The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12

without life; why should we worship IT?
Let us fight against II and drive 1t out of
the earth as we did the Jins." But the
angels said, IF God orders us to submit TO
It we must obey" And Hareth dissembled
| his wrath and hatred and said he was but
testing them; that he loved God and was the
friend OF man, and pointed with pride to
the long record of his services in proof of
his zeal and loyalty, and so disarmed the
suspicious of the angels. Thus early were
the arts Of the politician practiced.
Now, the soul did not want TO enter the
| body of Adam. 1t did not fancy such a
prison house of clay, but much preferred
| it's freedom-wanted TO roam through para
disc at its own sweet will and go whittier
soever il listed and have a good time all
the time. But Gabriel sat down near the
| head OF Adam and played such exquisite
melodies upon a fageolet that the soul de-
scended to listen, and, in moment of &C.
stasy. entered the body of Adam-and has
| been regretting it ever since.
| When Adam was created all the beasts
| Of the earth wanted to fall down and wor-
| ship him, but he said to them: You have
come TO worship me, but come and let US
clothe ourselves with power and glory, and
let Us take Him TO be king over US who
| has created US, for people chooses king,
but the king does not appoint himself mon
arch arbitrarily" Thereupon Adam chose
God to be king Of all the world, and the
beasts of the fields, the fowls Of the air
and the fishes in the waters gladly con-
sented thereto. Thus was established the
| first theocracy upon earth. Hence the "di-
vinity which doth hedge king" but back
of that, be 1t noted, lies the tradi-
J
opinion was very commonly held
| by great many ancient writers
and commentators that man was created
double, that is. male and female. The text,
| And God created man in his own image.
male-female created He Them received the
rabbinical Interpretation that Adam and
Eve were formed back to back, united at
| the shoulders, and were hewn asunder with
Ratchet. But most of the traditions
corning the creation of Eve agree with the
biblical account in that Eve was formed
| from Adam The raobis say that when Eve
| had to be drawn out Of Adams side. 'she
| was not extracted by the head, lest she
| should be vain; nor by the eyes, lest they
! should be wanton; nor by the mouth, lest
/ she should be given to gossping; nor by
| the hands, lest she should be meddlesome;
nor by the ears, lest she should be
| eavesdroppcr; nor by the feet, lest she
should be a gadabout; nor by the heart,
| lest she should be jealous; but she was
| drawn out by the side; yet, notwithstand-
| ing all these precautions, she has every
! fault specially guarded against" A Mus
sulman tradition is that Adam having eaten
| the bunch of grapes given him re-
ward after his sermon TO the angels. fell
asleep, that while he slept, God took from
| his side woman whom he
| called Hava because taken from one
| alive haD, and laid her beside Adam
| She was like Adam, except that
| she was more delicate and beautiful, with
softer eyes and sweeter voice. longer hair
| and more graceful form and altogether
sweet and lovely and fair to look upon.
Now, while he slept Adam dreamed that
| wife had been given him and great his
| joy upon waking TO find his dream turned
into reality 1t was a case of love at first
! sight with no rivals in the field. God gave
His permission that Adam should take Haya
as his wife. so they were duly married and
entered upon the enjoyment Of their honey
moon. In the midst Of paradise was a green
silk tent spread for them, supported on gold
pillars and in the tent was a throne upon
which Adam and Hava were seated. Then
/ they were bathed in one Of the rivers Of
paradise and brought before the presence of
God who babe them dwell in paradise. 81
have prepared you this garden for your
| home; in ii you shall be protected from cold
and heat, from hunger and thirst; enjoy
all that merits your eye, only of one fruit
| taste not. Beware how you break my COM
mand and arm yourself against the SUBJ
| tlety of your foe, Eblis. He envies you and
stands by you, seeking to destroy you, for
Through you he was cast out"
| 1t was a common rabbinical notion,
| adopted also by some of the commentators
on the book of Genesis. that Eve was
Adams second wife; that his first wife was
Lilith, created simultaneously with him,
and, therefore, neither bone of his bone
nor flesh of his FLESH" that she became
/ proud and vexatious and led her lord and
master such a dogs life Of 1t that she
| was divorced by Adam and expelled from
| paradise, thus furnishing illustrious
precedent for the divorce lawyer; that after
! her expulsion from paradise she married
| the devil and became the mother of
| numerous progeny of little devils called
| jns, who have been on more or less IA
| miliar terms with the sons and daughters
| of men even down to our own generation.
| And in proof of this do we not often hear
the declaration from persons who have
| been making night of it, that they have
| been having devil of time
For the pleasure of the ladies it may
/ be added that there is a Manichean tradi-
ton that Adam when created was like a
beast, coarse, rude, dull and stupid, but
| that Eve stood him upon his feet, polished
| him up and smoothed him down, and, In
short, made a respectable sort of family
| man out of him and impaired to him some
| thing of her spiritual nature, all of
| which is doubtless true. 1t may be further
| added that the polishing process has been
! going on ever since, although candor COM
pels us to admit with but Indifferent sue
cess. JOHN R. MILLER.
| Greencastle, Ind.