News of the Week. ARRIVAL OF FATHER MATHEW. WELCOME TO THE CITY. The long expected reception of the great Apostle of Temperance, took place on Monday of last week. We condense from the Tribune the most interesting details of the ceremonies which were performed in his honor. According to notice specified in the circulars of invitation, the Board of Aldermen and Common Council, deputations from Temperance Societies, Members of the Press and other invited guests, with the Committee of Arrangements appointed to superintend the affairs of the day, were on board the steamboat Sylph at 2 o'clock, and in a short time put off for Staten Island. At about 1, P. M. Rev. Mr. Mathew left Mr. Nesmith's residence accompanied by Aldermen Franklin and Mullins, and Dr. Pise-Mr. Nesmith, Mr. Tiers and ex-Ald. Sands following in another carriage-and proceeded to Mr. Vanderbilt's residence, where the party were met by the hospitable owner, his lady and daughters, and invited to partake of a splendid collation, and after some time, the Rev. gentleman's party, augmented by the Island Star Division of the Sons of Temperance, with Monk's band, proceeded to the shore. The road was lined with peopleprincipally Irish, who enthusiastically pressed forward to the carriage-which made way slowly-to shake hands with their beloved countryman. The worthy Father recognized several of his countrymen by their provincialisms as he passed along, and to one and to another said: "Ha! you are a Country Cork man;-you are Tyrone," &c. &c., and after making way, he arrived at the Marine Hospital, where he was met at the gate by Dr. Stewart, Physician to the Hospital, and the Medical Staff, and conducted to the Quarantine Hospital, it being cleaner and quieter than the others, and reached it a short time after the Sylph had arrived from New-York with the Aldermen and dep uties. Already, Robt. T Haws, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Ald. Kelly, President of the Board, and many others were awaiting him, and on his arrival, he was escorted to the wharf, the band playing "Garry Owen.' Here he was formally received by Ald. Haws, who made an appropriate address. This was responded to by Father Matthew, in a modest and feeling manner; he was then led on board the boat, and after several other addresses and replies, he was introduced to the company. After leaving Staten Island, the Sylph glided up through the East River to let the distinguished visitor have a view of the shores of Williamsburgh, Brooklyn and New-York. After going up a considerable distance, she retraced her course, doubled the Battery-which was crowded-and went gaily up the North River, where he was much pleased with the view of the Hoboken fields on the Jersey shore. Here the Sylph turned again, and gliding back, landed at Castle Garden. During the excursion, the various objects of interest-the scenes, shores, ships, and the river boats, canal boats, &c., were pointed out to him, and he was much delighted with the fine dioramas, commercial prospects and excursion inducements that were presented to his gaze, and felt much obliged to the gentlemen who so kindly favored him by showing them to him. The Ashburton, the vessel Father Mathew came from Liverpool in, was in the North River, and had the Temperauce flag flaunting from her mast-head. The Sylph and her charge was repeatedly cheered by other boats on her excursion. Upon arriving at Castle Garden, a procession was formed at the landing and preceded by a band playing "Patrick's Day,.' and headed by the Chief of Police. The scene presented here was most brilliant. All the vast assemblage which had occupied the Battery, and had, it would be supposed, exhausted their lungs in cheering on the approach of the boat, now took up the gallery of the saloon and the benches, and here again the most enthusiastic cheering greeted the arrival of the worthy apostle; and upon his appearance on the platform it was redoubled with nearly incredible furore and continued so for some time. When the tongues not the wills of the people, for their action was all eagerness and enthusiasm, grew tired, His Honor C. S. Woodhull, the Mayor, having been introduced to Father Mathew by Alderman Haws, welcomed him to the city in a neat and happy address. The procession was now formed outside, and Father Mathew being led to a barouche, he entered with the Mayor, but it was some time before a passage could be made, so dense was the crowd that pressed forward to shake hands or touch his clothes. After some time, the procession, consisting of all the Temperance Societies whose names were printed in the programme, together with the Hibernian Benevolent Burial Society, Sons of Temperance, Independent Order of Rechabites, and the various deputations, Boards, &c., in carriages, proceeded up Broadway to Chambers, through Chambers into Center, and entering on the east gate, passed in front of the City Hall, and made their exit through the gate in Broadway. Upon the arrival of the Rev. Father, the most enthusiastic cheers greeted him. He was conducted to the Governor's Room, and proceeding to the balcony, was introduced to the citizens assembled in the Park. The cheers on his appearance on the balcony were