The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-02-05
Pittenser Among the "Bumps.'i p

Church last Thursday evening, to ful
house. His subject was ''PheDology." Il
was strange subject 10 the hands Of an or
thodox clergyman, and we are compelled to
say was handled in a strange manner. The
lecturer is a gentleman Of considerable abil
ity, but it was an "up-hill'' business foi
him to bring the propositions Of his
''science" in accord with the recognized
tenets of his spprofessed religious faith The
lecture was more in the character Of an apo
logy, than direct annunciation Of princi.
rles-a kind of hanging on the outskirts Of
a pool of corruption, and there was a great
hesitancy about ''wading in," even ankles
deep. The contradictions were numerous
and glaring-even the most distinct prppo,
sitious being explained away, after being
announced with degree of pOsitiveness pc
culiar to men of his probes ,ion-on princi-
pies very antagonistic to his theory Of Phre'
uology. ,........
For .iGstsnce: the BUMPS indicate the
positive character of the man. After arriv-
ing at maturity, it would be supposed that
any further development would be in the
same line or character in which they had
been growing from first impressions, contin-
ued during almost life time-the charac.
ter would be formed. and get, the lecturer
admitted, before quitting the proposition,
that there was power stronger than the
operations of the brain, which could ignore
all distinctive traits of character, and in
spite of all this previous education which
had determined the proportions of the diff
ferent parts of the brain-make the
perfect man pliahla as a child-receive new
impressions, and reform and remodel the
shape of the head. after the dumps" up
on which phrenolcgy was founded, had arri-
we'd at that maturity which, one would ex>
pect in perfect man, thus ignoring his dis
tinciige proposition, and falling back upon
the old theory, which is adverse to phrcno
logy. There is no sense in the doctrine of
bumps if there be controlling influence
stronger than they--it would be this con
trolling influence which indicated chalac>
ter. rather than the development of the
brain. ......
Again, the speaker was met on every
hand by the doctrines of the fatalists. He
sought to excuse himself from this diem
ma by stating that there were .feOo fatalists
believers in phreholngy. But we appre-
hend no person would take that as reason.
IT the bumps indicate with any precis>
ion man S character, i: would be folly to be-
lievp in the doctrine of the new birth" SO
tenlcously held by the Churah Of which
the lecturer is member That sold things
would pass away and all things became
new" in an instantaneous conversion would
be impossible under the doctrines of phre.
him to become 'new crea>
ture' without the long thought and mould
ing Of the brain, Of which the lectuer re.
cited several instances where such fact was
noticed in series Of years. But no total
change Of nature to the extent that would
lea one to despise or hate those things
which before W ,re their chief delight, ex-
cept by the most persevering, dligent and
long.continued effort. But, in a measure to
obviate this the lecturer brought to bis aid
Supernatural po~ers, which, although the
bent of the ''bumps' draw one powerfully
reached oct It's protecting arm, to--re-
lieyc him from the dilemma. This was
begging the whole question. He would
have the supernatural have charge of the
subject until the bump was developed,
and then-2eare the subject to work out
tho problem upon the strength Of the pro,
tuberances. .
It was pure Janconbe which led the lee.
turer to class bis science with the science
Of "A5olition - etc, to draw on 'pheius"
Of those "ctferrcsciug' subjects Of hum.
bug
The lecture closed with grand panegyric
to New England, as the great father and
mother all the isp,s which have cursed our
country-incuding Spiritualism, Mormon.
ism anI free ovism but neglected to tell
them tha unl2r the indlence Of this spir-
it, which ignores the Paulism Be not
carried about with divers and strange doc
trines; Tor it is good thing for the heart
to be established with grace" New Eng
and has, in great measure, grown to con
,iler Christ, as the Jews, a stumbling
block" and ~ the Cracks, ''loolishness,
aud have, like T"f1el France, erected Gods
ot Reason, forgetting that God "hath
chosen the foo ish things OF the world to
,onfound the wise, and ''the weak things
IF the world lwithoat any great develop
nnet Of bumps to confound the things
Thch are mighty" [n fact under this
great development Of iSnts in New England,
(nfdelity abounds, aud before many years,
he christian religion will have few votaries
IL that locality.
The speaker clas5ed our population un-
Ter two classes mot sheep AMI goats but
believers in every humbug (including .phre
lology) and the conservatives, who, like
David. pray % be led in the ''oldputh,' - the
plain poth,' which has been trod by that
hrong Which have went up through much
ribulation, He appeared to think it vir-
ne, to be like wave of the sea- driven
With the wind and tossed" believing every
me who cried To- here is Christ, or
here" Heappeared to think people sho'd
mhrace phren5logy because it was ne,0 -
the ridicule attempted to
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