The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-10-03

lever coniraveno the revelations Of III
Word. But confidence in that divin
word may be maintained, while that il
human ipierpre ,aiions shall bow 70 lh'
developments Of science. The ministe
who spurns at mental philosophy, wbicl
teaches that the intellect employs tht
brain fot its organ, and distinct portions
ofiit'for particular Offices. because tht
Bible speaks Of the heart as the seat o
lall moral. exercises, may be SO over
anxious to sustain the credit Of the Bible
as essentially to weaken its authority
ovsr other minds. @ lfhe would vindicait
the correctness of those ancient views te
which The holy writers allude,, let them al
strenuously support The notion that com
passion has its .eat in the bowels; fol
while i. says 9wi,t the heart man be-
lieveib," il equally teaches the lower
origin of mercy .dnd compassion. lisa. G3,
Is; 2 Cor. 6, 10; Phil. J. Even DR..
Watts, with all his philosophy, fell into
the same use oflsnguage: :2ai 13' e'g9rh
"The father sswahn .ebel come, 9.l sl
And all his bowels .moye,n-l23 H.3s B. n
Helmont located the soul atsthe mouth
Of the stomach; and when we consol,oth
tastes and conduct of a certain class, we
might deem his opinion correct Now
should that have been the general opin-
ion at the time the revelation was written,
allusion 10 that understanding and loca.-
tionsneed involve no fatal error. s,iazeoa
-f':Anoiher specimen Of fcarfalness of
these teachers we may notice in the ,sus-
picion Of fatality, ms tho natural conse-
quence ofbeliefin Phrenol6gy. Whether
Phrenology betrue. OF not, is not TO be
determined 4 by any religious snoiions
which any part Of community have adopt,
ed.dI Though ihess noions may have
been formed into a creed, and that creed
stercotyped, the laws and arrangements
Of natqge will not probably leave their
course, rlotwiI hstapding the ,inconven-'
ience of those who stand in their way.
What if fears be entertained that fatality
must follow the admission of natures
laws, shall these be suspended shall the
car of knowledge pause Till they are off,
the riracki, off Godlhas established the
freedom of the ghuman will. h.aneyer fear
that he has forgotten 10 make other afr
correspond with il; nor
that sny discovery 10 science shall make
the decree nulband void. Why have not
the fears Of these men been equallylex-,
cited by the doctline of association and
habit, taught aia natural phiiosophy!-
They have been revealed and allowed TO
,e consistent with revelation, although
hey stand apparently as much in the way
,f freedom of the will as Phrenology?
Tho saying of the prophet jeremiah is
,ositive upon this subject, chap. l3, 23-
Gan the Ethiopian change his skin, or
he leopard his spots! then may ye also
10 good that are, accustomed to do evil"
"Wo need TO be cautious that we ad |
nit that only as science which has been
ully. established as such. The caution
If the apostle Paul is against thai which
s sfalsely", called science. There has
,een. a strong inclination in dilferent
,ges, 10 enrol any thing among the
sciences, which could be supposed to
undermine the written revelation, And
when The required evidence has leen
given 10 support the claim, there has
been equally mapifest on the
other hand, disposition 10 reject that
evidence through fear that religion OF
morals would suffer by the admission of
an ''unsate truth!'' What but this last
disposition shut out the Newtonian Phil
osophy from the schools for more than
half century. after experiment even to
demonstration sustained. III With great
fear and circumspeciion was II finally ad-
rnitted or barely tolerated. How differ
ent now! Who more glories in it than
the intelligent minister Of the sanctuary?|
What exalted views has astronomy given
10 The we'll instructed Christian, for The
establishment Of his faith and the promo.
ton Of his enlightened deyoiions eaiias
"Tbe professed disciples OF Him who
hath styled himself The light Of The world,
should surely be the first 10 hail the pro
gress oflght and truth; yes, Of all truth.
Is il possible at the present day, and in|
OUT country, that men bearing the Chit
ian name, oppose and obstruct The ad
Of any truth? Perfect open
ness Of character, and confidence in the
right, once distinguished class Of peo-
pic called Christians. Surely that class
is not extinct, nor are they TO be termed
hcretics, for sustaining this primitive tai,
Of character.o ,ssi5b All. "a ss.oI.r.oi aIa !
"We may be allowed 10 anticipate a
more )propitious day, when the whole of
he divine Communication shall be re-
:eived. The, time has been, when al
portion Of, the Divine Revelation was
made 10 man, but the greater part even
,f that d dead letter, because Of the rejec-
ion OF The sciences. b Then came The
.learer revelation in the, Word, called ,he
sacred Volume, which has been equals
as the first, and for a sim.
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