deafening, and continued so for some time. The Rev. gentleman said: "My dear friends, I regret exceedingly that I have not the strength of voice or energy to address you. I thank you from my heart for your kindness;" and after repeatedly bowing to the vast multitude he retired amid renewed cheers. His reception in the Broadway Tabernacle, took place on Tuesday evening July 3d. Addressess were made by Rev. Dr. Cox, of Brooklyn, Rev. Mr. Marsh and others, and at the close of the exercises great numbers of persons rushed forward to shake hands with the distinguished guest. THE FOURTH OF JULY. The usual parade in honor of the great National Anniversary was omitted this year on account of the prevailing epidemic. The places of business were generally closed in the city, and everything wore a holiday aspect. The beauty of the day and the appearance of the population called forth the admiration of the Tribune, from which we take the following paragraph: "Never shone a brighter sun than that which dawned on the morning of the Fourth, inviting every glad, rejoicing heart to unite in the grand National Jubilee. As the day advanced, the sky put on its serenest aspect, and the earth seemed clad in a garment of glory and beauty, as if to present a fitting theater for the festivities of millions of exulting freemen. It was positive delight to breathe the elastic, delicious atmosphere, to bare the brow to the fresh Summer breeze as it came gently over the waters, and to share the luxurious feast of a bland and genial temperature which Nature had provided for all her children in honor of the Glorious Day. The harbors and rivers were alive with steamboats, carrying multitudes of our population to the shady retreats in the vicinity, and such joy and merriment and clapping of hands and ringing shouts as were sent forth by countless tribes of juveniles, mad with the largest liberty, showed that we live in a great country, and that our independence is secure. Toward nightfall a change came over the enchanting serenity of the atmosphere, and short, spiteful spits of wind threatened to close up the festive day with a surly, chilling rain. The obliging weather, however, got over its fit of the sulks, and before the hour came for the performances of the evening and the exhibition of the fireworks, the sky was all right, not a cloud too much was seen on its face, and the brightest of moons looked forth without a blush to see what rival brilliancies were preparing in this lower sphere." DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALL3.-An accident occurred at Niagara Falls on Thursday, the 22d ult., resulting in the death of two persons under circumstances of the most distressing character. A party consisting of Mr. De Forest, his lady, and three daughters, Mr. Charles Addington and another young gentleman, seven in all, left Buffalo on a visit to the Falls, and arrived about 8 o'clock in the evening of that day. The following graphic and touching account of what then occurred is from a correspondent of the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, who received his information from the companion of Mr. Addington. Town and Country Items. On Sunday night, with scarce twelve hours' notice, one of the largest public meetings we have seen assembled in this city for some time, was gathered at Canterbury's on Chartres street. a The eldest of the daughters was engaged to be married to Mr. A., and the youngest, Antoinette, was a little girl of six years of age. They arrived at the Falls about sunset, went down together to Luna Island, and crossed over to Goat Island, and from thence which lies still farther out in the river toward the Canada side. Here, within about 10 feet of the brink, and directly upon the edge of the hurrying mass of waters, A. and his betrothed stationed themselves. A little in the rear of these were my friend and the second sister, and farther back still Mr. De Forest and his lady. Little Antoinette was running around in high spirits, from one to another of the group, laughing and dancing in all the light-heartedness of childhood. The rest were conversing with peculiar vivacity and cheerfulness. The sullen mass of waters bearing onward heavily and irresistibly, the unchanging diapason of the descending torrent in its rocky contact, the dying beams of the sun silvering the illusive brink, and then the colder radiance of the moon tinging the restless foam, seemed to inspire an unusual flow of thought and feeling from all the party. It was nearly eight o'clock. They had conversed long and pleasantly. Little Antoinette was still dancing and playing as hard as ever. Her silvery laughter rang through the air, and her innocent gambols had brought many a smile to the lips of her parents. Soon, however, her father perceiving that she approached nearer to the river, warned her If she's sum pitted with the small-pox even, I wouldn't care. away and called her to him. Young Addington immediately turned round and said, "Never mind; I will see that she is safe." With this, in girlish playfulness and spite, she ran up behind him and pulled his coat. "Aha, you rogue!" said he "I have you now; I will throw you over the Falls! Taking her gently and playfully by the arms, he lifted her up and swung her out just over the water. Alarmed at her situation, she struggled while suspended at the farthest, and slipped from his hands! The instant she touched the water she was borne full six feet from the shore. Addington turned spoke but a syllable to the horror-stricken girl beside him, and sprang after her clasped her at the waist, struggled for a moment in the dark torrent, and then with the precious burden of his embrace, was hurled like a bubble from the brink! DR. V. P. COOLIDGE.