Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-06-19
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NJ DEAR DAUGHTER.
WHEN you are tod that the Mo:
sa'e account ot the dclpge canuot be true
because ia 40 days and 40 nights rain sui.
nc'en' 20 cover the earth ana mountaia.
soa'd NOT fall: you may reply, that some
1nns more than con,snon rain is ir,nl; !.
ga oy the windows of Heaven being q :
pc1sd, and 1.-THE fountains of the ora,
ussT were broken up" And if il be re
1Heino =red, thar the sacred writings de-
scribe the earth as established ,,h5u ~.
se1s' and that they are described "a bu,s,.
ins opca the earth, [the fountains Of ~.
s'eatd deep were opensd,) which in manv
Parts might have sunk into the seas /: Co
'aae w;lh tis- rain AMI inunda,ions. The
~Aeie earth might have been cove red Inv
tas waters, till they subsidized io;o the =.
oysi tom whence they had burs, sor,h
upon the Garth. say, if this h.. rrm.,n
nsfet, th>rc viii be f,uud no absrr,,,v !,
5 the stoFys BESIDES, you may remark, Tia,
M'sss did nps say thattha dslu;,e was It e
eject al mere natural causes. lie a,tr;.
h7t=sl u to the will and power OF ,I,e Al.
mighty Creator OF eli things. Bat YOU
viii oe told, ,!,atths bones OF fisn, and e.
ven whales, fund deep in the earth and
yfar from seas, and even rivers, prove
that The earth must ouce have been in =
marine SAFE. Tpthis you may reo,y thai
none OF the shells or bones which can b.
distinguished as such. could possibly have
retA'nei their substance, texture and e.
yurc so perfectly as they haze, for a longer
tnne than that computed from the deluce.
Insiis thousands of years since the sun.
Posed marine state OF the earth, and a.
midst The yarious shocks of earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions, supposed by the
Philosophers, not shelf or bone could
now be found, in the form of shells or
bones. BESIDES, if the waters Of The ma.
rine world subsidized in the long course of
time necs ,sary to exhibit the world, as il
hss been well known to BE-, far a, lcas,
$500 years, is Il probable that The fish
would have re maioed Oh The mud, instead
OF retiring To the;reat:yc seas, with the
waiers, wpen they were gradually with
drawing ifoIi the mountains, hills and
plans, into the oceans, seas lakes, rivers
and creeks. And II, Oh the other had,
the seas and floods of rain t=iused the
earth, SO as TO eDabis even whales to swim
oyer TIE mountains, when that isiuge of
waters suddenly subsidized and sunk into
the abyss raigh, " mol expect TO tiud the
bones OF many Gsh lett on the plains, on
hills, and even on mountains? As 10 she'll
fish, they might be ,ufaedu? fcom The bot
tom Of rivers and seas, which in tina: c.
rpp,ioa and CONFUSION 0fihe earth, might
be thrown up, lorm,ns Islands aud conti-
nents, whilst their Respective rivers and
seas, ran into other seas, or sunk into The
great deep. Tha; many Places which were
covered by the seas. AZ The Time or the de-
iuge,may have since gradually appeared,
by The subsiding OF the waters. is not on
Iy possible but probable AID there we
may e.pcSt TO aud ...e remains OF shell
iisp, their shells mean. B1, we ought
not 10 ilnd the bones Of whales. and teeth
of the hppcpotamus aud sharks. or OF a
ny other iish. IN such places, because eve
~ species Of fish which swTn :, would have
retired with the slowly retiring waters.
Wnsrever such bones and Teeth are found.
we ought 70 conclGds, that the places Of
their Deposit, were suddenly, abandoned
by the seas and waters, Immediately after
nm universal deiug-. We may be told, in.
deed, that asoicanic pro,rnsiou OF part
OF the bed of the sea, through its waters
and sudden abandonment. oft, leaving
il with al is iinay and shelly tribes upon
it, as an island or part OF continent,
Nigh, have produced what IS attributed 10
the delvye. But this latter supposi,io0,
does not a. web explain tie phenomena
OF the teeth and fish bones, as the Mosa-
&c accoucl Of the deluge, and is not sup
ported i,y history OF truth, and requires
belief in cause, and esfect, as extraor.
dinary AS the Mosaic account ofthe de-
LUCE and being attributed 10 accident and
not TO the design of the Almighty Creator,
does not appear so probable as that ac-
count, to any one who believes that there
is God, and tia. be superinseDds has
works, and visits the SINS OF mankind.
A belief, which may produce much
good, and cannot be productive oflhe least
possible cyiL Whist contrary opinion
may, nay must, introduce immense mis-
chief, by destroying all faith IN the scrip
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