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The Origin of Man. The Bible tells us that God crea ted man; “inalo and female created H© thum * one human pair. When these bad multiplied greatly, ami the race had become insufferably wicked, lie destroyed every man from the earth, except Noah and his wife and their three aons aud their wives. After the flood God blessed them, and said: “Be fruitful, multi j,|y, sml replenish the earth.” Again it is said of them, “Them* were tin* thtve sons of Noah, and of them was the whole ©artji overspread.” This language seenisj to imply that there was not then op earth men of aay otlier origin. Again : Into the hands of Noah and bis sons were delivered every beast of the earth, and every fowl of the air, and nil thettl moeeil upon the v so delivered they might use nired, whether >r for ex term in presence might earth; and these we into their hands that them as occasion m| for service, for food, at ion so far :is their become detrimental tb man’s welfare. But to this remark: hie grant then* was appended iiuine< iately a statute of definition and liujitation. An in dividual man, i. e., <i ae who was an Adamite and also u Noachian, (to use the parlance of our scientists), might reganl other ii dividual* of his own kind as include* under the com prebendvw bead of * all that moved and lived on earth.” Then ho might suppose that he wss permitted to shed the blood of an r of these as he was permitted to s led the blood of all other moving livi og things. But this statute forbids the shedding of the blood of an A lamite. Bnt if then* were then on e irth other crea tures, though shaped and endowed like the Adamite, wl at about them, when the descendants of Noah, with their divine cominiss on to take the whole earth, shotih spread out to the remotest parts ? These certain ly have a Bible rght to use, as occasion may require, every thing, except one of their lfVes and moves on there should be foifad a different origin aud endowed like main, it follows that the Adamite or Now hian might use them for service, for food, or for ex termination, it this i tood in his way, own kind, that ?arth. Then, if creatures of sha(>©d kill an Indian *. e., readily as a pant icr whenever it becomes certain though or a Negro as or a wolf, they have not deuce that itiled from Adam through the line of Noah ! On this subject ment has been an that the Bible there were at least mankiud, a lower and Adam. Now, the Hebrew Bible these terms to man are used to denote •- -f • i >if* i V )i i ~ - T "'lUjih gr'WulTuri ' f ‘ - 'HTfit W^mitt ni ■ . » crudities tells us also that the Ishitr theory is eooflrmed by Goo. vl: 3, 4 { that the clauses, “nous of Hod* and “daughters of men," should be rea derod, “the sous of the gods’' ami “the daughters of A«l*m ;* that the “sons of the gods* were idolaters, and that they were of a different origin tieeaose placed in antithesis to the daughters of Adam. Now, It is true that the form of the term rendered “God” is such that it may bo rendered “the gods;* bnt it is true also that it is often used to «ls note the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, the God of the Bible. In the book of Job precisely the same form of phrase is twice used: “The soos oft tod cauie to present themselves before the lord”—Jehovah. In tbia ease the idea of idolaters—“the mm* of the pals,” coming and prearatiug , themselves before Jehovah, is utter ly out of the question. Nor do we know any cam* in which this fora of phrase is used to denote idolaters. Then, while the existence of the lab ites, as a distinct rare from the Adamites, is tin* maiu |*mit to be proven; and while there is no evi dence at all that slot worship existed before the tlood, it is a very hard tfc'ggiug of the question to place upon the phrase a translation and interpretation which it bears in no other place, simply because the f«»rm of the phrase, in itself consHleml, will bear them. Bnt even if there were idolaters before the Hood, ami if three were called the “sons of the puts,” does it follow that they eottld not have tieeu 8em h the NrOpUm, ■bid to na the myatery i the true aatarw of God, men. Urn immortality «f the vanity of the the glory and prrfcetlno of per aad bettor ematry. Th And the pans dtsrnver a veto of lory and theotogioal troth unuMmII) t^iHigh n Mity six books, written by individnaka, ia during the kmg kUghUj »u I, >t If yen have In may And OmT* I whn h all rnwlksi I may obtain the poam Mesardnewa of heaven, been groaning under hoodage of the creature, aad ia faith have railed