The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-02-10
Rev. Mr.. Bogg's Lecture.

Rev. Mrs BOgg's Lecture.
re- A very good audience was pres
ent at the Court House, on Friday even
Tag last to listen to the lecture of Rev.
Mr., BoGes, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. in this place, before the Lyceum.
His, subject was" The UNITY OF THE
HtMAS RACE" and it was certainly
handled with more than ordinary ability
by the lecturer. He gave an epitome Of
the arguments favorable to the doctrine
of the unity Of the race, drawn from
wcll-known facts in the domains of Phys
;ology, Zoology, Geology, Craniology,
and Philology, and from inductions in
Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. The
anatomical relation of the several races,
their mental capacities, the religious SEN
,iment common to all--in the lower or
ders as well as in those more highly de-
veloped-language, the fact that man
must have sprung primarily from region
where clothing was unnecessary, were all
considered by the lecturer, and were evil
dvnccs 10 his mind of the specific unity
Of the race. lie cited eases. well au-
thenticated, where animals Of the same
breed, through change of climate and
other conditions, procreated races so diff
ferent in their general characteristics, as
TO cause them to be considered, by natu-
ralists, as distinct and permanent types.
He thought this strong evidence to prove
that Man, though now exhibiting various
types, has yet sprung from a single pair,
as taught by revelation. Shipwreck and
the migratory character of the race, he
thought, were sufficient to account for its
wide spread dispersion, and he cited in
stances, given by controversialists upon
this subject, of the former cause. Phi
biologists claimed, because of an identity
Of language, common descent for the
tribes OF America and those of Asia, and
navigators have seen natives crossing
Behring's Straits in canoes, passing from
one continent to the other. The lectur-
er went quite fully into the several branch
es Of his subject, citing numerous au-
thorities, and discussing their relative
merits. He spoke of the mental capaci-
ties peculiar to. and universal in, man, as
well as of the religious sentiment inhe-
rent in every grade and condition of hui
manity, and in conclusion urged the i'm
portance of this subject. 1t was not
theoretical, but an eminently practical,
one, for in it centres the doctrines Of
Revelation, doctrines of the highest i'm
rortance to the present and eternal wei
fare of the human race. He quoted Prof.
MITCHELL. eminent astronomical authori,
", for the benefit of some of his sceptical
young friends, in proof Of what he con-
tended was the fact, that Science was not
in conflict. but in harmony, with Reyel-
alton.
The thanks Of the Lyceum were voted
the lecturer for his able address, and
Judge TABOR, in noticing the interest and
Importance of the subject, and the able
and eloquent manner in which it had just
been treated, called attention to the fact
that Mr.. BoGGs had detailed points that
the limits Of one lecture, he had said,
would not allow him to discuss, although
he had desired and intended to have done
so. and moved that the Lyceum request
the lecturer, by vote, toconsider the sub
ject farther, at his earliest convenience,
In another lecture TO be delivered before
the Society. The request was unani-
mousiy voted, and we are pleased to say
that Mr.. Bocos signified his determine
ton to comply with ii.