New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-19
THE LECTURE.

ceeds thus: And God said Let tho waters swarm WIN
swarmnp creatures and LETT birds ny the surface OF
the cxn,nse OF heavens And God created great rep
tes and every living moving thug which the waters
amply brought forth abundaDtly after Their kinh anu
every bird and R,ing thing after It's Kind" We mas
here note I'm the first place that the waters bring forth
the first animals fact whlch is In accordance not Only
with tho actual fact that the lever forms Of animal life
most abound in the sea- but also brings before IA the
idea that the previous physical creation was propara
Tory 10 the organic creation. ~ tho lana was suteu
aud prepared for the PANT. ~ the waters Tor inc an
mails.
Again the first animals belong to the lower grades OF
creaturcs Tho term "SIcr0s" uSoi TO denote tho"'
does not refer as We would infer from tho translation
creepnc things" OF version, TO their locomotloh
but TO Their reproducton implies their fccundlty and
ls ac,u impIes that low ORGANIZATION which admits
OF reproduction In It's simplest FORMS Tais Is natter
worth thinking about, because the lower AMI simpler
forna OF animal life are those which can multiply IN inc
greatest variety OF Ways ana ~ 1reateot .ouIin
comparison o. passage ~ the ffil teuci am $50.
sly nm the list Of animals In LcViti' u.s. VIII SHOW t
this term apples CHIEFLY 20 tho laFcrttOrtlo ahImA,
with few OF the hnmoior monpef OF the fSrt ~
croup have taken great d. I, OF pains to nni out ~!
could about similar kird 81 ere lures hlcntlphe ia
the eleventh chapter OF L'yitcn, ana IL WarFdnts to
abatement that the animals introduced In the De-
gtnnine Of tho creative world were of q hum
ore sp 'IIy cGaractcr,zsJ in the rocapltualon or
second .he,Dher OF the claise. i1s - !hnlh, ufns
lated great whales" III our Nt.lOn b'J VIII"
parson Of passages shows "a re1ly me Genera ha, o
the Ilrger and more forinda3lo replies % WHrn W.
crocodile OF the Nile. tue great tah1i ,ilt iic
the rivers" is the Icpres hi't''. Iho t"iuon o. go
meaning OF the word mas been shown by Gesenius 10
depend ont no error OF identi ylas = WIZ trJ dS'iu0'
word "Tau." which may mean - tho JacAIll;, ,,,,
The birds and the reptiles came IN lUSalher rs llle
and coutempOrancou, gT)Ips ani lhc atf"auct,i 81
animal life j.. especially 10 me case o' tI9 i''n''n
sYid IN H., creation a term used before III tue itr
railye except IN reference 10 the lnti act 81 to DC
,unring wnoie creative dlY i dr'otj1 90 the INTO
n law ri"nGltN jlt uI iit .tt'
and pirds, aud then IN tho Et't creative H'u thu
U.rbiyurrs and CarnVOro LdunalId aic introduced
aoir with man j., consider WLat bearing the net
o animal pq!plutOu@y have II t'S schrnr ui anlhd
creation rae Hrs, and . yoiy startling conclusion hat
Wa rearh here IA mas tn MN and sixth days Of the
Mosaic record covers neHIly the Whole OF Gcoo1'Cdl
Ina n ,nc ,r.r creative mons ). OlJgcl science
knows nothing x,cp by inference rs soon ~ the worh
reaches that period whom animal lio made rs APPEAR
It's record beg.n1 All our geQosHu ,rl'ipm n
non Of animal types 10 fever and lower forms. ~ we
go backward seems TO pout 10 the Li"r'nliin p'l0i
A second conclusion, ant point ol agreement WIN ge-
oogy. that in both records me general
of Inorganic nature perfected before inc rFJ Il
ton Of auimils TIC sea ana lana hid en- Hrpii"l'u
and all the aTangrmcas OF me dt1''phcTc ana me re-
IItOns Of the earth 10 The heavenly BODIES c"Dpr'FH
50 Ia the geological record tie eyes OF S.dtau ird0JieS
wtfc flued for con "hs as tln'2 OF c1Ilog
animals OF their trihr T1c -ricj IRE o. tho trees o NE
lower formation shows trat ne fp i''' - ara ~ .'le
changes OF vegetable ne were carried on az ~
present. npre. ions o. ram dro occ1 i! 11";, o. te
earliest rocks. ms, a. F S'"r,.'s a." -. -;
rivers cstu,i-s. cOrl reefs a ne" bod IA inc 9" H..
1UruatlOnS-llt COh|Ii' 10 rii'H Tue IN y y "a
y,ical laws. hut Of inc Hents Hhl roit al rs
OF these laws probably from tao beginning o geological
times.
