The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-01-04
ORIGINAIo
FOR THE COLUMBIA DEM GRAFT.
The EeeIUge

| - hO DChhDO
Many, and couflc,ing, are the specu.
aions with regard TO the Deluge, is
lrrlsiou to iIs extent; also the causes by
which il was produced. The sccoun'
,s il is contained, in The seventh chaple,
If Genesis is by many wholly, or in
part rejected. Some suppose that the
Ieluge, was only over part Of The earth,
while others suppose that there never
vas any such thing. But among those
who believe hat there was such as an
nniversal dcIuge, I'VE find a great variely y
,f opinions existing. Some supposo
hat The earth was arrested in Tvs dur
oal revolution, which would be at once
I.ulficent, 10 cause a universal deluge.-
Others are Of The opinion lha, there had
heen an unusual drought, q that there
iorc, the vspors had long been sccumu
'a'ing.
| But LET us examine, for few mo-
nents This subject, and see if we cannol
discover evidences Of the fact that Their,
was such delugp, aud other causes TO
produce il, than have heretofore been
ssigned.
! First that the deluge was universal
hat i, swept over the western continent
Is well as the eastern, we have indubjt
able evidences 10 the fact, that marin,
| Ilants, animals and shells, are found H.
places very remote from the sea shore,
| n The fact that trees Of an enormou'
size, rhave been found many feet be
| leaIh the SUI face OF the earth, and lhaI
| 10 in situations where no trees Of lhi
| description are al the present day 10 b,
ouud, from the fact that we find inter
|ruptions in the different strata Of iht
earth, which could only have been pro-
iuced, by some great convulsion of ma.
ure. Thus then, having established tb,
fact, Of a universal deluge, let US pro
.eed TO exnmIne the Cause, or causes
which might thus put all the elements
IN convulsions The opinion of some,
hat a drought Of an universal duration,
was the Cause Of long and heavy rains,
will not certainly hold good; and sim
| ply for this reason, that there is as much
water now in and upon the surface OF
he earlh,as there was at the time Of The
Ideluge; and there was no more water
on The earth at the time Of the deluge
Than there was at any time prior TO that
event. But The class Of persons who
hold these opinions, also hold that The
Earth is only plain, and that ii has no
| lIurnal motion. and that instead of the
earth revolving upon ils own axis, 80
as 10 make day and night; The earth re
mains stationary, and the sun revolves
around The earth. Having thus met the
objections of those who deny that there
ever was a deIuge, and also exploded
the theory Of partial deluge, such as l.
yearly caused by the overiiowing of the
Nile; and considered the unreasonable.
ness of the theory, Of The deluge having
been produced by the vapors arising
from the Seas. Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
during prolract drought.
shall now consider the two remain
ing theories, viz. that of the deluge be-
hog produced by the stoppage Of the
earth in lis revolution or diurnsl mo-
ton, and secondly, that of the deluee
being produced by the fusion, OF the
polar ices. The theory that the delugt
was produced by the earth being sud
denly stopped in its revolutions upon it'
own axis, has met with many powerful
advocates, but think, that notwith.
sanding The advocates of this theory
are very dogmatical and very tenacious
II will hardly be supposed that the sud
den arrest Of The motion Of the earth
could cause SO much vapor 10 arise as ic
form material for forty days rain. Fol
LIT is said "lhsl the windows OF HeaveI
were opened, and the fountains of th'
grea, deep were broken up" Bot j
This bad been the case, Il mean the sloI