The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-07
ORIGIN OF RACES.
who IL the Asiatic, African, Indian,
Malay, Re.

OAAGkN DE nACE0s
who IL the Asiatic, African, Indian,
MALAY, Ae.
II has been, for time immemorial, the ear
nest belief Of christendom, that all these d.
visions of people, including the Caucasian,
were of the same parent stalk. Quito re-
Gently, however, this belief has been subjected
to criticism by the more daring Of thinkers
whose expression of their thoughts upon
this subject have, at least, had willing, atten-
tive and somewhat credulous hesrers, here
and there. There WAS a time when an over
whelming conservatism forbade the belief,
that the earth we inhabit, was not stationary,
and that the sun, moon and stars, did not re-
volve around it. The trial Of strength grow
ing out of the attempt To- project the theory
Of the Earth's motion, between the conserva.
tive and the progressive, has passed over,
long ago, leaving the former in grief, and
lmpairing not whit of the faith of God s
preterite ones in Himself or His word, the
Bible. / remember well, too, when was
youth, how unquestioningly it was asserted
and believed by all that the so.called for
hidden fruit was an apple. Perhaps crab.
apple the less sanguine would say, but surely
an apple of some kind. And in proof of it
We were gravely pointed to the frontal pros
tuberance in mans neck, that was and is
called Adams apple; leaving us to surmise,
naturally enough, that the core of the apple
or some other part of ii, had lodged there
and choked him, and we, his descendants,
inherited that mark of his guilt. At the
present day it ought to be quite young child
that would seriously listen to any such states
ment. To return to my subject, an unduly
liberal Interpretation has been given to the
declaration that God had created of one
blood all the nations that dwelt upon the
face of the earth assuming that color and
other peculiarities distinguishing the various
races was simply the result of accident such as
climate, &C., and the statements in the second
chapter of Genesis was q mere repetition in
detail of those in the LIST. And right here,
apprehend,i lis the ground work of the mistake.
Omitting for the present, the regular order
of creation from the first.born which was
light, down to the later period when it was
said, let us make man in our image; the
simple statement, that ''nsale and female ere.
ated He them declares the result-no more,
no less. 1t is observable here, in contra dis
tinction from the detailed statement of the
creation of Adam and Eve, in the succeeding
chapter, that the former whoever they might
be, have declared in the coarse language
usually applicable to animals proper, to have
been created male and female, and that the
language employed admits Of no stint in re-
gard to numbers. There might have been
but two, lone of each), or there might have
been scores, hundreds or thousands, and in
the larger figures, nationally enough account.
ing for the inhabitants found in all parts OF
the earth, and the islands thereof, that argus
eyed science or mousing commerce has since
successfully discovered. And it may also
account for the facility with which Cain help
ed himself to wife in the land of Nod, East,
ward of Eden, whittier he had been exiled
and also at the same time account for the
fear that he professed to have, that whose
of the work of atrocious guilt that was pu
upon him. The former creation, or success
sive series thereof, aud not the later one
Adam and Eve, was ordered by the Creator
to multiply and replenish the earth and sub
due Il. Such was the brief and only Law
promulgated for their observance. How wei
the Chinese and other people have obeyed
let their census returns answer. And thes,
views may also lead us to respect their ma
tional chronology of twelve thousand years
instead of laughing it to scorn, as we hav,
been taught Heretofore to do. And THU
theory, if it is a true one, relieve
us from the distress of not being abl
to account for that being denounced as a sir
in Adam and Eve which, according to tn,
prevailing belief, they were ordered to do
to wit: ). to multiply" &c. No such Ian
gus9e Hemployed in the directions that wer,
to govern their lives, but ON TIM contrary th,
very reverse of that. And cannot he'll b blu
think that the restraint in this direction wa,
originally imposed only for time, to be with
drawn upon proof Of their obedience, which
proof they failed to make, and. therefore
fell from the favor that obedience would hav.
secured. Let him that is without sin throw
the first stone.
In the council that resolved on the creation
of Adam, it was promised that there was no
man Z" to tall The groHndp To relieve til,
vacuum, the Lord God formed man of til,
dust of the ground, and breathed. into BIZ
nostrils the breath Of life, and man became /
living soul, and garden was prepared ane
planted for him to occupy, dress and keep
And certain laws were given for the regula-
ton of his conduct, and the penalty of deatl
attached for disobedience. Reproduction i
death.
Other employment than dressing the gar
den was also given him, in the matter of Civ
~ names to the whole host of created things
nfhw much time was consumed in this worl
" cannot say. But We can say that he wa
alone while thus employed. This being &C
complished, we have then the declaration
that it was not good that man should be alon
(which is just as applicable now to every mar
riageable unmarried man as it was then t.
Adam of whom it was spoken. God would
therefore, make helpmeet for him and ,
deep sleep coming upon him, portion o
his own frame was extracted and the remod.
eled result being brought into his presence b,
recognized in Eve at once, both his loss and hi
gain, and said, this is now bone of my bone
and flesh Of my flesh. She shall be callet
Woman. Herein is detail Of procedur,
and choice Of language that is not ever
bordered upon in the counter statements ii
the FIRST chapter of Genesis, in relation to Til,
creation of man there. Like animals mere
ly, it is stated: "Male and female created
he them, and babe them multiply &c.
Taking a survey of the various races, i
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