Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-19

'ot longer duration than the a,od, as
FOSSILS are contained in rocks that
cos'd not he produced by water at so
late period. Lastly, that they be-
lleve in deluge at the time OF Noah,
yet suppose it local affair, caused by
the upheaval of Nc. Ararat. Those
reasons, valid with them, it seems fur.
Their research has changed the appear.
ance of. That there We're foods, and
that the bottom of ami mt oceans
now compose in part our dry land,
Geology proves. That a combination
Of agencies have from time to time
changed the face Of the earth is equally
true, yet car see no more objection
to Hood in Noah's time, than can
TO Hoods which are claimed by the
same men to have for long time Gov
cred the earth anterior to man. If the
earth could have then been submerged
without any difficulty, why could it
not in the time OF Noah. fisk days
journey would have carried Noah
away from all danger, why was he re-
quired to build the ark ? What reason
was there for God to use such ex-
plicit and distinct language, and in
directing Noah to build so large a
vessel, when in reality none was re
CURED ?
But let US review the arguments
against it. The supposiiOn that no
remains of man are To he found in
the drift or aluvium il without found
alton in fact. We will return to the
cave deposits AID accept the state
ment of Charles Lyell "a a fact, and
we have No reason ~ doubt. as have
before said, that he found the stone
implements Of man, together with
their bones, in the caves OF Europe.
combined or mixed up with both the
extinct Cave bear aad Mastodon, and
also with animals now living upon
earth. This il exactly what we should
expect, a. the remains of the food,
and his description of the bones in
position so a 10 show they were
carried there by water while the flesh
was upon them, still further proves
the very point in controversy. How
natural that man and beast. Ovcrta.
ken by such a fl ,Od of waters, wonId
be drowned, aud their bodies be wash
ed promiscuously into cdlies, caves,
or any hollow place. where the cur
rent OF the swollen rivers would not
be 50 intense. 1t is IN Just such pla-
ces that those remains are found In
this way the aldcrs described could
be buried erect with the bones and
implements of man. That a greatly
swollen river could tear away and de.
post beds. thirty, or even sixty. or a
hundred feet deep, you have but to
refer to California to know. That
mari beds would change their posi-.
tiOns and be mixed up with other de.
bris, all must allow. But, says another
geologist, that could not have been
done by the food, for at Mt. Etna we
find the remains OF the works of man
below seven strata Of soil, which has
produced seven different growths Of
timber, changing from pine to fir and
next oak, followed by beach, etc. But
what of this i? Vesuvius is similar to
Etna in every particular. Hercula.
neum and Pompeii were destroyed by
an earthquake and eruption of the
mountain in seventy-nine OF our Chris
tan era, and over these devoted cit
les the same growth of vegetation,
with the same rotation of timber, is
found. Does this prove anything, on.
ly that the seven thousand years at.
tributed to the remains at Etna dwin.
die into 1900 at Vesuvius, and fails
to prove that they were in existence
at the time of the 4 ,Od.
OF Hitchcock's idea that the agen
cy producing many changes and rock
formations on earth were OF long du
ration, and the land must have long
been the bottom of The ocean, | an
ready 10 agree With, aud believe then
all anterior to mans snjrurn upor
earth. or tn food. Yet as it appear,
that the delta@ of many CT our rivera
point to a tine for the commence
ment of their flow near what we Nigh
suppose would he the time Oi the del
uge of Nah. can hut think lha
great changes took place at that time
and doubtless much OF our land nigh
have heeu elevated above. aud ais
much depressed below the level of III
ocean. 1t is easy for the au who raj,
es Mt. Ararat and submerges a Ioca
place. so "a to have the ark fiat L
suit him, to call both elevation an
depressionS into existence to pleas
his fancy. Adopting his rule. woul
not en- elevation of the bottom of tn
ocean, and subsistence of the dr.
land, with the heat evolved, to prt
duce immense evaporation and ince
SAINT rain, suhmergc the whole cart
as we'll as a section of it? Other a
guments, like the lack of size of ii
ark to contain The animals as narr;
ted by Scripture, cannot be valid ii
the length Of a cu6it is fully ascertain
ed, and also many other points Sc
tied which can probably never |
known. In the meantime let US CO
tent ourselves with facts. We wi
give all praise to Pye Smith, EdwaI
Hitchcock and Charles Lyell. as the
have opened up mires OF informatic
uncared for because unknown, and
we in some points reject their OPT
ions, we do it with due Difference
the honor of those noble men wi
have done so much for the science
Geology, now comparatively in its
fancy.
AMERICAN ANTI-SLAYERY SOCIET