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TXAS "NATIONAL RE G LS-T E lX.
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.ClTIjrfrojiltdiej'jReposiiofyf . SuMtawecof the earth ; that is he created
AlOBEXINt CJEiNGK AD: SHEJBI-
il .irvi nl ini rILE. Fin i . . . r u
oj .TriEfeopEssoR!w-ATBHMEN;ivh -nr-our earth' arid the 'renal 'heavens as they
--.- .- r-. w " I I "
.s nO .?. jnblfld-r mbm Yi'i siTi-wrM"" ai"ei 'Qr a habitation' to man and his'
. . ' I .-. I . .. J
jOIJUlCU.
. . XII i 'ifc
in rine beginning in remote ages; we
Fiinifqnra'nr mnMni AMithil. ClVtm TArrnai
A.I DUUIUIIUU Ul lllUlll Wl WI1KU1I V-n 1W11J&U
-mU .m n'GBOLOGYd o IM- Jir : m
JPhesb"ndeof'g'eologyrjs'StiUan.itsinn
:i3certa?ne1IaridrimjVdV'tffhP'prmeiples-de-d
ucied rrorWrthenVHicIffalleLlffibtac-
knSwledffeHorFeB'. 1JA' W ofVthel-e
f icYs'-amF rirTricYfleVfrlay Kcre WstSleil
of layers or sVfat'a regul'acTv 'flltfceU one
ierriThe5e.slraUIie.a;rQCKs coyer a very
!:irn?nnrtirinnf thn pnrflrs SUrl.lCfi : and
- TrtrMr:'.r7T5v'- -"r-trTT.-!- j.i.- i-?. .7 t .i
w
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regard tn'this 'interpretation- the
.. . j .
fahc"v.12M'fthVfacl'sI howi-frec have? been. wnieryqold remark5 that he has himself
' examined a' great number ot passages m--which
th'tV'word occur all of which 'will
justify the interpretation Tiere' given? -as
.'i 'being m strict accordance with'the'He-
fp'osriffi 'brew idiom. ' ' t"
I lie translated "to create mine lirst1
iverse fully coincides with this idea. Thh
word primarily means to call rti to' exist-
'qncc.'Yd create" bul'bf iibthirig."jf.'.isilsed
Hut twice in this document i 'once m'lhei
Ii .ltlvi tTfl ' . . . .-.!
Lr" ' '! ::. . r.ia" i 1". " ..va.' vrVot. rxn'.r0vAr'0 ;Hni';'."Si
0ii 5iSS)F ffl""f HKfo.VJ'daV l-ftSTi e (J. '"' -V." -
"UjlVtV"
ubrnerg:edobeneath.lliG waier-Srf'fTliese .spoken 61 thftcfeatibn of the htiman soul
deposiles s?uCceedieach"rothBrrljn Tt-cpniifciscv'Hfere-thVobghout the narrati'e'nno-
Ian order which found ;qLDe lmAmpaher word isisedthe'pnmar'srgmfica-
AvithJ very. itTiflihg variation tiroughpMiitionof'.vudhis.' to"frfrrn' to fashiri'du't of
vervilara:e-distncui.nSome:x)Glhese.lfrisomething alreatlvlnexistenCe:0'1' - '
positesr? uhsiamcJipcbiCiitLre foond i6be ( Again : the second verse tells us -what1
very-ihicto. vThog tlniLloe? limdstoneJstra-t yasl'thdstale 'of tlie origjrial eltimentsaf-'
ta of Cincinnati is from six huHdreduciyteJr their creaHon.ahd yeforeGod com-
onc.lhousaniLfetUHi. thickjicd5jf The or-. menced 'tht:' wdrlrdf ittinVup'"the
dervof the strata l3;noyl fotAvelLasccrri.iLVP. ipsideiice ov-mati.-' I'be'
tainedwtliaL.prcUCjil goJog;sls.can)yj was v1tl16ut.lorm and 'void V1 the
examining anv-paru'cu.ar sLraluni.vuh-j. brew' j's'.more expressive' "and'thd
oiiLiiesiiatipiKshow -what itiilhe.orderiotri u'as emptiness and t?o3rjy."1Althous
ihe.seiiesiris'lho' kind. of-i rook fUnd.berltlrt5 stale u'wasTwtn'iiescent' ftir "
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will become-of the Scripture narrative-?-'every week onfy $'1633 being only four
