Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-27

must the testimony of science be, con.
eerning the almost fabulous antiquity Of
the chalk and sandstones When these
"fauna as distinct from one as the other
as if separated by ages of time" are found
on the ocean floor in actual process o.
formation and near each other.
| Here is an innovation of a favorite thee.
ry--Thdt Of glacial ages and action, now
called in question by some eminent geclo-
gists. Again. ''Certain fossils suggest to
some theorists" that they must have been
deposited in a period of intense cold, and
were of arctic waters, are found at the bot
tom of torrii oceans; that Arctic shells
live in the tropics where the lowest stra
tum OF water shows temperature of
$780," 1t is well known fact that the
temperature of the ocean varies. The
Gee: mic currents demonstrate this. eY-
(See wonders of the Sea-
Can the theory Of the reference of Arc
tic shells and fishes to glacial climate
be true?
Does not the scripture present a much
clearer account of creation, as creation,
and pure science agree Herewith than
these new assumptions of science that are
but exploded ones of a past age, now
brought up under new garb and fifty
demonstrated as modern science, materi-
alistic speeulations"
We shall have occasion to dwell on BIZ
bic chronology IN futue communication.
and think with the logical bishop Aames,
that the Bible does not perhaps, satisfy
curiosity; but here and there certain
things crop out" because of certain facts
that happened, and then wonderful revela-
tons follow from the announcement con-
tanned in half dozen words 1t is a
great thing to get one of Gods thoughts
into our thoughts. God made man gov
ernor, and he is governor, and he does
rule" The Bible says, Let US make man.
How shall We make him I'm our image
and after our likeness, the Bible answer
ed. Was God evolved after this modern
evolution from which we were so lately
instructed? Am one who should be
pitied more than condemned, on account
OF my mental organization and educa-
ton in NOR ethics and the laws of mind,
because | dissent TO an evolution no
ton that man is not a special creation the
in image, and after the likeness Of God /:
Still let me have your pity, who have ill
will to none, and can afford to be nv
friend DIS long as you put me on the
above named grounds, for l am in good
company with the Oldest of authors. the
best men, and the revelation of God on
this point, WHOSE si,irit is forgiveness, who
have 'Davids Snd Jonat hans among
them, and whose rule of faith as Golden,
is far superior to that of Confucus', and
whose spirit toward sin was denuncia-
tory; but heart toward The sinner com
passionate.
Allow ME the liberty Of dissent and its
proclamation, ii declare with the veneer
able Bishop above alluded to, that Il do
not follow the specgl,tlons of modern
biologists with any great satisfaction, be-
cause think the print is too large for
men to read We not only cannot see
the sentence but we cannot sec lie whole
of the letter II is not at all satisfactory
to me, because somebody processes TO
have found human and animal bones in a
cave. somewhere in cliff, in England and
thinks they have been more than six
thousand years in that caycrnous dark
ness, to draw the conclusion that the Bi-
BILE is not true. do not exactly sympa
thize with that kind of logic which is bas-
ed upon such facts.
| am called in the volume of nature and
revelation to believe in a great many facts,
tor which | cannot account | am not re-
quired TO believe anything, only the fact
as it stands revealed in the material
world, or in the word of God
j. J., BOYD.