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man, but in no language, except the Semitic, is the equivalent for woman the 
feminine of the equivalent for man. In Latin you have mulier , woman ; 
vir, man ; and in Greek ywrj, woman, and avrjp, man. When you put 
these things together, I think you are not justified in considering the Semitic 
language to be a derived formation, and I think it must represent what, at 
one time, was the original language of the world, or else those so-called trans- 
lations of the words Adam, Eve, Seth, Cain, &c., appear to me to be very little 
better than mere puns. Either those words must be the names of the people 
they are applied to, or they are translations, and I should like to have the 
point cleared up by any one who has studied the matter. (Cheers.) 
The Rev. G. Henslow. — I would repeat a point which has already been 
referred to. This paper acts upon the assumption, throughout, that the facts 
of the Pentateuch are true. Now I have often heard talented men speak in 
this way — taking the case of the serpent, for instance : — “We all know that 
evidence of serpent-worship is ubiquitous, but that is not evidence in proof 
of the Bible ; it is the Bible that is simply an illustration of a universal 
fact.” Such evidence, therefore, does not act on their minds as supporting 
the truth of Genesis at all. I should like to have that point fairly met. 
Mr. Titcomb. — Crosses were not always connected with Christianity. 
When Roman Catholic missionaries visited India, they found crosses existing 
all over the country. 
Mr. Graham. — I do not say that crosses were exclusively connected with 
Christianity. I say that Christianity suggested the thought of the cross in 
Ireland, [and the Roman Catholics in Ireland claim the crosses as theirs, 
and are constantly setting them up, year by year]. Crosses were derived 
from the Romans, by the Jews, for crucifixion was introduced among the 
Jews from the Romans.* 
Dr. J. A. Fraser. — There are still to be found, within the recollection 
of some present, instances in English, Scotch, and Irish counties, which 
bring to mind the fire-worshipping practices, and the sacrifice of children 
to Moloch. Lady Baird mentions that on her own estate in Scotland it 
was the practice of the peasants on May Day to gather round a fire, 
and throw their children across from one to another through the fire. 
That is just a remnant of the old fire-worship still existing among us. ThorU- 
buryf mentions the same practice in very similar terms as existing in Devon- 
shire, and Charlotte Elizabeth J in Ireland, where they assemble round fires 
which bear the name of Baal fires. Beltane is the name of the 1st of May in 
Scotland even now, commemorating the ancient name of Bel. The existence of 
* Crucifixion was a mode of execution among the Syrians, Egyptians, 
Persians, Carthaginians, Greeks, and Romans, and usually accompanied by 
other tortures. Ariarathes of Cappadocia, when conquered by Perdiccas, 
was crucified with his principal officers, 322 b.c. Constantine ordered, cruci- 
fixion to be discontinued, a.d. 330. — Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. Some- 
times a narcotic was given to the sufferer. — Ed. 
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