Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-22
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II would see m that II the world Is as we'll
ireated as it Nas pronounced to be at the
nd of the SIX days mighty work-au ap-
,roval which modern science, the eternal
oe of faith, is trying to deprive us Of by
pretending that no such six days labor was
performed there must be some eternal truth
by which this great, and to us vital question
nay be finally settled; and of course this
yrtat truth must be divine truth: and where
can div inc truth be found but in the reve-
lation 20 Gods peculiar, preferred, ~favorite
chosen and covenant people, the
Hebrews, who in their day monopolized the
divine care.
tt Rev. DIR. Cartwright evidently looks
for the solution of this question, TO revealed
truth, with such additions and Improvements
as he can make to it that being the privilege
of faith. The ground of this theory is that
the Africans are by nature snake worship.
ors. This he attributes to a real influence
which the snake has over the negro, and he
quotes facts to prove that this is a real though
mysterious power.
If it stopped here, it would be a severe
trial of our faith to believe that snakes had
apy mower over even the inferior orders of
humanity, although tradition does give them
a mower of fascination but when the con-
pection is established between the serpent
and Satan, it becomes Ineligible. There is
not any thing in the account of the seduction
of Eve in the Bible, that duplicates Satan
with it; but Milton, who has described this
sad domestic affair with more minuteness,
in his Paradise Lost, relates that Satan was
the tempter, having undertaken a long jour
ney for that purpose, and putting on the
pleasing guise of a serpent the better to de-
| lude the feminine imagination.
Neither is there any thing in the Bible
history of Satan to implicate him with the
character which the popular mind attributes
to the devil. In fact, Satan is described as a
| single parsonage, and of high consideration;
while devils are referred to as very numer-
Gus a single man, in one instance, having
been possessed of enough to take possession
| of a whole herd of swine, and impel them to
what our city contemporaries would call a
watery grave and in another instance,
seven devils having been cast out of a single
woman: the only instance, we think, on
| record of any being actually cast out of the
pentler sex: and which gives us a ratio for
estimating the innumerable multitude Of
these spirits in that part of creation alone.
In fact, in those days, lunacy, insanity, and
most diseases, were caused by the presence
of devils in the system, and the duties of q
ply stefan comprehended the purging of the
patient from these, as well as attending to
the digestive organs. Satan, however, was
a very different character. We have ex-
pounded the Scriptures somewhat on this
subject to our religious brother of the Free
Nation, who, through the hardness of hi;
heart. fpds it difficult to believe. Since
that we observe that the subject was raised
in the Ohio Legislature, in connection with
the Slavery question, and was commented
on, among others, by Mr.. Jonas, Represents
tive from this city, and born in the Hebrew
faith.
The opinion of Mr.. Jonas is entitled t
great weight on these points, as he is of
race who for many years were in intimat,
relation to God, and reads the Scriptures il
the tongue in which they were given, ant
has, besides, cotcmporaneous literature, ant
the traditions of his people, handed dowr
from father to son from that time, to aid hi
investigation of disputed points. The speech
of Mr.. Jonas displayed a thorough under
standing of the Scriptures of his race, anC
great learning in other cotemporaneous lit
e~ratu1e, and we are g%ratiied to find that gu
opinions in regard to Satan, at which thu
Free Nation scoffed-just as was foretold Il
be in the last days-are confirmed by sucl
superior authority.
Mr.. Jonas regards Satan as not an evi
spirit at all, and as nothing in the nature o
that character which we call the Devil, bu
as a son and servant of God, and as exer
cising the office Of prosecutor at the Cour
of Heaven, convicting the guilty, instead O
tempting the innocent. We quote from hi
speech:
"The Reverend gentleman from Huro,
IT wishes to know who is Satan? and if he j
"a not an evil spirit and how l get over tn
y description of him in the Book of Job. Nj
" Speaker, with the permission of the Hous,
l. l will stay my argument a few minutes, I
answer the gentleman from Huron. Let l
, Turn 10 luC uIeb Vi JOO, blAkn NCIocs NJ
there was a day when the sons of God can
a. to present themselves before the Lord, Rr
of Satan came also among them" Now,
"a appears hat Satan must have been the chi
- Of the sons of God, for the Eternal address
IL him alone and in very familiar terms.
y refer you 10 the whole chapter, and wou
rs now inquire Of the gentleman from Huro
"a if he considers the Prosecuting AttOrnI
Of our criminal courts an evil beingP
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90 tbecourt2 and does not the Judge consu
ID with him occasionally Then, compa
of ing temporal with spiritual objects, wi
can not Satan be q son and servant
v God2 he performs his behest, and is d
K accuser of mankind at the foot stool
the Deity. We find him again in t
- same capacity, and before the same coul
accusing Joshua, the high priest, Zech. ii
on ], 2. Satan appears TO have the most hone
K able place in the court Of the Eternal,
'the right hand and Joshua clears hi
self by the assistance Of bis guardian an2
~ and is p~r0u ounced not guilty, aud the pro-
cutor, Satan, is ~rebuked, not having ma
i'll out his otse."
50 In view Of this, we see not how Q
IRE brother Of the Free Nation can escape I
IN guilt Of insxsEence, at least, Il not PcHit
blasphemy, for his abuse Of Satan.
ich BY this loose method Of treating the Sc
an lures, the popular mind has become
the pressed with the error that Satan, the d.
are and the serpent that tempted Eve, are
eet; same parsonage. This seems 10 be
rom theory Of DR.. Cartwright. He regards
lift Africans as the subjects Of the Devil,