The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-03
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
'The Lord M ade Heaven and Earth"


1t was announced in Yesterdays ps:
pers that clergyman from Baltimore
would lecture in the lecture room OF the
Episcopal Church last night, but Rev. j.
q. Armstrong Announced that be had
been expecting the arrival of the gentle
man up to that moment, and that be had
not made his appearance for some un
known reason. Mr.. Armstrong after
reading the first chapter of Genesis, said
that he would not continue his regular
course OF lectures, as be was not prepared
for the occ sion, but would speak Of some
OF the ideas which had presented them.
selves 10 him while reading the Lesson
for the day Genesis lst.
Il suppose" said be, that you are
aware that few, il any, chapters in the
Bible have been so resolutely attacked as
the one | have just read. Most Of you
are familiar with the arguments which
have been brought by those calling
Themselves scientists ard who really are
scientists, against this chapter. They
attack the six day creation theory, "A it
is called, most determiEedly. This
theory il that God made Heaven and
earth in SIX literal days OF twenty.four
hours each. La some cases the opposi-
ton wss not open and frank, but COW
ertly ard sneeriagly. They said
that we believed that between
the earth sud upper portions Of the
sky was AZ immense plate
called a frmAmen; which prevented the
rain from falling aud IN which the stars
were fixed like Jewels in crown, and
also when il raIned, God himself opsned
the sluiCe srd allowed the water 70 fall
through. / do not think that any in
telIigent readers Of the Bible believe any
such thing. This portion Of the
ScrIptures-this chapter Of Genises is
written 10 ~hst IS called "phenOmlnAi
language" THIS expression explains
itself. Ii means that the writer wrote it
from the standpoint ia which those
great events presented themselves 70
his mind. TINS is also Il"
ides Of one Of the gresteft
scientists who ever lived, Hugh Miller,
the famous geologisi, who. a. far a
know, wss the Brst 10 advance this
theory. he ssys that this Is VIA; would
have presented Itself b human eye II
one bad been there 70 see tuIs Phenomens.
Instead Of regarding objects s. "dayE' or
a. measures Of time, they sogid hsve
seemed 20 be ike 8 stupendOUs pan
Drama. The darkness would have merely
been the interval between the views. Aoa
the hight would have besn the
period dur1ng which they Ap-
peAred. The conception il poetic
bu, ibs writing itself 10 grsndly poetic,
and Noes, whom / believe 20 be suthor
Of il described II II lhi, way. The lan-
guage OF the chapter VII readily besr
this Interpretation, and ii is s;ill more IN
e0ncoriAnce with the wording Of the
original. The construction shields us
rpletely from The attacks Of tie sksp-
tI.aI and critical scientists. These
scenes may have taken in tkeff per-
fornAuce millions upon millions Of
wears, and thus the many slurs that have
been cast upon this portion Of the Bibls
are done Away With. Hugh
Miller vas scisuiiI, vno
ackaowledged 80 10 beng God IN
al thir q. Dr. Taylor Lewis, one of the
greatest ard most learned men whom
this country hss ever prodccec, adopted
this view Of The creation some tine pre-
yjyls 20 his desin. 10 another place The
words sGJd said are zssd-HGod sAid let
there Be- light &c. Ths also hss besn
criticised. have 10 doubt !hsi soDs
few think thst This wa litersl 'sAy 90
OF God, bot II never xAs. IL va sln-
DIV An expression OF the tiyire lsE A.
s,sapad upon 81 % the works Of Goc
To-dsy '-GSd sAys' ies tie planets re-
Toivs ArOsnd the sun, and i il N
| that SeEss thG. the Wofds
are nsed. When the spirit Of
God said -Lel there Be hight light came
I from tie great, tormiess rnass called the
word, iron the ordinary natural laws
~bIch rals matter. All selsucs ada gs