The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-24

engaged the attention Of the raoe-the wonderful, A.,
count q the creation of the world. We are informed
that In the beginning God created the heavens Ana
the earth. When wss this beginning?-how can We
90 back to that time 1t impossible for us to DO
the universe was to be formed. We can't solve this
In any other way for We are informed that earth
ws. Without he form" Strange statement this How
But 1t had not rs present form But 1t was also void
How can We understand this! This seems to describe
darkness was on the face of the deep, and the
spirit sfGod moved on the face of the waters How In
.h Inen, Tor the nrst time God gave to matter
which i has since been governed Then for the nrst
81 time, the laws Of gIayits.ion and motion bssss
70 act And God said let there be light, and there
the particles pa Of matter coming under the opera
and to throw on their light Here appears to be the
exLsnstion And God saw the light that II good,
bodies which were the luminous parts aAnd God
called the light day and the darkness he called night
and the evening and the morning the nrst day
Here closed the first grand cycle of the creation
What the length Of the day here mentioned IL i
impossible for us to say, but If we were TO Question
that 1t comprehended long time "And God said let
there be Ornament in the midst Of the
waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters and God called the ornament heaven
and the evening and the merning were the
God .ad let the waters der the heavens be gahsrs
together unto one place and let the dry land appear
and it was And God said let the earth bring forth
ing fruit after his kind, who're seed is in itself upon
the earth and 1t was So" Here have the third
grand movement In the order Of creation The globe
was then becoming cspacitsted to sustain vegetable
and animal life, and was in = condition to produce
grass and fruits, etc. We now approach the fourth
grand period Of the creation. and God said, let
there be lights In the armament of heaven to d.
vide the day from the night, and let them BE- for
signs and for and for days and years and
God made two great lights the greater light to rule
the day, and the lesser light rule the night; he
made the stars Also How strange that the sun
should have been created the fourth day! II we
understand this theory Alright, whence came night
and day during the first three periods when there was
no sun How ST. all We account for this Ii we ADOPT
the theory which have mentioned there is no din
Guilty In the explanation. Until the earth was con-
densed, the atmosphere such that the sun could
not appear but as the process condensation want
en- 1t became visible. Then IL that the sun and
the moon and the planets shons forth aud by their
movements We mark the coming Of the seasons,
the vicissitudes Of day and night, and they are
the guides in the heavens Some people said the leo
turer may think 1t presumptious in me to have
ventured on this subject II there be any who think
so, he ggreed with them; 1t IT, in some sense pre-
sumption He thsught, however, the parallel might
be pres nted and he did present It, 1t might change
the tn lights OF his audience, and might awaken q
traino reflection which perhaps could be excited in
no otb cr way. To him 1t appears that the MosaicaI
scoou tof the creation ought to be true and some
times he Is tempted to assert that 1t Is true. He
trust d he would live long enough to be able TO say
that be knew to be true