fur deitvmuore. it ia yoorw. Have you roweeived part urea j of qwtet, peoertnl rajoymeot ami re ; |wap, amidst beautiful ‘ then )otn la ' eoabiesa* aad paetavva of Whai ia the nsditim af Its labah itahi• 9 It la that of nawoed kings. What is therr rajeymrat ? Triumph not coaqnerera, with palm* of rh tor> and rmwna «f glory Tbmr piraaare trlpa are aftoag the green paaturea. by the living watera the river that mnkea glad the city of oar God. Hark to the musfc of their harps praiaiag the I sard <*od At of as as H of the Adan.ites ? These did lie come idolaters alter the Howl. Thru, ' if then* were any liefon* it, why might not they have hern Adamites T Then, bow dor* the assumed idols try, aud the criticism on the phraar, go to prove the existent*© of Ishitrs i as a distinct race from the Adam ites ? Of course something is taught by the antithesis, “son* of God” ami “daughters of Adam.” It ran not tie literal origin ; for then the former would not 1m* meu at all, twit a divine proginy. The rhildren of Israel have a tew time* !w*eti railed sons of Jehovah, their G«mI. Those to w horn the word of God POU are iwlleit, even, gcwls, and sous of the Most High. Tin* latter phrase is e«|niva lent to “sons of God.” He has tghty ami the lanb f WO. Far guatanee the ) ta in the midst of them theai Ky living «stern •wav all tear* from their And we beauty.* he ia,* e always a vioor. 1 provision Again, it ts to after kmi to hr Irw learn it I •u weak, little of try ia v« of us U he latest move ittempt to prove itself teaches that » two creations of tnd a higher, Ish it is very true, applies lioth of *, but that they different races, descended from di Ferent er«*ations, is a discovery male certainly by sonic one who wa.* incompetent, or who neglected to as certain what the Hebrew does really! teach. The first occurrence of the ferni ish is in the month of Adam anil applied to him sell. When the woman formed out or his rib was bnjnght to him, he said: “This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my -flesh : she shall be called uhehah—wo|nan, because slie was taken out of iU—man.” When Cain was born, Hve said: “1 have gotten ieh—a mad.” Thus, in its first movement, breaks down the startling theory tbkt originally there were two races ih the world, the Ishite and the Adamite; the latter descending from t! e historic created Adam, the, forme • from some tin- known progenitor created away back i»i tlfc* pre-bistoi ic ages of the earth. But in additioi i to these facts, that the created A ilainite called him self mA, and the ilrst-born Adamite "as 1>^ his niothei called ixh, the use of the term is not restricted to man kind. Noah was commanded (Gen. ' ii. J) to take <if clean (masts by sevens, the male xml ms female; of the unclean by tfos, the male and hih female; am sevens, the mal pi utilised to In* a Father to his |in» . Him thr, .hall I,- hi. -*'•* m I"'*' 1 and daughters. Tin* Scriptures do not inform us when the parties wen* first viewed and first *|>nkeii of as standing to one another in their re lations. The antithesis, most likely, is intended to indirtite something else than origin. Tin* daughters of Adam, instead of lietng the Iwtter class marrying to the worse—“the sons of the gods,” may themselves have lieen the worm* clans—gay, sensuous, pleasure seeking daughters know ledge, they shall he tike ImmI. for they shall know ©vm as they are known. Fi* uami. they shall see far© to lace, aredtug at* intervention of language or signs. There is an temple ta the eity of their kahita tom. Thr lord 0od Almighty and the lanb an* thr tempi© thereof There shall he an night there, aad *** they need no randh*. neither Hght of * thr son. for thr lawd < iml givrth tbrm tight. The bniMtng of the wall is jaa prr, thr fair© gold, llkr onto ©tear glass. Thr foundation of the wall an* garnishrd with all manner of precious stones. Kverv on© of th© sintror©, Urn© or a _ i af 'that knowledge, for which w© so ardently I*mg lint, fnrnds. Id ns takr ronragr, ami Irani all w© can of j At the lim wf the harvrat hi the Jews *4 nffcnsg the Aral fruit* •pa. a r~TTij the law, and the only tram* of • •son bad form af prayer for th© mt paopl© ta be fonnd in the Old Tns it, is in eunaertion with thia ij. Th© Jaw* were ooai to a<4ifew ledge thru de an God, and U» iwturu him v aft the bounties af their fertile country. The Jews were to any in the tempi©. “Th© lsml hath brought na into this place and hath givea na this land ; n land that Aow ath with milk aad honey, aad now 1 have brought the Aral af the land which thuu, O Lard, hath