New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-07

crowded 10 ovcffiOwWg. ana hHhdI'ds went a"h.
unable to obtain station INSIDE the doors. We
succeeded in getting an eNcellcn, place TO stand,
and listened as did all present with high delight
to a long and exceedingly interesting lecture-;he
first part on the Resurrection Of the body, and tho
.a.t on the nature and locality Of Heaven.
In commencing. Prof. Bush referred TO he fac,
tina, IN Our understanding Of Revelation there j.
true and perceptble progress a. IN our know
ledge of Nature hat advances NAV be, and are.
certainly made in the suowlclge Of tie Word. .
in that Of the Works. Of God. In illustration of
this he referred TO the change which has been
wrou-h, in the received Interpretation Of the pr
sage in Scripture which records the miracle ty
which the sun va. stopped in its course, by tno
modern discoyerie, Of Astronomy; and to the new
interpreiaionoi the ScrPiural Genc,, OF the Larh'
made absolutely necessary by the inconesti1.e reye'
latisns of Geology. There are matters of ALSO
lite science which we must believe and hey mp'f
modify our Interpretation, although they do not
contradict one Of it. positions. The great moral
truths Of the Bible are. however, exempt from the
influence Of thi. change; they stand hx.d and for
ever immutablc; and tie law Of Conscience caa
never be modified or in the least changed.
Among the misconceptions which TINS Progress,
in Know edge tends to dissipa.c and which n-
deemed most erroneous and niurisu- to the cause
of true spiritual religion il that Of the Besuroc-
tor Of the Dead. Tm- j, generally understood To-
imply IA reunion Of the identical PARTICLES OF mat
ter which in oar present state ccraPo,s the human
body: and to assert t1ai vhercs cr deposited, how
ever widely scattered and in however diverse
forms they may exit, these shall all be brought
together a, the resurrection and mysterious made
again 10 exist in connection with the soul which
once inhabited them. Prot. Bush referred 10
the vegetable aud animal world to illustrate til
unrcasonablencss OF thi. belief. In the plant OF
the animal new forms arise from the decay of
cd ones but in all the r,fql principle !, pre-
served: there Is no iatermi son in the contlnuii!
Of life. And let he caterpillar be crusncd-I- IT,,
destroy od-aud no butterfly ever could arise from
its remains in accordance with any law of being
The doctrine Of the resurrection, a. generally
received, to him involved ihi. same interruption
Of the continuity Of life, and he could not, there
fore, receive it for be did no, deem it laugh, in
the Bible, where il will be noticed the words re-
surrecton Of Tx body never occur. The phrase
uniformly employed i resurrection Of the dcad,'
and implies '"~'el, that the dead shall lire dgaih
that the same person who Pcr'-,a. from TIN,
word Of sense shall live in a world of spirits
Prof. Bush regarded j, as implying u continuity
Of NE riioi priacilic; and he said that he found
AN analogy for il IN tie natural world. A, the
principle of life in plants and animals in pres
cnt state of being shapes and mould. for Itself,
and, in it, acknowledgement, ply steal body, il
accordance with the laws of nature, so. in tie
world to which fastening, will this same
vital power clothe itself in a spiritual body, sub
ject to the conditions and invested with the yores
of spiritual existence. Prof. Bush regarded the
passage in Pours Epstlc to the Corinthians, with
many Others which speak Of this doctrine as one
that assumes the present existence Of departed
friends. as confirming this view. which he sup
ported with eloquence and cogency.
He acknowledged that the Holy Scriptures SpeaL
OF the resurrection Is a future general event which
Is To occur instan,aneousy and with oyerpowerIng
splendor. This language, like that Of Joshua, he
considered as accommodated 10 the then existing
state of human knowledge; and he believed that
il simply meant that day was coming when all the
countless generation, of men, thus arisen to the
glories of spiritual life, would be made manifest.
when that which l. now invisible should become
visible to all men. If asked why this language -
employed in Scripture he could only say that II wa-
in accordance with the whole structure of Reyeia
ton. which is accommodated 10 the existing state
Of knowledge among men, OF, more properly, 10
the rcccpiiviry Of tie human understanding when
it was written. He spoke with great severity OF
the view. of the resurrection which are too often
presented from the pulpit a being merely the
widest flights of fancy, a. tending to excite
the passions and to repel the mind from the great
central truth, of religion 10y the absurditics with
which they surround these IT. comparatively IN
essential points.
We are compelled to defer notice of the latter
part of his discourse until tomorrow. We cannot
avoid a word a 10 the arrangement, of the room.
Sultry as wa, the evening, aAd crowded a, was the
building. not the least ventilation was apparent
and the bodily discomfort consequent upon this neg
lcct was a sad drawback upon the intellectual en-
ioyucnt OF the evening. Another thing: it may
seem hand to leave a comfortable seat for any opc'-
accommodation; butour instinct of gallantry-ve
LAY claim to little knowledge of its rules-would
not allow rs to III At our regardless OF the ia
que OF lady standing in the aisle sot three feet
OH The rights Of women NAV not demand an
abdca,ion in such case, in their favor; but their
son. fort certainly does. and no gentleman Will
readily rebcl against its rightful authority.
DEATH, IN The ClrY.-The Report Of the CITY
Inspector states the number Of death, the last week
a, ljl-5i men, p women, 70 boys and - girl
OF these died OF apople>y. - Of consumption.
of coEvul'ious, deiirum ircmcns. Of drop.y. 3