
clearly entitled. and which we cannot
Wore aHectualiy 10 tnan oy extracting
passage, written bv him in 1881. from the
INTRODUCTION 10 the Mohth'y american
Journal of Geology, Ink.
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i"e'e - a"o''e' anu very NUMEROUS cass VI
persons, ma, nas oeen deferred rom entering upon
.e s'uuy U, Na'ura' history w p'eluG'ces conceT,
Gu asa."s. ueo,osy' eG'e"oe WHICH "as no' =. d"
| ''''es oeen '""y "e".eu e'"er Wy Tvs H'e"us Ut
e"em'es. ueoosy' !" us .hos' comprehensive sense'
ueno.es ."e '"s'vy " nau'e io' us var'ous p"eI
W." ",..,;,. ~ n"e,;. . ' M . n';.,
w ~. "' a., " C .I' Wv" ~. nc P'y'o.
so'e"oe'. "e" ueooeS' '':e' eo'0, o.u"",e W.
non'oI. . ~ .;'o '" "s no'e
.eaeu .o"s'o u,o Sudy y, VS. ~ I:.'.', ~ J
.a; wa ,oune" uu' I -, ,In I.,;as us,
p'sns .'e r'',o " a"u " ."e . ma r.a'
',o. hooa,s. ,,'a ,rooL ar ,a ,,arSa.;on ~ iii
;O 1919 T ,%y p" NJ e Geoou T., a'
h~ ,her ;,d,s,rv Isarn;,o and U,,dsn.e ,,mos;
o...a:s.,.J -, .,.,',d,.,s 49, """o''
w. INV a. .sss I'. Sc ,I,:, ..,
III. ',";o o 81 49,. &C.,. o,..a,. WIZ"
u o.sr. ,sr;,ar on G.",""', ss :.
f' e.o'y WV" E y" ueoosy was euppoe:e,u
uo'"u " oo""o"' on "e P"ys''a' p'e"o",e"a WIN,
."e construction gwen IN a not very enhsh'ened
ase, " ''a' o''e' aocou' u I've o''s'" vi 0e "o'o'
co"'a"eu =" ase"e'ao'e ,ec',u oe'oeu 10 tie NOR
4, instruction OF men. Inc lheolog'an sad 10 the
Naturalist you VIII md It recorded 10 The Bible,
tnat 'fe world was created out OF nothing, about
SIX thousand years ago. ~ the space oil SIX days oil
our hooerh computed Time, and mat, ABOUT iour
',ousaou years ago. u was overwhelmed ny a deinge
OF waler winch destroyed all living things that did
not e"te! '"'o o'e ARK OF Moan. Inc curious
| petre'ac"ons you say you ma are me remains OF
'ne dhna's ana pian,s ~n'ch '''ed from 'ne crea'
non 70 ',e de'use. ms IS wnat you mus! oeNeVe'
"you WI not run me risk Of oens driven IRON soc''
~ as Tre''g'ous ana ant''soc'al.
I'm using The term 'or'et account Of the origin
OF the world, IN reieienne 10 the Mosaic account, It
The construction gwen 10 short passage in that
record who. It - meant to 'nPusn. and not the
record hse''' ~ Inc reverence OF winch the writer
Of these pages has BEEF" educated. In the ancient
patr'archal times men believed the sun went round
lhe EARN IN consequence Of the apparent motion OF
mat 'um'nary. IL stated IN the Bible, that JOSH
ia commanded The sun 10 stand still, when he en-
compassed Gibeon; and that II stood still, and hast
ened not 10 go down whole day. In recording
events Of miraculous character, It IS evident the
historian spoke in such figures only as could be I'm.
ders'ood. mad the sacred writer said mat joshua
had commanded the earth 10 stand still, he would
not nave oeen Compensated, Ihe assertion per-
haps would nave been deemed o'sspnemous' as con,
r"ry 10 "oG Jaws. Connec'ed wy" 'n's "a'"'a'
ptelon'ce, lne ;oIce OF eauc",oa ;,a1 s,se. ar nn
c,sa;o' 81 ,Is ,vorJ hs ssc, Of vhci has hsso
to M, physical and moral truths apparently a, VA.
rance with each other. Blu, AS truth cannot con. |
Aict with ITSELF we must look for the cause OF this
L. :.
at is no, with view TO state how utterly hope.
less it is to look Tor explanations Of physical phe'
nomena IN pages consecrated to moral instruction,
or how equally hopeless and reprehens'oe TOO,
woua oe 20 'ook 'n.o IeVe'a!,on W me w." =.
viii lac ho ,,ada I'm, ra,har -, r.conce tho The
oloo ian 10 a yerv s;mne cons,rnc,on or the passage
alluded TO. and which is found in the yery opening
Of The Bible. In the beginning God created the |
heavens and the EARTH Now let the rule Of the
rheoIogan be applied 10 this passage, and let it
receive literal construction. We here hnd the
hrst notice Of me creation. we 40 nov nna 'na'
"e heavens anu .e ea,,n were oieae CO as, ,ws
7, il snnIv so;d .Ta ,hs ber;nn;no'' ,srm in The
concentration If xh;c, me human mini is lost a.
midst feelings of conscious weakness and inexpres.
sible humility. What that beginning is coeva with,
we cannot conceive; we cannot come so near to
'ha, being, to whom all time is but one present
existence but we can conceive painfully alter our
human MODE Of lh'nk'ng OF 'ne SOLITARY existence
~ Mn'c,' '';ose wou'a nsssn ne ans". J.J"U
'S" '"e .sars a Of which,
thew choose In sunnose ibe heavens and The
eo,ib were FIRST c,eaied. These words. then
csnno, mean Tho becnnino If eternity. which
has M beo;nn;na. nor are thew nlaced there
IN asssrt thnt crs,,ion had beginning. which
would be suneranous since we cannot con.
ceive Of anv oc, wi,hout n beoinnng' with. |
ont refe,ence. then. 10 anv time whatever. we |
must regard il as a declaration that the heav. |
ems and the eor,h were created, and by God,
Ieav;no room Cor m inferencs thai thev exist.
od mi, IN, !, n,,Lar
,,rt. 49, :; .,uI - ,,;o;,
AZ ,L "e .,,, .ss ,";,So", c'.n I'D rn;a
anu anu !he eu,.n was w'.nou' io'", a"u .o.u
mere Is oecla,a''oh t"a' .he cu,.n &C.,
ana 'ha' us cfea''on mao oeeh ehccteu am'e,
cedenlly 10 that PERIOD OF tlme usua''y caned
The SIX days OF creation. Such we may sup
n