, 1874-05-29

down az being from % to 3b yeara Of ago et that
Interesting IT. period. snbdnol laughter. It wan
have It ttlnt Adam waa put to sloep no that ho
night #, not fsol the pain Of the operation when
nt9 tne fib was being takon, out: tLaugllter.1
to sloep. 30 That tho lady might bo aparol tic
pnin Of having hor mode OF construction crit-
ciscd.. tLaughter.1 III either case, tho lecturer
thought Eye could ,yory readily forgive tho
1Us1se hs o. the getsmnn % roat laughter
People might DO brought to speculate on tho
stzo Of The ffg-loavos that grow In Edon, whom,
vory, latc in tho day., Adam and Evo had
accidentally discovered their omission to COM
ploto their morning toilet. In faot
TIE ONLY THING TO DO WITH aENEsIa
Haa to accept 1t for what 1t whs-an Oriental
epic-consatntng pearls Of revelation, to bo ro-
deemed only from their incrustcd state by the
It was a remarkable fact TINT the traditions
and character Of MI people. ohoscn Or profane,
followed precisely tho aRmo ronto. Frat it was
he h ~? ospfnt t%nsG orally M9st
ltions to barbario people who dolightod IL war.
Then came poets, such a. Honor, rooounting IN
heroic yorHe tho deods Of those gla1ltB OF heroic
such rs Herodotna. to make yerltab1e history. by
combining tho three clomcntH OF tradition.
poetry, and contemporaneous oyonta. Tho story
of rhc creation, and OF man'a and woman'a
origin, waR told IN different ways, still preaorv-
lug the samo claractoristics III many dlneront
tongues.
TIE STORY or THE FIRST FALL
mnn familiar to the Greoas to tho Romans. to
.a9 nson5 Psf':ns c spa souon sosrer en1 ancient tes
proceeded to quote from ancient
history and poetry in maintenance Of his posi-
tion, md further enlarged on the ineagerness
and vaguenoss Of many pnsaagee Of tho Ola
hnNhYAr.
belief, TINT aeencn and undihturbod revelation
wero NOT opposed.
THE DELuaE.
Eatl1Or TORY next devoted hia attention to
tho story OF tho dolugo. Ho related many Of
tho absurd theories hold rolatige to that spoory-
phal oveut. Some childish persons won't SO fur
Us to sny-unablo to explain tho occurrences lin
co4erated co4 tod motion Of tho earth, 90 30 az as
to cause the waters to overflow tho dry lind.
just imagine, said tho lecturer, tho philosophy
and dignity Of aupposing that God, or somo
siupondons angel STOOD upon proInontory OF
the moon playing whip-top with the world
[Langhtor and some suppressed murmurs.l 30
It was with tho Biblical atory Of tho rainbow
placed 10 tho skios III . covenant OF peace bo-
twoen God aud man, whlo science had long ago
gazcd upon the wonders Of Nature, the sun
Shining upon the earth, in acertnin atmospheric
condition. produced the aovoly phenomenon.
speaking Of the Ark, Father Terry said that It
said to have boon preserved In that structure, re-
appeared again in tho very parts Of tho world to
which they must have boon originally iudiganouA.
s,omo thoo!ogians thought that thoy wore trans
angels. Just think, said Father TORY, Of an
elephant sitting jnuntly on tho shoulder Of q
seraph, and OF apes borne grandly In tho air Oh
tho wings Of choEubim. dreat laughter.l
quoted at great lcngth from tho writings Of
Cardinal Wisemau, st. Augustine, Fathor VAL
worth, and other eminent divinoH.
BopoM AND GoMonRAH.
Tho lecturer also dealt with the traditions
relative to tho destruction Of sodom and Co.
inorrah. In the Biblical times Lightning mud
bri1nstono were considered tho most vital forces
Of heat. Therefore, It was only natural that tho
Jews should apply them in a,toh caso y. as the
by geology, to provo that tho cities atood
upon bituminous ground, and TINT the ma
terial OF which tho houses wero built
vas largely Of btuminous H., character sl.ar to-;
tho lecturer. they would doubtless havo discoy-
arod that there ia heat groater than TINT Of
lightning and bri,nstono, as wo discovered when
nur city was swept to aahes III that famous fur.
shcro we're not wanting thoologtans at tho period
OF our fire to ASSERT that Chicago WAS burned on
account Of her wickcdnoss, while tho common
Ecuse Of the community plnoed tho cause whore
Il belonged-the high winds and tho Vest Side
lumbor-yarda.
The speaker next reviewed the doctrine OF ov-
olaton, aud took rather favorable view Of that
theory. There was nothing moro wonderful In
srpposing that God caused the gradual deyolop-
msnt OF man from embryonic to a perfoct hl-
man state, than that the same God. in few
months, made the eovnmprognant with human life
Science, he said, far as thadgone. was still IN
infant Gradually 1t was developing itself, and
unfolding to tho gazo Of mankind tho wouuroua
potootions Of the oreated uuiverae. Tar from