The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-23

Light be, and Light was" Moses was also a
man of matchless wisdom as a law-giver, and
of equal wisdom, skill and ability as a mill
tary commander and conqueror. He was an
honored, and distinguished member of that
holy family-descended from Noah-through
however 1 do not-that there were no 'oritten
records of events before his time-yet the
TRADITIONAL knowledge" of the history of his
race-handed down to him by his ancestors,
was of the highest and most satisfactory
character-such indeed, as to assure, and
satisfy any reasonable mn s6f-its accuracy.
Between Adq,. and Noses there were but very
few connecting lives. Methgselah was cotem-
porary with adam and Noah. Sscm CONVEX
sed with Noah and AbraEam, as Isaac did
with Abraham and Joseph, from whom this
important mass of traditional knowledge"
may have been conveyed to Noses by Anaram
his father. So that we find only four or five
persons, and those of the very highest char
acter, Between adam and Noses through
whom the " traditions of the fathers" might
have been safely and accurately transmitted
But, in regard to these matters of genealogy
as well as of history, it might not be improp-
er to suppose, that Moses had access to writ
ten records, which have p4rished amid the
subsequent political convul,ions of the world;
whilst deep reverence, aud warm religious
zeal, as well as the Providence of God, have
miraculously guarded, preMryed, and handed
down to MS, the Holy Bible.
Moses was also Prophet; and endowed
with the power of working the most astonish-
ingmiracles. Above every other mere mortal
man, he seems to have been favored with
''closer communion, with "a closer walk with
God" And " Moses was very meebabove all
men which were upon the face of the eaRth."
Further be it remembered to his great credit,
that he was unambitious. His great aim
seems to have been to discharge his whole
/. duty-to fear and obey God. He made no
provision for the political, or Priestly advance
ment of his sons, who after his death, took
subordinate positions among the Levites, in
the exercises of the sanctuary.
The cosmogo,y of Moses-brief, and COM
pfchensive as it is--has been found to be SO
perIeet; as to deIS tlic sceptc in all ages and
the discoveries vuensvv vlssfsre the
world by Infdel Sayans, as contradicting the
history of the creation by Moses, have been
found, upon careful examination, to strength
en-, or establish the verify of the Mosaic ac-
count. And SCIENCE researches, and discov-
cries are constantly shedding their lights
upon, and in support of the wonderful history
of the creation by Moses. So accurate is this
brief yet comprehensive history, that Hugh
Miller, one of the ablest geologists of this
century, was inclined to suppose that Moses
must have had ga vison," in which q he saw
things as he described them" Beyond ques-
ton, such wonderful knowledge, in that early
age of the world, must have been and was in
spired; and was not the result of mere hui
man research or tradition.
The poetry of Moses, as found in the ''Book
of job" the Man of Uz''-surpasses the
poetry of all other men, ~ aA ages of the
world, in the beauty of its imagery in its
grandeur, and in its agtal sit5limity.
The legal code of the decalogue is the foun-
dation of the laws of all christendom.
The theology communicated however by the
Almighty, through " His servant Moses"-
''the Man of God," is now the theology of all
christian people. This is that Moses
"This is he, that was in the church in the
wilderness with the Angel which spako to
him in the Mount Sinai, and with the fathers
who received the lively oracles to give unto
us; Acts VII, 81, 38.
have deemed it proper to sketch the char
acter of Moses, " the great Jewish law-giver," !"
thus briefly, land all too imperfectly, admit
because the "Elder" has occasionally quoted
from the writings of Moses, in support of his,
the Elders" monstrous, and anwarranted
assumptions. Moses has given. to the world
all that is known, in regard to the early set
| Elements of the sons of Noah. The settlements
of the CushiteS were various, in asia and in
Africa. Commentators on the Bible, and
other authors, differ, considerably in locating
many branches of the great Cushite family.
But if there be anything clear, precise, and
definite, in the history of Moses, it is this,
that "a the border" Tor the habitations) " of
the Canaanites," to wit, of the Sidonians, the
Hittites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the
Girgashites the Hivites, the Arkits, the ST.
mites, the Arvadites, the z emarites, and the
Hamathites-was from Sidon, as thou camest
to Gerar, unto GAIA; as thou goest unto So
dom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and eboim,
even unto Lasha-" that is to say in the land
of Canaan-otherwise called Palestine-so
called, it is supposed from Ptizistim or the
Philistines. No mention is made by Moses,
of any descendant of Canaan ever settling in
Africa. Commentators, and others have, in
these matters, followed Moses. The I" Elder
seems to have felt the force of this great fact,
and to support his groundless--his false as
sumptions THAT the negroes are the descer-
dants of Canaan he must needs have re-
course to (what he falsely alleges to be) ''the
commonly received opinion of all ages"-to
sustain which-he quotes passage from Dr.
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