The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-11-21
VI khN AHNNi SSNt'
rhrenniugy ~. Christianity.


entertained, during the past week, with
lectures, examinations and counsels. I'M
der the specious names Of phrenology,
physiology, health, &c. Many trae things,
no doubt, have been said. 1t would be
difficult for any man, Of ordinary intelli-
gcnce on these subjects, to say SO much,
without uttering soae truths. Many
foolish and false things have also been
said 1t would be quite as difficult for a
man to talk so fast and with SO much
liberty, without saying some foolish
things. '1n the multitude of words there
wantcth not sin
We have three very particular aud
grave objections to bring against the lee
turcr.
/. lie over-statcs and misrcpresents
phrenoJogg. According to DR.. Gall, Or.
Webster, and others, phrenology is the
science rhteh protcsses to determ ne The
qualities Of tie n,iad by the fam IF the
brain o. sAaH. Its synonym is creHioio-
gy. DR.. Wagner says it includes the
state Of the stomach, nerves, liver, blood,
&c yet, in his examinations, which
wcr: so very interesting to many, lie made
no enquiries or investigations about any
thing but the hcad--though lie doubtless
did detect, by the eye and car, Tire lead
ing traits Of character from the general
or special appearance of the subject in
other respects. We consider this an I'M
position, and a contradiction Of his own
position, in the Introductory lecture. The
positions taken in that lecture, were gen
orally correct; but lis examinations were
not in accordance with his professed Pc
siti0n.
. The lecturer was often very extrav-
agant in his assertions, claiming too much
for phrenology and conceding altogether
too little to the great MORAL n.alady of
men, and to christianity Us the grand
specific for that malady. His bump of
reverence, VIC judge, is none of the lar
gest. SeiE-asteem IS probably of full me-
dunn size. "Men are always dcpravcd," -
he says, when they arc diseased " So
they are when they ere not diseased
Good health never made a man chris
tan, and byd health never prevented one
from being christian. Judge Jef'rics
had good health, Int he was an insoiont
and cruel monster Richard Baxter was
an invalid, but he was a meek and cody
man. We have heard diseased m,n--
even dyspepttcs--preach and pray with IS
much reverence aud spirituality as any
man Of sound health. President Hitch
cock, the great American Geologis,, has
been a nervous invalid for more then thir-
ty years; yet, who ever discovered ii from
his lectures, sermons, prayers, or pub
lishcd writings?
,. The lecturer grossly violated some
Of tie plainest rules Of health aud REL
cion, which he protested to teach and re
spoct He kept his audiences from two
to three hours each evening, in a badly
ventilated room, breathing over and over
himself and themselves, air which was
50 impure that lampcould scarcely burn
IN it. All his misunderstanding of
his czcresscnces and extrayaganccs-
might have been conveyed in one hour
each evening.
Moreover, he tramplod upon the Sab
hath, by continuing his labors upon that
day; thus showing not only his real dis
regard of religion, and of the soler con.
yictions of large majority of the citi-
zcns Of the place, but also Of great and
established law Of health and morality,
which requires that both man and beast
rest from their labors one day in seven
" Let CHRISTIANITY, Science and
Paitosophy rule the world" he exclaims
in his handbiils, and then, impudently
and inconsistency tramplos under foot
one of the 0ost essential articles Of the
christian religion.
On the understanding the lcctur-
or came here accorliug 70 his own statc