Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-27

The following original solution of {
site of Eden is from Mr.. A. Shelton, in
the Tribune:
The thought occurred to me many years
ago, that the repeated failure of so many
experienced Arctic explorers to reach the
North Pole was in consequence of some.
thing more subtle than common, natural
causes. The result of my cogitations is
that possibly at this Pole lies the Garden
of Eden, and that the original tree of life
still exists there to fulfil the purpose of Je-
hoyah in his own appointed time. More
over, that the Cherubim's flaming sword
turning every way to guard the tree OF
life. is the cutting, piercing cold Of that
latitude, which, when taken in connection
with the aurora borealis, as it flashes and
darts in the northern armament, makes
the fgurative language of Scripture plain
to our understanding. 10 sustain this
theory, we learn from the meagre history
Of our first parents that God made them
''coats of skins,' and as our Heavenly
Father provides his creatures with what is
best adapted for their protection and con-
venience, this would indicate that the tenn
perature around Eden must have been ma
terially changed to necessitate so warm a
covering for human bodies. Although this
barrier was sufficient to keep the anJedilu-
VANS at respectable distance from Eden,
it does not discourage modern adventur-
ers. can imagine that while Noah was
borne up by the waters of the Deluge, an
chored asst were to the heavens, the earth
was removed from under him, and the
East changed to the North. In the vast
quantities of ivory in close proximity to
the Pole is also strong evidence in support
of this theology. In Siberia on the one side
and Alaska opposite, are found preserved
portions of innumerable animals which,
on the subsiding of the waters, were enve-
loped in the preserving element as at pre-
sent found for it is quite evident that
they were not long subjected to the changes
of winter and summer, night and Gay.
It would be perfectly in accord with
other acts of the Creator that he should
cast into oblivion for a long period of time
the theatre where was enacted the first
human crime, the progenitor which brought
forth so much woe, the enormity of which
could not be atoned for by any or all
created beings, but necessitated the sacri-
flee of the Son of God. If Jerusalem, with
Gods own Temple, Babylon, Tyre, Nine
veh, and many other places, we're destroy
ed on account of the wickedness of their
inhabitants, may it not appear reasonable
that Eden was hurled as an unclean thing
into the cold and desolate regions of the
North, thus isolating from our race the
first district polluted by the trail Of the
old serpent, who successfully prompted the
first human crime, instigated the first muir
der of a brother, and corrupted the inhabi-
tants so that in the end there was but one
man found worthy to preserve a small rem
nant of all that breathed the breath of
life.
The prevailing idea of scientific men
that there is warm space at the Pole also
favors the above theory. The late lament
ed Captain Hall enthusiastically declared,
previous to his last voyage, that he ex-
pected to place the American flag on the
Pole, and to find there beautiful, salu-
brious climate, and race of human beings
unlike any at present known. If the theory
herein advanced be correct, the signal fail
ure Of that voyage and the sad results con-
nected with it are proof positive that man,
however innocently, cannot fight against
God,