The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-03-08

esting, though not a new question now
being discussed by the Rev. g. s. Robin
son of New York. We should be sorry to
lose our faith in the couple supposed to
have originated the various races Of the
present day The estates left by them to
their mourning children and childrens
children have ceased to be Of great mo
ment, owing to the destruction of the
original title-decds; but It Is melancholy
to reflect that one cannot look back to his
great progcnitors and recognise them on
the printed page with some sort Of GER
tainty and consequent satisfaction We
copy, however, portion Of a report Of
recent lecture by Mr. Robinson in Brook
lyn, and indorse the lecture as an able and
curious production
We will first consider the matter from a
scientific point Of view. Bones of human
beings have been found in England, with
the bones of animals and birds; even tools,
necklaces and other ornaments have been
found imbedded in the solid rock. And
in our own country utensils Of stone, which
only human hands could have invented or
used, have been found mingled with the
remains Of the giant lizard and mastodon.
This body has doubtless come to us through
successive changes. Scientific men be-
lieve it to be impossible for Mongolians,
Caucasians, Ethiopians and North Ameri-
cans to have come from one parentage
yet they 20 to communism The languages
spoken by these races, too, are different,
and cannot be traced TO any one root. We
will now consider our subject from the
historic point. Adam and Eve had two
sons. Cain, in passion, slew his brother
God cursed him for his crime. And we
learn that the Almighty set a mark upon
his forehead, so that everyone would know
it was Cain. And Cain was sore afraid,
and went out from the presence of the
Lord and dwelt in the land Of Nod
wherever that was. In the same chapter
Genesis iv.) We find the following. "And
Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and
bare him a son; and he builded n city"
Before We decide whether Adam was the
first man, We must settle these questions.
If there were none on the earth but his
father and mother, who was Cain afraid
Of? Abel was dead. What proof have
We that Adam had any sons or daughters
until years after Cain vent forth into the
land of Nod? Yet he-Cain-was mar
ried then Provided there was sister,
would she want to marry her passionate
brother would her father and mother con-
sent to it. Then we see that Cain builded
a city. Who helped him? After the
houses were built who occupied them
Adam named his wife Eve, which signifies
living that is, she was the mother Of all
living. 1t follows that if there are any
races not dating back to Adam they have
no possible concern in Christianity. You
may say it is unchristian to think that
Adam was not the first man. Yet if there
are races out Of Adam there are out of
Christ. Geology is not going to conflict
with Genesis; interpret them rightly and
they will agree II is better to rest upon
the points in which science and scripture
agree. The main point on which science
bases its assertions is the difference be-
tween the different races. / am swayed
by their similitudes. There is no race
that is not more like some other race than
1t is like any animal. Men have hands
and feet all shed their teeth in childhood
their hearts and livers operate alike; they
are subject to the same disease-croup,
SCARLET fever, &C.; chimpanzces do not have
them, so far as know / cannot helr
thinking that the likes are far greater than
the unlikes. The historic point is the
most annoying to me. can't see who
Cain was afraid Of don't know who his
wife was. can't see how his family
could have increased so as to fill the city
after it was built. 1t perplexes me very
much. The spider spins his web by In
stinct-just as he did in the ark-no
growth, no education he knows what he
knew when he was born and no more.
When Adam was placed on the earth be-
ings having bodies and resembling men
may have existed in plenty, but they were
not Adamites never before him did beings |
exist having bodies, souls and spirits If
science prove that remains have been
found which are unmistakably those Of
men, should say they were those who had |
body but not soul, consequently were not
Adamites. Should they ask, "Can You
prove it2" | would say, @No, can you2"
And now, as ! am closing, | presume
great many Of you would like to ask me iff
think Adam was the first man. shall
believe this or hope for wiser thing.
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