, 1870-07-17
EDEN.
1sn nby Ion Turns Out 10 be the Garden
OF Edrn-lutcfcAltuE Disc0veric*-
lsabyloninn Inscriptions Cou1lr1n-
atory of ERihlc Record.

A&9Ey OF kxAAlC ktEC0t0t
From Tie Ihilll<!phi1 L<aIer.
There seems to be reasonable expectation
Of The discovery of the site OF tho Ga1aen Of
the distinguished Assyriah explorer, and Pres
iIent OF tbs Royal Asialic Society. Al meet-
ia3 OF that society, held in London short
time since. at which Ae was iuaugnrate,l, le
made speech, in which he expressed lls con-
viction that the Batylonian writings aud mon
,.naents nov in the possession Of the BrltiaA
1lusenm would turn out to be intimately co.l-
n-G'ed with the earliest Biblical writings, and
that, before long. the whole Of tho early bis
tory given in the Et>ut OF Genesis, fruna the
tiule Of Abraham io1nn ard, would be found
existing III its origua1 form among these prim-
tive Etoue records. He al-o announced that
in short time he would submit to the society
eTldeuce thst the nstae ''Gnrdau OF Eden"
was tho old and natural name Of Babylon:
He stated that there were Bab5lonlAu doc1-
nts Which gaya III e1act geographical de-
s,ription Of that Paradise in which the opening
scene Of human history il laid, answering pre-
cieely to the topography aud the geodcsical
particulars o' HOLY Writ. In them he has
branches Of the river which went ont Of Eden
same names. Pison, 0iilon, Hiddekel. and En-
ph5atcs. ue has also met With Aecounts OF
the aood, and the building ot tho tower Of B,-
bel, which bear with singular aitectncss and
value upon the Biblical narrative of those
events. II he should realize ali that he antici-
pates. he will llase given 10 tbs world one Of
the most interesting archaeological and Auti-
4ua1lan discoveries ever uAde. Among
Biblical critics it has loug teon matter
Of discussinn whence came the two dif-
ferent accounts OF the creation Of tue
world, OF man, aud OF his history from his
emauation from tho hands Of Lis Creator
down TO lis destruction By tie dcluge, which
form the first nine chapters Of Genesis.
These two narratives have BEEN distinguished
respectively as the Jehovah and E1ohlm rec
ort4s. because il, the one Deity Is spoken Of az
~ Elohin. Probably Sir Henry hawlinson'n
discoveries viii throw Light On tie subject, aud
thus clear up the obacurity which hangs over
that portion OF the sacred taxi. II this
should be the case, he would bo = bcnefacsor
.os! and = archaeology. There i nothing smaz-
lug in the fact that the ecn1psured
archives OF Dabylonla, necessarily the
chief memorial OF tradition and belief
among the Challvans should 10 reflected
in the annals Of . race which camo forth
| ing the originals with the derived reports and
! of finding the authentic sources from Which
| Elohlrs and Jehovist drew their statements, is
one which will naturally excite vivid e1recta~
Hons among Biblical scholars, aud cannot fail
to arouse very general curiosity. The cause
l
covcries in science, notwithstanding tho OUT
cries made against them by well-meaning bat
| rather ehort-siglted persons Truth can never
eainsay truth, nor can We 60 back to the prac-
lice. whether political or religious, which is
said to haye 1ain hands On Calico for assert
ing that the world moved. Nevertheless. it
moves" il true Of everything as we'll a. the
| planet We live on and il thete new discov-
cries, OF any others. interpret to us, in q
positive and simple sense, legends which hsvc
been lost in the eaered mist Of tradition. the
Biblical account cannot but gam III clear
ness, while the intent wh,cs, dictated the record
must I've carried out with increased directncss
and force. The character Of al such inrerti-
cations has ever been in the highest sense
