The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-06-25

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Christ and The APOSTLES N NJ more n lst,
ief than Psfsisn sad tasptlin iusrley Ds
nilhg ihe esnmouly accepted thifuafiphy
Of The bible ihej tloihe ihsnsfl,s ln {,
panpply of high ,oundlng and arbitrary
ieehnltaliiies and dise8ufae ttfncdly upon
ihe successive transitions Of ihs pdcrtolc
period. and Of the silafisn, Dcvpnt,n. Car
honilcfous aad pefmein strata In support NJ
their assumed and arbitrary theories and
dogmss, asserting that II required, not thou.
sands hh million. Of yenf, 10 work me-
sfadaiions OF ihese slfalas sIling along
here and there, lev scattering .rains oil
niillar truth, they cnsnsre the feet and utter
/ y bswidct the simple minded, who. thence
forth, follow as blind dupes, to theories Of
which they have no conception or knowl.
edge.
The prosclytcs Of Darwin trace back man
through various transitions Of life, lower and
lower, to dead matter, who, ike the an.
cicnt Sadaueces, deny the resurrection and
cast aside that glorious inheritance which is
the end aud substance of the christians hope
secured to him by the Atoremeni Of the cru.
eihcd Redsemer and for which, by faith, he
patiently waits.
My attention has recently been called to
lecture OF Prot. Wm. Denton, cmincn, foi
his learning and researches ss paleoutolo.
gist, in which lecture, entitled, "What the
Scriptures Of the Earth Reveal occurs the
following language; There is nothing about
which there i. more wranglng than about
religion. II is for this reason SAYS the lee.
turcr, that have chosen to address YOU
upon the Scriptures Of Geology. The vol.
umc that no one can interpolate or de-
stroy is the one We ought 10 study The
first lesson learned was, that lite was not
always in the earth. No one had been able
TO decide whether there had been life or not
until geology came to his assistance. The
second lesson was, that man has been but
recently introduced on the earth, There
are miles of rock in which there are no re-
mains Of man. We penetrate upward
through miles of rock in The aggregate hut
do not find any remains Of man until We
come to the upper strata, and vet he has
been here period OF time that We eau only
count in tens and hundreds OF thousands Of
years. We have no certain knowledge OF
the coming of man upon earth. II may
he hundreds Of thousands Of years, and,
again, It may be but tens Of thousands; but
| il is more probable that il is the formef than
the latter The finding OF the remains OF
man below the surface OF the earth takes MS
back over lapse Of time which It is almost
impossible to comprehend. These Scrip
lures teach that man had lowly origin,
and vet there are many who w.ild like TO
20 back and live in the manner of Adam and
Eye,when the lamb and the lion lay dow to
gcthcr and God smiled over all. Geology
teaches us that man did not live in that
peaceful manner. The world has never been
cursed, Il came into existence with bless.
ing. Step by step. We have won the great
battle between ignorance and knowledge.
Man shall advance until he reaches ihl,
point FOR which he started when he wa,
placed here. We have lost our first estate,
!, is true, but il was only brisr patch, but
don't think there Is any need OF going around
CRYING on account Of It. People tell me ihai
am an Atheist but am not. believe IN
religion but ! wan, my religion to be seien'
tic. Miracles had nothing 10 do with the
foundation OF these records. Now, we &c,
that civilization was built up on the lowei
forms underneath, just as the rocks ar,
found, one stratum above another. Wher
We learn that the past Of our planet has beer
ri,hou, miracles We don't look for miracle,
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tility OF great deal That passes Tor rcligiou
; zeal to-day. II men will give up the no,ioi
,dv,ne. ,he rond,,;o, NJ IN,
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planet ny prayer ana 'u'h 'neir a'''h'""
scientific thought and work, something ma,
Ne Accomplished In the matter. II va
-, a., a.. ..,d had s,y,o, WI,
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wa. that SAVIOR "hf l'''e jewish psp
born nineteen hunareu years ago ana
=, possible that nc VINO was porn ~ 20 ,a'e
: day VII save inc "orid from Us sihs
These are doctrines ana teaehings 70
which the churches are deserted ana ue y
eeums and theatre. ero~d.d' hgaihs u,e,
l. teachings and sheir rernisious influence. u !
the high province ansi sacred duty OF oaO
i. bath school organization. TO gnsrd ana Prse
teet the youthful mind: Next 10 IN,
is to guard them against the norpl
: and corrupt influences OF the sea OF ehea
2 and vicious literature which 'itlates the 'asu
fnffff1fa tnr mind nNgfflFntva t1r morals An