Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-14
al, end run the institution in their own
interest, making Il one Of the greatest
oropolies Of modern times.
THE SUN DO KorE.
Professor Carprnter. OF England, Agrees
With the Rev. John Jasper.


baltimore SUM-
Professor William Carpenter. late oi
Greenwich, England, delivered an e1.
tertainine lecture last night in the hall
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton on 1.-The Absurdities of the
Modern Astronomical Theory" The
lecture, which was to disprove the ro-
tundity Of the earth, and TO prove that
the earth is flat and that the sun re-
wolves in circle above the earth, was
illustrated by series Of charts.
The first chart was inscribed,
School-Room Proofs, the Dclusion Of
the Day." II represented the familiar
picture Of three or four ships sailing
around the earth while they are oh.
served by two men--one in tower
and the other on land. Professor Car
penter said that the whole idea de-
pended upon the proportions Of the
picture. and il the picture was en-
larged to the true size the ships would
be 500 miles long, the men 500 miles
high. and the tower 500 feet high. The
man in the tower looks down his nose
to view the horizon. The whole pic
ture is outrageously absurd. It's a
shame he said, "to teach children
such nonsense"
Another chart was entitled "Proc-
tors Outrageous Perspective. The
speaker said How | wish he were
here. His words, seems as though,
are not scientific" Two other charts.
entitled "The Earth's Curvature - ito
be found nowhere but in the books
science falsely so called,) "The Astron-
omer's Horizon Altogether Visionary
and Delusiye,'' were commented on.
Mr. Carpenter said that true pro-
gress must be to go back sew
eral hundred years. A chart of the
earth, made fifty years ago, has the
earth in the centre Of a planetary sys-
TEN. A man is on top, another man at
the bottom, and a man sticks out Of
both sides. Proctor's diagram cuts of
half of the earth. God never does
things by halves. IL lie has made a
half globe, He would have made a
whole one. But we have now shown
us globe with one part gone and two
other parts unseen. This is " Proctor's
big mistake" lie says that the ro-
tundity Of the earth may beproyed by the
position Of three boats on larger sheet
Of water. He may prove it for himself on
asheet of paper. But have tried the ex-
pertinent with Wallis, when it failed.
In the diagram showing the position of
the Atlantic cable the term level Of the
ocean is used. And one Of the greatest
proofs that the earth is fiat is that in
the Suez canal the waters Of the Medi;
terranean and the Red sea meet without
clashing. To person in a balloon the
horizon rises TO level with his eye.
and the earth has cOncave appearance.
The globe would have enough and too
much to do to rise so as to have level
appearance.
Professor Carpenter showed a map
constructed by him. Il represents the
continents clustering around central
north. According to the Professor
there is an indefinite number of south
points, which united make up cir
conference. He continued :" The sun
is masculine and the earth feminine. 1t
would not do for the earth to run round
after the sun, butthe sun revolves around
the earth in series of concentric lines.
Once every day we may also travel
around the earth, but that does not
prove that it is globe. We speak Of
travelling around Baltimore, but that is
not saying that Baltimore is a globe.
The sun is seen to move, and it is
small body, just big enough to answer
the purpose for which it was designed.
East and west are merely relative terms.
Those who believe that one can sail
around globe believe greater miracle
than those recorded in the Bible