, 1876-03-04

has CONVINCED inc tunt 1nucli Of tito entin nlinos
III 10 bc accolinlnd for through local ca,ices.
eucli al modes OF ventilation nn tho cllnmicn1
con,.jinattonH mid COMBINATIONS nl tho clements
| OF fooka. vsporu. o!o. encountered In thc work.
| ipgu.
paIth1WaKoH and volcanoes. They have not lilo
\ romotaHt relation to tDnltcn condition OF tito
| earth'A interior, hut owo thoir existence 70 tho
ptoaenco Of tllormnt int1uoncca, which nro l;uusn
to penetrate tho matsotu Of tho earth luht m rat
| Us air aud wAter porc0tato,-nn farther; thu
pressure Of ftnnionao suportncumbcnt strata mp.
| on this nir md water; tho Rolvont power nf
waters when thus heated their chemical action
~ saline solutions, md tito diseolviug OF ntnoa-
pl,orio elements Into tt1om; the reaction Of SUBJ
Btanens titus combined On others, and Tho gnn-
oratlon of electric thnr1nal powers. Earthquakes
mud volcanoes aro simply tho va!yos: whereby
| Nature putlllos her grald cllemlca! laboratory,
down ID the easth'e crust. Of Its surplus gasoaa
nnd olo1nons; wllilo it lat,utB on unceaH!ngly nt
separating and combining, tearing down and
building over. II this weto otlioE"lse II tho
Hu,go Of oarth1uahos and tic vomiting of voca-
| noos were tho onttl1roW OF molten interior,
how long would the soli1 orust stund Punch
hole in a stoam.boicr, aud would y 10 many
runctured Hhoil asunder IN its frantic eacarc, IS
sas proven when TIM boilers Of tho Mound City
and Essex woro pe1otsatnd by lIonel shollsf
Aud how, II S.rouboli hnd It's astcr-solcanoes nro
! mnuth-pieces OF tho great motion sea. may yc,
on tho Batno hypothesis, account Tor tho ojoct!on
from them OF uator, mud, sllo-iHlit twigs OF veg
citation, and fossils even or thAt tho iIeat OF VOL
cauocs, n most caucs. SCARCELY ozcoods Tint OF
Lastly, thoy roier ns to grauto AZ tho cooled
form Of tho central motion matter, ard OF which
ninc-tentlls Of tho oarthe crust, 80 far ns ponc-
tratcd, ia formed. Had they argued from nil ab-
seuee OF grauttc, they would havo presented r.
stronger gronud for Loliof. 10 far from granite
being Of lgncous origin. ite structure aud con-
htituoula arc directly fn controyorslon 10 origin
from motion leat, which would utterly have DO
Btroyod it8 clements, it's form aud nature. 0rall-
ito, iu placoof being Tho first Of rocls,-tho ru-
cleus Of tho Elobe,-is among the most rccont,
forming itsef constantly cut Of the sotlimentary
mud stratiacd formations by aqueous solution. and
frequently oyorlyng tertiary aud drift strata.
tta specific gravity il 23, proving tta origin from
| aqueous solution. AZ. II formed ny i1noous ae-
t!on, 1t would possess 1ifrcsont specific gravity
Of 2,G. It ilss been found to contain Ia direct
| association, In Its cotul>o1lonts, nlotas which
would havo been vhponzod at q less boat than
that necessary to melt It. Water-nlarks haro
contain fo4siIs. And, IastIy, 1t haB boon mau,,-
| factltcd by aqueous solution III tho laboratory.
