Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-29
VOICE OF THE PULPIT AND RIOS.
TRIM.

. Mr.. Beecher preached character
I istic sermon yesterday morning from
Acts xvii, 26-27-"And hath made Of
. one blood all nations of men for tC
: dwell on all the face of the earth, and
hath determined the times before APP
pointed and the bonds of their habi-
tation; that they should seek the
; Lord, if happy they might feel after
; Him, and find Him, though he be not
far from every one of u.s."
After showing that it was a conde-
scension for Jew to say this thing,
so opposite to both the Jewish and
the Grecian idea, he went on to speak
of the light and darkness both thrown
upon the relations of men by scien-
fists. The Speculation concerning
the origin of the lace is producing a
twofold mischievous effect. Its un-
settles the faith of some men, and 9TH
ers seeing this are driven away from
all scientific reading. There is no
doubt that the world is older and that
the race of man extends further back
than six thousand years of chrOnolo-
gy. But chronology is of purely hu-
man invention, and we touch no ques-
ton of the Bible if we remove chrOn-
ology thousands of years back. It is
generally conceded among those who
have the best opportunities of knOwl-
edge that the present condition of
things was developed from a lower
condition. 1t is not a question of the
| divine creative act or need not be,
but question whether creation was
unfolded by an instantaneous act or
! by slow evolutiOns, In regard to the
creation of man we have
THREE THEORIES.
We have the theory of the creation of
one pair, and the rest descending from
them. The second theory is that
Adam and Eve were the ancestors OF
but one line, and that there were 9TH
er lines. The third theory considers
man as the natural Out-growth of the
animal. This gives great offence to
many on moral grounds and to many
on scientific grounds. It is alleged
that this theory cannot be sustained
without leaving great gaps in the evil
dence. These speculatiOns have had
an effect on the public mind. Many
inconsiderate and hasty persons have
fallen fromtheir faith and thrown away
the Word of God, There are multitudes
of men at the present time infected
Will lllC Vi 4nEcC
speculatiOns lead the strong to dOmi-
neer over the weak. 1t is said that
the order of creation is that there are
different planes, and the plane of one
race is that of science to another. 1t
is taught that rights belong to those
who can defend them. Whatever
theory may prevail of the origin of
man will not prevent the fact that |
man has come upon the earth by q |
divine method, and il concerns US /
more to know what man is than how |
he came here. There will not be ul- /
timately any incongruity between
true science and true religion. For 4
one, am patient waiter as to how
man became what he is, / am bound
TO receive light, let it come from what
quarter it may. Let men investigate
and let them refuse the truth when it |
comes, for truth is the best for us all.
am sure in the meantime that the
race is in such a sense one that they
have the same rights and the same
duties. and the same heritage. All
spiritual elements fit all men alike,
and the questions of the future are
not disturbed by chronological conclu-
aions. do not care if one man came
from alligators, another
FROM MONKEYS.
another from lizards, if 1 find that
they are all susceptible of reasoning
and training. The important ques-
tiOn is settled if We find that we can
work men up in the same way now
that we have them here. How ab-
surd it is to speak of the anatomical
structure as proving divisions. The
plan is the same; all the
great functions are the same. Ifit is
true hat the African had his heart inhis
liver that would be tough argument.
A surgeon ora nurse would treat all
races alike. In physiology and anat-
omy it is assumed that men are one
and yet men read the sceptical books
that have been written and garrulous, =,
know-nOthings talk about the differ
ence between the fiat nose and the
Grecian nose. Isn't smell the same
in one as in another? In some fami-
lies you will find one child radiant
with imagination, blazing with geni-
rs, and the next will be cold and :
practical; one will be full OF song and
he next will be dumb. There are no .
greater differences in the families of j
races than we find here in the fami- '
y on small scale, You can educate j
to a small degree, but there {
S no development in generation but {
he minute you strike the human race {
you find that the reason is there, and s
you can enlarge it in every way, Ed {
lcate a savage and his children will G
De better than he was, and so on till I
YOu have a high state of culture,
This is striking proof of the unity of g
he race and the sharp line that sepa- [
ates man from the animal. The love '
# the beautiful and the perception of t
Wit and humOr belong distinctively to
nan. All men laugh and nothing be- L
ow men. If sobriety is a great grace /
hen dogs beat the soberest man on
he earth. According 20 any scheme
f deVelopement how could this hu-
nor be found So the moral sense is L
OmmOn to all. The sentiments of e
onscience belongs to the whole hu- e
nan family, for conscience is O feel 6
ng that acts according to the under b
landing. When certain nations offer q
heir children up as sacrifices they G
blink they are right If you set up g
A FALSE LIGHT I
he pilot will steer Oh the rocKs, but Il
e means to go ri. ht The rudiment Ii
{ morality is in all races, but the ed is
cation is lacking. Ignorance is II
that Ye muEt extirpate, and it is for "
be worlds interest that there should Il
e no savages. What swamps are II
the miasma that barbar- K
US nations are All nations are sus-
eptible of sympathetic relations,
,Ou cannot briug together animals ol
ltO a family, but you can educate d.
be most diverse men till they will ol
'ork harmoniously together. The II
)pger different race-stocks live to- b'
ether the palmer is it that they can 81
ave the same unfolding and the ol
ime destiny. There is unity enough; q
-e don't want identity, buteongruftv l.
nd basis of brotherhood and that IL
e have in point of fact the world is al
Orking of itself toward the idea of b'
All the worlds forces IN
e working this way, independent m
preaching and science. The great IN
and commercial improve No
ents are bringing the world togeth- le
THE TENDENCY OF THINGS. W
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