Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-02-19

edge! Did lie borrow it from the Egyp.
tans! They were no, acquainted with
The science Of geology. It is the labor.
lous research .! many centuries which
has enabled learned men 10 come scien,i-
really 10 those conclusions which Moses
HAS stated with so much simplicity i'm the
frs, chapter Of Genesis. Again we ask,
| how are we TO account for the fact, that
| thousands of years ago. the leader of
hall civilized nation had aimed degree
of knowledge about The structure of the
world, which is now only discovered by
the observation of centuries and the in
tense snidy Of the mos, gifted minds!-
The man who can account fer this on COM
mon principles. mus, be credu,nus indeed.
The Christian has very simple and
satisfactory answer. lie who made the
world, could reveal To Moses how il was
made. Ii is a fact Of deep interest, that
science, when matared by a series of
careful observations aud legitimate Undue.
lion, teaches US precisely what Moses
had taught more than three thousand
years ago
Objection 3. III is said in the Bible
that soses wrote the first five books Of
the Old Testament; bet II is impossible
that he could have written them. for in
his day the arl Of writing was not known.
This is bold assertion, and if true
very formidable one. Lei US inquire into
lis truth.
.Hns'cer No, long since, the French
ar ny invaded Egypt A corps of scien.
tiic men, under the patronage of the
French government, accompanied this ar.
my. to examine the hieroglyphcs, and to
explore The far famed Antiquities of this
land. They found, i'll The pyramids,-
the sepuchral chambers Of Egyp,'s EN-.
balmed kings,-many manuscripts writ.
ten in the time of Moses. and one in par.
icular Which uas ,orifen tUo centuries
before has day. These manuscripts were
found with the mummies and funeral relics
which were deposited in the tombs Of the
pyramids. They were read, and their
contents published to the world.
And yet infidels have oeen asserting for
centuries. that Moses could no, have writ.
ten the Pentaieuch, because people did not
know how To write then! This matter.of
fact discovery of the French philosophers
has for ever removed the argumen. from
the mouths Of intelligent men, but i, 10
still banded about to do its work among
! the ignorant.
Objection 3. The creation Of the
world, according TO the account Of Moses
took place but about six thousand years
ago. But The science of geology affords
abundance Of evidence that this world
must have existed millions Of ages
.4nsuer. The first chapter Of Genesis
is not an account of the original creation
of the globe, bn, OF its adaptation TO its
presen, purposes. and Of the introduction
Of man upon IT'S surface. In The begin.
ming God created the heavens and the
earth When was the 6eginning?'-
Dies Moses say il was but six thousand
years ago! No such thing! Moses says
nos one word upon the subject. For aught
we are told, it may have been millions Of
ages.
And the earth was without form, and
/ void; aud darkness was upon the face oil
the deep How long had The earth re.
mained this shapless mass Of inorganic
matieri The Bible does not inform Us.
For anght we can tell, i, may have been
through the long lapse Of many ages
Moses simply informs US that the earth
had been created in the beginning. and
was in this situation when God said Let
there be light
Bur here again science appears in at.es.
ialon of The truth Of Scripture. By a
process of investigation Of pe,rifed bones
aud organic remains, which it is not ne
cessary here 10 endeavor to expl,in, the
mos, eminen. geologs,s are satisfied that
The human race cannot have existed on
this globe for longer period than that
asserted by Moses Tins science instead
Of con,radIcting the Mosaic account, gives
Whatever influence she has, in lis favor.