The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-06-14
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When the Lord God created man ard wo-
man, he placed them in Il Garden to dress
aud till IL, and he is represented as talking to
them. And when the Lord God came in the
ccol of the evening, and found Adam and Eve
hid, he is represented as talking with him.
Now all these conversations in regard to Lam
guage,or speech, are enigmatical. Ifthey had
a spoken language, we are not told what il
was, neither are we told but that, in their
state of holiness, they communicated mental
ly. We have as much reason 10 believe it,
as that the d'sobeying of Gods command
ment altered the physical structure of their
bodies and the Whole face of nature. That
ground should be cursed for Adams disobe-
dience, and that the women should bring forth
in sorrow, and her desire be to her husband.
In regard to children being born without
speech, my opponent admits, for it is palpa-
pable fact. But do they learn a written Ian.
guage orally? And were they left without
instruction they never would speak for there
are some instances where the speech has been
lost, in persons who have long been separated
from human society. Why does not the mute
talk he has all the organs Of speech as per-
fsctlY formed as the greatest linguist in the
world.
AS our object l hope and trust, on both
Sides is for mutual improvement and infor-
: nation, l will give my views in few words
inregard to speech, or language (synonomous
terms H"g"a to speak, language, or tongue,
and t07uoeto to speak, language or talking.
In regard 10 the two original languages,
viz the Hebrew and Arabic, DIR. Adam
c Clark saysit is impossible at this day to tell
which of the two takes precedence but he in
clines to the belief that of the Hebrew, as
= that language is lost excepting the Hebrew
testament, whilst the Arabic continues a liy-
ing language. These two languages are sup
posed 10 be the most ancient in the world
But from the discoveries already M de- and
still M king in the ruins ol ancient Nmcvan,
thore is query on tia- subj,c,. ..
Mr. Layard says from the hero tliphi,s
discovered on those ancient remains Of sculp-
tured marble Gods, animals d. show con-
elusively that the As,yriau anl Esyptln
= languages were probably cotemrorary, and
that the knowledge OF the arts and sciences
. spread as fom a common ctnre, from As
i syria, or Nlnevah its great apital, into .ypt,
BabyIcnia, Persia, and oil er palts-ot the
Globe, and probably into Africa But so
{ ,enac'ous were the surrounding nations of
;, their own language, they never adopted it,
e The Persian, Asiatc or Hid o Language,
'a.e back near, or quite is far as ,i.her of
II Them.
! Now when we take retiosp Give view of
1t those ancient, but cnce opuar languages,
- :, spoken ty millions on millions of Inhabitants,
n which have been lost ages on ages, and un-
is Ill very lately, not even relic to tell the sad
= tale Of their msgulf:tnce and grandeur, and
rs of their destruction and iual end, the mind
< naturally reverts ta;k to the time when the
f earth was poo3,d with a race cf mcn who
$ had no connection with our first parents, an
\ spoke language which Adam never heard
't We ow turn our attention a moment to
y nations who have sprung up long since
! many of these nations we're buried in lha dust
( of oblivion; the German, French Russian,
st Italian, Hungarian with multiplicity of Ian
E. guages now spoken, an fit does not produce
! most heterogeneous, arbitrary variety, then
. | admit do not understand the term.
e, When my opponent asks the question, if
lie Gol could not have done this, or that thing
ID in his ,aiye power, answer quickly in tie
Affirmative, but because he has not done So
is no argument in the premises. What God
- could have done, and what he has done, are
v two things, and as opposite as the poles
When we take up the Natural History of Man,
y we must lay the Bible aside, as having no
s. connection with the subject. When set out
in my lectures on this Interesting subject, one
le great object was, to prove the annals of that
n. sacred book and how far have succeeded,
II leave to the public to decide, after they
III shall have read them
d R, II, HoYT, NJ. D.
ns fS- Central America, Walkers Government
IL was represented in the National Democratic
IS Convention, on the Same principle, we suppose
that Territories of the U. S., are represented in
ID Congress. ........
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