Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-25
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Scripture and Geology No 3

We Inye seen thai tn, fossils with winch seye.
raj of the strain beneath tho earth's surface
abound, occur not ina state of rreguiari,y and
confusiop. but in the nrccise order of nature
Long before GEOLOGY lind assumed tho form Of a
pr,ner science. p,cnt proyrcss hnd been made in
tho study of Natural History. Both the Bo,nnist
nnd Zooorist hnd agreed onon systems Of cIas.iN
ncntien for their rc.n,ctiyr kingdoms By ncnre-
rul md cxnt n,o,css of nnnlyss and pencrnliza.
linn ,bos, ,,rc,, cb,,,,tcris,i,.s wcrr dct,rmnod
under which were RANGED the various orders zen.
ern, and species, and to which nll existing and
nr,,exi.tiny tyn,s were to bc refereed. All mi.
mails and nlunts were thus assigned their scraratc
nnI nrc,is, nosit;,n in tho s,nl, of orsnn,, lle
and ihcir order Of succession richly nseer,a,ncd
Now when we fud that the remains Of extinct
animals and plnnts which distinguish the hc,eral
pcolopi,nl ncriols nrc urrnuerd nt,cr nm exuc,
Hoolorical and Il ta,irnl scale, We hu1e at least
un additional ,ouiirmu,iou of tho ,rrnt truth TINT
order and progress pcr,ndc nil nature Those
strange old records for nrc- hidden from the sight
,f mnn and tho scnr,hnps of science. contnin
unon their every page the impress of His handi.
work all of whose works "nrr honorable aud glo-
rious. pcrlormcd in wisdom. and sought uf all
them Tint hnyc Measure therein"
There is another remarkable fact IN this connoc-
tion we'll w. ,iby of notices that whilst these fossil.
ferrous drposits occur in precise md prog, cssive
order yc, they do not run into cnch other by in
sensible prndo,ions but nre M distinctly marked
off ns 10 form ssp,roie creations. IAN uc,loric
bia,o,, " snvs Uuyh NiIL,, 81, full of tho begiu.
niug- nuJ the ends Of sncccs--of ,hcir frat nnd
1,s, lnys but i, cxhi,iis no yencnlriea nr dcy,l.
,nm,nt n, bvno,bes,s of dc,eL,nm,p, cnn ncu.
trnli,e or explain nwny the great geologic fact
,hnt every true .nc,ies Ind II Leyipniny in,l,nen.
dent nnpnrently of every preceding spcc,os" The
gifted nutbor from whom we have ono,cd uses this
In,t with overwhelming force arainst tho advocates
of tho de,elopment theory. lie shows that the
doctrine of Iamark TINT nil the higher form. ofani.
mai Glc wer, GRADUALLY md proyressiyely deycloped
cut If the owcr-is not only absurd In itself. but
completely contralcted by the researches Of geo
l,rirnl science. TINT these hnvc demonstrated the
.enoro,c cre,ton Of the several species. Such nm
r,,n,n.,, ,nnnn, hc ,,o;ns.vcI no op, bns darcd
Ia n,,,mnt ;,s rcTutntion. IL shuts foreyer the
nnu,h. ,r hos, ,yho would ,nnl b, untur. i,s owp
renter and from n thonsnnd silent hut ;nfnll;hle
w,,nesscs nscriLcs IN. undivided glory 10 Him
..who IL h,f,re nil things md Inv whom MI things
cnnsist "
II ia C,r n dif,crcni nurnosc howcyar wc nro-
nosr IN usc His imnor,ant fnct here While
h,nllv admitting WIN, n, ,nnaiJ mind enn
i,,,or lnnv ,h,t ,horo L,vo h,en suc,css;ye Gran.
,;nns or animals and nlnn,s il will be our effort 10
Ln,, ,hnt ,L n;hlo rcf,rs 4, only he Lst of tbr,.
crroi;ons. nnJ that ticolngy so fnr from eon,rn
di,,iu ihe Nusnia account gives to il its fullest
endorsement nnd demonstrators tho recent origin
r. n,r r,.o and of tho nroscnt svs,cm of things
~
nat ,,busic,I ,ruth. II treats exclusively of tho
ehnrr,,cr and Lw of God. the creation. fall md
recovery Of man. No attentive render of 1t can
cu D., hsc,y, With uhot strict GIelt y Il c,n6nes
tsr,r to tbis ono class of subjects. never turning
n.;dn IN Introduce incidental or curious topics Il
'.nn,o;ns r., ;n.,onrc illusions 10 tho angelic or
1cr If le;nrs 90 closely connected in their sym.
n,,h;os maj oven IN ,her cmnoyments. with our
rann. AL 90, a.. n,lv information II ciycs con
,arn;nr ,hc,, l.; In ia C,rm If remote and obscure
;n,;mah,;o"s ;;h va hnye m nar,;rumrs re.n,ctnr
,,,.;r oroo,,, ,nl nn,hiny dcGni,c with rcgnrd to
hair h;s,n,v onJ Il ~ onlv in their relation 10
,nar and 4, ,hn n,o, or snivot;on Tint tho Bihe
a"aai" ~ ,hon, W. c,nnot wander thcn tint il
sIonI1 Ia s;,nn, c''neern;n, ,hosc inG,rior creo.
,;'ou ;'" ,.;,h T.; 'r,,odod ,ha onncnro,eo or
iI,I Cad d.s;,,noI r., ,cnch mcn science he could
,,1,. a" ha' 5;s.,asol IN lis Wor1 Nil thns, mys.
e"'' ''lo,o,"n, "", Witch ,be humon mind has
'''."''. ' ~ ;nrn.,'a,na he cnn,d Inv. cnn.
w. ~. .r, mad ;n,,;,ye s,cns ,a tho fnll
d;scoycrv . ~, of tho wonders Of na,nre but having
snroad L.C,rc us tLc yolumo If creation. and en-,
p"n' ne,o'I VI H., ~" r cnl IN. u ,hc cansc.
e",,i u; 80 w. ,hn, ,r .h,II Gn1 ,'ne nC
VI '"'',Is ~ r're0, ,Jcas,res in
o"' ''' ,,'a ci ,ca e t,,n crna,nr ,hrn,yL his
.l"o"S "a n:'; po',a,;' ,,,, ,;,o, ~ sSnnniv
~ &c., r. ,',',na =, ,,,ato lnnnn tr,,h. thnt
t NV I'.us ] ,;nI 'r ;,snlc c,nlJ ne,or Lnyc l;s.
sno a' "u'"' y, ,,,i ,horoc,ro ha,o hmm neryer
eoN''u"; ,'1 """ a"I h,lr nr,,ose baJ ,br R;ble
| ,'aaaoo,,JoI T., hoa,,,,. i, hout nr s,rnre And
oo,'"use'va hn " n;,,h, j." nvnoe, ,bot ,e R;hle