The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-09-11

oeen uncovered of many others which now
live Man Is evidently much later crea-
tion than sanimsis, OF some yestige Of him
would have bees found with the remains
OF birds, and animals md creeping things,
Of which the bowels Of the earth are full.@
Instead Of one creation Of man, thero have
been. perhaps, a dozen, all OF rccent dates,
compared with the creation ofjfhe earth,
plants, fowls, fishes aud asimals. And oil
these creations Of man have been marked
with distinct different characteriBtics, IN
structare form, color and moral and incl.
leetual Developments SO II has been ith
animals aud fowls, and creeping thugs of
the came clase Tho cat, tiger, leopard and
lion, are oil Of one class Of animals.1 The
Negro, Indien,> Chinsman and Caucasian,
are hkewiee, all one class of: human beings
But they nre no more kin to each other,
thaa the cat Is to the lion, or the jaekassto
tho horso, the owlto tho eagle, or thc perch
to the shad. Nor have the negroes Il descend.
ed from the white mnn, any more than the
cat from the lion. the jackass from the horse,
the owl from the eagle, or the perch from,
the chad. Thcsc different varieties of men,
animals and fishes, We're created by God as
they now exist. This is proven inexorably
by, history ns well hs science. For five
thousand years past, history teaches us that
| there has been no shadow. Of change in the
different xaricties or epeeies Of ,nen, nni
mala, bride, fishes or creeping latrgs They
exit now as they did then, There has not
been the flightest approach on the part Of
the cat to become q lion, or the jackass to
become a horse, or the owI' to beeome ON
eagle, or negro to become white tnaS: =,
Tho representation ef the negro in Egyp.
four thousand ears ago, and his mummy Of
as anciehta date, are perfect types OF the
negro Of The presentday. His woolly head
his black skin, his face, body and limbs
were then precisely what they are now
and what they were when creaied by the
Almighty hand. In tho Bibie we have
three distinct creations mentioned In the
tirst, " God said, let us make man in our
image, after our likeness "4-AiAtE AND FE
MALE. CREATED He uIEM." In the second
chapter OF Gepesie> wo ore, informed that
there was not a man 10 till the ground"
This was after he had made man, = male
ana female created lie them" We arc
informed then that the Lord God formed
man Of the dust Of the ground. and breath.
ed Into his nostrils the breath, OF life, and
man became living soul" "And the Lori
God said, it is not good that man should be
alone, I VIII make him help meet for
him. And tho Lord God caused deep
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and
lie took one Of his ribs and closed up the
flysh thereof; And the rib which the Lora
God hed, taken from man. made He wo
man, and brought her unto the man" This
was all alter the first creation in seven
days, aud after God had rested ON tho sew.
eDth day This creation Of Adam aud Eve
Sas,nfter He had created man; "raale and
female created He them" i;
: The Bible was not intended 10 instruct va
sny more In ,ethuology and natural pbilos-
\ ophy, than in astronomy and geology. II
is'an inspirel book of religion aud morals
and nothing moro. seienoe and philosophy
t. does not pretend to teach. 1t was not
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| ' y. e''', o' '''' '''is n's' or
sn' ~oria W eo"'a~ hoa 'an OF mahs won
oerp" explorations IN the mysteries OF ma
| tnre' only teach him how utterly ignorant
ne Is OF Gods universe. The earth, inst cad
OF having been created six thousand years
ago, has existed. beyond alt doubt. tens Of
| thousands Of wears rs show n. incontestahlv,
by geology. And in all probability the
earth Is o! very receHtorigin, compared to
that of The world. In bulk or space, it IL
not totthe world what grain of sand wonld
lkn - a.