The New York herald., 1845-01-24

nled and thereior we he has not imposed upon his
discples that ne did not make Of figure repre-
sentation but told them clear plain, obvious truth
ha he has indeed given what he has ponsed and that
my dearly beloved dissenting brethren ask YOU with
all the feeling OF fellow christian to- come to the rescue
trne you csnno. support ityou cannot stippart the
Tor veracy OF our Lord and Saviour your
and as . Ss
him. ne hath he'd yes shall say It, he has lied and
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oblhsrae from your memories the contentons
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based nPsnhe rock of ages and agastwhich the gates
e hell shall pos pgsyahas ShaTsh which
his body given to be the nourshment Of souls
And partakipg Of that benefit let US in earthly
in the form of bread and to whom be all honor
| glory, majesty and dominion forever, amen
DR.. Matthew's Sermon ON Sunday Evening,
In DR.. nason's Church, Bleeclxer street.
| There was a numerous and highly respectable
congregation assembled together on Sunday eve
ming, in the above place of worship, to hear the
venerable and talented DR.. Mathews dilate on the
harmony of astrology and geology with the Mosaic
account Of the creation. The reverend gentleman
took for his text the former part of the first verse Of
the first chapter Of Genesis Il. s......e ds4 IS
"Inthe begismimg God created the Heavens and the
:" ~ -'' Earth -a' sgl
Thus opens the Word Of God, the only book ever
given to man, which contains the character OF
Heaven and our creator, and our Redeemer.-
This is the entrance to the volume which makes us
wise unto Salvation; and gives us that knowledge
necessary for our present and future Salvation -
While we may have every regard for the writings
Of man throughout all ages, and we turn from
them to this sacred volume, it speaks to US as the
voice did to Moses from the burning bush, saying,
"thrOw of thy shoes, for the ground whereon thou
standest IS holy ground". II begins at the begin
L n,n i,vAo oT k,r.IA xl~. ~c~
tico, if we find that all is harmony Of structure 1--WE
calculate what we shall find in the interior but If
| we observe on the outside any signs Of weakness,
its friends and foes ike The body 81 Hector
the Greeks and Trojans, one rushes to destroy it,
while the other is desirous OF preserving il orr IKE
the pass of Thermopye, if the progress Of the enc
my is not stopped here, it is useless to proceed
further; and like it, shows that requires not num-
bers of supporters at its very commencement. TO
evidence it is the best and wisest Of books. God
in purely philosophical way, and it was the only
true way it could come to the knowledge of man.
The opponents Of the Bible say that it contradicts
itself by saying that light was created after the sun.
from which alone light could have been created
Geology, it was said by some, more clearly de-
monstraed the falsity Of the Mosaic account Of The
creation, by showing the earth to be of greater sse
than that laid down In those writings That fossils
found in such state, as they never could have
arrived at in the period allotted to them by Moses;
indeed they went to show that the world was some
| thousands of years older than what Moses makes
cst 70 be; apd thus at once close the door for
ever for the reconciliation OF philosophy with the
Scriptures One ef the most learned professors of
geology had said that this was not SO but in sub
sequent parts OF his work, he says that Moses
count was not in accordance with the truth -.
different grounds but to be at all consistent
they would have to give every confidence in the Bible
truths The amount of this 10 to say that should take
the Bible for guidance in its moral and spiritual
truths but not regards physical knowledge But those
have faith in another The Bible was formed Of NO such
chequsred web it like the garment Of its autbor
forms hostility that was made to the Bible in this res
pect II shows itself that all do agree that Noses
wrong in the age Of the earth and when these points Of
opposition properly uuderstood they will be found
untensble and we take proper view of the matter
will be shown that geology, astronomy, and other
Moses received these traditions Let us look to the foun
daton OF these traditions and how the matter stands
M thought by that hs from nnu shells
another that hsprung from white hare; another that
the opinions of those who had no Bible In more
recent times it was said that this world existed in
gloomy atmosphere, which the wind had disFelled
oed OF its creation a. to produce life and love- This
the language Of those who wish bewder their hear
what they talking about Thus il was with one who
lived in gospel tmes-one who said that religion would
had been only re yet this individual would never study
the holy book to Investigate the matter This writer
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other splinter might have been struck in the like way
the Bible for the more original and true stsement Of this
thing This book carries back to the eternity Of the
Lord God Almighty. "n the beginning God created the
heavens and the earh," thus showing that the whole
sprang from his will and power. The divine historian
wrote these particulars for the edifcaton Of and
ten the earth was found-"H was without form and
void" The eye Of the Lord moved thereon and gave il
tive hand "God said let there light and there was
gh;" thus It was that light was more like God himself
the light was COED, and he divided the light from dark
ness, and gave them their different The next
great step in the work of creation to divide the
ters by absorbing the shallow, and leaving the
The Lords third days work let the waters be to-
lpa produce si , sa . i:s
the trees to come forth looked thereon and saw sat
mined ali around, dispeng the darkness that the
face Of the earth On the 9Th day another step taken
formed TO dwell on the earth birds to y in the air and
fishes to nhsbit their native element He pleased
with his work and commsnded them to increase and mul
tiply. On the sixth day the earth, air and sea
were filed with their tenants, but the land wss
without its creative creatures--there was yet q
to fll. Man not yet made. God said "Lst
make manD--let him have command over the
living stood forth in the Of his
The beass Of the field, the fowls of the air march
gave ssms Every thing was a. the Command Of man.
yet he was alone. There to counsel or con
cole him Of his own species But the last and best gin Of
origin not like that of the other brought
into existence from the dt Of the earth showing the
delcacy and refinement they have possessed This
work rendered the world complete, and the seventh
day the Lord rested ON his labors Then that the
for happiness. unity, peace and plenty. God then
looked upon the work Of his hands, and said that all was
good Such the origin oil know Of the history Of
our earth The first thing in this matter that must orc
bly, strike the simplicity Of the story which carries
its truth with it, and which often makes wonder that
wa hpun hofnr IA aontO IN
the whole narrative but what child may underssnd
yet philosophy would make mysterious This II alone
sufficient to commend IL TO faith did to of
those who had lived and died in IT, Longnus, who
Of the wisest and abest writer's Of his day and
generation who had before him all the writings Of Greece
and Rome this and other subjects but yet for this
fact he turned to the book Of Moses exclsimipg Let