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i, may collate facts, so called, from au
thors whose deductions are called in ques
ton by others as eminent in science a
they. Not so with Moses, Christ and th
Apostles. They are a unit in what the,
} say, and graduated in the school of th
Eternal, they wrote and spoke as nAovec
by Him. Isaiah, Elk, Jesus, Peter am
Paul, agree as touching this thing.
But it used to be urged there was ~
absence of profane history concerning th
deluge. No posted man so argues to day
Traditional arguments if used by eithe
those who insist on partial, universal
or mo deluge," are much stronger for the
fact of deluge, in that they do show, a:
doth the scripture account, there was
deluge that destroyed all mankind but one
family.
That all mankind descended from thai
family, and receiving this tradition as O
authority, that of a nomad people as the
Hebrews are, on account of locality, are
entitled to the highest claims. Further.
more, there are traditions from the Chal.
de, Persia, India, North America and
Egyptian writings, and are so copious on
he one subject of the flood, that the read
er is astonished. Nor are the Greeks
void Of tradition on this subject.
Why should men quote from Pythagoras
and others on other subjects, and reject
them on this? .8 Remember there were
PYthagorean dogmas concerning the Trim
iiy as we'll as the views of Pythagoras on
other points as read us by Prof. Clarke.
If heather deities were so constituted ac-
cording to Zoroaster and Egyptian tneolo
gy, the theology is as much entitled to
consideration as any other subject on
which they wrote. For it all goes buck to
deJy those saved from tie food.
Strange what arguments men will pro-
duce in preference to scripture. But there
are monuments palmer than the testimo-
ny OF the rocks, older than so called
science as religion is older
These monuments are found in ancient
worship The Noah of the Bible" be-
came Osiris, Gachus, Deucalion, Minos
Janus Bore, and numerous other deities.-
This no careful reader of Mythology
will question. Nor will they question
Plato wlote as to Noah's family and the
deiuge
The history of the deiuge lived in otl.-
er particulars.
The temple of Theba as we'll as the Citv,
signified an ark and though built in hon
or of Osiris the heather deity for Noah,
(Bryant's Mythology, Vol. III. Pa. 36.)
The Chaldean account, copied by
BerosSus from the archives of the temple
of Belus at Babylon" describes the build
ing of an lark Of five stadia long, and two
broad, into which was put by Xisuthrus
everything he needed, &c. It describes
the sending out of the birds, and the
in Armenia. (Corey's Fragments
PIP. 26s9)
hood preserved by Lucian, that even the |
question of free thinkers is answ cred by a |
pagan as to Noah 5 collection and arrange
nents of destructive animals for their
'The Apamean Medal, struck in the
'eign of Phillip, the elder at the city of
Apamea, in Phrygia. "The city had for
nerly been called Kjbotus, or ''the ark"
The most asiatic coins relate to the re-
igion and Mythology of the places where
hey were struck. The remarkable part
If this medal is its reverse Here is de-
ineated kind of square machine floating
N the water. Through an opening in it
re seen two persons, a man and woman.
Over this ark is kind of triangular D sdi-
nent, on which there sits a bird and be-
ow is another, which seems to flutter its
wings, and in its mouth small branch OF
tree. Before the machine is 4 man fol-
owing woman, who, by their attitude,
eem to have just left it and got on dry
and. Upon the ark itself, under the per
ons there enclosed, is to be read, in dis
met characters, ME- The learned edi.
Or of this account, says, it had fallen to
is lot to meet with three of these coins.
hey were of brass, and of the medallion
ize. (Bryant'S Ancient Mythology, Vol.
II. Pg. AZ
One quotation from China that SO fitly
ONES in here, and has bearing on the !
rst and present discourse of this years
unday school lessons. 1t is from China. :
'ollowing description Of the happiness !.
the primeval pair, and the introduction
f sin and its feaful consequences, it !;
cad:
"The pillars of heaven were broken.
he earth shook to its very foundations r
he heavens sunk lower toward the north. :
he sun, moon and stlrs, changed their =
lotions The earth fell to pieces, and r
ne waters inclosed within its bosom E
urst forth with violence and over6owed f
]. Man having rebelled against heaven, f
1e system of the universe was totally dis