Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-07

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For the State D -noeFs,
The Doctrines O1 Human Proesess
towards ultimate gserfectl6tlitv.
cxa,niUcd BY sAe lights 81 1sIsassy.
[Continucd.)
No. III
Twill conclude tho examination Of the
character Of Moses BY quoting from The
history Of tho Honorable q. White in
which he tru,hfuly remarks that "Con.
sid,rs 10 merely human light, Moses
10 not less celebrated ~ politician than
~ o historian aud poet. Pagsn anti
putty, while denying his diviss nission,
has represented him - . man Of pro-
found learning, who rescued tho Jews
from debasemcnt and slsvery, end taught
them the knowledge Of the one true God.
The five books Of the Pentateuch are
the most ar cient wrisings in the world,
and 10 history presents stronger char
acter Of authority. Ills legislation wss
promulgated at q time when the word
ia,p was unknown 20 other nstions. This
code has been divided into two psrts:
namely, religion. morals, and civil, mil
itary and political affairs. It's real Wis
dom is proved by lie existing still 1t the
end Of forty centuries, while tho more
re Mt inst'u 20 Moses, Lyeurgus. No.
ma ard Scion have fallen into desue-
tuic.
The test Of tins has stamped the wri-
ting Of this enminent Jewish statesman
and loader with an imrerishable immor.
tnlty and placed them beyond the reach
Of interpolating critics and self conceit-
ed revisers; aud they will 10 the future,
as they have in tho past, continue to DO
the greatest collection Of moral msxims,
municipal rules, and first principles 10
philosophy and ethics that adorn the Ii.
braries of civilized society. The ten
lave Of the iecalogue are the corner
,, stones upon which every well regulated
government has erected it's mun;cipsl
, system. But it must be conceded that
[ Moses hourished centuries before the
, period in which such minds could be un.
derstood, or their teachings become the
I. guide OF progressive humanity. lie was
u cot OF the age in which he lived, hut
parable soul, towering above all human
I. geniuses, to erform a work for the Ella.
e va'ion OF his own, AMI the people OF ev.
/ cry future generation. From tho time
: OF his death until David the poe. and
d solomon the philosopher 10 intellectual
IS phenomena gave indication that the
/ summit OF greatness was occupied h,
y commanding genius. The interval il
: marked by no addition to human kn,vl.
" edge save such as 10 found il the histor.
i 'cal narratives and prophetic writings
> OF the prophets Of Israel; bu. . steady
" progress in civilization is mark cd in thu
J. advancement Of the collective bod, NJ
l. the people under the great code Of Mo.
} SEES The elegant and lofty poesy Of Da.
Z vid and the solid moral mascn vork NJ
n Solomon's Proverbs were the Arst sub.
stantial additions to the books OF knowl.
edge elaborated BY Moses, and did moro
TO open the fountains Of intellectual and
moral truth, and point out The detsile AZ
: the best systems OF rules for individual
Il and national action THAI all other writ.
c ings know 10 that era. There can b no
II doubt that Egyptian civilization vac me.
i chsnical and artificial while that Of IN.
Hebrew nation was moral and intellec.
5 tus'. The monuments o. the two uations
e now remaining confirm this view Of thar
t condition; for while the immense pyr..
$ mids and casacombs Of Egypt over. ave-
tho human mind 'st the magnitude Of
such stupendous works Of Grt. not .
page OF original manuscript exists TO a..
, ssblish the sxistenes Of in.ellsos and
. thought, tending to the elevation Or n.
human soul.
i While on the contrary The whole his.
' tory OF the jewish Tribes 10 one Of "a.
vancemsot in spiritual progress, and tho
: msouseripts Of their great men will bs
copied to sdorn the studiss OF sverv
scolar OF every sge from that time to The
E end OF tho world. Some have yaiplv
! coojectured that Greece and Rome drev
: the seeds Of their iosellsetssl life from
Egypt bot - they offer no evidence il
, proof OF this conjecture " NAV sairl,
: and reasonably presume that inssIlsotu.
a light dFst foand it, way into Europe
from Csnssn, and that the poetry, phil.
osophy. and civil polity Of Moses, David
and Solomon were the primal fouosaip.
+ from which flowed forth oil shs inspirs.
lions that worked such glorious changes
10 European Society, before the Chris. !
} sian Era. The civilization Of The he.
brsvs vas more IN outward form than
% inward lite, and this 10 reason vhv
90 little progress vas made in the growth |
OF moral and Intellectual power 10 The
body OF that nation, and slso . reason |
Why 10 single individual sises the days
OF Solomon shot shove the horiso. Of
medioerity, to lssvs the marks Of bic ~. |
MUS upon bic cotsuporssiss to b tssps. |
United to postsrity. Thsi- isstisutions |
being essentially sad almost sxclusivelv |
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