The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-03-19

me inhabitants Of The earth spoke the same
language, or as il is. expressed by Moses, III,
whole earth was Of one language and Of on,
speech. Some learned men suppose iha
these words are notfO be understood literal
lly, and that the alilsion is made not TO th,
lnnlly 81 their saHgncge. but to their designs
and the conformity of their sentiments
There are in the Scriptures many passages
where The words are undoubtedly TO be Ia
Ken in this sense. Bat among all the text
advanced to maintaln this hypothesis, ther,
IS not one, where the historical circumstance
obIlge US to interpret them in any other wa
than what they naturally offer TO the mind
shall therefore take it for granted, that il
the first sges Of the world men spoke but one
language; nor is it necessary 10 bring to ou
aid the immediate inrerposition of particu
lar Providence, The proximity orthe diferen
Icolonles, and the length Of their lives suf
hcientIy prove it. iz'
Accordingly we find that all our most an,
clent historians, such as Berossus, Abydpns
NIcolaus, Damascenus, HestiH, and Eupole,
mus, bear unequivoca testimony to The We
racity ot'the Jewish historian; hot only as tc
The whole earth being Of one angGagg. bu
that the present diversity oflanguaee is ow.
ing TO the immediate interference of the
Deity in the building of Babel.
The next enquiry is whether language is
lor human or Divine origin. Now il IS gen.
orally admitted that language is the ihGs.
pensahle instrument of thought; and ever
Herder, who has Iabored to prove LANGUAGE
not to have been of Divine appointment, ad
mItS that without it reason cannot be used by
man. lfthen language be necessary 10 tbe
exercise Treason, it evidently cannot have
beon the result Of human excogitatiou: or, as
ii is expressed by Bishop Hamilton. language
cannot be conrived Without thought md
knowledge; but the mind cannot have ,bought
and knowledge, till it has language; there.
lore language must be previously taught, be
fore man could become rational creature
and none could teach him but God Even
Hobbies admits that "ilie first author oil
speech was God himself, that instructed
Adam how TO name such creatures as he pre.
sented TO his sight" Beside all this, in ops
position 10 those who maintained the human
inyehton OF laugn9ge, the test of experience
may Be fairly applfsd. We may safely chal
Ienge these autnpfs TO produce in its sup,
port single fsct,h 4 single instance, in the
whole faogetof history, of any human croa-
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