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ON THE NEW THEORY. 
FROM THE LTSCHBUBBa PHF.SS. 
Messrs. Editors: I lately read a short 
essay in your paper addressed to Dr. 
Mitcliill, of New York, respecting the 
formation of our earth. There is some¬ 
thing so extremely absurd and atheistical 
in it, that I cannot help noticing it. If 
you think my remarks worth an insertion, 
you will oblige a subscriber by giving - 
them one. 
In the first place he says--“Taking it j 
for granted, that this earth has been of a j 
consistence that would take shape by mo¬ 
tion, (and from what has been discovered, 
there are strong arguments in its favor) 
what would be its internal structure.” It 
we believe the Mosaic account of the cre¬ 
ation of the world, (and we have no other 
authentic account) we must believe, that 
the earth was then substantially the same 
that it now is; that the face of the earth 
underwent a very considerable change at 
the flood, we cannot doubt; and also, our 
atmosphere became much less favorable 
to the health of man, as appears from his 
life’s being shortened one-fourth. This 
information we get from the Mosaic his¬ 
tory. Information from any other quar¬ 
ter, on this subject, is mere conjecture 
and wild theory. It is agreed on all hands, 
that the ravages of the universal deluge, 
accounts satisfactorily for the different 
marine appearances, seen at a distance I 
from the ocean. God created the world 
and every thing relative to it by his indi¬ 
vidual fiat, and has upheld, and will con- 
tinueto uphold it, until its final dissolu¬ 
tion. As to its assuming its present 
shape, by its motion: it is as absurd as the 
doctrine of the Cartesian Vortices. 
With respect to a barrel churn, inas¬ 
much as it is cylindrical, the remarks will 
not apply to a globe: and as to the grind¬ 
stone retaining water on the top, it has 
no bearing on the subject. The earth has 
an equable motion, has no top nor bottom, 
but retains all bodies, equally well, on all 
sides. With respect to the aperture of 
thirty-sjx degrees# at the poles, it is per- 
