Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-25
OCR SUNDAY 4E.llsJ
a OeEenss and Criticism III tho BIB
Hcal story of the Ark.


pea. can possibly of be more interes
to those OF oar readers who are in
teres,e1 Ill poieDirs than the follow
ing presentation ot the two sides %
the Ark Story As given tn us in til,
Biblical account of the Noaciiar
Deluse. In reply to recent ration
alistic and scientific crIti.i~nn. OF
that account. a theological contro
ver>ialis. whose name escapes us
has written the following. regard
ing the size of the Ark md its captc-
ity for holding all the beast. anil
birds which Noah was commanded
to place within it.
inadels have objected to the size o!
the ark; have asserted that II Ii absurd
10 suppose that ever there could be. "A
Vessel constructed Large enough ~ hold
all the Creatures which mus: have been
placed III 1t. with sufficient food. it MAJ
be Tor six or twelve monihs-w..ter fur
tue is:,. corn for the four-fouted animals,
seed Tor the birds, ana 50 on. Nl@ We
will take the dimensions Of tie ark from
tine records of II Ises AN calculate them
OF. the loves: possible scale There arr
two definitions given to y euoit; on,.
That Is IL iacats, or i foot AMI halt.
and tue other ;nat is - inches W.
viii ti.se :, GAL. ~ :he lowest. Ma.-s
states that TIL ark VS. 81 cubits ion
this w.uii nIthe II 45J feet long. or
about the length of st. Paul Cathedral,
LoIdon. Tne breadth he states to b,.
81 cIu!ts; We then have il 80 feet in
breadth. e. states Ii To DE- thirty cubit>
high, 50 thu; MAS - feet nigh. In 9TH
or wuris. It WAS IL long As St. P.,uI's
Cathedral. nearly AS broad, and half AS
high Tue tonnage of the ark, accord
H. to coiuput.,tI cf modern carpen-
tiers, must have been b. go tons. The
largest EISiish ship lof u size altogether
unlmiSSin.oi to those who have never
Seen Ii, Is 3.5U tons burden; 81 that the
ark must have been go La to p first-rite
ships of war. AMI ii arme,t Us such ships
are. 1t woaii have contained beyond
1900 Men, an! provisions for them Is
mouth. Button has asserted that all
four-tooted animals MAY he reduced to
2oJ pairs, and the birds TO n still Sun ,ller
number. On calculating, therefore We
sh all tind tn It the ark wolli have held
nDre than five times the necessary num-
Der of Creatures, and more than tive
times the required quantity OF food to
maintain them twelve mouths.
A. : curious and highly ingenious
answer to this character of assertions
III behalf of the Biblical narrative
We quote ~ follows from the repor,
of u lecture which Was delivered ut |
Minneapolis something more than y !
yer asn by Professor Denton, a |
well-known E ,stern scientist AMI
sceptic. Said he:
Ii the Bible is Gods book, we ought |
to know il. If not Gods book. W.
ought to know that. 1t cannot be for
for our souls benefit to cherish q false
hood. Silence Is the test. Since is
the fiery furnace that has CONSUMED :.
Thousand decisions, and must Consume
all that remain. According to the count.
in less than 1000 wears after GID hal
created all things and pronounced them
good he became DISSATISFIED with every
them with the earth. The ark made
inches bro.l and 81 feet high. The to-
I'll standing room in the ark was l6. SJ3
square yards. Into the ark We're to
Come seven Of every kind Of bird. This
would make not less IN 43. o62 birds,
!hree for each yard Of standing room in
he ark. Give room for the attendants
mt the birds alone would crowd the /.
lrh But there mus. b ave been taken
nto the ark not less than 4, OO4 unclean
,e.,sts besides som. 1889 mafnm lis,
lean beasts, from the mouse 10 the ele-
ii int. But beasts cannot be piled like
ord wood and the ark would be taxe,l to !,
,roside fUr the beasts alone. But the C
..rso IS only just begun; 657 species of h
eptiles must bt. provided for, AMI vas, il
rowd of insects from the butterflies of il
; .lzil ii inches across the wings to the b
lrnost invisible gnat; 75J,OOO species. b
W. Of each species, besides 4. 600 species II
# air breathing snails, making $3.50 of d
hese To be added to the trebly crowded G
rk. But the ark has really not one-half e
Is cargo. There must be food for all
hese animals for one year and seventeen v
avs The ruminants above would have 8
rquired not less than 3 $50 tons Of hay G
the food most easily obtained and pre- K
erved) and this hay would have Occu- p
led more than twO-thirds of the space y
T the whole ark. What quantities OF t.
rain for the birds, the rodents and mar 81
lpeals. What flesh for the carnivora: il
Ut one of them but would eat its weight c,
u mouth. But the flesh must be .
esh, and there must have been used b
ore than two million pounds, and must Il