given me.” And thus ion snyiwg- •**! leaving their oAhrtnga am m the lrm|4r, by moat cxpremAv© art waida aad sy mbula, they arhnowl kpmdnm upon (*od their grail tnd© to him Ht The commaad has fmasrd away, bat the hiaiory remains fur oar in- stnacUon and rdtAcation. tin* not God give* as oar own Mr sad nanny land f If not by ufrii mirade, || r aa m the cane of th© lararlitrs, yet tv© | by his moat wimt pcvtnleoor, has lie ku «a >««©>' na into on© of th© moat nuf frrUlr rowwuies that th© son looks i n down upon f Has II© not nuvnrd tlb. <mt labors this year by good bar llU, reals f In tli© rnyoy mrut of his Ina boauues, shuakl we forget th© an M ! thor of them f M© hair no earthly M trm|4r to which w© may bring th© shaoi ©a of <mr fields of grain and th© Aral fruit of onr orrhards. Wr have * ao ftiwriiM liturgy in w hich to ^il—W onr grntitnih But these ml fa»-t* dmU Mt keep ns from it- «.ji mrmlienng the great nrss of onr debt le of gratitod© to him. mt It is n fault of out .xg« to prat* m ton much of nature and the laws of nature; to usr natnrv as a veil to hid© th© fisc© of God. Is nature a personal rratrav f What is nature . m | but Gods anitonu oonrs© of activity t a t "‘hat are the laws of nature, but th© mod©* of God’s action f Nature ,„ v has no nefNurat© ©xistcnc© ; it is a w© own* abstract notion of oars; and of the fowls by and the female. jale and female arc bnt in the other ids originally and dt to, the man and the. Hebrew fur- proof that there the beasts of the In the last case always so rend® two cases it literally i*h vc his • wife, fleuc nishes as mucl were Isbites ami field as that s< from the Adam 'naukind. Fbe same popaLir Magazine which has been recently ventilating these race, distinct existed among of man, of fallen man. Bui, lie this as it may, the mont**d text states a fact as ail example of the inrren* ing wickedness which called for the Hood. The manner of the fact has not^bceu told ns. It we knew that, probably all would In* plain. But the Bible interprets itself. If the phrase, “daughters of Adam,” de notes simply females, then we are unable to see how progress in degen eracy was marked by the sons of God taking wives of them*, provided each son took only one daughter. But if they, in “taking to themselves wives of all which they chose,” took took more than one, they broke away from the rule imposed by the Creator in the fact that ho made for Adam but one woman. Lamech, a son of fallen Adam through the line of Cain, did this. Many of those who went out from the presence of the Ixird may have done the same thing. After the first rase it wa* not necessary to specify this form of wickedness any more than any other But when this ulxuninuhic practice became common among God's pro fessing pimple, it marked a frightful progress in the spread of evil. Man kind have a practical way of viewing and talking abont acts of immorali ty. “Had a worldling,” say they, “done so, it wonld not In* surprising; hut for a Christian, it was too l»ad ; for an elder, worse; and for a preacli- et, worst of all.” Bo, also, liefore the flood, when those who remained around and frequented that place known as the “presence of the Lord,” began to “take them wives of all which they chose,” the earth was ripe for jndgment. For if snch things were done in ‘the green tree, what must have been done in the dry! The Bible, therefore, sheds upon the origin of mau the same light it did before it was trimmed by these scien tific expositors. A. R. let, we qswt of the “Umntic* of nature.” Some think of the aimii- tlant harvests as thr result of thr rimmI scasmin that we have had. and others ascribe them to tlieir own every other |Art of mir nature** shall P"* 1 agriculture, to deep ploughing In* satisfied. *i»*l go on im|*rming wm1 ah«»<l*ot mannring. Who pro # | voted th© rain to water, and the air after i tt“Vn*h. ami th© sunshine to n|*cn here, knowing that when wr reach onr eternal Ikmih*, onr minds with Now what means all this wraith of imagery drawn from ©very store toms© of na tare, if it is not that tb© rhoirrst of all which the rye Iw-bolds or the head is ravished with; that all which . makes matter Iwwutifnl ami th© spir * •**' *° ,u ^viiopanx! with heart it happy ; that all which wraith val *•**•*♦ •*" altained bnt thing of this ! Who has not bnrird some dear friend, or wcj4 over thr from age to age. Bui lunch deprii athm* art- lies itself on ami iwanty delights in ;; )rars uf maturity but knows sonic .