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uncivilized savage. The question is thus narrowed to the 
inquiry, whether the savage is a blood descendant of the Adam 
of Genesis, or of ancestors similar to himself. What saith the 
Scripture ? 
Our translation of the early chapters of Genesis has, by 
rendering the word “ Adam 99 sometimes to designate “ man 99 
in the abstract, and sometimes the individual Adam, misled 
those who are not qualified to consult the original Hebrew 
text, and many even who are, to the conclusion that Adam was 
the first of the human race that appeared on earth. But a 
more critical examination shows us that the sacred record is 
a record of the creation of “the moM ” described as made in 
God’s image , that is to say, with superior instincts and capa- 
cities that have distinguished his progeny from all the other 
human races, as is confirmed by all history, sacred and profane, 
by the science of language, and the mental and physical pecu- 
liarities which have ever distinguished the tribes that went 
forth from the plains of Shinar to colonize and civilize, to 
multiply and replenish, the earth. This is quite consistent 
with the existence of inferior races of men on the earth at the 
time of Adames creation — and so far, does not contradict the 
doctrine of the plurality of races. On the other hand, there are 
well-known statements in Scripture that can only be satisfied by 
admitting the coexistence of other inhabitants of the earth in the 
days of Adam, outside the family of Adam — for instance, the 
appeal of Cain to God for protection when expelled from his 
father’s home, and his building of a city in the land of Nod. 
But there is more. The chronology of the Bible is part 
and parcel of God’s revelation to him, and is as much of 
divine origin as any other statement of Scripture. The reli- 
gionist must take Adam with his chronology, or abandon him 
altogether. For to part with Scripture chronology, we must 
regard the antediluvian patriarchs as mythical personages ; 
and without Seth and Enos, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, 
when and where, in time and space, are Adam and Eve to be 
found ? If their descendants are mythical, it would be difficult 
to maintain the reality of the ancestors. And if the chro- 
nology of primeval times is to be expanded, to get rid of 
supposed difficulties , how many patriarchs are to be imagined 
and added to those that are recorded in Genesis and by St. 
Luke as having lived and died between Adam and Abraham ? 
Assuming, then, that the Bible chronology is correct, how do 
we account for black Negroes, yellow Mongols, and red Egyp- 
tians, proved by the ancient monuments of Egypt to have 
been in existence in large and distinct communities about the 
time of the exodas, 1500 b.c., unless we are prepared to admit 
