Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-04-07
MR.. GLLDD1N,s LECTURES.

The philosophers who (ave occupied their thoughts with
the great question Of aYoheIs-he question mans des
ny-the subject OF iHienset irom the days Job
I'll! now, have labors until quite recently under the same
Disadvantage wis the maIhema finds the absence
1T necessary data 10 the solution oi his problem. The
verAi orders Of civilization, Chinese Indian Egyptian s.
acenc and Mexican by intimate knowledge with which
we can only arrive ut Just estimate OF position
tue scale of human culture and thence the probable
career OF into the distant cycles of time To come,
have until the present century, remained like the moulder.
ing enbers Of expiring Leacon awaiting dark
ness the busy Investigations OF be- stirred up
blaze OF intellectual light THIS light now beaming in
broad engsuce upon the dark the of the
past; aud II Is only by Its aid If ALL that human specu
lation gope way yet darker recesses vi the
future.
Unul the present able Lecturer, Mr.. GIDp,x, came
the subject of Egyptian Antiquities hardly
known on is side Ut the water except the closet
STUDENT IL was with the greatest satisfaction Therefore,
that entering his lecture evidences IN the
shape OF and highly interesting diagrams cover
the walls, that ,his department OF knowledge could be
made aeces,ibe the public. These diagrams adj
could imagine himself in the of temple oi
Egypt With the Illustration OF the Lecturer. evident
do the meaning; o several Of the pictures become that
feels while examining them. if mysterious telegraph
had annihled the space OF thirty centuries aud establish
eel relations between himself and the Egyptian artists who
impulse to look about Tor some MoRsE send back TO
these expressions Of satisfaction and the compl
ments o the season. The meaning intended convey
cd by maJOy OF the pictures less evident but they
all pirtakc "i that character which has been attributed TO
ias works 4" genius and OF thought Of giving rise 10 new
aud striking ideas in the mind. OF those who regard ;he
One diagram IN particular, representing mlta dea-ihs
idea rewards and pni,nent. drew our attention lis
in the left Of the picture Of the Great
Pyraud' and struck US that, Tor people unaded by in
tprauon II showed an ctJr Of human intellect y cores
pundng with the physical energy OF the race who raised
such colossal piles Of granite the pyramids But not
the character only OF tc Egyptian mind which
Mr.. GlidJon's collection OF diagrams represents u, us
we are shown the workings oi Egyptian intellect in all its
vafons phases, OF aud umoou witty and gay In
ore diagram, we sec an army Of rebeious beseR
ing garrison OF cats. who relieved from the distress
OF tuch new and awkward position by another feline
army, mounted upon chaos drawn 10y dogs This was
probably designed BY an Egyptian wit TO ridicnle som.
OTcrboasied military achievement the part OF his coun.
tymen. In another sketch the Cnucssi1n and Ethiopian
contemporary represented with their arms tied be
bind tem-each ose OF the soes of an Egyptian
pair Of slippers There we haye too. group Of women
at their old flvorie dish Of - gossip a lion and ass
plying upon harps Aud that readers who were not
at tue Thursday nights lecture may have some idea Of
| an Egyptian pds7HiHdds, we repeat from Mr. Gid.
dons ycrsOn which was, perh1ps eveled driv
ing Pharaoh, who iyransed his subjects very much
az the husbardman the that trcadeth OUT the
cora" IL remains in hieroglyphc inscription and il
Engished thus:
" lie along oxen, he along faster
The stfaw for YOU the gain Tor your masterg'
Not tie least value Of Mr. GlJdon's lectures We deem
10 consist 10 the light which they throw upon the his
torcal part 81 the Scriptures. Th57e VIII, regiously
believe IN this sacred book will be uninteresed 10
find that Egyptian antiquities add tho confirmation of
positive knowledge {, their faith end tbos. who entertain
no lief IN H. whatever may learn from io5o lecture. how
researches ~ oil the yaoos branches of leirnng sub
sanate. iisp'oye the facts Of the Bible m the same
manner o. the mysteries of parents advice which -
given before II be undortjoJ, are worked out ami
cOmprchonded 10y the experience ol after years. The
lecturer showed Thursday night, that the ruined Gran
deirs II Egypt boar record the truths of the Bible.
She pointed out 10 her last expiring houris HAVING
run The prodigi race Of human arrogance, aud J. bfc.t
ing her last sign u sbn''ye the eternal truths
OF Heaven Tho lecturer himself had hunted wolves upon
the sides Of tic royal palaces ol Egypt. OH Egvpi,
ggpfc soae sDpeTereT1ni faJuiF ogas iqeysdiJis
p0sie's a'ae s"ps'0sT1bf psft1 ttDidiJus iRoisa"
| Ono Of the diagrams IN Mr. GhddJns collection h.
peculiarly interesting from the conformation which IL
gives 20 the fact that the idea Of Divine trinity seems
to have been deeply planted in the human mind. The
many anaories in the physical woJ-such, for instance
a. the trune forms of matter solid liquid aud gaseous
do not scem 10 have been sufficiently understood r. 80
ancient', ~ 10 have led u tho deduction Of &C o,
| Ing triunc fOfm4 Of spirif buf st,I -L-..--