*k ..11 si _ I.L.L -> I ith all the srenery which charms the taste, ami all thr employment* which can engage the affection*— from tlnww* dear as life every thing shall lend its influence to consummate th© glory ami felicity of the saints in heaven. What cycles of revolving Idiss await the heirs of glory. let ns search the Scriptures, which contain onr pass-wont to the <*©l©*tia! city, and if you find in this volume on© troth that yon prize above another, it will lie this, that Christ hath set open to you the gates of the heaveu ly paradise, that He only Is th© way by which you can arrive at th© hap py place. He hath gone liefore to prepare glorious mausions for the reception of his people. I©t ns look for bis appearing, ami strive that we may have a right to the tree of life, and enter by the gate into the city. “This gat© doth to tli© Lord belong. And hithrr shall the righteous throng." the erupt Gan any man, can all meu together, make a single seed sprout, a single head of grain turn to the golden y ©Ilow ! No; it all comes from God. It is God that makes the crop. lie gives in pro |mirtion to our labors, but that »I«m m not alter the fact that “every roimI gift <*ome* down from itself, or worsr still, mourned over th© rum of some darling one. who might have been I he greatest Ideas- perfect ing and comfort earth could offer 1 Who has not seen bright, lieaiitiful *»» tl “‘ «‘njoyment of the fruit of b*qies of happiness or usefulness ,H * r labors, let ns not forget to re blasted in a moment, aad boried the *■« thanks to the Great Husband ruins in his own heart * How many «»»« * ho makoth every seed to sprout are there that have no grave* in «•»** evity grain u> ripen. This win them ! Ami think of the many lone but mid more pleasure to our enjoy- ly xwies, to whom God in his provi j nient ot these gifts. * ■fever Satisfied. “Johnny, come here,” said l>r. Fry to his little tsiy, w ho was plsy mg on the cat |a*t in the dining room; “here is an apple for you " deuce has denied the joys of kindred aud home, aud whose whole lives are a constant struggle to submit cheer fully to his decree, and still the inis- sionate cries of their hearts for the love that is so InMintifully bestowed on others. Surely to such this pas sage speaks most eloquently* “They shall hunger no more.” No more of them* intense longings, these unsatis fied cravings, after holiness, kuowl After {(resenting the first fruits to tin* laird, the Israelite was express ly commanded, “Thou shall rejoice iu every good thing which the Lord thy Uod hath given thee.” Do we not have more enjoyment iu a present, a symbol of love ami affec tion, than in the wages of compulso ry labor ! If we think of the grain in our liams aud the fruit iu our cellars as the gift of an Almighty edge, ami happiness. No more stnig | loving Father, will it take auy gles for perfect submission to, and thing from our satisfaction iu the unfailing trust in our Saviour, but I**«N***iou of them ! Will it not, on th© reeling with light, and joy, sml ‘he routrary, add to our pleasing to imut(©ruble bliss, of spirit, mind and think of these provisions as the to heart. Does it not make us feel like It was so large Uial he could hard *3^ ‘’"L ly grasp it. Dr. Fry then gave him another apple which filled the other band. “Here is another,” said he, giving the child a third. Little Johnny tried hard to hold it between the other two, but could not succeed; it rolled away across the floor. On seeing this, lie burst into tears. “See,” said Dr. Fry' to a lady who was present, “here Is a child with more thau be cau enjoy, and yet not satisfied. My child is jnst like ns all. Wo arc ever seeking to pos sess more and more of the world’s treasures, and yet wo are never satisfied. O! that wo were equally in earnest in ‘grasping’ the promise of the gospel.” Faith aud repentance are two short lessons, yet Israel was forty years before they oould learn them. “O mol hr r dear. Jrntsaleai. When shall I come to the© ? When shall my sorrows have an rod f Thy joys whrn shall I sr© f Family Pmaykm.—I’erhaps some of you aay, **l am so ignorant that there ia no good trying to have prayer tu our family.* You make a mistake there. It is not grand words that God wants, but honest hearts. God offers you his Holy Spirit to help you in your prayers and to teach you to pray. Jesus says, “If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how roach more shall yottr Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him!" Ask God for the help ot his Holy Spirit, aod you will find that ia far better than all the help that any man can give you.