New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-25

he says because II 90. II would be snpefna1uf-
A. and that which 10 supernatural 10 nothing there
fore SC Sc. Had he had sense enough 70 under-
stand his own sophlsry he might have msae II
look better by going little farther back Win ms
sued position and declaring that Nature IL sn eHd :.
issT with no moral world shove H. Then there would
have been some shadow Of grcund for the argument.
that ~ processes sre Interchangeable because Zoo "ou
have no reason more utmste for interfering with
them AZ IL now stands. The only real connection OF
thought az Il can al oe called thought - % traced
In this cloud Of words mAy be simply stated thus II 10
the very nature Of nature 10 Be natural "nsieFsr "
natural take place because every e1eet or tnos
caused comes from something causing and therefore
must occur because IL 10 caused by natural insug soh
Blu, alleged miracles supernatural whatever 10 'e
peruaturA IL unnatural and whatever 10 unpAIulA -
contrary 20 the laws Of Nature u 10 therefore uttcrJ
unreasonable tina, miracle should take place And every
who Is acquainted with these avs must Al oa.e
conceive that such occurrence IL entirely opposed 20
these laws and csnnotfhereore possibly occur - -
Is clear and conclusive and quite s"eoenoor
gisn beside II be includes in bis word Nature God
snd the moral world by such an abuse OF the word ne
might have had the appearance OF some more Onerenel
Of reasoning bat then bis very clear conclusion "oua
have been. that thu, which did not come from serne
natural moral OF divine. never could nave ooen
caused existed 10 this ease however, 1t would not
have been proved that what Gales Christs miracles
could have taken place but only that they are eN
cu1ed from his absurd and arbitrary employment OF
the terms natural and supernatural What makes this the
very quntessence Of all tOolshness Is tbs iset tnst
while this very remarkable person 10 denying the
miracles OF Christ the ground OF their being natural
mpossiblities which rational mind can believe OF
even conceive he IL asking, on bis own assertion our
credence in states of being and manifestations OF KNOW
ledge. far more wonderful than any OF tue exnoitons
of Jesus In healing the sick and casung out oevs OF
even turning water into wine. He utterly denies the
very possibility OF prophecy or predictions Tor Few
centuries yet claims TO know by intuition ACTS "neu
took lace y thousand years aud actually 10 nave
predicted discoveries In astronomy BY no natural ooser
vAuOns but by interior light Another marvel greater
than all 10 that should be found 10 THIS nineteenth
century Of progress and professor OF Hebrew among
them Who can believe all this while they mud IL 50 hard
10 rest on the martyr testimony of Jesus and his epos
ties together with that immense mass OF corooorauns
evidence which been sccruing In the Church tor ages
This bebble about Nature. Law aud Development &C
Of which We have given specimens together "ith ,ne
eyer.recurrng argument that effects must correspond 70
causes runs through hundreds OIL pages same P'O
posuns are repeated In every variety OF form. There
are the everlasting assumptions Oh the very tnine
10 be proved the same endless playing upon words
which the writer neither understands nor attempt. 10
define that every intelligent reader must feel tnst
although there traversed psge after page OF Whist seems
be aca English and does not appear 10 be soso
lutte nonsense still there Is somehow no advance aud the
acquisition thst has been made in science Is absolutely
nothing All this however Prot Bush calls very pro
found To the matter In bis own way although we
have but very little money to spsre we oher TO give Nun
400 for the clear exhibition OF any new principle OF any
new combination OF principles In science when DAVIS
has presented for entire psge OF consecutive ea
sonipg In the whole book which does not involve some
sucb begging of the question and such ignorant
playing with words as has been described TINS now,
ever the condition that he will give us tentn part OF
] At
Ry phi oogy and In Biblical criucism "hlcn We can
detect in this boosted treatise.
