The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-20
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF
GENESIS.
Is IT CORRECT GEoLoGIcALLy?
Correspondence of THE TINS.

incorrect, The account being remarkable
for the accuracy of its order. Thousands
Of years before The scientific development
Of even primary facts we have a correct
statement of 30 events Il exclude those to
which sScplcs my objecD-30 statements
which no one can dispute and the arrange
ment thereof in accurate order. II this is
said to be accidental we suggest that the
objector take a dice box and epdcavor to
anticipate 30 Mr0,os of the dice. The alb
surdity thereof will at once appear. Now
il inspiration IS OWNED the only reason
able hypothesis will be the supposition
that the writer was thousands Of years
ahead of his age in the knowledge of both
geology and astronomy. Is this likely?
Let us briefly review the order discussed
above
THE FIRST DAY
Constitutes that vast period Of time Ee-
tween tho gaseous condition of planetary
bodies and the cooling of the earth attend
ed by the first appearance of the phenom-
ena of day and night.
THE SECOND DAY
Embraces the vast period during which
the atmosphere of the earth is deposting
its waters, ETC., and ends with the disap-
pcarancc of the cloud envelope and the
first appearance Of the heavens.
THE THIRD DAY
Embraces the vast period beginning
with the world cnveloped in ocean, and in
cludes the division into land and water, and
the appearance of vegetable life and ends
with the elimination of vegetation in the
angiosperms-0rees whose fruit inclcses
Seeds
THE FOURTH DAY
Includes the vast period during which
the unequal day and night seasons, ETC.,
are established, terminating probably with
the fitting of the earh's axis to its present
position. &.
THE FIFTH DAY
Witnessed the production of present
species Oh water dHlIldlS uUN lOWlS.
THE SIXTH DAY
Crowns the work with the creation of
land animals and man.
/ will now append literally Prof. War
rings syllabus of this creations
"And God created matter; after which
the order was:
Darkness
Motion.
Light.
Light perfected.
Division between light and darkness.
Day and night begin.
An expanse in the midst of the waters.
The heaven became visible from the
earth.
The cxpanse (the atmosphere not fit for
man.
Land under water.
Waters gathered into seas.
The land good" for highest vegetation.
First heritage and fruit trees not good.
Later heritage and fruit trees good.
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Introduction of seasons, etc.
Sun and moon became time measures.
(These and the stars are Gods creation.)
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Seas swarm with living species and
fowls created.
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Land animals.
Mani"
You will note that in the last two stages
the theories Of evolution are ignored.
Not that they arc Incompatible, but they
do not yet rest upon scientific basis.
Prof Vinchow, OF Berlin. the great
biologist and Psychologist, at the tercen
tensry of the University of Edinbmg
spoke upon this subject TO the assembly of
students and illustrious men OF science
and letters gathered at that point. Vir-
chow stated:
1st. Evolution is a possible truth-but
the highest possibility is only speculation
and cannot lie admitted as basis IF doc
t,fne.'
9. "Darwinsm is purely speculative
question. 1t has not been raised by any
observed phensmona.'
He further stated that he had been
specially occupied for twenty years in
making prehistoric Investigations to get
nearer the primitive man and he could
get no nearer than Adam. He was not
prejudced. He began by thinking that
the existence of the predecessor of man
was neutrality-suspicious. a probability.
But nothing of the kind (''pro anttropos'0
chad been discovercd--not eren % fray
ment Of him." He had studied skulls.
great numbers of them, and said emphat-
ically "In my judgment no skull hitherto
discovered can be regarded as the prede-
cessor of man"
The fact of the matter is, some scien-
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