— Brito* Workman. kens of a Father’s care aud love for us T And another thought should rise within us wheu surveying the wa ving fields of grain. If God does so much for ua, can we not do some thing for him ! If He has given us so much, even all that we have, can we not return him a little out of the mauy treasures that ho has supplied us with T We may. lie whose are the cattle on a thousand hills who needs not our offeriugs, has graciously condescended to acoept our bounty and receive our gifts. By giving to his ministers, or to our brethren who are in need, we give to Him, and be accepts our gifts. We are too much accustomed to think of be nevolence as a duty instead of as a privilege. Let os not, then, through ignorance or forgetfulness, neglect this opportnuity; but let us bring the Jfret fruit* of all onr labors to his treasury, who “gtveth to all liberally, and upraideth not.” Whs Killed the Prayer Meetiag L It wae on this m um*. The church had its regular weekly meeting for prayer, and qf course all of the mem berm were aiidrr obligation to atteud aud sustain it, unless prevented by cirrnmstances beyond their control This many of them did with great conscientiousness, and the meetings general!} were quite interesting. But on a certain evening I ass greatly sur|wiseil as I entered the room to find so few there. It was uot an unpleasant evening externally, but still there were many vacant seats, and I wondered where the )»oopic w ere. Qnly one of the deacon* was )*resmt, and be looked very .discou solate and sad. Our pastor was there punctually at the time, but I could jiereeivc that as be* east his ey es around a ehaugt* came over his countenance, an 1 I knew bin heart was pained. He read a hymn, a jmuTioh of SiTipture, and offered praier. But then- mum sometbiug in bis luaunet. in the tone* of his voice, winch U*lraied feeling* of grief and di*ap|*iiiitiueiit. In his {*ra>cr hi* upjM-aivd to draw near to God, and fervently supplicated the UesMtigs iff heaven on the church, on llimit* wrbo were absent, but in it all ©onld jNTceiie that be was troubled at heart. He made a few introductory remarks from the pas sag© a Inch had been read, sfioke of trusting God, ami looking to him for strength and consolation. Then one of th© brethren led in prayer. It was more formal than his prayers were ordinarily, and showed that he too was affected by something. Thru another got up aud spoke of th© want of interest ou the part of many in the {miyer meeting, alluded to the many vacant seats, aud added that he thought the church was gcUiug iuto a very cold aud desolate state, and that he hardly knew what we were coming to. Two or throe others spoke and prayed ui a similar inauuer; the deacon said nothing, aud it was very evident that be had nothing to aay, for he was chilled aud depressed. Finally the meeting dosed—a meeting so destitute of 8]nntual life and energy that the greetings after it were sad and sor rowful. But >t will {M'lliapts be said that this meeting was not killed, for it had no life from the beginning. We reply there was life in tb© hearts of those who came early, and they autici|»at4*d a good meeting. Aud that life did uot expire till it was mvn that those who should have been there had stayed away. But jH*rliaps some will say that the few faithful ones who were pres ent 'hoald have kept the meeting aliit, and not have stiffen'd it to be thus killed. The promise of the Saviour is, “Where two or three are met iu uiy name, there uni 1 in the midst of them.” Yes, 1 know what the promise ia, ami have been com forted by it mum times. Wheu there are bqt two or three to meet, and those are all we exj>eetod. the promise cheers and strengthens them. But somehow it seems to lost* its force when we go to meeting ex{KVting fifty or a hundred to be present and have but two or three. Perhaps it ought uot to be so, but I have noticed that it geuerally is, and 1 am sure that ou the evening referred to those who stayed away killed the prayer-meeting. They were the guilty ones. Who thi*y were, or w here they were, w hether at tlie concert, the lecture, the neigh borhood {Nirty, or reading their monthly magazine or daily news- {Ktper around the fireside, does uot concern me now. They were not at the meeting for prayer, aud in the final adjustment of all things they will lie held answerable for destroy ing the life of that moctiug. Find Your Place—Those who can not exhort or teach iu a Sab bath-school, or distribute tracts, can at least live for Jesus at home, and come and joiff in the prayers of the -prayer meeting. The oldest, the timidcst, the least gifted can do surc- y as mnch as this. Every one, too, can give something when the contri bution box is passed. The gift of a “cup of cold water” in Christ’s name has its reward. Every* one whom Jesus saves has a place assigned to him in the vineyard. An idle chrfs- tiau is a monster! Friend! have you found your place! Sckipture Reading.