atittural and Christian. II may turn out thai
the chaldeans had traditions OF Eden. Of the
Flood, and Of Babel, ant! that Abraham broush
to Canaan, and handed them down to- poster
ity. and these traditions may also have fouut
| their way into other hands long before Abra
hams tine, which would partially account ia
their unitersslity. Let us, at any rate, know
shat the Babylonsan recorda can tell about th
| Gilon can be identified without geographic
bevslderuent, let It. by ali means, be done
| We have our doubts atclt the pfobabilt
OF this. Euphratee remains, but it seem
strange thst the three other rivera ahoult
have disappeared 20 completely In countr
1
within recorded history. Neither the heat no
the eand have been able to obliterate tn
Eurh1ates. and it ia difficult to imagine tn,
they could have otiitersted the others: unlea
they were insignificant streams. But the tur
which Sir Henry Rawlit,son has given to th
meaning OF the term, "Garden Of Eden,
throws Light on that passage IN 1naiAh (chaI
81, Y. 12), Rave the gods Of the nations dt
livered them which my fathers have destruyee
- Gozan and Harm and Rezaph, and ne chi
drea Of Eden which we're in Telassa:~ An
on that in Ezekiel (chap. %, '. 81. "Ihu
haAt been in Eden, the garden Of God"
The Supposed Sensation OF rre~c1
lstence.
From II: .NatioK:-
4 writer in the London Practitioner b
! / something very interesting to say ia fegard {
A curious sensation winch most Of our reAael
hAve felt nd whieh, il thsy believe Whist
feel sgain. The sensahon in question is sh1
described BY Coleridge:
. ION DER uy bfa1n does thdt strange fancy roll
Which max the present <while tae t'ush DO
Seem fneru semblance OF some unkno.
MIXED Ti'n tueh feelings IS perp1ex the soul
sef"anestioned In heF sleep; tnd some na
We lived ere yet this yoke Of tesh We wore.
TennEsont also, among ! great many 9th
,, poets. ancient and modern, refers to il:
Moreover, something Il or seems
That touches me With mystic gfeAMs
Lie gumpaes Of forgotten dreams
IL "oi something felt IRE something he1e;
: OF something dono know not whefe;
- Such Il no lAngutzs may declare.
And Dickens, in "a David Coppezde1d. 1e8af1
/ | the sensation as one common 10 Al Msa :,
i ava have Ill some experience q Ieenn 2
r which comes over us occasionally o. "n.s
: arc sAying and doing haHnS eeen sua VI W. w.
!. surrn,udad DIN ages ago by ths came face
= l objects, md cirruustAnces-oi oui RnoWlo
. neffect!y weu vhas viii BE- said next, az y
j su1denly remembered il
. the tro poets, or else 1t is description Of
= con.derably stronger sensation thAn tn
|, rhich they had experienced The Prdel
: tioy4T's correspondent SAYS that be had bes
= {1om boyhood familiar with the feeling, b.
! that it never came 30 I, f,equently nor with SUI
/ to tt Of epilepsy, which disease thsn, +
i the frat time, attacked him. He haA sin
! hAd bat few recutfeuces Of the feeling, but (
: two Of the few occasions it waa follow
: vithin twentJ-four hours BY IN epilept
8 seizure; There seems to the writer, then, ap,
!. from Ill the pretty things th1t phuosuphe
5 aud poets bAve nsade out Of this e1pesiene
Q that It has for ita chief intereat therapeu'
4 interest," The eensatiou OF pfe-e1istence,
Q whatever It may be called, onght, be thint
l. "to BE- regarded n showing disturbances
. htain-function." F." and he doubta II its recog1
ton and removal might not prevent rul
: more important disorders. He suggests, to
: that s.inquity il casea q ep.1epay may date
. something Of this sort put aside Is not bet'
4 ! Of sufficient consequences to speak OF, And =
q in truth bang u,inimized form Of petit M
waning to precautions sgatnst larger SCI
= usr," Tia chief PIecauhon he Would taxa
.,, . !.