The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-10
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From TIE Raleigh (M C) Post
Sciencesand Revelation

superficial hteped philosophers Of that
enlighfs1sd land which lies beyond the Poto
mac, 10 display their independence of thought
in fippant assaults upon whatever is venerable
and sacred I'M heinstitutions by which they are
surronnde ed IA An attentive observer cannot but
Sperceiye, thatfn the midst ofcommunities more
distinguished than any other on the globe for
the prolific growth ofrelgious sects, and en-
terprises of true and ffa1sesb sbenevolence, mark
edstendencysto skepticalgand infdel opinions
has.been sbecoliing more eiand more apparent
for some yearsfp rand that it is now quite
fashionable, certain circles, pretending to
superior mental cultivation. to array the sup
posed deyel oamentssof modern science against
the positive testimony Of the Holy Sculptures.
The number of that tainted magazine,
which, shasJrecently made the name of Putnam
so offensive to our Southern ears ,ycontained an
article of The character to which we now al
lude, basediupon the new work of Mott and
Gliddon, entitled aTypes of Mankind;" and
within the last week we have been surprised
to find d long extract from the said article, ap
provinglY Transferred to the. columns of ..Ar
thurs Home Magazine, % and introduced s8ih
aseries of editorial remarks, such as we never
would have expected to see in a periodical so
Justly distinguished heretofore for its.pure and
wholesome morality. We.do not attribute to
salr.. Arthur either the disposition or the ability
= 70 Infict wound upon the feelings or the faith
-Sof his sreaders bS any scientific deductions of
his own; but we know that his paper has
wide. circulation all over The country, and that
it is an especial fayorite with the purer. and
more conscientious classessof societYs 1t was
therefore: with considerable surprise that ives
found him, in ap article headed, 6 Is;sMAE ONE
oR2sASY?" endorsing the article in Putaam's
; Magazine, on that subject; although it con-
tanned views utterly inconsistent with the his
toTical truth of the Old Testament, and ahe
=lwriter endeavors to reconcile Scripture8with
the Es4ks Of science and archaulogy,- by the
suppnsiiieass accounts of tire
CreatioA and the Deluge are nothing sbuts ssha-
dowy allegofes, sconcealing some unknown
spiritual truth E0ery day." says the editor
Of the &c Home Magazine, &c ..t ssce can see the
opinion roofing itssl more and naoretdeeply in
to tie popular mind hat Il. is an error 10 look
into tkeible for kistoricalo or scientific authori-
ty - sare we left without decided evil
dence that this 6 popu!asg opinion is his own.
aud we are fully. warranted in the inference
that, according to his view, the history oftheS
Jewish nation, as recorded in,several books of
the Old testament, is no more to. be relied
upon than the books of Liyy or sHerodotus-.
We seriously and honestly doubt whether such
sentiments can safely be admitted by religious
parents into the family circle,,swhere reverence
for the ;Scriptnreseis faithfully inculcateds upon
the minds of the yolpg. sa+v
The nature of this insidious ltupop the
sacred authority ssof the Bibies can sbe easily
s:atedsin s. few words. 2Onfth one; hand we
have the 1iberalteS Of what. purports to be
the Word of God :" y, on. the othes,swe have
the /" say.so". Of a few infde! savd,ts, in regard
othe meaning. Of certain phenomena Of geolo-
gy, or the sinsignifcation Of Obscure .picturese
and characters discovered in pyramids or on
the masonry of ruins long buried underFth the
sands Of the desert. The hints gathered from
these obscure traces, ares elaborated in the.
hands of such men as Lye u, gassiz, and Gid.
don, into as most plausibls chain of reasoning,
the principal object Of which generally seems;
to beto discredit all our present sources of
knowledge; without substituting any substan-'
tial authority iri7theirplace The facts referred
to are utterly hey yond the scrutiny of the "pops
ular mind" because not one man in; q million.
can examine for himself into the g dark places
of theSearth,' = where this faglnentary revela.
tion ofsllasafe aud artlies Concealed from the,
eyessof all but the privileged few. The whole
question theFeTor which arises from these
modern discoveries, depends sfor-its solution
upomtheI fairness wit III which the two conflict
ing revelations have been interpreted By The,
learned The ntradietien lies betwee sthe:
interpreters of scripture and the Interpreters Of
the phenomena ofSnature and art, and not, as
hoo hoan rtea shatyyeen fha tasfin5Snv of