The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-23
The Baptist u MON.


All religious are subject to periodical visits
Of agtatOrs and would-be ref0rmers sometimes
they have been regarded as necessity to save the
Church from the cOrrupting Influences of the age;
At other times their disturbances have been regarded
as the OutgrOwth Of their lnsubord nation, while the
s'faithful" have generally looked upon them as
tnOrns in the side OF the Church. lest she .shoud be
exalted above measure" Just now the Baptists
seem to be the special subjects on whom
these "disanected" are operating. II ''smooth
waters run deep.'' then deep waters ought to
run smooth But deep the Baptists have
dug their channel, SO as to secure much water,n
yet the stream seems to be capable Of being greatly
ruiied, at least on its surface. This denomination
one OF the largest In America has always arr0gated
the Apostolic Church In the purity of its faith and
practice. II we rightly interpret their journals the
vast majority OF them are still unwilling to give up
the position. AS other sects clam the very same
thing an undisputed apostolic successlOn-ln some
might not be allowed q similar assumption. hut
there not few within her closely guarded walls
who seem TO think otherwise They demand that
the Baptists shall only be considered one branch
Of the great Catholic Church, and that other
branches snail be received and accepted as equally
apostolic. They also demand that they shall be con-
sidered none the less Baptists for holding these
sentiments. The Baptist Union was established In
tins city at the beginning OF this year the organ
oil these "liberas,n as they call themselves and 1t
promises TO do good service for them. IL seems to
able "a otists IN Enaand sucs as Mr. snnrgeon and
DIR. Brock Whether the Baptsts Will consent to be
"degraded 10 the level OF the secs," the estab-
lishment In England would say remains TO be seen.
But 1t seems from present indications that they VIII
either yield enough to make compromise with the
their neshn which its promoters have neither the
wish nor power to give them sutficiency OF grace
to Dear.
The 'InQuirer'' ON the White Man aud the
Negro.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
without encroachtng too much upon the columns
of your excellent journal or wearying your readers
would like to make the following statement in re-
gard to the article written In reply TO mine the
question, Had the White Man and the Negro Com
mon Parentagef" by the Enquirer" and which APP
peared In your issue OF few Sundays ago. In the
article referred to no new arguments brought
forward IN support OF his view; but he
cOntented himself by attempting to pass over mine
on the ground that they were unsupported
by authority; yet, strange to say, ne has failed to
give any authority himself for the statements made
by him. My object IN this article is to show the
position occupied by him and the unfairness OF his
arguments In the first place, speaking OF the effect
Of climate upon the Jews or Cochin. he says:-'Tne
Jews Of Cochin may have been Drowned by the sun,
to deceive careless observer but without amalga-
matOn natural outline of their features would for
remain the same" This instance OF the effect
OF climate and other external causes upon race, Is
quoted by Dr. Prltchard IN his "Natural History Of
Mankind" who also states that In this case It was
proves that the learned Doctor was q careless
observer we can claim this as an authenticated In
The writer also says that the Jews were not
prevented by their laws from intcrmarrying with
foreigners. In opposition TO this would refer him
20 Nehemiah KILL part OF 25th verse, where, speak
Ing Of foreigners, II says:-"Ye shall not give your
daughters unto ther sons, nor take their daughters
ss0r wes n0s snsep The
thinks If 1t proves anything, is, that the
instead Of WOOL without stopping here to prove wne-
Their heat alone can turn wool to HAIR, which have
never said, ! would state that the writer mas here
since we can fairly assume that ne supposes the hair
OF the negro TO be WOOL whereas both pntchard and
Draper have shown That Is hair In every sense OF
the word In regard to the color OF the African the
tributes the negros ability keep cool to the evap0-
ration OF perspiration, concerning which he said not
word In MS former article. We have shown IN
blacKness does not in the least degree lessen his
warmth, but rather increases IL. This increase IN
warmth is, however, compensated for by the IN
crease In evaporation, and he Is enabled TO be as
cool as he Is IN that torrid climate. II this
design could be shown, as It cannot be-
VIZ, that the African is black in order
the Inquiier account for the blackness OF some OF
the inhabitants OF the polar reglonsS II one case
shows design surely there Is great lack Of II in the
tInent, now occupied by the Indian Ocean, not hav-
ing been submerged since the close OF the tertiary
period, would refer him 10 page 1873 DE 10 Beches
theological Observer second euiti0n; and further
more have been unable to find his authority for
the statement that IL has been submerged since this
period. Passing over The intermediate remarks OF
the writer would come to his last argument against
my theory, ana say that he makes me argue That
the North American Indians were created In Ame-
fica, whereas believe that they came from Asia,
az 40 the vast majority Of scientists. In closing