-In reference to the report that the body buried as that of Dr. Coolidge has been disinterred and found to be that of another person, the Lime Rock (Thomaston) Gazette says; "We have good authority for pronouncing it utterly false. A letter has been received by the officers of the prison of North Livermore, the place where Coolidge's friends now reside, saying that the excitement in that town was so intense that hundreds of citizens assembled for disinterring the body; a committee of seven were chosen to examine it. among whom were two physicians intimately acquainted with the subject in his life time, and they unanimously pronounced it that of Valorous P. Coolidge. "An official statement of the whole affair is being prepared as we go to press. The full particulars will then be given, which will relieve the public mind and set this foolish matter at rest , and the authors of those malicious reports will probably receive their just deserts. EMIGRANTS.-Three thousand five hundred foreigners arrived in New-York on Tuesday. Of this number, the packet ship Constellation brought nine hundred, the largest cargo of the kind that ever arrived at this city." GOLD FISH IN THE HUDSON.- The gold fish, originally from China, and hitherto chiefly known in ornamental ponds or glass globes in this country, has become quite naturalized in the Hudson River, near Newburgh. Fishermen have caught specimens from eight to ten inches long, both in the Hudson itself and in the mouth of Matteawan Creek, which empties into the Hudson near Newburgh. A few were thrown into the Creek about ten years ago, and they have so multiplied as to fairly stock the Creek and River in that vicinity. NOT PARTICULAR-A digger writing from the Sacramento to the N. Y. Times, thus discourseth on the subject of a wife: - You couldn't send me out one, could you? I mean a wife. The ordinariest goods are valuable where there is none in the market. There's duzzens I woodent a looked at in the States, that 'ud now be thankfully received and no questions axed. The Hon. George Bancroft, our minister at the Court of St James, received the degree of Doctor in Civil Law, from Oxford University, on the 20th of June. Upon opening the Convocation the Vice Chancellor alluded to the distinguished persons who were to have the honorary degrees conferred upon them, and Mr. Bancroft and James Heywood Larkland, F. S. A., were then introduced to the Convocation by Dr. Bliss, the Registrar of the University, in a lengthy Latin oration, which was followed by the ceremony of conferring the degrees upon both of those gentlemen. EDITORIAL CHANGE. - The Univercalum changes its name to The Spirit of the Age, and Mr. William Fishbough gives place to William H. Channing as its editor. This may perhaps be considered as the revival of the Harbinger, a paper which ought not to have died. Probably the readers of the Univercœlum will not be losers, nor think themselves so. That paper has always had some incomprehensibilities to us, but it has been plainly the friend of reform and regeneration, and it will under Mr. Channing, be sure to keep on the track.-[Chronctype. PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT.-President Taylor has issued a proclamation reccommending that the first Friday in August be set apart as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, that the Ruler of Nations may avert the ravages of the scourge now threatening to sweep over our country. Madame Cavaignac, the mother of the General, died recently in Paris, of cholera. She was of advanced age, and was the widow of the celebrated Conventionist of that name. During her illness the President of the Republic several times sent one I of his aides-de-camp to make inquiries after her. THE NAVY YARD-On the 4th inst. the coping stone of the United States dry dock was laid with appropriate ceremony; also the corner stone of a new engine house 300 feet long by 60 wide, three stories high and to be built of cut granite. Com. McKeever and P. M. Wetmore, Esq. delivered appropriate addresses. About 1800 men are employed on the dock, the bed of which is 400 feet long by 120 wide; and the main chamber 286 feet by 30 broad on the bottom, 307 feet by 98 feet broad at the top. The least width is at the hollow quoins where the dock has 60 feet wide at high water line. The work was commenced in 1841, suspended in August 1812, and resumed in June 1844. The appropriations for it already amount to one million, six hundred and sixty five thousand dollars; about $ 1,186,000 have been expended. It is expected that the dock will be ready for use on the first of January 1850. STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE, &c-We learn