The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-06-02

be held at this place on Saturday, June
18th. tHa tst' n"iH ha
By order Of the Township Com.
G. w. BEMIS, Chairman.
Lectures. aA1 Il .ae1 4uD ;aa4 49,
H A very large audience was in at
tendance at the Court House, on We'd
nesday evening of last week, to listen to
Rev. j. M. BoGa's review of the indie
pendence Course Of Lectures. The lee
turer spoke exclusively, on this occasion,
on what he conceived to be the positions
taken by Mr.. ALFRED INGALLS,, in his lee
ture on " Deism VS.. Christianity" con-
timing himself almost entirely to the dis
cussion of the evidences of the aatAen-
ITCHY Of our Scriptures. These he treated
very fully, arguing both upon the inter-
nal and external evidence, and adducing
a large mass of testimony, monumental
and written, christian and pagan. We
had intended to publish an extended out
line Of the discourse, for we felt conf
dent that il would be worthy of it, but
soon finding that no kind of justice could
thus be done the lecturer, we stopped
taking notes, determining to request the
) entire lecture for publication. This we
did the following morning, but though
we used our best efforts to get Mr. BoGes'
consent, we were unsuccessful at present,
although he intimated that lie might
hereafter reconsider this determination
We believe that the community would
be glad to have him do so, inasmuch as
the evidences which he offered, though
important to all, are accessible to but
few, and consequently would be gener-
all regarded as valuable in its present
form. We believe Mr.. BoGG's main rea-
sou for this declinalion, is an indisposi-
ton on his part to be thrust prominently
forward before the public, as contro-
versialist, or otherwise but While such
diffidence enhances the general respect
which Mr.. BIS talents have gained for
him, We think the sense of duty which
led him to reply to the lectures in ques-
ton as he has done, should be sufficient
to overcome that diffidence, and induce
him to give that reply rs wide a circula-
ton as possible. For ourselves, we
should like to see it published, if not in
our paper, in some other; we are by no
means solicitous as to this point We
hope Mr.. BoGGs will DO himself the JUS
tice TO accede to this wish, which we
know to be that of many of his friends.
Or Friday evening Rev. Mr.. ROBERTS,
Of Quasqueton, also delivered lecture
at the Court House, in this place, to a
very large audience. His subject was
TIE HARMONY OF THE Mosaic SIX DAYS
OF creation WITH GEOLOGICAL RECORDS,
and was treated with originality and abil-
ity. He commenced by saying that the
universe lies open for the investigations
of man, and that man is the only being
on earth capable of making that invesli-
CATION and employing it to enhance his
happiness, and it was therefore his duty
to search and examine. Everything finite
had beginning, and, of course, his
tory. The earth has history, which
assures us of changes and progress. SO.
also, with the universe of worlds for,
as the earth is one only of the great
planetary system, it is reasonable to be-
lieve that its changes and progress typi-
fy those of the other bodies. The rec
ord Of this worlds history geology has.
and is, surely unfolding. He then de-
tailed infinitely the order of formation,
as asserted by biologists. and contended,
with GUIoT, that the order of creation, as
given BY NOSES, is precisely what ge-
ologists contend it was. First, the ele-
mems. uniformed and unorganized, or
without form and void :" next light ap-
pears, meaning. he thought, the princi-
pie Of light, as the sun could not then
have bad its present distinctive form, but
must have been in the process of forma-
ton, as well as the earth then the at
mosphere appeared, aud the waters as
sumo their place ; then rock and dry
land was formed fourthly, the sun be-
gins to give heat, and then vegetable life
springs forth; lastly, animal life is appa-
rent, and creation ends with its master
piece. Man. This is the order given in
Genesis, and by biologists, and as it is
such an account that no man, unaided
by science or revelation, could write, and
as it is improbable that MOSES was well
enough versed in science to CLEAN it by
his own investigation, we must conclude
that II was revealed ia hin, Sc;onoa h.,