The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
aELTGIOUs INTELLIGENCE.

Rev. H. A. Jones last Sunday morning
preached a powerful sermon from the 18th
chapter of Acts, and also at night from the
Isth chapter of st. Matthew and ID verse.
The third lecture of the series which Dr.
Mitchell is delivering from the Book OF
Genesis, was given last Sunday night from
the text, "And God said, let US make man
in our own image" The learned lecturer
first gave a full and lucid synopsis of his
previous lecture on the Mosaic account of
the creation, and the proof he had adduced
TO establish q reconciliation between the
facts of astronomy and geology, and the
Mosaic cOsmOgOny. He next referred brief
~ TO the peculiar phraseology of the text,
''let US make man" I'm proof of the Trinity
OF the GOdhead; and the fact that q
consultation was held by the Trinity, was
mentioned as showing the Importance OF
the work then to be done in the creation OF
man In the spiritual image of God, endow-
ed with the GOd-like attributes of reason,
conscience, will, dominion and immortall-
y. He then referred to the sceptics argu-
ment against the truth of the Mosaic ac-
count, that the history of all the different
races of mankind could be traced backward
60 a prehistoric period TO an original saw
age condition, when they possessed no ar
tiouIate language, and from this state of ut
Ter barbarism through a stone, bronze and
Iron age, after long continued struggles to
their present civilization. This theory he
pronounced utterly destitute OF any fOun-
dalton in fact; that tradition, history and
other records, written and monumental,
proved Its utter falsity. The lecturers COM
paTison of the GOd-created origin OF man as
given by Moses, with his attributes Of dig
nifty derived directly from the hand of the |
Creator, with the evolution theory OF grad /
nal development on material plane, as
taught by so-called scientists, was really /
grand and eloquent, and must haVe-in- /
apired every true believer with higher con- |
ceptions of the divinity of his origin and |
destiny. We have been highly entertained |
and edified by the Doctors lectures, and |
trust he will pardon us for mentioning the /
fact that he has been criticised, not with
cut plauslbllity, for the hasty manner In
which he passed over one of the most i'm
portant branches Of his argument. We re
fer to the manner In which he treated the
theory that all races of mankind spTang
from saVagery. He contented himself with
saying that tradition and history refuted
this theory. and that tradition, as far back
AA we have any knowledge, referred then
back TO golden age" In handling this
question, after having accepted the teach
ings Of Geology as FULLY and thoroughly as
he did In his previous dlscOurses; and as
Geology teaches distinctly that man can be
traced back TO a time when he not only had
no articulate LANGUAGE, but did not even
know the uses of fire, and consequently
consumed raw food entirely-it is claimed
that having admitted so much, he ought TO
have met fact with fact, argument with ar
gument We believe fully with DR.. Mitch
sIl-except on one unimpOrtant branch OF
his arEument-and regret that he did not
give us something beside "traditiOn" and
the golden age" to Tefute the fallacious
theories and fsnciful teachings that make
mp the science Of Geology. DIR. Mitchell
will deliver another lecture OF the series
next Sunday night. The people are be-
coming greatly interested in them, and the
large audience room OF the Presbyterian !
church was filled last Sunday night. 1t Is a
Grand subject, concerning az it does, the
immortal Interest of every human being,
and DIR. Mitchell shows that he is able TO
Erapple with 1t,