that an offer by Professor Ellet of the South Carolina University, to make experiments on a large scale, (at his own expense,) with a view to determine whether there is any peculiarity in the atmosphere, to which the prevalence of cholera may be ascribed, has been cordially accepted by the sanatory committee of the Board of Health. Some interesting results may be anticipated, from the well known scientific attainments of the professor. La Democratie Pacifixue declares that when Louis Philippe read Louis Napoleon's message, he exclaimed; "I an avenged.? CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. Philosophy of Religion, Revolution, &c., A COW WORTH HAVING. -Mr. Geo. B. Brinckerhoff, of Owasco, made from one cow, five years old, the past spring, eighteen lbs ozs. of butter for the week ending Saturday, June 30th. This | Peter's Pence, quantity she averages during the Summer season. The Summer she was three years old she made eighteen lbs. per week, and she would have made more for the above week, but for the fact | that three of the very hottest days were included in it. In flavor and color it was equal to any we ever ate, and we doubt if it be excelled by the celebrated Orange county butter. The cow can be bought for $100. [Auburn Journal. PROSPECTUS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE. Two New-Yorkers are busy in Vauxhall garden in London, THIS Weekly Paper seeks as its end the Peaceful Transformaerecting a most extensive pavilion, under which are to be four tion of human societies from isolated to associated interests, ten-pin alleys, in connection with an American bar, in which from competitive to co-operative industry, from disunity to will be concocted all the various drinks of Gotham. The bill of unity. Amidst Revolution and Reaction it advocates Reorgani fare is out, and among a list of names are cobblers, juleps, smashers, shoemakers, eye-openers, cock-tails, &c. &c. Its whole affairs are to be managed by real Americans, which will ensure the Cocknies, Simon Pures. Judson, alias Ned Buntline, was severely beaten by Ex-Police Officer Ned McGown in Seventh street near Chestnut, Philadelphia, on Tuesday. Judson received several bad cuts about the head and was obliged to be taken away in a cab. HOW MUCH BRANDY. A correspondent of the Tribune comments upon the instructions issued by the Medical Council of New-York and the reccommendation of "a little brandy and water." He asks "how much a little brandy and water is? To which the Tribune replies that having a sort of outsider's faith in homœopathy, he should advise three drops of brandy in a bucket of water, and that a spoonful of the mixture be put into another bucket of water; from which he thinks the patient might safely drink. THE Boston papers announce the death by consumption of MATTHEW L. PENNELL, one of the proprietors of the Daily Bee Mr. P. died on Tuesday morning at the age of 33. He was one of the foundres of the Bee. A GOOD USE FOR SUNDAY-We were told the other day that Mr. Congdon, cashier of the Mechanics Bank in New Bedford, last Sunday picked three pecks of Strawberries in his garden, and making the overseers of the poor find sugar, carried them to the Poor House, and gave its inmates a delicious feast. We mention the fact not to please him, but to stimulate others to follow his example. There is a man in Illinois named Barrow, who has changed his politics so often, that he has now got the sobriquet of wheelBarrow. zation. It desires to reconcile conflicting classes and to harmonize man's various tendencies by an orderly arrangement of all relations, in the Family, the Township, the Nation, the World. Thus would it aid to introduce the Era of Confederated Communities, which in spirit, truth and deed shall be the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness, a Heaven upon Earth. In promoting this end of peaceful transformation in human societies, The Spirit of the Age will aim to reflect the highest light on all sides communicated in relation to Nature, Man. and the Divine Being, illustrating according to its power, the laws of Universal Unity. By summaries of News, domestic and foreign, -reports of Reform Movements-sketches of Scientific discoveries and Mechanical inventions-notices of Books and Works of Art-and extracts from the periodical literature of Continental Europe, The Spirit of the Age will Great Britain and the United States endeavor to present a faithful record of human progress. Judge Blythe, Collctor of Philadelphia, under Tyler, died in THE AGE," should be directed to Messrs. Fowlers & Wells, Clinton Adams Co. Pa. on the 20th inst. Hall, 129 and 131 Nassau Street, New York. NO. 3. FOWLERS & WELLS, PUBLISHERS. For The Spirit of the Age. "A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH." I choose a mystical title, but I do not intend to treat a mysti. cal subject as will be seen as I progress. By a new Heaven, I understand a new IDEA OF GOD. The idea of God being the grand central or pivotal Idea, the all-embracing or unitary idea; as is this idea in the mind of Humanity, so is Humanity's.conception of Heaven, or the hierarchical creation over which God reigus, of the laws by which this heaven is governed; of the series of intelligent beings which descend from God, the head or pivot, down to man, the last and connecting link with the animal kingdom; of the Destiny of these hierarchies of intelligences; of the cause of evil; of the action of Providence; of the function of matter, &c. The nature of this idea determines the universal philosophy of Mankind, the theory which they entertain of the spiritual universe or heaven. 