, 1876-03-12
RELIGIOUS.
Tile Voice from the Tonbs Of Rimroud
...Chaldaic and Hebrew
Scriptures.
Comparison Of the Two Ac-
counts Of the Crea-
ton Of Man.
The Probable Effect Of Smiths
Discoveries lpon Theo-
logical Tenets'
The Apostles Found Faithful
in Sabbath-Keeping.
4 Correspondent Whom b1r. Bailey
Has Not Tet Convinced.
Moody's Training and Meth
ods-.-The Doctrine Of
"God Is Love-"
Notes and Personals at Home anu
Abroad---ChurchS Services
/ To-Day.
4 Correspondent whom b1r. Bailey
Has Not Yet Convinced.
Moody's Training and Meth
ods---The Doctrine Of
ttGod Is Love-
Notes and Personals at Home anu
Abroad---Church Services
To-Day.

Acknowledgements Services
To-Day.
HEADWATERS OF THEOLOGY.
TIE VOICE rnoN THE ToMBs or SINBouD! /
To the Editor n Ths Chicago Tribune:
CHICAGO March 11.-Itis not long since Dom'-
ME Sampson and Old Mortality stood aa types OF
archaeological science. Tho name OF tnls oe-
partment OF thought was, itself, sgnonEm OF
caYernous mustiness and monashc dust. ~
troaonical science, stirring from tho noaes1
minds of Kopernikus and dallleo: had k1noleo
aud famed out in indescribabIe 6pfenoor. LUIS
astronomer reached, In himself, poos n'8aef
than the finest Greek ideals Of the Deity. cne"-
istrY following little behind IN po'os OF s'ine'
with its surprisingly beautiful and cu1oos rase-
lations, offered itself at once as the da1n'lese
| handmaiden Of art, and tho mosE powerful
| worker for man's material progress. Then came
geology with its telescope reach throuen
time a. mighty a. that OF astronomy shtou gu
an,ca The progress Of science has been suc-
ceasion Of delightful and brilliant surpflses' the
oAcuIiatity Of which is that they always burst
j fo,th in fnll-orbef radiance from some dark,
md usually from some uninviting, quarter of
the intellectual horizon. This is culinensiy true
Of the recent dc velopments in archaeology. Inla
| ectaoca has burs ted it's ce1euenta IN more
| eenses thnn ono. 1t has gu1itten the Lsshean
waters. as EIiiah smote the Jordan With ms
| mantle. and they have fed back. Il las sane
haze OF white light through ciond-banks o 1
oblivion which hung black and impenet1abio DE-
tyeeu Us and the past. One ought to oe par
doned for touch Of rhetorical a1uboranee
over tho prospect OF an intimsto acquaintance
With a. civilization that could produce q poem
: }ke the Book Of Job photographer like As
surbauipal- and "a architect Ike Nebuc haanez
| ~,r. and TINT could throw out 1n oHshoos 1ika
. the Hebrews
As rot our explorers hare only reached th'
border land of Chaldeic exploration, and lea1nee
only enough to be sure Of acquisitions lylnE o.
! yond, which they will vet reacn. purpose mere,
in to notice briefly few Of the points Of inte1ea
! oyen TO the public by the English aEchnoioR1ats
Chiefly by that intrepid and learned explorer
George Smith, OF the British Museum
THE ANCIENT TABLETS.
