Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

tchuu iOI uihnhluu III EeleEdit Dt
lin the particular sense" or as in a
individual, and that when that wide
and comprehensive meaning is inter
ded, "a different word (iSh) is employ
ed" Now this seems to be directl
the opposite of the real facts of tn
case; for it is the word adam that
generic; and Lsh that is individus
and masculine. Not only does tn
context constantly show this, but tn
pathological composition of the wor
itself. id las the root of ADAM de
notes an emaDating power, as a crea
tive act, and Am, origin, conception
going forth into creatiOn-thus alb
stractly, that process OF generation bl
which the final act of creation wa
accomplished; and in its combined
and compound form, as Adm, o
AddDl, il means, as the author of tn,
.'Genius and Spirit of the Hebrew
Bible" says, mankind in general. ,
Of this he says "there can be nc
doubt" and in proof cites from Gene
sis v Z, where il is written, "And the
Lord said i will destroy mani Addn /
whom have created, from the lace
OF the eartll," thus showing, as he
further says, that adam is positively
put for mankind" The word "LsR, u
for man, is never used until the
woman was taken or separated from
him, as at chap. ii %; and This word
means Man, masculine, or indiUidudI-
whereas adam means Man eollec-
tively,-the human race, including
male and female. And nothing can
be more evident than this, if we but
look at the way in which il is used -
The first time this word Adam occurs
is in Gen. i. 26, where it is written,
'And God said, Let us make man
-AddAl] in our image, after our like
ness; and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea-" etc. male and
female created he them. And God
blessed them. Be fruitful and multi
ply, and replenish the earth," etc
And again in chapter V. ?, "Male and
female created he them; and blessed
them. and called their name Addm,
in the day when they were created. !"
The same word is used in Ps. cxvI. II.
where it is written, 81 said in M
haste, all men are liars.n What can
be more conclusive than this fact.
that Ad0Bl does not mean any one
man, but mankind collee-
lively, whatever may be their num-
ber, race, or color?
And not only the Septuagint, but
all Greek versions, faithful to the
of the original, when they
.rrnslate this word Ad0m, do so by
Is answering synonym ARthropOS.
which in like manner is rendered into
English by the noun of multitude
man." or mankind. Thus, Paul
sys, 1.-THE first man" (dRthrOpos), |
/. e.. the first order, or class of men,
was Of the earth, earthy;" 1. c., natu-
al, sensuOus; 1.-THE second man fan |
hr0pOs] is from heaven, ,n-heavenly.
rhe same word (dRthropos) is used |
where he says, "If in this life only |
We have hope in Christ, we are of an
1en most miserable" . AnthToDOs /
nswers to the Hebrew A0dBl; while /
liner answers TO the Hebrew ISh, q
nan, or man masculine; thus he says,
A man Ldnerl indeed ought not to
over his head" and. "Ifa man ldnerl
ave long hair, it is a shame unto
im." And Of himself, personally,
e says, when / became a man."
Iner) etc. And this distinction is
qualify and everywhere preserved
4 the Latin also, where the Hebrew
dam and the Greek Anthropos are
Dnstantly rendered by the word
which we have Human,
nd Humanity, or man in the collec-
We or universal sense. Nor is this
! the slightest degree weakened by
he fact that after it had been written,
God said, Let US make man [oRdml !,
] our image;;" etc., the next verse
lads, $50 God created ha-dddn in
il own image" etc. There is a pc
lliar distinction of terms made use
here; when God "made" man, the
ord adam is used but when he
created" him, the term is hG adam,
eeause it implies something different.
Ut the prefix hn does not mean the
me as the English article "the;;"
Or is it intended 10 limit it to the
eaning of an individual man; for
lis is impossible consistently with ,
le context; but its meaning is to he ,
und In the significatiOn of the letters,
pecially the letter H; this being
sign, denotes breath, life,
spiratiOn, soul, or spirit, and is i'm !
edialely connected with the decla-
tion that, "God blessed them, and
id unto them, Be fruitful, and !
ultiply, and replenish the earth;" !
hich was effected by the Lords !
his life into them, TO enable I
EN- to do it; as when the Lord !
,reathed into his nostrils the breath
life, and man became a living SOUL" !
1r the same reason these letters were =,
ded to the name of AbrdBl, when q !
w Iife-power was given to him to
crease ''And be exceeding fruitful"
d be "a father of many nations;;"
: then it was said to him that his
me should no longer be called II
jrdn7, but A6rd-hd-nl. And when Il
e Lord blessed Sarai, and fructified :,
7 by the iuflowiEg OF his quicken ri
2 life, it is also sand that her name +,
ould no longer De called SGTdi, but q
rd-H. for then she should bear a ri
q; and she should be a mother of 9,
tions. Thus it denotes an added
-ce, or life-pOwer, by the reception VI
new and vivifying influences from q
ID. There is, therefore, no reason, b
{ a shadow of reason or fact for a,
Iuming that AddDl means the first in
iividual man upon the earth, d
lether as the progenitOP of all rsces n
eolors, or whether as that of the n
lite race alone. But its true aud rs
ended meaning is, that Of the col Y,
tive man. Still, this is but its out M
e meaning; for, left thus, il would 81
m to be a cause of yet greater diff ~
ties; as the question would natu- W
ly arise, If Adam means man kind IL
the aggregate, how could rib be te
zen from his side, and built up into h,
'aman? or how could he have had et
lividual or personal children, such N
are supposed to be meant by Cain, n,
lie, etc? M
III this, however-not to occupy ~
ther spaee-is explained and illus m
ted in full; in work entitled 1.-The In
% Great Books of Nature and !,
published by the same ia
Use, and in the same year, as an as
er work from which the writer he
we mentioned quotes, viz, "MRn, th
Genesis and Geology In that an
ume all these points are dWelt VI,
N in full, in relation TO the origin a
man; and much more cOmpTehen- m
ely than here, and the entire unity, he
mony, and relationship of those ri
at Books of God-the Book of Ma r,
2 and the Book of Revelation, are a
'mpted to be shown beyond per- All
enture. wi
enters fully into the distinctive bo
IS of mankind, aud shows whether kr
ir origin was singular or plural; na
is a refutation of the Darwinian N,
lrv II also shows that i'm bt-liev. -