IWe replythat tbjs has not yet been geo- centsadayfor'ea'chone to procure shelter
logically substantiated' In the meantime.liraiment. and 'foodall the' n'riWn7&
thereare several facts drawn from the Bi-
blcitsdf .vhich seem to imply that Jhe
delugewas not 'universal. The first of
mcac io uiau u was not a natural pheno-
menon. It was an instance of the exer-
tion of direct omnipotent aerencv for the
'accomplishment of a specific" object?'1 A-
naloffV Would lrfnd in thd nnnnnnrtithnt
no greater power would-! be displayed
'than'was necessaryala. produce the" in-
tended and particular .result. - Xetare
.""AVWS lops of the highest mpuntr
ains were covered" &c: but this .tin-
doubtedly refers to the mountains in that
n of the 'world iff w c llheail hor'
porlio
was writing arid tioWWhc'ccssarily re
fer to mountains in Europe o'fArheric.i
any moreahan to mowriiains in themoon.
But we liavei distinct intimation in the
Bible itself that the effects-.upon the earth
were no.sqtpcrific as hasbeet generally
(supposed. floj.the trees some of then
m iMiitii- U'prp pv npnt 1 ir i?r .c mn inrr
5 ' iWtl ' i 1 u (. " "b
ine puve teat piucKed trom one oi
jV spirit of" God 'ihovpd'(IebV'!raf hvbeHh?
'Second I .that. nearly all -our hills land' representing cotltinoiTy ul' Jaction) upon
lQwiind .wiial is .the next above.o- 1
vallcysdiave.been f-bCfonned bv the ac- the face ('t the' 'waTers'" How lonir'tliis
earth
earth
He-"
erfrtli
h in
ine
of life. ' In the same population1' a like-'
number fare not .much better. We have
.condensed this statement from a report
.made by a cpmmittee appointed at a town
'meeting at Carlisle. Distressing'as fliTs0
pic.ture5is there are other parts of Great. t
Britain-in bich the poverty pfthework- '
'ingiiclassesfjis evepdeeper and more:
hopeless than nppear3-fram thqse figures .
Inthei langunge of a provincial journal
they are.in a. condition of actual famine.
roitWi .irai
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oijl . .FACTORY. LABOR. -
'Already is the corporate factory vs-i;
tcni leginninglto produce 'irrihe :United
StatesrPal' depth of distress 'which has
long excitedftric horror of every observer -of1
the dondiUonaoF Lancashire.' -We
have 'recently htfd decasitir.' 'tn'call atten-
tion' to ihe fact1 that since!the'"esi'abli3lf
ment'oflhe present taring the JVowell fJti-
tories alone h'av'e discharged '1300 arris :
ClVlOO til Al.a looT Tll.lrl Cwnm r-Xr Y
-irT :iv M-ni! ' F1"5-" !Tui ;ltii ""' iut-ir criipiiiyTuii(i reiiucea ine wa'
them in the dove's 'mouth told'of the as- ges of the remainder 50 cents .eacrPner
suagingfbT1the wafers. T1We'have'bVfo'rej wuek'. ias ' is";the. inevitable cdfi'se-
statfd that this que'snori'frsfiiran-open eiueiicecprporatejndustry. The'glrls
ohe';'fand-the above intimations are'sufn-' are first undeV.a high .tanfl" seduced from'
cieimto allay Jany apprehensions ofrtne rjieir household duties an.l happy homes
iof high .wages. Wlipn
frtendsjof ihedJilile iniregard-to the. 111-.1 bvthe temptation
