The Placer herald., 1866-10-27

bis nostrils the breath of life, and man be,
came living SOUL" And the Lord God
planted garden eastward in Eden, and
there he put the man whom he had formed
The sacred narrative goes on to describe the
location Of this garden, and its growth, and
the rivers that ran through it, and that they
penetrate gold bdelium and the onyz stone,
all tempting industry and enterprise in this
tlller of the ground. After describing
these details it is declared: sand the Lord
Good took the man and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress and 10 keep ;tn-
18th verse. After showing him The trees
and commanding him not to eat the fruit
OF the forbidden tree and telling him the
penalty Of the act, the narrative says: "And
the Lord God said it is not meet for man to
be alone. will make a hel meet for him"
18th verse. Then is described how he
caused Adam to name all the beasts of the
earth, and fowls Of the air, and concludes
by saying: "But for Adam there was not
found help-meet for him." And he caused
a deep-sleep to fall upon Adam, and took a
rib from his side, and formed a woman, "aud
brought her unto the man."
1t will be seen from the above that there
were two separate and distinct creations Of
men. That made on the 9th day or period
was a simultaneous creation Of men and wo-
men, for it distinctly declares "male aud fe.
male created He them" Whereas in the
second chapter, it distinctly says Adam was
alone, aud for sometime alone, "and God
saw it was not fit for man to be slone," and
created woman from his rib and gave her
10 man as bis helpmeet, with the Object of
tlling the earth. The first race was created
without defining its pursuits or object. and
the "seeds" and "herbs" and "fruit OF trees
yielding seed" were given him for meat
Whereas, in the second creation it is directly
said, "there was not man 70 TILL" and one
was created with that view, and the Garden
Of Eden was spread out to exhibit and illus'
trate his occupation and tempt his industry.
After Adam had eaten the forbidden fruit
bis Maker banished him from the garden
and said: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake;
in sorrow shalt thou eat Of it all the days Of
thy life, in the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread until thou return unto the
ground"-3d chapter, 18th and 18th verses.
He went forth and was "tiller of the ground"
and he was ordered to be, and his race have
been tillers Of the ground with its different
branches OF occupation and civilization ever
since; while the other. the first created race,
have been feeders upon spontaneous produc.
tions-nuts and fruit bearing trees, and what.
ever could be procured without being "tillers
OF the ground" save where they have been
brought by the higher race into civilization
and regular work. Nothing proves the di-
vine inspiration Of Moses more clearly than
his having at this early period Of the world,
in few graphic verses, delinea(ed the dis
tinct characteristics of the two races, and the
object for which the last created race was
made. And these characteristics have mark
ed each race for five thousand years without
variation. How could this be done without
the divinity that shaped their nature in the
first days of their creation2 The efforts of
the missionaries, with all their zeal, for one
hundred years, have produced but little effect
on the lower race, even in diverting from
their instinct to wander and feed upon the
nuts and fruits of the wild forest. Whereas
the other race have ever been the "tillers of
the ground" and Immediately went from the
Garden of Eden to raise flocks and herds, and
to follow the temptations of Providence in
declaring to them that their great rivers
flowed through the land gold and bdellium
and onyx stone. This has been Inc race for
the civilization OF the earth, the architects of
cities and towns and temples, who have spread. |
the slken wings Of commerce TO the four |
quarters of the world, snufling in it's lofty
beak the gale and the breeze OF every ocean
and every sea, and bearing back upon its ex.
panded and exuberant bosom the aromatic
treasures Of every cline 10 bless and gladden.
the heart of man.
This is the race that God Almighty him
self created especially to illustrate the
dispensaticn of His providence, the history
Of which is developed in the inspired pages
Of His Holy Book. We cannot ask why or
wherefore. To say it cannot be so, because
it does not tally with our limited notions
Of philanthropy and universal equality, is to
arraign the God Of Creation before board
Of purtanical commissioners, self constituted |
and self appointed, to be the supreme
censors Of the morals and humanity of the |
world. This is the assuming arrogance of
Lucifer himself, and finally the same fate
awaits them that befell him, although they
may be wrapped up in more sanctimopous
garb of sef.righteousness. Say these people
All men are equal, and why should God |
create different orders in the races Of men? |
Why should He have different orders in
heaven itself? And yet we are told that
there are angels there, oven to the taIlest
around the throne itself Why should He
in His chosen people, illustrate govern
ment for mankind, divide them into twelve
tribes, and appoint elders and make for
them rulers, and expressly constitute Moses
to ps Iawgiver, and Aaron and
his son to be priests, and Gideon and
Joshua to bear the sword and command
the armies. Why did He make the lion the
the master beast of the earth, aud the
eagle the prince Of birds9 Order is the first
law of creation. 1t goes up from the mouse
to the elephant, and from the lowest order
Of mammaa up to the noblest Caucasian
that ever turned bis eye upward to God