and now. as II to finally senl tho dcniunstra-
| tton, It is proven. by long eertcs Of obsesSa-
lions and calculations, undertakon TO determine
tho dcgrco Of elasto yielding OF tho solid cnrtll
! unaor tho tido-8cnoraling influence Of Bun aud
moon. that tho assumption OF aa Interior lllcd
mosn n astSE soa sa u ,o en-;
most % perfect freedom Us II it woru perfectly
liquid, nntl its boundary would rso md fall up-
| der the tide-genorntlnE influence equal to tho
prcBont tidal movements OF the bodies Of wator,
| lcaving to tic cye an ofIcct similar TO tho
| cessation Of Our present tides. Tho facts ne-
! quirod In thcae Investigations, whon msthomhti
cally carried out, show That clooo Of glass. Of
condtions, If solid 10 tho col1tro, and OF tho
aatno rGfdity throughout, would provo ns elastic
| aud Yield ns readlly as an lnaa-rubber bail to
tho tida-ge nerating influence. Dynamlcal osti-
! matos Of tho aRrcoment OF procession and muta-
! tiof, founded on tic belief OF tho eattll boi1e
rolid knd perfectly rigid throughout, cstabHhca
tho fact thht tho earth is+ III reality. rigid to Us
central core, md composed throughout Of soifd
| .u'tqatft1l and ttnno'ttn rock, moro unvieltl-
1 log, lndccd tlnn the Hamp!cs Of rook-formaton
1eachng us in our laboratories after tho dinln-
! tcgtasng influences Of the atmosphere hlro at
| tackled them. = CuEnnY JAlIEs.
| THE CREATION.
1 10 I've Editor Of The cd.eaos 7rioNas:
DhconA,t H.. Fob, 29.-Why this slcnco Oh
] Mr. llodgmsn's part? Has his efforts TO sup
/ port that ''ltock !" l,oon too much Tor him, or
| what is the matter7 Perhaps ho ia preparing to
crush US ell by ous blow Of that" Rock" Now,
euppose NO look into tha Mosaic account Of the
! Creation, and sco whore It IL contrary to tho
truths revealed In Natnro. aud where 1t is In nc
| corlance with them. III ono Of his letters, Mr..
! IIodgman gpoaka OF the assumptions mado by
! Prof. Proctor. Dur tho Bible also makos az
"In the beginning q Cd nado tho hoayonn and
tho GARTH" llcro wo ha7o q distinct creation Of
something ont OF uoth,ug. This is in
possible, "Know, first Of ntl, that nothing
| can spring ftoin nonentlty." Tho second verno
| eaya "Aul the cnrth was without form mud
| void" GeoIoglsts suppose tho carth to have
\ boon void ut tho limo known na tho Azoic ago.
1t Is proper before taking up tho Elk days Of tia
Creation, to aoe whether 1t Ia noant to bo s1 IT.
cfal days ot twcnty-four hours oach or sEx ages
The llov. II. ". Morris. IN his work entitled
"Sciouco and the Diblc," trloa to prove TINT they
| wcto literal days. Ho snya that 'IoseB unler~
| stood them as auch, and meant Ills readers
should. hna God refors to tleHa as lttoral laya
| In the Commandments given from, Mount Sinai.
II We call them Six agce, arc wo not putting In :
theory Of our own, that We hayo no right to2
| Therefore think literal days aro meant" But
! let uB sec about the first day.
| On tho ilrst day, ''dod enid. 'I.ot thoro be
| liyh&' and thore WAS light" II light was
created on tho first day, whcro did il como
fromS Tho SUI VIVA uos crcated until
tries to prove thAt tho sun was created long bo-
word "made. who're it is aisod 10 the si1teonth
verso. nut We are oxprehAly sold that the gun
thu fourth day. On thu tsh and sixth days, tho
living things we're creatoa. and also man. Now,
tho question conlea up, Wero hninela uroated
or uora shoy doyeloped7 Deep study and OBJ
eeryatlon hayo led men TO boileve that all,uals
Toro developed. Nothing Ia created iiiAtan-
taneously now. bnt We 500 the development
theory aomonssratod every day, Man Develops,
| aud ao do tho lower anitnns.
How docs the Garth como out undor Tho
etudy OF Geology ? Tho tlrat or AxuIc Are
y 35o,e0o,O0o years long; tho bturi1n,
Dovonl9n, mud carbonltorons ayos, together
tho ltcptil{An Or heaOXoio aro O. i41l mr., vnars