vestigaiipus now; being prose.cuted witli a'suflicient number are drawn into y tic
'eTerenecip this.subjecl let them icT"ihia:e snare a. Utile imbrovement in machinery
as Uipij may. enables the stockholders to discharge-
l.ll ..' .1 1 .1 1' r . . 1 -r . . B
c sunn lmisi; mi- lumarKsHii uiesjo- some 01 ine nanus. -tut asas. the best
lion or. running watvrrJJ 'J he.onginal!sur- state o!iIling5continue'd isan'd ever must 'j?01 v i5er-10i-'V witn two.quota-.ions: i!jC years ot their bte have been 'spent in-the
lace was l-dmparativelyMeVoiTlfeidepthlbc'in tins World ifnkurftvfi. 3 Myiiad's'of fi'sl 'from':I'iiLMinthBndgewHtt-rlVea-! gloomy wall4 of .the factories 'They
of surface remoied bv 1 his c;rjs'e''isi:v(.rv !SS may have interv'en'ed between' theM'e5e'" ' wri:ten' by Mr. Ijahoage ; the" have liad no opporrurtiivib contrjoLmatI-
Ureal j roiessur "ijckc i:us"staicu m jtuuu itunni m uitr u-uiihiius ;iiki'--- (" - n.nui i ;.i umni.n jwiiiiii;t;s 'imu mev iiave no re-
Sneof'1hi& IecYffr6s"otJ'ceolo2v;Kihat"ihe tbaf.in lch God V.iid' Lf' there be ' 'hi"? ' a'i tide 'Rev. Drf Bownlce: Savs" source but the factories." Thevmusti:
brue:limcstqVeinJY!ie-viVini.vof'CHicin- W'M" v 'l- " "' ' ' ' Mr. Babbage: " . a WcJik there or become 'dependanis' upoi
nnli.1-Irnm ihe'
' -nofJitiPn which it ncciinips- .Here. then we' havi; "a-rrfnle ihertv; 1" itu'ivuicmnss 01 eviueni.-e wiucn . iiends. ' J his is 1 n-nnmi .cnricrFit nfi
. -j --T 1. -. j . i" . 1 .1 ! .1 j 1 . . . 1 -
in tiis 'scries must 'origina-llv' have been' from the "Bible to adniit'al!' timt-geolo-' coailmiesAo -prove the great arjiiquiiyiui hv'tfie cotton lords. fi'J'hev now rule'-with
- . 'i . 1 . " t". --.-. . 11.0. .11. .-.! ;. .. : : i i .
at
7 1 . - :. . " .- -. - 1 iu;
covered by older depo.-ytrs to the depth g:sis cjnim m icgarit 'to'iiftj. anliquMVot ' "v-' -" " iwcais.u.ip auu.so ian iron hand and cut dawi waces
..en :.: '..irtt.. I 'VU ''.'.'. J Uo-rtlU W.. n.nuirfl.CT:i.l.. ..!... UnSiiaKen V :mv nnnnsinn ' ir-ir il.-.t .tr ..'1 .-... ..-..M.l j- ' J Ii-it-
H UVliJJ i;i iiJlics. J-lie ;?i;JU; intuui- j 1111. .nn. ;nu. tinir; uic jjiuic much wrl '"o v-u unu iuqi jJicuuic i.'uiii 1111; lliI5rrlC5 oi ljail-
beiimalsj)asJ)eeji1transpor;e.jy ror(req:!v understood clearly intimates a. "n.no but ho'--e' who are alike incapable j caihi-e are fep:odi:ced'i:i New'Kngland.
nnji.pexiapst jiastrmed n' depo.siiea btate'of iHin'gs e.actlv's'nt!i as geologists ot 'hperiving facts and. appreciating dhe.. Happily' however the Ne'w' I-I-Wawl
yUlFljlV?011-?- VeJ4o. fi-lKrL'9-4 ':rn'inuS1-rcespa:"iIVhfre liifd an ex- asonin'g caiLftfr a momem conceive thej opprgjives ppsses'a clear lritellnce'
inii.tejdjjaci-s'andjindaje.vnigia ister.ee. tli'e'r iheii;'wc Mtl uivaigii- prese.nL slate of its surwce.to.ljave been and a litth of tljep-rit of iheir.grand-T
ted "necessyj.'but.iircse-a: sufficient "mcnt.'nioit c'dhclusive.'tiiumphant; and '.""r rcsultof onjyix ihoujand $caj& oj moMiprs avIio hatqhet in hand.'sent back.
