Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-07-20

a"' surrounded with a ring 100000 miles IA cifcum
cfe"oe' u conveys very different idea of the naiest,
o. The Divine Being who formed H. from what we Ar,
'ed To entertain, when consider II a, only timer
" hnilani stud, fixed IN The vault Of heaven I'm,
eye "' ny be exhibited containing ten thou.an
transparent globes nicely adjusted iof the purpose o
vision 1t displays the character Of It's Maker m diff
ieren' light from that 10 which we might be disposed
10 We" u, when this animal is represented As nun.
a"oe IA creation, and designed Only to be mansed and
tortured 10y cruel and minimizing school-boy
Ia soine instances the Inaccurate statement NJ ,
physical TACT or The false coloriog put upon IT, NAV
nave tendency to eDdanger the eternal interests Of
"A"hlhd' MI Brydone, 10 his Tour through Sicily
STATES on the authority OF priest. named Recupero
tha ia sinking pa Jsci, IA the nephborhoo1 -,
Mount Elna, they pierced through seven distinct Ia,
vas one under the other the surfaces of which we're
parallel and most of them covered with bed of ,hirk
edfih' From suggestions founded on questionable
data he concluded, that requires 1000 wears or IN
WARDS To form bot scanty soil the surface of la
va aud, consequently, that the eruption which form
ed the lowest OF these lavas must have flowed from
toe mountain at least 1900 years ago This pre
tended fact was, for while, rumphan,ly exhibited bv
scepHcs' as an unanswenbe argument against the
truth OF the Mosaic history and lis publication has
no doun fenced 10 Siagger weak minds and 10 confirm
he Inde IN his preludIces agis the truth of reyea-
uoh' But II has been shown 10y eminent geologi,ts
"a' Inc ic's alluded 10 are grossly msstated and that
no vegetable mould exists between these beds Of lava
''u consequently Inc argument founded upon them
goes for nothing Mr.. Brydone himself in the very
same volume IN which these pretended facts are stat,
cd before lie had advanced twenty uares farther in his
account oil the regions about Mount EtEa states fact
"hch completely overturns all his preceding reason
lngS and calculations. In describing the country near
Al a.. haN4 l,.., Il
ttna, and having then become totally barren he adds
IN second eruption, by shower of ashes from the
mountain, 1t soon reassumed its ancient beauty and
fertility so that 1t Is here admitted, that instead of
requiring period OF 1000 years, a bed of lava NAV
speedily be transformed into a beautiful and Grille re-
gon But oven although such facts we've fairly repre-
sened--yea, although Mr.. Brydone and the Canon Re-
cupero could have proved, to demonstrations that the
strata OF the earth is no, only fourteen thousand but
fourteen hundred thousand years DID, ii would not in
e ieas' lhNalda'e single assertion contained IN the
Mosaic history; for Moses describes ony the arrange
ment oihe earth in its present FORM but no where as
serls, that the materials Of which our globe is compos
ed were created, or brought out of nothing, the peri
Cd at which his history commences The circumstance
however, TO which have now adyerted, shows US of
how much importance is, in many cases. that even
physical fact be fairly stated as well as the moral
For since every fact in the economy OF nature and in
the history Of providence exhibits certain portion OF
the Divine character, very different view ofthis char
acer will be exhibited according to the deren lights
M which we view the divine operations Aud there
lore, every one who wituy msrepresents physical
fact or law OF nature, is deceiver who endeavors to
exhibit distorted view of the character OF the Deity.
1t Is nothing less than man bearing false witness
against his Maker.
Again, veraclty is of infinite importance in reference
10 our future improvement ia the eternal world Ia
that world, we have every reason 10 believe, knowl
edge Of the attributes of God will be enlarged, and
our views of the range of his operations in creation
and providence extended far beyond tie limits to which
they confined. But the Divine Being him
self, from the immdieality and immensely of his ma
ture, viii remain for invisible all finite ntelli-
Pencles and hence he Is described by the apostle AS
Tie KING eternal, immortal, and invisible, whom no
man bath seen see II is therefore, not only
probable, but absolutely certain, thai great portion
perhaps tie greatest portion OF our knowledge in that
state will he derived from the communications OF OH
er inlellgencies. With intellectual beings OF higher
order We shall hold the most intimate converse; tor
we are informed, that gust men made perfect will /
Join Tie lanumerabe company OF angels These be- I
lngs are endued with capacous powers Of intellect,
aud have long been exercising them on the most eS-
Ell to the inhabitants OF the cath, they have frequently
winged their way through The celestial regions aud
surveyed many OF those glorious systems which lie
hi from the view OF moIlals. We have every reason
10 believe tia, they have acquired expansive views Of
The dispeHslons OF tie A,mghiy not only 10 relation
t. nau bul IA relation 10 HuHefou, worlds anj iute-
sences "a different provinces oi the empire Of God
Ana therefore they mast be admirably qualified 10 I'm
pau ample stores oi lIlounali9n on the >I5hlues sub
Jco's, 10 the redeemed inhabitants from GUY world
! rom the communication OF these Inieil genoes We
may deuye information of the orler and arrangements
VI other systems Of lie natural scenery OF other
worlds OF Tie different orders Of int eetual being.
y ho people then, VI me means by which they are
carried forward 10 mora. aud intellectual improve ,
peDt, OF te most remarkable events which have hap
leaed the course Of Aeir history. Of ne peculiar
o., plays OF iyiae g.ory tua may be made o. them, and
VI ine ysuoga changes through winch they may have
passed 90 the coufss ol iAc dlyIle di,pen,s'Ious.
Bl tae uilAly oi such sublime coinnuuI CaiI9ls aud
ne drus Aiisl transports sish which laey vii be &C.
com auiel wiu entirely depend upon the mm8tabls
rsrgcay Of those moral aleugenees sh0 stall be- en-
poyrd 90 conveying information fc-fsciiu2 the divine
1urfaigns No hcflfi0us scenes aud nlvaflsgs "A