The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-22
The roun- wcn.s cn.i,sisn A..o..io,ion.

Professor TAYrrt LEWIS H. n, Is ''rng slE
EG3S oF CREATION.
The iY-t Cc.ure q ,ae course I7 delivered on Tues
Gsy evening At thcr rooms Stuyyesart Institute 5y
Professor Tgyler Lewis. H.. y. The lecture was
Ven attended by q very respectable audience. The
lecturer on beng ntrodrcl to the audience, said
that bis sulject-"Thc -ix psr. OF Creatcn'--was
one d tie most su',sDe one- upon which he could
lecture There wa 10 subject OF more importance
- young mon tar tuat upon which ne intended %
lecture. The sunec, was one to which he had paid
great attention ana 70 Tim bad been tie source Of
great satisfaction. tn, Bible was The hple.t OF
books and man y cry resort With TIL utmost care
H. would thcroio-c, leture portions OF tht book
for TIE Word Q. COO slal! ,tan0 forever. The Scrip
lurt, neic Tot gwen 70 teach They were solely
intended 20 cultivate morality and religion. WHAT
docs The Bible sc9Gto teach ~ Just what il does
teach Us l. the Siupie answer. y would be bet
ter for a man 70 lock up lis IiLie than 10
believe that h. WAS forced - read 1t.
rc Then went ar & ny that be would have occasion
to the word pscnomeia very often. ana th1t u"
literal meaniu- appearance. fte intant 70 sly
that an human sp.cfn wac more or less phenomena
They Cuuld uoi i2is without having occasion to use
some figure Of plsnomenE. Every sentence wat
they uttered contained mage, ri each word. Inc
m0.t piliioe0phc language contains a. much plt-
ptlncna AZ that sr0at t0bIuusv used. The phIigso-
pher SCOTS at tic iGnerage used by joshua, eo1-
handing the M @uc moon " stand, while, nc Inc
time. De i e'ng ~o-.e language while express
ing himself. lie tned ALLUDED. IN eloquent terms, 70
the phenomena esprc-.ed IN the language OF che
Bible Adam and Eve. while in the Garden oi Eden,
heard tue Lord waking ~ the coo! oi ihe dIy. Ihe
Hebrew translation q this IS. that Adam ana Eve
heard the glory ~ I'd that i, they heard ms lhun
der in the cool 81 tic day. What glorious conccp
ton was that: bsiCrs h. voice they n" nth Tear
and ever since nprts,s were frightened ny ms voice
when lie spoke bv pat gent. The Bible ever APP
pcafed to him Is supernatural, and bad mol th9s
..leppndnn tone which -ome people may mag ne II
had They should disting rish the difference between
the Invaluable f5cts 81 chat book, and the m'nnef IN
which thew we're rcycsIed; and why mad sod eJsr'
nal facts been revealed - Moses, aud expressed by
him In srtculale Hebrew words. in The beginning
God created the heaven aud the Garth. Inc great
fact expressed by Ills verse was, thIt heaven ana
earth came not 81 cnance, but from the wisdom o.
6od. This accoum. IN Genesis Is Addressed TO orr
seD-cs: 4 is metarcyslca truth that 81 forming
the world out II n0.nlng. In the various European
languages this yersc ) translated differently In
some languages the word created. ~ that verse
yas 10 increase in others, ID 10 "cut AID IN
Others to clear lie did not agree with those who
cut of the connection between that verse and tho-e
that followed H. |; should he taken as an ntroduc-
tory one to the rest lie then went on saying and
The earth was without form or VOID. II clearly me
niles that the earth Up 70 that time, was without form
ar void. IL was OF CONFUSION and emptiness o.
~ Luther terms IL, waste and emptiness. ~ may
first time in state of creation. IN the beginning
rays HesiOd an wac confusion earth, water, snd
iiFe. were an mingled together, and were moi yet
separnted. And darkness was on the lace 81 thc
deep - but, as JOB saith. the spirit Of the Lord
moved the heavens. The pheuomeu9l language used
in that portion q the verse very remarkable.
lie then went on tothe iifthvcr-e And God called
the light day and the darkness He called night and
the evening and tho morning we're the first day
Here said he, the question must naturally present
t-ef what was the commencement u tue day. md
IT what time did Il begin, IL night o. IN The
morning? OF the prineyal source o. igbs they had
no proof: God said 1T there he hight, aud light II
yss-tho first born light. God vas invisible be-
cause of his trunscendent br ghtnes u vas great
argument whether that day was = day OF twenty
four horrs or not UNI tie sunand moon we're mtde.
which VS. TT. until he fourth Dig. There Wa 30
means ~ * Ding the time, iOr u Wa those bode,
,vbicI relr.i \. +. the time seasons anu light. Were
they IL aua ltthe first day va space q un
1oen~,.rU tw.. Ihcy certainly could 10. % y
natural otp u.l jue formation ~ thc sun aud ,Dn
/. AMI tAto.r0ug and the morning were the lr'l
,ty" Wht the night betro thatda y "as
f.- n Chsa- and darkness, and day melnL ne
L.AtsLch l3iigcl.l "a ths catL Z. 1ae nr1'rA