4 By a new Earth, I understand a new ORGANIZATION OF LABOR. The activity of Man is the supreme or pivotal activity on earth, the intelligent, modifying and creative force. As this activity is exercised by Humanity, so is the condition of the globe, of which Humanity is the Overseer, the director. The Labor of man determines the condition of the earth's surface, the development of the powers of nature, the state of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, and even the climates to a very great extent, as well as the magnetic system of the planet-in short, all the phenomena connected with the great organized and living body on which Humanity dwells, and of which it has the directing supervision, for the mind of Man is the Reason, the Science of Nature. If we examine the condition of our globe, what a spectacle it offers to us! A sad and horrible spectacle truly! Three fourths of it are entirely neglected or devastated. Vast deserts, like leprous sores on the human body, have invaded the tropics; immense marshes, which generate poisonous magnetic exhalations, that create diseases like the Cholera, are scattered over its most fertile regions; beasts of prey prowl over the half of it, its sole inhabitants and possessors instead of man; the animal and vegetable creations are degraded and abused; the climates and the atmospheric system are deranged and vitiated-caused by the deserts at the equator, which engender an unnatural dégree of heat, and the uncultivated state of the northern regions of the globe, Siberia, Tartary, and the northern parts of the American continent, which create an excessive degree of cold. In short, the earth is degraded under Man's present supervision, and living Nature groans under the scourge of his ignorance, his disorganizing action, or his neglect and idleness. Nature requires that a new direction should be given to the activity of Man, that it should be applied in accordance with the end for which it was to be exercised. She demands, in a word, a new Organization of Labor, which shall guide man properly in fulfilling the noble function of overseer of the earth, which has been assigned to him. If we examine the state of the moral world, deriving from the idea of God, we find in it as much disorder, as in the material world. A hundred religions exist on the earth, all in hostility or conflict with each other; in each religion a hundred sects, also in a state of hostility and conflict. Out of this moral world descend into the minds of men fanaticism, intolerance, supersti reign; by those who believe that they have secured their salvation, and escaped damnation by their service of the God of vengeance of the middle Age, and by a large majority of those whose faith is already formed, and who can not think a second time upon so universal a subject. tion, bigotry, or by reaction, scepticism, atheism, and universal But in spite of the formidable opposition of these classes, negation. Races are divided; nations are divided; individuals who wield the wealth and the power of the world, the dollars are divided. The multitudes are reduced to spiritual servitude, and the bayonets, and to a very great extent public opinion, -a and held in mental bondage; wars are fomented; inquisitions neutral power of terrible resistance, yet Humanity is progressare instituted; the pile, the scaffold, are erected; sectarian jealousy, and hatred fire the minds of men, and disorder and anarchy reign in the moral world, as they reign in the material world. This state of the moral world demands that a new idea of God should be deduced by the human mind, and that from this idea should be deduced a new conception of Man's nature, of his terrestrial Destiny, of the order of Providence, of the function of matter, and of the relation of Humanity to itself and to the universe. Thus a new idea of God, and a new Organization of Labor, are the two supreme requirements of the present age. A reform is these two extreme spheres, the theological-industrial, the one spiritual and universal, the other practical and finite, sums up the reforms for which Mankind by their past progress are prepared, and which they now demand. What is the source of our present system of theology? What is ing toward, and must arrive at a new idea of God, and a new organization of Human Labor. In Europe, where the old systems of theology and labor have worked out their ultimate effects, the temples are deserted, and the toiling millions are sunk in hopeless destitution, and misery. Man can not thus live in doubt and utter destitution, and a new idea of the Universe, and of his own destiny, and a new mode of activity have become so imperiously necessary, that if not obtained, society will be convulsed to its center, and we shall witness a series of revolutions greater than any