New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-13

s'etr--fne gaseous eta's-Of matter which answers
70 IRIS Description. II the air In this room was no:
iiehted, IL would very well represent this void with
out form. Dark, invisible, gaseous matter was the
true state Of Chaos. When we dissolve or analyze
substance, We and always that we Immediately 20
oack 10 this very state Of gas or chaos He expa ned
me cessation OF egg, as showing periods Of de-
veiofmtnt similar to those OF creation. IL was
the opinion OF 81 Augustine that matter was orig
maj gaseous state, ard tina. the days Of Gre
a'ion we're vast periods. The twen.y-foir hour
CAV Is mooern idea IN The history OF the Church.
Inc ceep spoken Of in the second verse, inai
e Sc "a ths fluid mass, not necessarily waers,
d. Iouen the word was afterward used. The mag
Liocebt figure Of Gods spirit moving upon the ga.
teIs was statement of the work and DO yer Of God
10 Creation and In Nature. which does no N and q.
WAYS WIZ continue Observe, however. God did
DOT move IN the water. as Ratonaisrs insist on the
ffouno thai God Is an inherent portion Of matter
Dut upon tie waters. as an independent agent Next
we Iead tnat God said, Let there be sht" He did
DO, say MAKE nght ne cid not create light that or
rather the chemical principles which p-oduced IT, ex-
ls'ec IL vas simply developed By the fat of the Al
nlthty !he text is in perfect ordauce with the
present opinions Of the wises OF Asirono ners and
men OF Science; Now comes in the action of gray.
itatlon molecules begin to attract each other. and
the result is light and heat As this asr actC goes
or, NebulB are produced. As at the present dsy,
the concentration of nebulous mater advances We
hno. more brilliant centers of lisht, which show
Gle aIly that the developments of light the first
visible step in the process OF Creation. The work
OF the second day the division of the waters-or
the fuios from The fluids division between the
fuics made an expsnse. which Moses calls Heaven.
Astronomy now tells us the same thing. This term
heaven meant all apparently vacant space. He pro-
ceeoed to speak OF Laplace's theory Of creation
That distinguished Astronomer though. the solar
system was at first one vast nebuls IN high state
OF heat from chemical action IL revolves and coos
arc ring near the equator is broken of; this ring
OF matter, or condeBsing gases, continues to
volve, but is soon broken 10 pieces, aud the frsg.
nfLtS folm planets, still keeping the momentum
which they had from the main body of nebular mat
a Ypt n tar sa IN at tha
oreiral IeNula condensed ard shrunk up. The
fagihes plane Is were formed FIRST down even TO the
sun Itself. He projected to explain the planetary
motions, which are known to be wha, would have
been supposed they would be from the origin OF the
moving force Perhaps the chemical elcmen may not
ye,bc fully explained but these with the echanicsl
ihtor OF Laplace, will explain all existing notion
SIMILAR theory has been advanced 10 this country
by Prof Stephen Alexander OF Princeton. Now sup
pose that the great primitive nebua, rotating upon
It's axis, Is In fact the ginning o. things. We shall
he able by this theory to explain ret only our Own
system. but the entire phenomena Of the universe
TIE formation and dispersion OF globes is still going
on. Though immense distances prevent US from see
ing the movements Of what We call fixed stars, they
do move-they are keeping up the revolution of the
great primitive nebula from which they sprung. We
see, then, that these motions produce just such q
separation Of matter from matter as is lad down by
Moses. The lecturer proceeded to explain the
variety produced by these motions. IL was the same
order OF Development that subsequently produced
such pleasing varieties OF organic matter Now,
you uDCefftdnu the armament 10 De the open space
between BODIES The waters above are other globes:
the waters below, our own planet. werd upon
Evening and Morning. Evening was put frst, be-
cause chaos was darkness morning marked the
dawn OF a great movement OF creation The
Evening indicates dying or suspension, preparatory
to new development In Geology these terms are
wonderfully developed by the dying out OF races Of
animals morning marking ne Y order and higher
development of animal life. The third day now
comes, and the waters gathered togelhe in ono
place. ard the dry land appears. According to
Geology land is formed under the water, and is up
heavtd. We see here the continued action OF chem
cal force, which is never a. rest We are now at
the end OF the Grand first period we have sno wn the
Astronomical Earth, with light, separation, water
and dry land The second work OF the third day
vas the ere alton OF the plants 1t seems symme-
uicel to have plants in the inorganic period. but
plants were the means OF preparing the earth for the
future appearance Of animals, which must have
never find the finishing Of development with
cut having wishin it the germ or promise OF
something to succeed. There are no sudden breaks
in physical or moral development-ther Is a
lapI ing over, on indication OF more to come.
Man never Will be fully developed IN this
world he is but promise OF greater development
hereafter. So plants were the promise OF animal life
TO come in the next period. And now We comet
Geology, Astronomy is 10 longer OF use to US. We
ind these plants IN the strata where we nnd the hst
in the metsmorphc styata but It Is prooaole that we
shall hereafter explain how this metamorpnc OF OH
Gin al strata has come be on the surface ono
OF the most beautiful developments OF Geoogyis tno
anne arapce OF lower older orders OF animals ptst
sben eomu moro variety and higher development.
We have yet to rd the plants Of the third day In tho
strata below, or which was below, thar having inc
fret animals, IN which place such plants seem 20 pc
long. Here then is the end o, the frs great period
of three days; divided into Chaos, appearance Of
Light separation OF Cases, Waer divided from
Land the beginning OF Vegetable life We may call
the first day the Nebular Epoch the second, the
Planetary Epoch the third tho Inorganic Epoch,
with a germ or promise OF the next. or Organic
Epoch, in the plants which appear at the end OF me
third cav The lecturer here recapitulsted what he
had said of the eat changes OF matter durng these
three GAYS OF the Cosnogony. 30 far, said he, no
human soul no snimal no eye, had appeared 10 sec
these wonderful things We shall next see the de-
velooment OF the surface OF the earth for the coming
of animal lie, and finally ofMan, the browning work
Of Creation. This will be tho susjec! OF my next
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