—The daily, regular, and solemn readiug of God’s Holy word, by a parent before bis children, is one of the most powerful means to direct them to Christian life. CwlmasM af Jaswt. There are few traits in our great Exemplar which we may study to more advantage than tlie temper tie manifested under the fickleae** ot his followers, of which he had such large experience in the codrae of bis miuistry. One possessing the moral greatness necessarily belonging to tlie rank claimed by our I xml, could not have been easily moved away from a lofty charity and justice by any minor provocations. Ordinary passions could never have inflamed his breast All common causes ot mental disturbances must have im pinged on him only to subside at his feet. And *d it was. Jesus never seemed wanting in a calm, interior tcooguition of his divine office. His moral repose could not have lieeii more as we could wish. He knew men, and be was not at the mercy of men. He kejd on the even tenor of his way. Neither tli© hostility of adversaries nor the faithlessness of frieuds, ever disturbed his moral equi{>oi*e. We have a striking illos tration of this iu the account* which have been preserved of his private conversations with his disciples. His artless biographers have not record ed a single instance of any resent- incut be ever expressed against those who had injured him. At the last supper of which he partook with the twelve just before his death, though fully apprised that be w as to be betrayed by one of their number, instead of exhibiting any discotn posure, be improves the time in giv ing them consolation fitted to pre pare them for the events that were at hand. Still we would not- have been so much impressed by this equanimity, had we not beheld it united w ith other traits, equally oh servable. Jesus manifested anything but a feeble temperament, or an in capacity for the most vigorous ex pressioQ of his sentiments, when ever the occasion required it.—I. SirhoU. Trusting God. Christians might avoid much trouble and inconvenience if they would only believe what they profess, that God is able to make them happy without any'thiug else. They imagine that if such a dear friend were to die. or such aud such blessings were removed, they would be miser able; whereas, God can make them a thousand times happier without them. To mention my own case. God has been depriving me of one mercy after auotber; but as one is removed, he has come in and filled up its place. Now, when I am a cripple, nnd not able to move, I aui happier than I ever was in my life before, or ever expected to be; and if I had believed this twenty years ago, I might have been spared much anxiety. If God had told me some time ago that he was about to make me as happy as I could be in this world, and tlieu had told me that he should bogiu by crippling me in all my limbs, and remove me from my usual source of enjoyment. 1 should have thought it a very strange node of accomplishing this pur|K>se. And yet how is his wisdom manifested even in this!—Dr. Payton. ‘Touched With Our Infirmities.” .V {Hx>r lone wotnau sat otic eve ning thinking how sad was her con dition. She was old, aud almost helpless, with little of this world’s goods w hich she could call her own. “Who cares for me f” thought she. Suddeuly this verse came to her remembrance: “For we- have not a high priest which cau not be touched w ith feelings of our iulirmities.” It w as like a flood of golden sunshine. Her doubts and fears were gone. What need of earthly friends to cheer and soothe her declining years ? Jesus knew her every care and sor row, and he, “the Lord of Glory,” was touched with the feelings of her infirmities. How precious the thought that wo can all have such a Eriend in every season of trial and distress. “I will not leave you oomfortless,” are the Saviour’s gracious words. “My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nei ther lot it be afraid.”—American Mes senger. Little Things—If you can not place a fountain by the roadside, you may be able to rneud the leaky cup out of which the traveler drinks. It need not be a great thiug; he who gives a cup of cold water to a disei pie kas a promise of reward as sorely as if he had prepared a great fea st,—Spurgeon.