Excerpt from General View of the Geology of Scripture, in Which the Unerring Truth of the Inspired Narrative of the Early Events in the World Is Exhibited, and Distinctly Proved
In presenting the following pages to the judgment of the world, I have reason to fear, that the very title of the work will excite, in the minds of some, feelings by no means favourable to an unprejudiced perusal of it.
I am fully aware of the objections which have frequently been raised to the endeavours to connect physical facts with the details of scripture; and lam, also, aware of the mischief that has sometimes ensued to the cause of religion, from the imprudent or unskilful defence made by those whose wishes and intentions were the most friendly to it.
The course of every science must be progressive; beginning in faint attempts to dissipate the obscurity of ignorance, and gradually advancing towards the full light of truth. To this usual course, the science of geology cannot be considered as an exception, having already passed through some of its early stages, which were avowedly marked with obscurity and error. During these stages of geological ignorance, I am free to admit, that the attempt to connect the supposed discoveries in the physical phenomena of the earth, with the truths announced to us in the sacred record, could not but tend to injure either the one cause or the other; because, it is impossible that any concord can exist between truth and error.
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