The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-18
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S s,.. and the evidence Il clear that tbe ma.
sa,iai ~ q fich 40 WIS built was ID g soit'
melted state, imstug. the appearance OF pepIg
n That stats By hfe,, snd that each layer
rnnss have had q space of time to coot Or
harden before the pe1t lay er was IBID, Of, the |
material would not be In layers. These lay.
era retute the theory Of those who suppose
that the world was ali Gu fire sud Is eoohns
-dowa. : II the 'eartb Vas at any time all gu
fire, the fire would not have left US any GU,
or oil, or limestone, foraYerythlng tnae W. ~.
burn would have seen reduced 10 asnsss
and all that would net burn woui9 N SUI
pure, heavy metal that twoutu go hv
down where 1t never would DC !ouno hn,
man; and there would oe notn,as ,rpn
ashes for many miles deep. bear oVu .sane
| words to Job: ~. he laid the coIne S,,ct
thereof. and bis sons shouted lot Jus. 49, mo.
| q host OF skilled workers, VIII !. Az not
cbinery of heaven to Work WIZ; 49, 9Th
| be nnch for Gods ipnumeraoEls a aG.s' nom
~ .u' 80 a syorId in six common days oy
W down the material out OF millions ~
f,rno.ee Some furnaces for gold7 et1els
i ~. nonnar iron. lead, ETC. Then tue Deauti'
III ..ar;eoahed marble and graDlte,s Which
~, aanh nor he made. by drift, as supposed Dy;
nreteuded philosophers. ....., ~
Mr. Halldhipks the modern non9n o. eue
ronndness of the earth Is an lnEoei Deiiel'
He says: uu. ., ouoo;, oa
49, hresflth of the earth ?" breadth or
~. ms,,h ia not used in speaking of round
hnSes. bat of fat things. I caunot prove
a1setIy fI,e shape of the earth, but can
nrove that the earth cannot be the shape that
aur moderns suppose 1t to be. The earth
NAV be rounding somewhat, but the water
Is DOT. ., !,
undeniafde fact that you cannot make water
stav in a round heap or body. The common
illustration of a shipat sea is yalueless. The
reason that the hull sinks from sight is that
the water-vapor in the air seen 10 ouik is
opaoue, and hides the hull. SEALING round
the world is sailing east or west through seas
or straits until the ship arrives Where II
sailed from-just as Ran that had mouse
on the side OF hill and went out OF the west
door and went round the bill until he came
In at the east door," The moIous OF tne
earth occasion Mr. Hall no difficulty. The
earth sits in atmosphere, and would not move
only for the sun, which moves round II,
causing the water to rise OF the earth as II
passes round, removing the water from the
sunny side, and causing the dew TO falI on
the dark side, thus removing the earth's bal
!. last; it keeps tipping over from the sunny
, side, which is the lightest side at the time
: that the sun is shining on it. It wabbies
, +. ON side to side as the sun passes around.
| This causes the tides" 49, ...a-..t
, MIR. Hall does not believe the absurd the.
! cries about the centred OF the earth being in
, an igneous condition, because fire can't
burn without air or supply Of fuel. There
> are local fires caused by the lightning pcne-
trating cavities, setting fire to coal-oil or in.
Hamndabe gases. causing volcanic eruptlons.
! The earth is really hollow, and filled with
, gas. as a balloon. Otherwise 1t could not
, float il the air on nothing as it does. The
| theory about the attraction OF the earth was
= gotten up by the infiiels, who believed that
, otherwise the motion Of the earth in going
, round would throw all loose articles of, and
the mountains would act as fans to keep the
snow and rain from falling on the earth. But
: if it was true that the earth was round ana
| held things to it by attracloo, when on the
! under side the masts of ships and cburell-stee-
E Piles would oe pointing down into the empty
] space below. Such foolish notions be thinks
: were gotten up by "men who did not like
the Bible because it reproyed their acs, and
they wished to show that the Bible writer's
E were ignorant OF true science. L tnink u
t the earth was magnet we would walk like
!. those old horses that have the spring bait.
When their foot comes up it comes with a
r jerk" r.
:. b. means of Bible-texts and modes of rea!
. soning, of which the above furnishes sam.
ple the writer proves that the moon IS an
f enormous diamond; that the sun is one con-
s tinual explosion of gas by fire. The greater
8 portion of the book is given up to the estab-
lisbment Of purely theological propositions.
) His object in going into scientific matters be
5 gives as follows:
, "The Bible contains more knowledge than
all Other backs together, and all the nations
/ are Indebted to it for knowledge that they
never could have found out. Therefore l
, have wrote this book against pretended phi
Iosophers, who are leading mlny astray by
false science.'