The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-27
COMMUNICATION.
OUR LANGUAGE

OUR LANGUAGE.
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rsffo, P1 By one Of the Profcssors
Mankind communieete their thoughts BY Oral
srticuiste sounds ana bJ estsre Msn os In
many things in common with the brute In ssmuch
tinotion rom the brute. he is endowed with the
faculty Of Rcason-the faculty Of thinking iudR-
ing and drawing conclusions
The brute hrs Instinct instead of Reason and
sIIhou2h the sagacity Of some brutes nearly ap-
tween reason and instinct Rca1on enaS,en nc PC =,
conclude safely from given data. We perceive by
the senses only, and when the object has passed
ANay rom under the senses, the impression or
Iemtniscence Of it len behind is called idea FROM
nents and conclusions
instinct is that course directed by rsture and
.le direction OF which governs all lower animals
ny instinct they care for their young select the
Wholesome from the unwhole-ome food as we'll as
defend themselves from danger. The senses are
.oIIIhoh 20 man and the brute, and N these
terror and material objects produce similar I'm
Pressions being impelled by natural Instinct only
put q man IS endowed with rational and fntelIec-
tual faculties, he can draw conclusive judgments
rom these impressions, fdeos
ImpTesstons produce a variety OF ideas Witch
IN turn produce others, and 20 on dd infnifvzn
As MS universally apparent that man is a social
amman, We may naturally conclude that he wishes
to eornmunicate his sentiments to others This Is
ooseIyaole too, IN brutos. as we md them IN many
instances uniting IN force fer defence against .
common enemy.
They must make their feelings known to eaeh
tI.. otneI. means Of such communication then Is
Aosoiutely necessary, and in nan we ind those
iour mentioned above. We will begin with the
I: Gesture. This Is observable in brutes as well
az IN man, and a. he has other and better means
he seldom uses Gesture n means of cournupI-s-
ton. unless to enforce what he says When an in
diNldual mas no other medium, as is the case with
the DUMP, ne can illustrate his sentiments very
well by Gesture. ''
II; Inartioulate Sounds These are used by man
IN ms earliest state Of existence cries and laugh
TER etc, denoting pain or pleasure. These are
used by all other animals, denoting love- Joy ha-
These two media then need scarcely be onumer-
ated ior man as no seldom uses any other than
OIal or written Language.
III Oral or Spoken Language This is com
OlnatoL or assemolage Oh Articulat te Sounds which
arc the pattern oi certain ideas and by means Of
which thoughts may be expressed. In Is only used
by man;
~. Written Language. This is combination
OF characters or letters which arbitrarily represent
SOUNDS which convey ideas to the mind through
Oral Language is Divine institution, injured
W 1Ou 70 our hrst parents az gather from Holy
WLit. some Wouid-he phllologists Of the present
day pretend to prove that language IS a human in
sLtutlon, made out Of necessity and developed as
e1Sency required. Let this assertion be taken
Tor what II IL worth. We who believe tn 10 teaehIp9,
OF scripture cannot succumb to such an erroneous
ssuPPoslu9n. IL may be that Divine Providence as
Is asserted by Others only impaired tho rudiments
OF languages, which afterwards was embeIIished by
, man ana increased to suit his modes Of idea
But although this may be conceded, Il fs more
man ntb,a Pr20apie that Almighty God, Who made
very good communicated this medium TO man
The best writers acknowledge the Divine fnstI-
tuition OF Language, and We entirely disagree with
any author VINO states that necessity, practice
and desire 10 please have enabled man 10 per
iect language because the acknouI Iedzmept OF the
DNine institution OF language proves It's perfection
inc book OF GENESIS. which records the history Of
the creation and fall Of man corrobora ties our belief
and, furthermore, we are told in chap. XII of the
same book that the earth was Of one tongue and
OF the same speech" previous to the building Of
the Tower OF Babel and in verse . OF same chan
ter, the language Of the whole earth vAs con
founded Hence we NAV conclude that the wick
cd and Peryerse ways of man in building tho Tow
or of Babel (which means confusion1 did more to
make the then only language first impaired i'm
perfect than all the necessity practice and desire
70 please ever have can repair.
AS 10 Written Language we have no means Of
knowing its precise origin 1t may have been In
vented by man ns n means of communication and
F OF handing down historical facts to poFterItv
II THIS view be taken ust conclude that writ
ten Language was not In for many Of the earII-
est centuries OF the worlds existence 1t is record
cd in the Bible that the covenants made between
God and man, such the ancient Patriarch's
often sign such a. stone was set up a. a memor-
fal OF such, and no mention is made Of any writing
As an argument for the human invention Of writ
ing may be quoted the state Of savage nations.
Ihey nave no writing, their mode OF drawing pic
lures in tatoonX their naked bodies being the
nearest approach to IT,
There must have been writing previous to Moses
ior We are told he educated in all the learning
oil the egyptians On the Awful Day Of the Dcliv-
cry OF the Law on Mount Sinai, the Great Omnfpo-
tent wrote with His finger the words OF the Law
upou stone AT the same time proclsimtng read
Ing them aloud, az the tImid israelites distinctly
} heard the solemn voice at the foot OF the mount
which said, lam the ord thy Cod and rehearse
Exodus
This Is the first extant and authentic record Of
writing We observe several modes OF written
communication:
l, Hieroglyphics This seems to have been the
most sncient method. Itused pictures OF material
objects, such n we find on the ancient EGYPTIAN
monuments, halls. vessels, etc. Itrepresented real
things and not the names which uttered by the
voice Thus one army cOnquerin ng another is repre-
/ sented by one man telling another TO the ground
while eternity is represented by a OF rolling
waters fit too-unbeEinnipz-en Eternit19
was aIsO represented by ring. To De continued ]