THE EPOCH OF CREATION. THE SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE CONTRASTED WITH THE GEOLOGICAL THEORY. BY ELEAZAR LORD. WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY RICHARD W. DICKINSON, D.D. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER, 145 NASSAU STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by ELEAZAR LORD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the C. W. BENEDICT Stereotyper and Printer 201 William Street. INTRODUCTION. WHATEVER diversity of view might be supposed to exist in relation to the divine origin of the Scriptures, it cannot be denied that they have exerted a mighty influence over the human mind, in awakening its energies and directing its inquiries. Simply to ascertain the meaning of this book, we call the Bible, and to set forth the high authority of its claims on the belief of all men, how many languages have been mastered, philosophies investigated, histories studied, and regions explored. Difficulties of interpretation have but served as incentives to higher mental attainments, while skeptical objections have only impelled to deeper and more varied researches, until at last, it may be said, that every department of human learning has been rendered tributary to the illustration and defence of revealed truth. We need not institute any invidious comparisons between the champions and the assailants of revelation; much less challenge its ene |