, 1874-02-14

10th Mill anti Greg apply to the question tn
common test, that the welfere OF Man, immc
diate or remote i the end aimed at but Eyoiu
ton suggests different one.
May NOT Man himself be but factor in som
Divine scheme Of which ne have no conception
May he not ba merely a transitosy figure on th
worlds stage, destined to be superseded By SOM
animal ns superior to himself as he is superior tt
his ape-lle ancestor? There is, perhaps. con
ccit enough yet in tho world to prevent this the
| ory from meeting with instant acceptance; but
to those who are forever Iestlcssly turning fron
old creeds to inquire, "Wheuca and what am
confidently offered as covering the whole case
! although it may not suit their peculiar cast O
| mind. II man il the productof unnumbered cyolu
tions Of lower forms Of life, what warrant hayo VT
for believing that the process is now at au eud
Ages hence, when he shall have been, with lii
Civilizations and his Religions, obliteTated from
tho worlds history. the infinitely superior beings
| who have succeeded him will dig up hia bones
together with those OF tho orang, the gorilla
tho, chimpanzeo, and the gibbon, and classify
! them
| ALL AS EXTINCT MoSKETs,-
mover perhaps dreaming Of tho vast difference
which ono OF these monkeys once assumed to
| separate him from the others.
! An argument sometimes brought forward By
those who believe that the method OF Evolution
| is Gods method, is that the idea that all the
| forms OF extinct life which archaeological re-
Searches have brought to light hare perished
utterly, leaving no representatives, behind is not
consonaut with the idea OF Divine Economy in
! Nature. II their descendants do not to-day OK
/ ist under forms changed to adapt them to
changed conditions Of existence on tha earth. as
it passes through its successive phases, then it
| would seem thnt there have been many instances
ofcreative fats in the nature OF mere experiments,
| which, after trial Of longer or shorter dura-
course, incompatible With the attribute Of
'Omniscience. This reasoning is very plausible,
but is it sound2 II so how shall re explain
something that is going On before our own
oyes-tbo gradual
ExGEcT1oN OF TUE RED MAN?
The Indian raco is mnnifestly doomed to die
out At no distant day; and, rs it does uot as
simulate with any other race, few generations
after the last bed Man has perishod will suffice
to obllterate whatever slight impress may hare
him. What ofico was lis upon tho earth :?
What necessary purpose has he subseEFed? !?
What Indispensable portion OF the Divine
Economy has 1t been his to fulfill:
What is true Of the Indian is probably true
Of all the inferior races OF men, Contact with
tinction for them. This seems to be
unquestionably tho fate in store for
the abprigiues Of the Sandwich Is
lands. Capt. Cook, less than d hundred
years sgo. estimated their number at 400. .oo0,-
a number nov reduced, by one century Of Cau-
casian civilization, to less than so, 900.
The history Of the Sandwich Islanders since
tho ciyllizlDg PROCESS began upon them FUR
nishcs
cun1ous PnoD1En N ETHICS
Inseparablo from the nature Of our Christian
Civilization, and taking root along With them in
any new soil. are the clGlhzed wees, In the
case OF the Sandwich 1slander, the vices soon
dominate. 1hat ls eQu1Vnlent 70 saying 1pat
Christianity, which caunot be discovered from
Civilization, cannot furnish to Its converts
inf q
successfully combat the vices It has, IN meas
nre. assisted tp transplant. 1t may ba qres-
toned whether 1t Is desirable to introduce
Christianity among sach people, II Is sought
to justify 1t upon plea that It Is for their nene-
lit. ultimately It e1tinstsaea them IN TOTO
and some Of lts immediate effects are frauGht
With such disastrous results tnat II may
Teu be donpted tney are eountetpaianceo
by any oenents as oeclaeo. tor instance. me
almost ptomlscuoas lntelcou1se Walen plesaieo
among tho sexes may or may not nave peen III
cont1ayentlon Of DIVINE LAW: as clulzed ana
chr1stla3lzed Nations holo II 70 oe. az any
rate, lts evils wore purely moral ones, anu. ha
tue natives feasoneq, mnon? uoc9nsicoua 1 VI any
lnisactlon OF mora Jaw, tne!i gum, .sne5 we're
guilty remanGa unpunasneu lne ,a ea;eua ;d g
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not stfhcientiy impress them 70 onntetato this
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