New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-07
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.soworisa, fslsehoods- respecting Davis. OF course
~bs,ever might have been N, intentions under other
e,reum.ssnces sm compelled TO reply 10 regard 70
The .cien,sc aitanments u Davis, sufficient has been
already said n Professor Bush is stl wiling TO en-
dor.e his mos, contemplate hambus If be 10 'u viii
ing to connect hls reputation as man and 'cn'ar
VIII, he seieao> displayed IN those lectures, all can say
4. thst would have been glad TO have saved him rom
40 s,sr,ssl nm act But this matter Of downright hse
hood. bripxs the Professor sDd myself TO direct ana
palnfcl issue which cannot now be avoided IL neeo
only be prensed ths, have been repeatedly urged oy
Prof B. to nvestsste this matter and even challenged
TO show the invslidity Of the grounds on which his
marvellous assumptions rested Nothing has been pre-
,en,ed 10 the public in relation TO the osse either oy
WAY Of fact or opinion that has not been advanced
over and over again the Professors pen But 10 tne
charge Of fal.ehood IL reasrm then that listened 10
L,rx lecture Of Davis when, at considerable ienstn
he pro,,ed TO se, forth the gradual ehHnecs "nich
- ,l.ce In the development Of msn from lower
,tsts Of beings process In which Tnsny thousano years
were occupied. Ii substantially The view TAKEN "
The author of The yestiges of the Creation There IL
no ,eed ~ dwelling on the distinction between de-
velounent' end q "rsnsmutsuon of species Trans
mutation Of any thing into another tnhg IS nele
sbsurdty for the reason MAT the
ton becomes In fact thing and the wnoe eNpie.
sion which has been brought IN 70 save DAVE eIs"
is simply q metaphysical contradiction atnousn !.
might wen consist with some aspects OF S"eorhoos'
doctrine Of inruxes Ii 10 enough that the lower sp
e,es wa the necessary ground snecedent through
which the Development Of the hisner TOOK plac, "a
which pos,tion Davis endesvors initiate the book TO
this view the verify OF the literal account OF te cIea
tion Of direct Supernatural act proceeding IN
uoedisteIy from the hands OF God 10 utterly denied
Davis and the yesiges describe the slow development OF
1s rae The author Of Genesis tells as OF ftSH par
created ct once In de peeetton IS the progen'or' Of
In ,grd 10 the second point there il put forth what
we can only characterize evasion OF the real charge
and substitution Of something ese Inc ess"ruoh W..
not all 10 respect 10 the unlsersaty o. the hooo Buy
The miraculous preservation % Noah and his amy ana
the animals in the Davis affirmed that every ancient
nation had mad IL. ark and ts own ancestor saved thfe
in but tbst they we're ali treated alike mythical or
fabulou. When this part read the objection was
made and the question distinctly asked whether II was
admitted that such mau ss.Noah received couinano
from God TO build ark az particularly detailed IN
Gcuesis To this the At once given by the
pares and by Pref Bush an0DS ,Ss that that account
not TO be- taken ne literally true IL u certainty mat
ter of that the Professor should treat this
thing in the manner ne does as mere question respect
ing the universally of the deluge. The Tact denied By
Davis, repest was the miraculous preservation OF
Noah ia the ark and the descent oil the present race OF
man from him Can the Professor have forgotten The
course of argument adopted on the occasion by himself
and another gentleman OF the New Churchf 10 the
objection that the crcumstantaty oil dates and detail
In Genesis forbade the idea that the account was intended
as myth. II immediately replied by both that u
was impossible tbst an ark OF such dimensions could
hold ali the animals IL alleged TO have contained
liza the Profr forgotten the direct appeal that made
To numerical computation Of cubs IN PROOF oil me
actual verify and the almost contemptuous manner IN
which IL va. inimsted by himself that such belief
could be no longer sustained We ahrm then ths hs
stale infde objection about the size OF the ARK was mere
ana then put forth by him as an argument
AGAINST the literal account and IN continuation oil the
truth OF Dsyif ...
