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Adam’s body was miraculous,” then language has lost its power to 
express thought. If, however, it does and can only mean that the “crea- 
tion of Adam’s body wa3 miraculous,” then it is in palpable discord with 
Professor Girardeau’s opinion. Strange exhibition of human nature! 
On October 3, 1888, Dr. Girardeau is found publicly ‘contending 
against the decision of the General Assembly ;” yet that very week he 
leads his Presbytery in adopting that celebrated Interdict, which ‘“for- 
bids the public contending against the decision [this very decision] of 
the Assembly.’ Is it at all likely that the Presbytery of Charleston 
will call this eminent presbyter to account for this flagrant offence? Or 
was it the intention of the majority in that Presbytery, by this Presby- 
terial but unpresbyterian Interdict upon public discussion, to manufac- 
ture a muzzle for the minority alone? 
Upon general principles, in my criticism I took for granted that, if 
there was one opinion which the eminent leader of the opposition did 
hold it, was that the “creation of Adam’s body was miraculous.” Now, 
as formerly, however, I cannot see how he could hold that-opinion con- 
sistently with some principles enunciated in his Review article. Now, 
however, I feel that light is dawning. If we do not yet know what opin- 
ion the Professor holds on this burning question which has so vexed the 
Church for the past four years, we feel confident we are possessed of 
his consciousness on the negative side of this question; we know what 
opinion he does not hold: he publicly disavows holding “‘that the crea- 
tion of Adam’s body was miraculous.’ Yea more; he has “always of 
set purpose avoided expressing that opinion.” 
Since the Doctor is fond of Logic—a master in the art—suppose he 
listen to a friend’s advice, who would thus gently lead him by the line 
of Logic safely through this labyrinth of doubt. WL. g., all events are 
either: 1. Contra-Natural; or 2. Mon-contra-natural. All Won-con- 
tra-natural events are either: 1. Creation ex nihilo in absolutely the 
jirst instance, 7. é., under the genus Supernatural; or 2. Natural, 
7. é., under the genus Von-supernatural. But now: the creation of 
Adam's body was an “Event.” The Doctor disavows holding that it 
belongs to the class of ‘miraculous’ events, 7. ¢., the class contra-nat- 
ural. It must, then, belong to that class of events known as either: 1. 
“Supero-non-contra-natural,” or 2, that class known as ‘“Natural,’— 
Non-supero-natural. But the Doctor is very confident that the creation 
of Adam’s body must be ruled out of this class, 7. ¢., the “Natural ;” for 
he says, in his “Reply,” “Now we maintain that Adam’s body was not 
born.” Then, of course, the Doctor is bound by the laws of Logic to 