irrefut.a-ole in 'favor dPile'lfUlv book ori eftiei?ei y mose opservers and phi'nso- the ?avageslrom their ilwcH;pf-; ahdaf-
God.'l And infidelity Hvl-ndeavoring to 9Sr? .!!1iSv1'?i s0?f nl (theirlfves in the J teru ajds scorned to drink lea when to do
disprove:its 'truthenticv.'MriiSrWh in the' sllldy of Seo!?.Y l&e arrived at'the con-' so.was lorucknp;wledgeiaa-iiH)iu4 au-CiiuiljH'oneof-tire'-sln.fPesirrmeVftsj
there exists fisisiilile'ev;--'! ihbv. AHready liieopept'ivesoCtw-
pbss'iblecin l:IvdrofMfdiVnerauthoriiv. (!PnJ:e' lIl-4 5he date of the earth's firw eH'have corjgregaied inn MLibor refprriv
;Blit' furtjicf: 'science5 'rrnd mies13iblb ' lorrla"Pln1' UJ ?nlerlP.r tolCj epocluw- apsociationiV'and .we have beiore.utract
:for'tbe.pre?ejit pup?se.i )Cj; tum - ;
Jt:muRJ)efl'ev:i-ieuuitpL.R.y.iy itefisctiug
mindTarfaj.'aramchseiperiodsf1tiuip.were
nccessax-v forthescr forraatiorrs and chan-
gol!ikel)TK'"nence?aftged oi .anv note agree m tfscnbmf Very great
aniiqintv.to our earth perhaps mnlions of
Years or-ag?s !. 1 lie opinion verv.gene-
ra
11
illV entplfla'iV.ea.'bV ChrisHHns''-lt least
rltil recenllv wa-s that o'ur eahlris rinly
ai;out'KxfV!?o1asaiil;-VaSis?.d' anMllls
opiif ifiJyledLlVfrBtheVMdsa'ife
naTr'JtivfeY the c'reatiof 'm'AlteitM
ihve&ms rofhcolfZrAi)rziBrth V;c
xta&nabPJffhe lPblcl ' X'M answer' to
;w . (tr"."Vl ' t 1 . ''IVl frj 1. t
this question would occupy loo much trine
and spitbe-for anHinicle hke the 'present.
An&oblline"onlV wifi he aitemnieH. ! X fl
throwx light'recrprocaliy updli'caclrot
THis'-'v.e'lihve already seen-jrhe'
" r-f- "j 'X' v"''-"r;. ''ll".'-;-iy"'-irt".'- :isai
otlier.'U'jip be assigned U) it by Moses. Ami tXn 1 ..irinted bv tiAvs association-- TJii?
fol.l it is npw.amiuedby all competent per-j number lias sprrfledcoAinanicaiionsfioau
" Jullana' and "Amelia.?'. It lappearsi
tlrat'wheh an 'dtoerafive is .engaged in a
factory- she is to : remain a vear under
lbWthg-lnbtvill illu'strate lU'slilhm'oie'-? i Hon3.Vrtle..ruJatpnI qt even .those
' rA'iho!fg'th'e:fJs--iI 'rVmdins'foUnd m the slMli 3-j-f'fV? f'c '"ifc&r miiS havoc-
IJJue iirrVtfilohe of OihcinnSli; iVa''speeies c.uPledlyaf.1 f edsfi probably inilljgus.oij
olJrri!olJUpi baviuff-evfe still' perfe'ciV 'The' .v?ai?:in arnving at Uieir presentsiate.?!
writer 'has himsefPseen one orlwofspeei- &e? PP; 0b
mens o! this kiutii-J 'Pliese'eveS-aYe' cdrii-
iitempied
7Th fii'e'aterporiioiV-ofthybobU of Ge-1-
A-iri . nftmnllilmn fnirti i-if Iior'fl.rtl1 It I c
TIt 5 ' w! . . I ' . ( ill
of 'a date anterior' to the time ol Moses.
