The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-17

and unrecognlzed power, or 10 MS o""
feryid imagination. No explanations 20
tempted as 10 how the nepuious 800
can create or become converter i"to 49,
rocks. large boulders. tiny grains oi S'."e,
or the beautiful pebble, or now uno ne
terials for creation could eVoiVo ous ,,s
the gaseous form assumed by the eiouu'
or who called these mighty elements
into existence.
ANOTHER SPECULATION.
Another remarkable and extraordinary
speculation is INDUCED in by tAe iearneu
Dean In this, that although Moses
generally supposed 10 have lived anu uieu
many years after the creation, ne sd"
the actual scenes OF creation. ga" the,n,
as 1t were, from some point apo|e ulo
earth. indeed, as IL he was STANDING ~
the place when the registering hgn. h l,,
In the first instance. been received.
dean does not so state. put uo"p'es,,
Moses was seated on the outer euse
of the wonderful cloud that had c0oleu "
receive him. And what a lonesome time
he must have had ,erched on the outer
edge" of luminous cloud, for couh' iSsS
cons, possibly like Elijah or Old, ieu oy
the ravens, and warmed by the infnihos-
ity Of the cloud. though 1t Is not SO eA-
pressly stated. scanning with ANXIOUS
eye, the process. according 10 the La
place-Hart theory. Of the evolution OF tne
earth from chaotic clements into the
beautiful earth as we now behold IL!
In the first part OF his article, the
Dean very properly and naturaiy' We
think. concludes that Moses got ms IN
formation from certain lsraehusn tapiets
land out Of them he selected ten, ana
INCORPORATED them into n continuous mar
rative." But the first chapter puzzles tue
Dean. How did Moses come by the hrst
chapter, and the three verses OF the sec
ond?" he asks. and he concludes he
must have seen the creation. but II he
did he says very little about It; the mea-
gre description Moses gives was not worth
the trouble OF occupying a reserved sea L
on the "outcr edge of a luminous cloud
looking down upon the surface OF the
earth
The Dean saws, at Is notable fact
that the narrator Gloses), does not say
he witnessed the making of the rest OF
the stellar hosts,' II Moses ever said ne
witnessed the making of any OF them
we have never seen Il 50 recorded!
The Dean admits Il IS probable that
Moses obtained a part Of bis narrative
from the tablets. "handed down from the
early historians of our race as
Il was told by Adam. and which he, no
doubt, had learnt from the angels
Wei, then. # Moses got part Of the ac-
count from Adam. and Adam from the
angels, and the angels from God. why
may he not have gotten the whole In the
same way?
Does not the whole account given by
Moses bear the stamp OF truth and au-
thority and consistency? Has It not the
seal OF divinity upon Il? Mr.. Laplace ana
Dean Hart to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing. Does not the Dean, IN admitting the
authenticity Of a part Of the narrative
enter a non sequtur to his nebulous theo-
~ hypothesis as 90 the other part2 Such
idle speculauOns DO no good, they SUBJ
serve no wise purpose. they are calcu-
lated 10 shake faith I'm the Scriptures.
10 create DISTRICT. 10 engender doubts,
20 produce confusion. and should be role
gated 20 the shades Of oblivion, 10 those
nabulous ana misty imaginings that Gre
ated them. and callem them into being.
J. s. MOORE.
Richmond VI, May II. 1896.