Sometimes the writer whoever he may be, attempts
20 relieve the proundty of his philosophical disgust
lions with ll,tls pleasant humor Take, as brilliant
specimen this sstircal gem which appears smd bic deep
reasonngs on cause and enec, in relation TO Miracles
lie sarcastic effect 10 wonderfully heightened oy the TACT
thsttiss comment on the Ssvours last parting words
to BIZ. disciples Here II TO- with all It's italics (P oJl
1.-THE sentence which follows tssys the caifv0y.ntl
refers to the handling Of serpen without harm Unor'
acfs
and hence II Is frequently attempted AS 1he FORMER
s.rcelv any faith have handled serpenss With safety Ism
there have been persons who have performed the sne
lhiugs among those possessing fah sufficiently powerful
almost remove lgh mountain
Again In commenting on the same passage
Furthermore 1t Is said They shall drink any aeaay
hing without injury II 10 strange how deadly lhinss AN
be drunk without injurDg hfe Poison can be iaken mo
the system in minute Porons but II TOO gesI portion 70
taseu II ia ayioston Of natural law. true believer then
nav take small portion without mourning harm, but hea
his would be taking deadly hing IN The sense implied
In the Bssdes thts an en0ettr conlo "lthon
injury tske the same quantity But IL plain mat me
handling Of 'erpeuis and the drinking OF poison Is 81 ex
pertinent that 10 rather too ps0Ha 10 De often attempted
How elegantly expressed. aud yet how excruclsungy
severe this criticism upon the poor Evangelist We es
pscay commend this exquisite extract TO Professor
Bush BE- carefully noted down among his eica sdora
We cannot conclude without citing one more passage
illustrative Of the writer's admirable powers OF humor
ethereslsed they mus, have been by the Interior
sences lie thus concludes his remarks page BOD upon
the origin and formation OF the Bible
LIE
Ia attached TO the ord indeed than should be
attached TO large portion Of is contents me woIa
BBe signifies merely book IL Is derived rom 1he creek
bbles which signifies the s0f bark OF tree, upon when
tbs Arciepts wrote their thoughts To this was subsequent
ly prehred the word holy which term was employed oy
the Jews press sreecHce Thus The term hoy boS
might be rendered. rceeHt 5o BARK and Then me "ofo
would undsulsud its true sis cation"
The Professor of Hebrew will Of course rightly sp
preciae the remarkable pathological discovery In the
new moaning given 10 the Jewish word for hoy but All
minds can Judge OF the exceeding pungency and csusu
4 IN Hu
refined the wit which from the spiritual world
and the interior light Or If We adopt something oil
Prof Bushs hypothess-ho" must me very oevs nsse
shared 10 the progress Of ne age and improved 10 the
keennesJ OF their humor since they Knocked Al Joo OF
were turned into the herd OF swine " EieeIon '9l
bark 90 The author himself IS 50 compelled 70 sdmre
his own wit that he repeats Il several times la the
course OF two or three of the following pages Excel
lent soft Joke isnt IT, reader Surely Il IA the very
hyuermura attic acid of nhtel asniDity 10 suppose ns
! This WAS sngendered by satan in the brain ~ DAVIS
would be perhaps giving the devil more than MS que
Il IL 90 much exquisite piece OF pleasantly man
was ever produced In the human Uranium u ioh'
Paine II such view, however should 20 correct VIC
would suggest 10 Prof whether II may not De spPhea
10 most important use" In acknowledged science AZ
! nroof of the remarkable fact that even mo De'n
with all his malicious cunning may SOMETIMES naAo
/ great fool OF himself -,
Prot B. seems also have caught something OF tni'
, ioco.e spirit from the new ,phas In when no g
nIsced although he cannot altogether forget MS OLD a.
socaons In treating Of the evidence and
of the author and scribe OF the BOOK No ASKS WIN
morous gravity how ii can be possibly supposed Ins
they would peyWe their souls f0r gam Iness 'eIn'
have generally been connected with some Ideas OF NOR
Al rstributiou VIVA, admirable joks then 70 sPPy
them 10 persons who maintain that sin. or moral ev
an mpossibty scot at all IDEAS oil future
t hment or az any retribunon a. most absurd dogs
9tch no rational mind can entertain On page DC 'na
writer expressly ssys-- For the terms 1A resdrd pun
i,sneat dsinieresfed SC terms which express I"
near the shadow Of substance as possible 10. tne
mind 10 conceive lie also denies any accountsohy
{ sxcept 10 Nature VIII Prof B. tel US what "a" o.
Grayitauon or Gslvsnism they would break oy commit
I tng perjury -, - a, ,h.
The Of many other beauties ootn 10 tne
s,,e and seurmentOf this remarkable prodsenon -
are compelled to defer until farther PERMISSION NC 49,
hooa 10 examine more thoroughly the statements OF .ns
parties concerned and especially some OF Proi nosn
remarkable notions the subject VI rational e'a1ncs
should any serious reader b Of opinion mat any o.
our language 10 respect 70 tbs Immediate authors Of tns
book has been unnecessarily severe YET nm only renee
ON what would be the condition OF this dark word WIN
out Divine Revelation and In the power Of inat tnou
adre ,oberly OF the manner, and means and nature
bs sttack upon the Bioe-ss heartess snd az vie one
A ever proceeded from human or Satanic sgeney Of
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