Some' of these account's from their stvle
appear' uTbelo'ng to a'very remote anti-
quity'. The' 'whole of the first chdpter
tosrether wtlifthp 'first: three verses'of'ilie
second constitute the first.'document of
the compilation. -Th'e 'remainder of the
p"oundv somewhat "i-esembleh'g'hos'tfoT a'
c6mmoh 'hft'use fly add are fourltfdupdn
s(ulijebtinglthem' to mieroscWpre eTsarriin'a-
tion.'fo consist of four holifYdrff'Uil1ril
"1 wisjut tobe distinctly remembered
remaiks J)r. Liowrilee "t'hat while all
aiV' circumstances. lPn'bt.'she gts no?
'- written 'discharge;"" wirtidu which- she-
can get no employ elsewhere.'" 'She also
ill nelSJi.nrinlfd narpr nf ' rm!-if"-r-.r..s " U
geolpgists.Chrisn'an and infidel maintain wlnrh1 liAr-vhnli'Wili ; n uL
with the utmost propriety. the great anjf-. verned: Amelia 'gives the srateVf
of3 'sihgle'Wes!' Ty'es weVeforrne'd' for
seeing1; but light is 'essential' t6'Visidh ;
hence the t existence oi" eyes1 proves ne-
cessarily 'ihe'coekis'tence:oFi lWHi. Yet
these liilbbiteV are found.in'a's'tratiifn'of
rock of from six hundred 'to'oneiboosand
feet-iir tlncVness andasbeforfefgfaleU
having1 .deposites'of five oriixmiles a-
bove'them !f! Here theh-w6dre!'carried
I k I . r. t
second chapterr' and-'the wholef the i back to ages reaching far beydrid tbe-pow-?
i bird "conltiiXite ' the second '&c. 'This ei of human conception.'' A'ndVet We are
fictlTamifiar-fo'everv Hebrew scholar irresistablv le'd-to the concliision"'that even
The -fifit ofJ thbse" documents' jonsisls". then IJht existed. How' can' tBi's'be'har
of two parts: the first 'and second verse's
cpnsiuuiing one ana ine rernainaeroi.me
chapter amj the fir.ft. three verges of the
pexJtheiOiher. JTefirsof thqse' refers
to the original creation of matlen; the se-
cjdriAnthe rcmndelhtg and fitting vp ofithis
wirtdtyfr'tk&residcttceofman.'' t. ( .
There are 'twd'Hebrew word's in the
fii st-erse dT pe.ujiaj signification. The
cinei is jtnanalate.d Jiy the. wjorf crfaiedM
".in ilij beginninGod created" Sep.;
the other-does noLappear in-1therarisa-tion.
ifln .reference to this latter. the fol-
io wirfg-quotation 1is introducedlfrom-tlie
beWof IhS laiyDK? 'BrownleeffNew
.York: 'There is a word 'ETK''ufsedl
feei'vsV first;fwrri5H has WBeen
. .LaA Tku iiMhl il.. I.. -J-n'-ni
JrailSI"!" "WU IM icaiucu u
WScWottMl!I.;iflhiS'Key'te'tW'He-
itinuaui: L
ii-.jip r ft '. Ifi !! inn.. -.j. . !
ritance. Hence the vers anddrd rbW
thus 'In the beginning God created the
moriix.ed with the statement1 beforemade;
that when God said " Let there' be light"
he commenced fitting .up the worhMbr
man's aboile ? This 'ditficully'is'Vefy ea-
sily removed We have nfd intimation
whatever that God 'created the light at
that tinae any more than that he created
any .other element oftne chaoicfmassi--"TFie
language is "And God 'saidJLe
light he" that is let it appear; be 'sepa-
rated bad.doubtless exiite'd previous-
lv!asJ a4 constituent 'part of that" mass
.which va "emptioess and desolation.
