The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-01
For the Jasper corHira.
The Wandering Cainidae or the
Ancient NOmalls.
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Tie above Is the title Of Il page
pamphlet. nicely printed by Morton &
Co.. oi Louisville. Ky. and comprise,
the lecture delivered TO the Duboi.
Comfy Medical Society. April 22i. 1879
lbv Matthew kcmpf NJ. d.. Of Ferdinand
Inh. In the pamphlet on page 8. The
reader will find The following paragraph
4" la the Bible we find the following
verse: Aud Cain went out from the
presence OF the Lord and iwelt in The
land 0f Nod on the east vi Eden" Thi.
verse. Is the key OF the author Of the
Wandering Cainidae 10 isis theory, which
briefly stated j. The iolIowiny- That
Grin hal many dccendaMts. who the
author cabs CanTidac and who Ethnelo.
gisis generally call the Mougoians; that
these CHinidas wsndered through that
pari'of fhc world on the East OF Eden.
comprising fhr greatest part Of Asia.
Ant.rica aud ifs islands. Dreassica and its
Islands and pari Of the Northern part
ot Europe; aud that the flood was not
local. The author also assumes The task
70 prove. that man was not born from
monkey. The arrangement OF the dis
course i this: Firstly. about the food !:
SECONDLY. why all OF the human inhahi.
anf- ~ The Earth. excluded from the
ark az Tie time OF the foods occurrence.
we're not DESTROYED thirdly. why The
Nongoliam> oi the present day are Tic
descendants of Cain. and fuurthly. why
man I mol the offspring Of an spc-l.kc
creature.
The author of Tie "Cainilac SAYS IN
the latter part of his pamphlet. that il j.
only the introduction of The work, aud
that the main work j. III poetry, consist
Ing Of ten thousand verses. Let us
pause here for one moment. Ten thous-
and verses This i indeed gigantic
labor; but this labor dwindleS into in
signiiirance when we contemplate the
gigantic task. Dr. kcmpf undertook To
prove 10 the world that Darwin and his
followers are wrong im supposimg man
70 be monkey. and TO prove that the
Hood was local ia The valley OF the Eu-
pirates.
u may he enthusiasm that makes me
-ay. that DIR. kcmpf has succeeded; that
The time l. here when every scientist
must either believe in Darwin's or inl
krnpi's theory; and that our county
should honor itself IN possessing one Of
The greatest warriors in The battle be-
wcca Christianity and monkevism. A
'ritic should be cool aud not an emihnsi
'st: therefore. will shake on the
'losk Of enthusiasm and try "a see how
Ir. kcmpf has won the merit Of hcimg
About The flood being local.
copy the following from the Wander
~ Caini,lac. page q:
To him who impugns my assertion
hat the flood was local. and asks
q then. there was no general food,
school me
About the ark, the all-dcvastating sea.
II reply:
Dear sir, II voull reflect. think YOU will
Agree the Dclugc was not general.
For how could Noah house all animals
d tic wide earth, III air, ia woods, IN
fields?
And. too. YOU must remember further
more.
10 gather them from every cline and
shore.
Twain ot each sex that snuif the vital air,
n frail bark about three acres sqnarc \
space Of upper, neither floor,
And when You think, dear sir, still iur-
thcrmorc,
Df the diverse. immense amount Of food,
Which was required u feed the Zoanic
brood.
lou must concluded the Hood was local,
and
Noses refers 70 the Euphratcs land"
On piyc -, We read The following