TRrdlv: II T. remarkable that bot records concur in
ascribng tho origin aud earliest rN "rc' -. animal
lie tO the sea, where " are told there ore
things innumeIable" Tho sea Is even yet the Grctt
sOrChouse OF animal liio aud u wouii seem Tor long
geological to have Ocen tie onlv thcrtor OF ia
dc velopment. ThC II vs. were an inland OPP" ana
even the Later Jews were not very maritime IN hc:r
habits bus they had given TO thcm thi- Er'at cosmi'
truth which IS not without sGnIhcth'e Ia pa, 'oio
gical point Of view IL lniIct;o7 t5 important itcV
that tho conditions Of animal ne arc easier IN
tho than on TIC land. IutFe bn'h tHc
most minute and the grlnINst oras OF o can nj SUIT
abo conditions, AMI there tn icab"r tissues ana tho
energetic Vitality can succeed IN the battle OF '.
its geological relations Il shows that II was nrcc
sary that tho aud s. 10 bo suitable 10 IN, support Of
the higher forms OF he, nu9 BE- born from iLe sea AMI
that the GCOn OF marine organisms IN n"jplng MP beds
OF these skeletons was one Ci the Necessary Preparations
for the actual condition u: Ouy continents.
Fourhiy: Both records Give us grand procession OF
dynasIrs OF life, beginning from The lower forms ana
eliminating In man. 1hs is necessarily more complete
in the ee9io@ca record 20 tar ut least a, details arc
concerned But the relation IL precisely thar Ot 1r3
general sketch from the plan Of historian. ana the
nafent search OF tho anquaIy into the buried redcs
~ eenlogv is the "e0-oon caHgdfns." found IN
the lower Laurentran the oldest of rocks known
to rs 1t member OF The group OF frutOzOl, very
simple. gclatinous animals as near ~ eir structure to
to BE- the special seal 81 li:o IN all animaIs,
a. It "a possible for indlyifnal animals 70 be-,
The mod rn representatives OF mis- groJp inabit b0h
tie ocean ard the fresh Wairr but II = IL the Orn"F
that they most abound and Is there that Iney became
In the sea to form great birthstone beds. III repre-
sentative Of this group In tho Liur'nan era was 81
after the OF modern cOr and II f,cms 10 E1va
had few any rivals in th5 OCCUPANCY OF those ancient
Leaving tho Iaureniian ace. In tue next succeeding
or PrnoTdla,a great aud ~onde%IdI dgycicpineL. 81
l;fe occurs, aud We bavo nOW G1lnI' belonging rot
only TO the ProosOa, hut 70 the groups OF Eahijies
Mouscs and ATucuatcs, no longer merely gclat!nois
animals, but presenting most cOmplcaei paris aud
organs Tue teeming mul;lthIcs oil thcse creatures III
the Cumbrlan and succeeding periods arc 80 great that
whole beds OF limestone are often nido mp OF frsnen ts
OF their Skeletons and Wa derive Inc IMPRESSION mat
the seas yet IN the lower iOriS Oi lie 10 they
have eyer ro Gsef o has rs
beginning like tho lower forms In the waters. and ~ j.
that reptile life IL introduced, while reptiles ana brhs
make their appearance in tne earlier Mcs0zUIc in which
form Dinosaurs and their allies OF what "a par excl
lence the Reptan Age. In Ike manner the record OF
creation after stating tho creation OF lover FORMS goes
Eoo by the term " Taninim"-the special designation
the crocodes Of the ME- the greatest reptiles known
to the ancient people oAsa and stu to us the highest
and greatest reptiles of the earth and with them the
BIRDS the highesti creatures denzeus OF arr, their
cotemporares IN geological times. We may note here
the still closer agreement when consider that
according 10 both records gigantic carniverous reptiles
were lords Of creation during at least the latter half Of
the ffth creative 8on.
So ascend into the mex. creative eon the man,
malta represe nted in the Mesozoc geology by only
fe small species become dOminant and here We
in the prominence given TO the larger Herborra he
Bemah OF Genesis), position corresponding to their
grandeur and dominance in the Eoccne, while in the
OF the boasts OF tho earth carnlyerous
mammaa learn that they both take the place Of the
great reptan hfe-destroyers or the Mesozolc. Lastly
in this progression OF earth not the
product of separate day but In accordance with The
OF geology without doubt at the close OF tho
great period In which the malta dom
liant And then follows tue rest Of the Creation IN
which was to carry out first III len and aferward
in the whole earth the Will OF his Maker replenishng
the earth and subdung under the rule OF his higher
intelligence.
The progress in animal life thus shortly sketched /.
supposed show tho remarkable manner In which rev.
eaOn has fOreshatowed what in these last days the
rocks have opened their mouths 10 tell.
fJiy: With reference 10 the precise manner OF the
Introduction Of the life or the secondary cadses II any,
while introducing It's various FORMS neither record gives
any definite Information In the sacred record the term
create used the best retrospect OF animal life and
OF that OF man. The other stages indicated by o
word OF less power, make" and by the erpressi0ne
let the waters bring FORTH" the land br M FORTH
So In the geological record tho waters and the land
bring forth successive dynasties Of life which csntnue
Tor time aud perish without telling Of how they
nII lan M int In