Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-17
PROF. HUNT ON THE CREATION.
What Our Earth Came From and
What 1t May Return to.

. Independence Hall was filled to its ut
most capacity last night by very intel
ligent audience, anxious to hear DIR.
Steny Hunt, President of the. Royal Geo
| logical Society of Canada, and mos
profound geologist, deliver his lecture OF
the Building of the Earth" The topic
was especially interesting to the people
of this mineral region, and in the hand:
of this able scholar, who has grown gray
in life's study of the earth, the lecture
was particularly absorbing to everyone
present. Governor Murray presented
the lecturer. who remained seated while
treating his subject.
The Doctor first spoke of the
structure, building and fashioning of the
earth. In dwelling on the elementary
facts pertaining to the earth's surface, the
rock formations were enumerated. He
spoke of the groups and systems of rock
in the construction of which vast ages
were employed; of the laying of sand
stones under water, full of bones and fos-
sils. These show the history of animal
development and life. and form a great
of the various formations is study be-
fore us in determining how the world is
builded. What forces brought about
the structure of the bird and flower?
Nature is growth; etymology perpet-
ual coming forth and continual change.
All this implies life-Nature repeating
the thought OF the Creator Go back be-
fore the formation of the sea, land or
stratified rock, and our world was only
one of the innumerable universe. Each
star, perhaps, is greater than our earth.
Every chemical substance and matter of
our earth is similar SO that of other
earths. Planets shine by reflected
light, determined by the spectroscope.
Many bodies of luminous matter are visi-
BILE. By examining the light of the sun
we find elements of our earth, one-half OF |
which are found in the elements of sun
light. Fixed stars contain similar ele- |
ments. Our earth is the centre OF con- /
densed nebulous matter The atmosphere
is ethereal, and contains the elements of |
the sun. All space is pervaded by a
substance called ether, which is attenu-
ated air.
The elements which composed the
earth were collected and condensed from
the ether, then further condensed into
liquid, after which the process of solid
fication began. The earth did not cool
and become solid first on the outside.
forming crust on the surface, but the
heavier bodies sank to the centre of the
earth and formed solid interior, and
his process continued until the surface
vas the last part to cool, solidify and
orm crust.
The lecturer went into extended detail
the chemistry of the earth
low rocks were formed, limestone Gre
ted, and much that cannot be given for
ack of space.
The process of formation still continues,
8 is demonstrated by our hot springs. {
he atmosphere is sometimes spoken of 1
s the ''cradle of the plant and the grave ,
the animal" Influences are at work
n the surface of the earth that will j
ventually result in the extinction of all ]
fe: The world will probably be resolved ,
ack into its original state of ether 7
The lecture held all present in strict at
ention, and it was rich with ripe t
loughts and new ideas for the specula- /
on of the mind t
A short and disconnected SYNOPSIS of c
able lecture can give but a meagre
ea of the speakers exhaustive ideas of /
grand and broad a subject.