, 1876-01-17
SEARCHING TIE PAST.

Lecture by EsrOrs Cunning at tho
ThlrI UI,ttnrfsa:1 Church.
Ttof. ". D. Cunning delivered yc1.erlzY cvou-
iu. tuo second OF his Herles OF six geological
lectures ID tho Dime Course. gotten up by ,hs
Third Unitarian Churah. co1nes OF Lulllu aul
DTonrne ttrcste. F.llouinK IL m abstract OF bla
iutcresLi1lE tlacourAo:
1t was = saying Il Emerson that no eoeuco 10
sublime until it touchIs nan. Geology con.-
man1s our attention Nhtrs ths thread of earth.
hIatogy begins to Llonl with tho WHIP Of human
history. Tbs question Of mans antiquity and
Lis CHILDHOOD nays and Thoughts had coms Into
geology by tho door OF history aud language
Fire thousand acven hundred ycasa ngo Mencs
mounted tho throne Of tho Fharoalis. Five
thousand soyen hnndrcd years ago Egypt waa
Oh: IL tho morning light OF hitsors, alraady 1T,
empire. aud hn en1rlro aireasY dottad ., CT
with monument, Of losd dynas.ies. HIS
tory n!oue will tako ua lback moro than
5000 years. Deyond the horizon line. uiero
history ms'ts int1 tablo,, tho study Of langnago
wit tsks III. Bsyond tho hoiizou line, where
fabla thslts into uisht, tols,l s.ous aud noias
Of thought MtIl LaEs Us. Ear lpyuud, iuto the
nisus, geology will taAo us.
Hsono ln!plollouts found IN tbs Sl.e-mld allow
that Egypt, back of Egyptian civilization. was
nues OF tho Abba nsmusat and tt,rsad onr way
cac& tsIrnueh Caintso history 4,201 years, al,l
find nothin. beyond. TO tae historian. 'dart
Hest In tho tiosll. Tne sehool-boJlss written by
contemporary Of, Daniel tho prophet aro usol
In her pubic schools to'da7. tbs Chluoaa mini
IS fossil, nAd dealing with It as with any other
tosk,. no arc atlo to rsstofo aud tlic.urs to tho
mind tho All S:n Vii $50 SINS pctritisl U.th the
Sins. aud Mecs, aud Foas OF the DAY. Tue CHI
ncse Empire comprises about one-tA11 Of tho
human fami!y, apd for all these m!!sioun Of 1nen
ft,nfn 1k fN, Et,rs.
wcre onco trtbs namae- Now. auouE the Cal
lcHs marriage IL iusord.c:eI between persuua OF
t!'s Same uaa,c. Chung Fu caunut marry Su
Fu. In California. Al s1n loved bee Fin,
marry. See. becauac ho couldn't tn.e another
blu, tecsuho ho cou'dn'l double h,a Blu. aud
multiply Ills Sins anl b,o himself tn little Sins.
ALI, Sin! Why did LIS do thatf II Ii common
dian trIea, 70 forbid inser-n,a1r:ago withii tho
HaMo tribe. The Huron must tkae t.fs wife from
the Sauacas; the Gontca fiou, tho tiusons. Nn-
tnembsrng Chlua's conservatism, Aud rouo,,l-
nanea once, the intsrdicsloa Of marriase bo.
tween LII and Fu and bln aud Sin nhoaH that
back OF Chlhsso civilization NAV state Ut say.
s&ory in which mon OF QUO tri0a waIe capturing
thelr wives from another tIitp.
Wbiie tho Chinese wcrs passing from tribs-
dom into kingdom. our aucestorA were in
Western Asia. Wuat wero thsy3 Va can r..
store Tho ltuoanlentR OF any pooplo IRON whom
Iew Nords, or cNasotns or suporssitluns hays
our customs, tn our costumes, III our aupcrst,-
tlona We ara Weighted WITH Tho Hittom aud tie
fo!tY Of al tho ages. The sun never sels that
Ais lances Of light do not nhoot nr along tho
wcalern vault aud Bltd Tho ayou'nR sky. An age
mover siuks below lho ho'zon whoso supsr4Is-
ton does no4 iinger sboys aud slain tho iutsi-
lootual hcAvbns. Tho dark Agos hays sos, but
iast yea. htsceo books Aud pamphlets were
to jkt th.k tba hatth ia HIT ar,1 .at