Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-04-05

IStence of the sun-ttiat man SnOuiu De
made Of clay, and Woman from the ribs OF
man-tIiat they should have been forbid
den to eat an apple, and for disobedience
to that Injunction be with all their posteritv
doomed to death, and that eating an apple
could give ''the knowledge Of good and
evil''-that a serpent should speak and
bcguilc woman. ALI is undoubtedly
and above our comprchenslon-
Muc!, of it is clearly finurative and allie
gorical; nor is il easy TO distinguish what
part Of it is to be understood in a literal
and not in syInhplcal sense. But all
that it imports Us to know or understand Is
plain; the great and essential principles
upon which our duties and cnjoynents
depend, are involved in no obscuriiy. A
God. the Creator and Governor of the
Universe, is revealed in all His majesty
and power sf6tske rms upon which He gave
existence and Happiness TO the common
parent Of mankind, are exposed to us i'll
tho A<4rarest light. Disobcdcncc to the
will Of God. was the offence for which he
was prccipitatcd from Paradise--obedienc
to the will of God is the merit by which
Paradise is to be rcgaincd. Here, then. is
the foundation Of all morality, the source
lures This idea Of the transcendent
power of the Supreme Being is essentially
connected with that by which the whole
duty of man is summed up-Obediencc to
His will.
! have observed that natural reason
might suffice for an obscure perception,
but not for the clear discovery of these
truths. Even Cicero could start to his
own mind the question; Whether justice
could exist upon earth unless founded up
on pcty! but could not settle it TO his own
satisfaction. The ray of Divine light con-
tanned in the principle, that justice has no
other foundation than piety. could make
its way to the soul of the heather, but there
it was cxiinguishcd in the low, unsettled
and inconsistent notions which were the
only foundation Of his piety. How could
his picty he pure or sound. when he did
not know whether there was one God or
Il thousand, -whcthc he. or they had or
had not any concern in the formation of
the world, and whether they had any re-
gard to the allalr, or the conduct of man
kind! Once assume The idea of Il single
God, the Creator of all things. whose will
is the law of moral obligation to man and
to whom men is accountable, and picty
becomes as rational as it is essential; it
becomes the first OF human duties; and
not doubt can thcncciortl, remain. that
fidelity in the associations of human picty,
aud that most excellent virtue Justice re-
pose upon no other foundation. 1t Il la
ter age than Cicero. Longnus expressly
quotes the 81 verse of the LIST chapter of
Genesis as an example of the sublime.
God said let there be light, and there was
light; and wherein consists its subinIity !
In the image Of the transcendcht power
presented To- the mind, with the most strik-
ing simplicity of expression. Yet this
verse only exhibits the effects of that tram
ccndcnt power which the first discloses in
announcing God as the Creator of the
world. The true sublimity is in the idea
given us Of God. To such Il God the
heart of man must yield with chcerlulness,
the tribute of homage which il never could
pay 10 the numerous gods of Egypt to the
,issolute debauchecs of the lIca.hcn Ny
thology. nor even to- the more elevated, but
not less fantastical imaginations Of the
Grccian Philosophers and Sa.es.
! From Your aticctionate Father.
] JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
| WATER PASSED THROUGH LEA Pre- -
| The associate editor of the Christian Citi-
zen. published in Worcester. Mass. in
noticing his recovery from Il severe illness.
saws:
As it may be benefit to our readers,
we take this opportunity 10 state. that The
sole cause of all the illness we have suf-
tcrcd the past year. has been the use of
water pumped from well thro' lead
pipe. With almost every particle of food
and drink we have taken into our Systen,
for more than Il year. we have taken by
this means. small PARTICLES of one of the
worst mineral poisons, and the result has
been days and weeks of the most intense
suffering. In some constitutions this poi
son dose not act for long time. and on
some It's effects are not observable for wears
/ Yet we think The risk is too great to Justify
any one. who has regard for his health or
that of his family. to use water that has
been in contact will, lead A friend of
ours has entirely lost the use of his hands
from the same cause, and been unable to
hold II pen for more then five months: and
we could cite similar eases. We trust.
however. that a word TO the wise will be
sufficient
FEIvENr ApMiREH-A clergyman
preaching i'll the interior OF Alabama chose
TOR his text passage of scripture which
had been variously interpreted In CON
Guiding his sermon. he c>claimcd--.The>c
are the conclusions have arrived at after
the most diliycnt study. and | must in
form you that the Commentators DISAGREE
'cffh me. \ farmer. a great admirer of
the r'sson $ eloqucnce, had paid great at
trntlon TO the discourse He went home,
filled large bag with choice kidney pota-
toes. and packed them off To the reverend
gentleman s house. with the following note:
Reverend and Dear Sir.-lou told
me thus mornin as how common tater.
didn't agree Nth yon. hope as how
choice kidneys does.
CAPRICE OF FoETUNE.-It is not sur
prisins that some complain of their lack of
money. when the enormous sum Of six
hundred millions Of dollars is in the hands
OF i've nprSnpS H'hoS., favored chi III ror, ~