of which history has preserved the record. Let us examine briefly a few of the leading features of the present system of Theology, and the Organization of Labor. God, according to the idea which the Middle Age formed of him is a pure spirit. Being a pure spirit, matter is consequently something extraneous to him, and in opposition to him; it is the evil principle, the cause of evil in the universe. Hence, as a the source of the present organization of Labor? By examining natural consequence, our earth has no high Destiny in itself to their origin, we can judge somewhat of their truth and value. The Theology which now governs the Christian world was elaborated and constituted during the decline of the Roman Empire, and in the dark and chaotic times of the Middle Age, So strong is the impress which the latter epoch gave it, that it may in truth be said to be, the Theology of the Middle Age. We are thus living under the dominion of an idea of God, generated or at least defined in one of the darkest and most troubled periods of human history. Can an idea, coming from such a source, be complete and perfect ? The present system of Labor is essentially the same, as that of Rome and the Middle Age. It is aimless, selfish, incoherent, purveying merely to individual wants or individual cupidity; not the instrument of the improvement and embellishment of the globe, and the developments of Nature's great harmonies. Servitude and constraint, are the basis of it as of old; the stimulus of want and starvation has replaced the stimulus of the lash, and the tyranny of capital has replaced the tyranny of the master. Protestantism in the religious sphere, and the wages system, and free competition in the industrial sphere, have somewhat changed the theology and the organization of Labor of the Middle Age, but only on the surface, not radically, or in their essential natures. It is a radical reform which this nineteenth century demands; and for which a long initiation of the modern notions, in science and industry, has at length prepared them. This compound reform will be violently attacked by the partisans of the old notions of Theology and Labor-by those whose habit of thought, and whose interests have become identified with them. A new organization of Labor, or an industrial reform, will be attacked by the idle rich, who wish to live in ease without toil, and by those whose ambition is directed to the accumulation of wealth through speculation, and the spoliation of the producing classes; in a word by the capitalists, bankers, traders, and the rich generally. A new idea of God will be attacked by the Authorities of the earth, the kings and the aristocrats, who base their arbitrary sovereignty upon the idea of the arbitrary rule of the Universe by the God of the middle Age, by whose grace they claim to attain: no great function to perform; it is a mere abode of misery and degradation, a place of evil, a temporary passage for Man, on which he is to go through trials and a probation that are to prepare him for an ultimate and his real existence. No high and noble life is to be realized on this degraded scene. Nature can never be molded into a sublime material harmony, which shall serve as a basis of an equally sublime social or spiritual harmony, to be realized by the full expression and development of the human soul, and which would fit our globe, and the Humanity upon it to become a part of the kingdom of heaven. This fatal doctrine cuts short the idea of terrestrial progress and improvement; denies any permanent Destiny for man or earth, places no great object before the Race to labor for and leaves it to drag through a miserable existence, striving merely to secure a future life, in which it can enjoy that happiness, which is refused it in the present one. Having condemned matter and the earth, there was logically no alternative left but to make this terrestrial world a mere place of trial and probation, and such is the destiny which our Theology assigns to it. When the mind takes error for its basis, it is sure to meet with contradictions at every step, and then to overcome them, it retreats into the regions of faith, where reasoning is prohibited, and it proclaims that an inscrutable mystery shrouds the questions which it can not solve. Let us examine one of these contradictions. God as our Theology informs us, placed man on earth to go through a series of trials by which he might gain an eternal and happy life. But with equal authority, it informs us that nine-tenths of men go to hell, and are forever damned. This is the most glaring of contradictions; God is represented as having failed in adapting his means to the end he wishes to attain. He has called into existence a being whom he might have left uncreated, and has placed him in a world where he is surrounded with temptations which he has not the power to overcome, fand he sinks into everlasting perdition. Thus God attains neither his own end nor the happiness of man. were it that our earth had never been created, than that such a snare for souls should exist in the universe. Better The fall of Adam, and the depravity entailed upon his posterity, is no answer; it simply shows that the experiment of God |