Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-05-09

sculptured caves Of Hindostan, and seen
In the far West among the picture writ
ings of Mexico"
The delugc was partial, and embraced
only portion of Asia inhabited by the
offspring Of Adam. IL would have re-
quired many times the quantity OF water
In the universe TO submerge the highest
mountains on the globe. According to
the Mosaic record, the ark was but trlfle
larger than the steamer Great Eastern,
and upon the hypothesis of general Hood,
had not capacity to contain one-tenth Of
the animals enumera ted TO be saved with
Noah and his family. Nothing short of
supernatural agency could transport the
gigantic MANN lls of South America across
the Atlantic Ocean 10 enter the Ark in the
heart Of Asia. As further proof, we refer
to the government OF the Pharaohs In
Egypt, instituted $500 years before Christ
and four hundred years before the deluge,
and has remained an unbroken people ever
since; therefore they, as well as other ma
tons, escaped the awful catastrophe,
which fully proves the theory of partial
instead of n universal deluge, and recon-
Giles many of the objections urged by skep-
tics against the truth of the Bible narrative
concerning the flood.
Many people reject the account of crea-
ton In Genesis, because science proves
that the world was not made in six natu
raj days. A proper construction OF the
Mosaic record harmonizes with geological
evidence. The past order of creation was
revealed to the inspired historian in the
the same manner that coming events were
made known TO the prophets, but the six
days mentioned as the limit of time in
which the work was finished, alludes TO 80
many long periods of years, in which the
globe passed through several distinct trans
formations before it became tit habita-
ton for the human family. The six days
named in the first chapter are called one
ia the second, therefore the term used in
Scripture my imply an indefinite period
for zone day with the Lord is as thou
sand years and a thousand years as one
day"
Geology proves the animal kingdom was
created In the exact order recorded in
Genesis first the moving creatures in
the waters, then fowls Of the air, beasts of
the earth and creeping things after their
kind" then, man. the noblest and highest
work OF an intelligent Creator.
The fossil remaids OF those animals first
created, are found iu the rocks nearly six
miles deep. The remains Of reptiles and
birds are discovered in the more recent di
vision of the earth. Beasts of the field
subsequently brought into existence, are
seen nearer the surface. While man Is
seldom discovered below the alluvium or
the uppermost portion OF the earth.
That an Intelligent Being is the Author
of the Universe, admits Of no doubt |
therefore, in the belief Of an Omnipotent
Deity man can rejoice that the future pre-
seuts a boundless field for his advance
ment. Guided by the Christian Religion.
succeeding generations will forget war, |
intemperance RIGHTEOUSNESS, avarice, and
every form of wrong doing, and arise TO
and culture, and every manly |
virtue.
The beast, the bird. the reptile will die
when death comes, and return to the dust |
but man possesses that over which death
has no control, so the extinction Of one |
life is only the happy dawn of another, of
far greater power, beauty and holiness,
respondent forever In a building, not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
LAYMAN
FryeJmg Centre, AprU -, 1882.