-gTherej'is opei other pojnt inwbi9hinfi:
leliiy bas altacked the Bible andfw.hj"ch
is yet an open question. Itisrespepiipg
ilhedelucei) Was thc-deluge- universal i
Fhe i generally received 'inirpretafiori'.of
tthi'3ible lends its sanciiono aiiiaffirma-
li V4 -response'. " Bot'geoWgicaUraart rehes;
.l.f.-r.ViI linm't; rnln'. fkU A'mm:..- '
iiiuD ai " "CJ'J " "w "cguiiwct
Should that view be sustained what then
qiiitvy-tf thq earth iiijtsrccrfj.fnns
Mic most e.aci ana SKUltul geologist-do
unHno ni-nntl m.u T '
aflafs at the Lawrence "corrioration.'the
fparticularf property of ftIr.Abbo:LLaw-
linHnr nratl ..An; 1 T
w. ujuwwhi dim po5uivcAevi-fience whose assiduities at -Washington:
dence maintain ihe recent existence of the f procured the passage-of the present tariff:
earth in its maeut fonn.j Cuvier whom Let .usSee how white slaved are treated
an auiiiu io nave ueen one ot ihe
most
enlightened geologists of our times "has
.ii. -.i i ' .. -
ucu.uteu iromceiiain progressive changes
in the earth's sui fj.ee 'a? well as from the
concurrent tiaduions of jnany nations'
even apart from tlie .divine testimpii'f'of
the Lible that 'the first anpearancVof
ppea
man on the surface of our globe or at
least jenewal of the human race after
some great catastrophe pannot be re-
ferred to a period farther back than five
thousand or six thousand years from the
present time."
Suffering i.v Englanp. Imagina-
lipp can scarcely conceive the miseries to
which the poor of England 'are' reduced.
Some slight' idea of their sufferings may
be obtained by a single town.1 "For in-
stance in Carlisle whiqh has 'a population
of 22000 there aret 1146 individual
which have no means T support what-
ever except pJblic charity." There' dra
1465. persons whose weakly earnings-do
not exceed twenty-two cents icacbj 1623
whose weekly earnings do -not exceed
thirtj-ihfee cents .each ;( 692' .'w.hose
wec.ij iciaiugs uu noi exceeo tortv-
fou? cents each and 63 'whose weekly
earnings dp not exceed slxiv cents each.
Tbui in a;j)ppqlyioapf (2(j0p tnerere
vvm a:ibwu vriiiai;art:jjuieiaooryieia8
under iibe strap'of his overseer1: " ?
. '.' The pexl is oC a more general bear-
ing concerning quite a. number oi jhdi-
viduals employed on the Lawrence Cor-
porai1on.where tlie.owners-bav6-recently '
efected arid put in wotiorf a new mill-at
the same time stopping onfe of ibe oldr
i.nvhichjSaicl' person's were "employed.
'ow. as 'they dPd nof VoIuniaVily- leave
their sifualioris but were ctischarrred
therefrom .pn Recount of suspension of
operations by tbe.cornpany tbey'liadnn
undoubted right to.choose their own place
of labor ; and as the work in the new-
mill is vastly more laborious and the
wages less than can be' obtained in many
parts of the city they signified their wish
logo elsewhere but are- insptentlv told
thatthey shall labor thera or riot at all r
and will not be -released until their vear
lias expiredwherrMftheyi can posvibly
find no furth'erciiseTor delay.ibey may
deign Ho bestow) uponthe'.wat is in
commonparlahcei termed' a: regular di$r
cltarge" ihus.enabing4hera to pass from
onej prison houseanother. n "
ml Now -reader-Rhat fdjioXyoq. isipot
inSiuipncigat.qiiaa. eauur an jire
not -we operatives an ongrateful aei'ot
creatures that we do .not Qroperfr" ab-
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