Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-12
ARIEL.
He Proposes TO Take the Field Against
the Scientists on Four Interesting
biblical Questions

He Proposes 10 Take the Field Against
the Scientists on Four Interesting
Biblical Questions.
L may be that our community has re-
signed itself to the conclusion that the
season Of entertainments is over. But the
following correspondence assures US that we
are to have a course Of lectures from the
far-famed Ariel. His efforts viii be con-
fined to subjects connected with those
which have distinguished him as q thinker
and reasOner. We understand he has in
manuscript another racy book, soon to be
published, in which he rejOins 70 the OBJ
jections raised to his first work on the ne
gro by a coterie of sage Pbiladelphians.
The correspondence relative 70 the lectures
sufficiently explains itself:
NASHVILLE, May II, 1S75.-TO Ariel
Dear Sir: Some Of US who have heard your
conversations on the Book of Genesis, and
have listened with intense delight at your
vindicatiOn Of its literal truth, when the
exact ideas Of the original, contained in the
words as used by God, were put in the
translation, showing that Moses account
of the creation, flood, etc, was true; others
of US who have not heard these converse
lions, but have heard much about your
works, believe that it would be gratifying
to the public if you viii deliver q course Of
lectures on this and the other books of
Moses, which have recently, and during
this century, been violently aSsailed by
learned biologists and others. We
trust that you will consent to do so,
and If you do, please mention in your reply
some Of the subjects Of your first lecture.
We are aware that you are blind and
must necessarily speak extempOTaneOusly,
but We trust you will not permit this &c de-
ter YOU from acceding to our request.
Very respectfully your friends, Mad
ison StrattOn, F. Hogan, II. L. Claiborne,
James Hickman, B. T. RuCkeT, r l..
Weakley, W. H. Atwell, L. Moses, Jas. A.
Mcclure, J. w. Basker, ]. w. Bowling,
B. w. Mccain, 5. A. Duling, III. Metz, b
EmbTy.
NASHVILLE, May II, 1S75.-Gentlemen:
YOu-s Of the 11th inst. requesting me to
deliver a course of lectures on the Books Of
Moses, and particularly that Of Genesis
and, if I accepted, 70 indicate some Of the
subjects Of the first lectures, is al hand.
Fully aware Of the difficulties / will have
to labor under from being blind in deliver
ing such a course Of lectures, will lever
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deliver them (GOd Willing) at such time
and place as you may hereafter designate,
and in the best way can. Some Of the
subjects 1 propose to treat in these lectures
will be as follows:
/. That it is to the inaccuracies Of King
James translation that the learned, the
scientific and religious world are indebted
for most Of the discussions nov existing
regarding the book Of Genesis, and to the
misuse Of certain Hebrew words for all the
attacks on its eredibility.
2. The line of demarkatiOu, as fixed by
God, marking the separation at the crea-
ton Of the world between mortal life and
immortal life, showing hat all created in
the one were necessarily mortal, and the
other immortal.
8. That Moses account Of the creation
and Of the fool is literally and exactly
true. the assertion Of scientific geOlC gists
to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. Why God COMPOUNDED the language at
Babel as his means for dispensing the bull
ders Of that tower, and to whom it was
specifically confined. trust you will per
NIT the ministers o. the various denOmina-
tiOns, with their wives, TO attend free Of
cost. Very respectfully, your friend,
ARIEL.
Masonic Hall has been selected as the
best place to deliver these lectures, and the