The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-04-26

STICK TO THE TEXT.


But when we contemplate the subject il
its vastness and the deep mystery surround
ing it, we are almost ready to despair; ant
moro especially when we recollect the tim
when Moses must have written the fou
first Books,-that is when the Children o
Israel were wandering forty years in thu
wilderness of Sinai-and that they did no
come down to the world for nearly one thou
sand years after that; at least not till aftel
the prophesy of Daniel was fulfilled, two
hundred and fifty. five years before Christ
The first the world knew of the writings
of Moses, was after the death of Alexander
the Great, when they were translated into
Greek by the 70 Jewish Rabbis in the
time of Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt
And so careful were the translators that
each one did the work separately, and
when compared the TRANSACTIONS were
found to correspond exactly. Here we
have the history Of creation and of the
world written by Moses, down to the flood
and when we compare them with the writ
ings of the ancient historians, we find they
very nearly agree, to wit: Plutarch, Zeno-
phon, Strabo. Justine, Diadorus, Josephus
and others. Now we haven't doubt that
Moses was inspired to write what he did;
for why should he not be as we'll as Daniel,
whose predictions came true to the letter?
| think this must be admitted
Now let us look little on the other side
255 years after this translation, was born
into the world our Saviour. John in his
end Epistle, 2 chapter, IS verse, says:
"There are many anti-Christs in the
world,' from which we may infer these
where corrupters of the word John wrote
this Epistle at an early period, so we judge
that early corruption of the word was in
the world.
But again the Romans under Coustan-
tine, after the division of the Empire, and
about 300 years A. D., embraced the relig-
ion of Christ. which went into the hands
of the Romish or Pagan priests. who pos
sessed nearly all the learning of the Pagan
world at that day. Was there no fear of
corruption there, and why should they be
more pure than st. Paul? Did lie not say,
81 am all things to all men that l may
gain some" That is, he was Pagan, Jew,
or Christian. And again what will be said
of the 700 years of dark ages, when all
religion came well nigh being lost-not to
say anything of the Council of Nice-but
forbear.
Let us see what is recovered in Holy
Writ, being careful to keep close 10 the let
ter. In Genesis list and 26 verse, And
God said let US make man in our own
image, after our likeness, and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth" And verse o., $50
God created man in his own image, in the
image Of God created he him, male and
female created he them
Here we have certainly the first creation
of men, how many were created it does not
appear; but the word them seems to imply
many; probably as Prof. Agazzas says, a
group or swarm; "for male and female
created he them, and gave them dominion
over all else he had created, and blessed
them, and gave them every herb, every
tree and fruit for meat, and God saw that
it was good"
Now in all this we have not one word OF
the garden of Eden, for it was not yet
planted, nor any to inhabit it. But in the
End chapter, 9th verse, "And there was
not a man to till the ground God had
not made man to till the ground; but in
end chapter, It'll verse, "And the Lord
God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
Life, and man became living SOUL
1t does not appear that the first creation
was made Of the ground, nor was the
breath of Life brsathed into them; but
they were made perfect after Gods own
image, and given dominion, which was
certainly not to till the ground.
Now we have a man to till the ground.
But in chapter end, verse Sth, "God plant
ed Garden, eastward, in Eden and there
he put the man. not the male and female
he had created before, but the man alone.
In verse H. God put the man in the garden
to dress it, not to have dominion, as the
first creation had; nor was he made male
and female; for in verse IS, "And the Lord
God said it is not good that man should be
alone, | will make him mot Mem) help
meet for him." and in verses 90 and 23
God out of 4 rib taken from man made he
woman. In this case God did not create
male and female, but only the male was
created, and woman or female was made
from man. Here l think was another crea-
ton of one man, and he to till the ground.
Now I have looked in vain for the first
being forbidden by God to eat of the fruit
of the tree of knowledge; nor could they
have eaten of it, for they were never in the
garden. But the man to till the garden
and wife were expressly forbidden, and fell
thereby.
In the 9TH chapter we find recorded the
genealogy of Seth the son of Adam down
to Noah, at the time he was 500 years old
But in the 4th chapter, 10th verse, We
find Cain who murdered his brother and
was banished to the land of Nod, east of
Eden, and had son and builded city.
The Book does not say he married wife,
but he must have had one, and where did
he get her from, but from that first crea-
ton. She might have been one of the
females created. But at any rate think
here commenced that hybridity which Mr..
Burr spoke of, and against which the
Almighty pronounced the terrible maledic-
ton. But let US sec if we cannot find out
more about them.
In the 9th chapter, 1st verse, "And it
came to pass when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth and daughters were
born unto them, that the sons of God saw
that the daughters of men were fair, and
they took them wives of all which they
chose" Now who were the sons of God
and who daughters of men? were not the
sons of God the descendants of the first
creation that was made in the image of
God But man, Adam was created of the