Until comparatiyely recent date the Scr1ptu-
raj alIueiona 10 engraved tabiess engraved, AZ
we're the tablets Of the law, upon both s.oes G ;
. we're not clearly understood. The nnc1ent cnai
inans employed plaster Of clay snhcienuy n mas u,
: | ieable to po traced upon readily by pen o.
t | rom These plates when inscribed we're oaRec
d in a furnace After this process the oI1sine
n plate vas, in come instances, employed al
. mold and any desired number Of copies In
I mr.
ff,af 'Thls art Abraham seems to have carr1et
With him in hia emigration from Chaidna- how
aver that NAV have been. the Hebrews en-
!. Moved the tablet for their permanent literature
IN fprefereoce to tho ph2yus ana sgnon ~ W. ~
ran Hbrariea on the destruction Of the bulldn5'
by fire or decay, fell to the ground, were coTere<
by the debris, where they lay through the pass
ing centuries, awaiting the arco"osoGlcA1 o'
ploref. ,,-..r>.o
sll the historic racea had their origin = eas'
= 1ard in Eden that il, in tho Western part Q
u the fertile belt which runs acroas Ash 1lono ~
2. Mediterranean to the yellow Ssa- Eennologca
evidenced of all sorts point to this common orlG1
1t Of all tho dominent races OF tho "o9io' tss
the historic Ethiopians wcra not negroes. ous .u
sFarthy peoples who inhabited tho southern Goa
5, at Asia They are indeed the true de:ronoan
~ the Adami whom re find a. 30 early 81 a9
comminglipg with the Caucasian " "soos OF God
= Prom this cradle Of the historic races sne ln u
| Of the Tig7is and Euphrates. Abraham. 1ne ~
brew patriarch, e!nlgrased 20 the wes.masa, ~ ~
| founded a race whose marvellous touRnness 81
l. elasticity has wishstood Influences WHICH gron1
u h;s kindred to dust and scattered them TO II
,-;1d4 Ha left bahind him in his native lAnd
o. civilization whose poetry, A. Ate!sta. - +.
Et | architecture, and as yet We know not Hna' ae
had roached degree Of perfection which We Of
late civilization have IN many poinsar n9t ~. :.
ed, And he carried With him and sent oo"n y -
wirg lines Of bis generations the most o. =" y
] traditions
early golden age. It appears that tao eh9lo@
> theoloeiaus held the central truth OK
ONE 6UPREaE COD
vho stood back ia the misty height q tht
Pantheon with na1no that It mas eaGtloee
- speak. This ssas the sublime II, o hep1as
t.ini,i,n. unme which rererent Chf1sslans e'
nnu refer to with awe. or this great Deity
,rnngea or other representations we're e7
4 ,naie There never was time when sucn
! imsge would not shock and horIif5 sne mo'
- ncnse Of His worshlper. Tlo Cnalonans q.
,., secondary to Elohin1, tt'n1ts or ulAa, T.. ~.
,s trinity unity 70 eseh pese9n9 q IN" snd md
~ rv;thout INV seeming perception OF consrao
/ 1t tion in terrns or = confusion OF ideas Eionl
OF | tho uppamable, was prscncaalg OUT VI ~
mi theology. This inefaple deity Abraham GU
AZ his God. And here *e a nna .us sn ~ =
T.. nstr,arch. He Won the name of Father oI
- E,;thfnl The sublim,.y OF that faith AMI
~ t,rand courage OF his soul can only be appfec1a
1~ wheu we know that he feared not to choose
III awful Elohim, and rise 10 the hs'ght Of c<
III nnuine with him daily. as companion
IN tr;en1 Few other men OF Chald1a would b
dared 20 much - to repeat the sacred nal
~ h;s Cnaldg;c kindred he left the divine ttil
Am. Bel and Hea- subordinate to this t,
was great throng OF inferior deitlea col
n.x. spending 70 tho Heb1aistac angess*
rba cba1dnic and Hebraistc account Of
u. >reation a1e substantially uniform, the ID
supoletnenting the former in many lmpor
( narticulnrs, OF vice versa, aB the case may
a Tba Hebraistic account declares that Elohln
tia creator, but before it progresses Tar o,
in 4 second person-Jehoyah THIS SECOND
'ssY cre.siye steps Of creation hid reached 70
A. that enoch Elohim said to 1ehoTkh"Elon
1v, :. I.et us make mau." This plurality tnete1
11t'' for tho most ps1t, d1asppoAls, coming oat'