...through all his purposes, and charge His mind with meanings that he never had, Or having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the...register, by which we learn, That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industrious still,...

...all his purposes, and charge His mind with meanings that he never had, Or, having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the...register, by which we learn, That he who made it and reveal'd its data To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute, and more industiious Etill,...

...charge His mind with meanings6 that he never had, Or having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore 150 The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract...register, by which we learn That He who made it and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some more acute and more industrious still 155...

...charge His mind with meanings6 that he never had, Or having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore 150 The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract...register, by which we learn That He who made it and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some more acute and more industrious still 155...

...occur to some few that we deserve the reproach of the amiable, and pious Cowper, against those who "drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age."* The professors of geology have too long been open to such reproaches, partly from the misplaced zeal...

...all his purposes, and charge His mind with meanings that he never had, Or, having, kept conceal'd. Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we leam, That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age. Some, more acute,...

...place upon it after some terrible convulsion. Thus, according to the words of a celebrated poet, — " Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the...revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age."* This is manifestly a subject beyond the reach of our faculties ; and geology, as sometimes conducted,...

...which the science, which could hardly be said to exist in his time, has made since they were written. " Some drill and bore, The solid earth, and from the...learn, That He who made it, and revealed its date, To Mose", was mistaken in its age." Moses, however, does no such thing as is attributed to him. He tells...

...revealed to Moses creation's date, aims a blow at Geology. In his poem entitled "The Task," he says — " Some drill and bore " The solid earth, and from the...register, by which we learn " That He who made it, and reveal'd its date " To Moses, was mistaken in its age." Here the worthy poet was certainly mistaken...

...of Genesis. There is not one word in the Bible to prove this ; yet he censures the geologists who " Drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata...register, by which we learn That He who made it, and reveaFd its dale To Moses, was mistaken in its age." But, on the other hand, the reverent interrogation...