Smyrna times., 1874-05-13
Adam the First Man.


Was Adam the first man ? is an interesting, n
though not new question recently discussed G
by the Rev. &. s. Robinson of New York. 5
We should be sorry to lose our faith IN the o
couple supposed to have originated the va
riOus races of the present day. The estate left 7
by them to their mourning children and child q
ren's children have ceased to be OF great mo l
ment, owing to the destruction Of the original
title deeds but it is melancholy to reflect that
one cannot look back to his great progenltors
and recognise them on the printed page with
some sort of certainty and consequent satlsiac
! ton. We copy, however, portion of a re-
port of a recent lecture by Mr. Robinson in
Brooklyn, and endorse the lecture as an able
and curious production
We will first consider the matter from
scientific point of view. Bones of human he
ings have been found in England, with the
bones Of animals and birds; even tools, neck.
laces and other ornaments have been found !
imbedded in the solid rock. And in our cOun
try 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
I men believe it to be impossible for Mongoll-
I ans, Caucasians Ethiopians and North Amer
: leans to have come from one parentage; yet
a they 20 to communism. The languages spoken
7 by the 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 a passion,
:. slew his brother. God cursed him tor his
s crime Ard we learn that the Almighty set
Il a mark upon his forehead, SO that every one
e. would know it was Cain And Cain was sore
70 afraid and went out from the presence of the
=, Lord and dwelt in the land of NOd-wherever
a that was In the same chapter (Genesls ". }
ID we find the following: And Cain knew his
IVA &. H. "A bora hin, q SoD .
q. and he builded a city Before we decided
= 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 daughter>
~ until years after Cain went forth into the land
vi ., of Nod? Yet he-Cain-was married then
70 Provided there was sister would she want tC
A. marry her passionate brother, would her father
a. and mother consent to it. Then we see tina
- Cain builded city, Who helped him? AT
- ter the houses were built who occupied them
,v Adam named his wife Eve, which signife
;fI living, that is she was the mother OF all living
;to 1t follows that if there are any races not datn
,so back to Adam they have no possible concer
"a in Christianity You may say it Is unchrlstla
!; to think that Adam was not the first mar
.mon on Yet if there are races out OF Adam they ar
vs. out of Christ. Geology is not going to COZ
ant hict with Genesis, interpret them rightly an
'"' they will agree 1t is better to rest upon tn
oLs points in which science and scripture agree
~ The main point on which science bases its a
'or sertions is the difference between the dlterer
'u ant races. | am swayed by their similltude
;IE There is no race that is not more like son
non other race than it is like any animal. Ne
,nts have hands and feet all shed their teeth
III childhood their hearts and llyers opera
alike; they are subject to the same disease
as; a. Group, scarlet fever, &c chimpanzees do n
nns r have them, so far as | know. | cannot he
"a; thinking that the likes far greater than q
49,; unlikes. The historic point is the most ammo
IN ing to me. | can t see who Cain was atrad {
49,, =" | don't know who his wife cant S
,,ho how his family could have in reared so as
IT,; fill the city after it was built 1t perplexes |
!, ;,'t nf very much The spider spins his web by
oans :. stinct-iust as he did in the ark-no growt
tI'nt no education he knows what he knew VIII
n.ae ,.ae he was born and no more. When Adam v
. c. placed on the earth beings having bodies a
L. resembling men may have existed in plen
Nv Hti but they we're not Adamtes never betC
sho him did being exist having bodies, sonls; a
"''1 spirits. If science prove that remains ha
%'o ahn been found unmistakable those ot men
80, should say they were those who had body
o.,J not soul, consequently were net Adamit
s,,ra n,n Should they ask, Can you prove 1t?
sur .; would say, = No, can you?' And now, a
on am closing presume great many OF
~ ~, would like to ask me if | think Adam was
J., 1'.o - first man. shall believe this or hope 10
6,Is wiser thing