In respect 10 the third point, there Is an attempt TO
take shelter under Dr. Robinson That gentleman Is
the last one we should wish TO encounter ON any ques
ton Of Biblical criticism archaeology but II he as
sers ms Davis does that there nothing supernatural
OF mirae uious in the psssase o. e 49, of
tho Hebrew Scriptures not only in the particular hisio
nv but throu ghoutn the Prophets and In the Palms
representing II as miracle ana ID TACT Tue greM mn
ace of the nation, surprising all others and furnishing
tbs mosf striking example OF direct and special d'he
incorporation OF the character with the other won
ders wrought in Egypt Davis sys the subs ding ana re-
turn OF the waters natural occur ence and that
In former times other armies had passed IN the same
place and Ia the manner
WHY has not this ground been before assumed by
Prof Bushf To the objection 10 Davis's account OF
man and Of the food he has uniformly presented but
two species Of argument The hrst was ever the Ola
position about trlt and tbo duty OF following the uulh
,shithersoeyer IL might lead How You going 10
eypain the facts IN Daviss the standing re-
ply and you cannot you have no reht TO Dring any
pvioyf hypOiheses III this account be true (and we
affirm that IL was uniformly assumed 70 bc so) thsn
Il was said, eve must modify our interpretations OF
Scripture accord with H. In repeated dscussonsb e
ground was never before taken. that Davss revelations
we're In accordance with the literal verify OF the scrip
lures The second species of argument, constantly re
sorted TO- TO throw himself BACK upon tne oweocl
borsian spiritual sense This may touch the common
belief" II was said, but IL does not affect nine De
cause the account of the creation and OF the HOOD ana
indeed all the first ~ Chapters OF Genesis ere regarded
by swedenbore as not the literal but only In the
s1r,usl sense We shall charge the Professor with
ehoods but certainly his Losses IN respect
to these points s marked by total absence OF tnat IN
eenuousness In which 80 freely gave MIN creut ia my
commune tions TO the Observer.
In this whole affair am conscious OF havns treated
Prof Bush with all due courtesy After repeated cns
.nses yenured to dispute the validity OF his positions
this and 90 treat the matter &C
eorJins TO my conscientious belief rs deluson In say
the least under which the Professor was unaappy la
boring lie arguments and evidence, and assertions
were freely yet respectfully csnvsssed and at the same
time. great paine taken TO prevent the least imputa
sion of extensive natural science which imphedJ grew
out III Of his sweeping assertions respecting ia
Wis was denied because this was essential 10 my rgu
mept IL was however dcne with all courtesy, and
cordial concession to him OF that merit which he pos
sesses In other departments cannot conceive 10" IN
any other way the examination 10 which had been so
often invited could carried At all Had these been
mere private opinions Of Prof b. the would have
been quite different; but he had taken gres, pains to
spread them before the world and therefore To say no
thing ct duty had perfect nsht 70 oppose "nS1
conceived to be wresched imposition, and most PERM
Prot h complains Of having been s.saed and talks of
crushing crussdes against his religious opinion. Tie
seems utterly destitute Of that most valuable faculty,
namely the power OF placing ourselves IN imagination,
In the position Of those trom whom we otter What
name We ask would he give H. when those whom
m large and very worthy portion Of the community
gard their revered Authorities, 10 the in
spirvd writings ccoly described rs being 10 some
Of the worst Imaginable Swedenborgial bells. where,
for example, Luther and the most pious aud smishe
Melane thon thus disposed Of and Calvin Is repre-
sen,edas occupied In OF the worst OF the internal
ps in preachln predesnston 20 hsrlotsl What. TOO
does be ,hink Of mnutey describing the peculiar
knd of he'll which Is Inhabited by those who believe
justification by fai,hf Aud yet Prot has been Tor
IN in haar