Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-24
RICHMOND WHIG.
REMARKS INCIDENTAL TO BISHOP yEADEs
LETTERS.

To tbs Rjitor Of the Whig:
For centuries divines and philosophers have been at
variance. Whyy Because the church fathers have made
the Sacred Word text book Of ra.ura sciencs. G,d
has given two great volumes which both equally
true in their province Glorocs, divine truths per-
tanning to life aud heaven adorn tie pagss of the ono
the second nsrusts oily in scientific matters where
it pcius through nature up to natures God. Scientific
truth is as much the work Of God religious truth
That the former to contradict the latter no "a
Of philosophers but il is the fsul. Of the divine Men
can see material facts easily than spiritual onF
therefore tbs church liable misinerpre, Gods
volume of divinity, than philosophers His book Of
nature. The church has made wonderful concessions to
science, and she will ye: make more, without infringing
upon the verify and holiness Of the Sacred Scriptures
Was Calico iafdec when the church pronounced him
unscrpiurAl for making the sun sationay' Still that
church affirmed only what the Bible yet to teach
Are host Of astronomers il fdelic for believing the
earth to be the "a pring Of the lumnay from which sfe
absorbs continual lie aud heat, Yet the church have
ausht from Genesis that the child three days older
than its own father. Scientific have taught that
light has 10 Independent. tKscnce yet the church have
decided tina. 1t created prior to lis only material
sources. Biologists believe that six great Of pro.
gress we're necessary to make the earth hAbitabls-
Churchmen say that l44 hours did It, II those phcso
piers wrong, God himself ought TO anathematiEs
them. II right, then he never designed Genesis as
guide book science. The master has said 81 have
many hr 60 to tell you, but you cannot bear them now
We trust in Him. When all things hidden revealed
the opening chapters of Genesis like the closing Of
R-v valaYinp hall ko H.,
trGnrconding their ordinary interpretations. Then God
shall be justified as the consistent Author both OF nature
and Of revelation. Aud then nfdels will cease 10 smile
when the doctors of divinity and those Of science d
agree II accept the book OF Genesis literal cos.
mogony, We are at plunged into labyrinth of con-
tradciions from which the church mpotcnt to deliver
US. To fall back upon that hackneyed proverb "sll
things possible with God,' is permissible only to
bigo,s and unreasonable men.
We arc not prepared to disrrove the "Unity Of the
Human Rice" yet We will call attention to some points
bearing the q1esion. Tie church IN general teach
that al individual man tds the sixth day OF
creation, and placed for awhile in Paradise, BY himself
Shsn God seeirg tia! he could not happily live alone
made for his wife. Yet the Scriptures disinc
y declare tiA, male and female" were created on the
NsI ssno Gay, aLu pOLn named Dy the generic term OF
Adam "Malc aud female creat ls them, and blessed
them and called their Adam, in the day when they
we're created" GES. " versc. Before naa was made
God said Let Us make mAn and set hsm have do
mnion" &c: here is manestly the intention to crel,e
more than one. Adam is plursl noun aud means
kind, just much does one person. There is no
uncontradcled statement in the Bible sirg that Adam
means one The Uniy" therefore, cannot he supported
soripturAliy, without Troublesome contradictions.
That all spoke the same language is only an
iaferenrl argument from their samenefs Of color
actual proof We have desired TO show brtfJ that
uay c believe iu the "UniIy Of the Human Race" with
out being itfdelc. We might offer some other argu.
menis opposed to the Unity" but it our desire to
cOntrOvert here Aboli.ioniss may we'll be termed in
6iec, because they adj to the Word Of God; but be-
levers in an original variety of have dnn.
iiked from that word GEORGE HINKLEY
J,fsrsontop, Va,