The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-01-21
THE GARDEN or EDEN.
4 Asthodise Bishop IatImates That 70 Was
Looatsd in south CsroiIus.

South. say a. far as Charleston, en-
bracing the coast between the Santee
and Savannah. with It's several rivers
and inlets between the thirtieth and
fortieth parallels of latitude We have
for ii this much 10 say:
/. In and near the CO0pcr and the
Ashley rivers there is "A vast collection
Of the remains of The largest mammals,
especially Of their molars and yerfebre.
These are remarkable for their variety;
very huge very many. and evidently
OF many distinct species. We put this
against all solitary individuals AS yet
discovered in Of near the Arctic re-
gions.
2. Besides those remains, which,
from the amount of silictin them, have
resisted the action Of time aId acids,
there are phosphate masses in which
these molars are imbedded. Probably,
the large bones returned 10 their origi-
nal source. Then there are scattered
about small and large powders Of the
phosphate OF lime, Indicating at a
greater depth mine Of this mineral.
8. This shows that these animals
were not foated into this place by the
action Of sea currents. but were here
from the first. aud found in the alluvial
plains around. and meadows filled with
dubious plants, and an exuberant fora.
their original habitat. Only region
supplying plants fed by heavy phos-
phate pabulum could support creatures
Of such enormous bone.
4. AS these several species multi
piled from a single par. masses Of
their remains would most probably
indicate the place Of their origin.
Whether Behcmoth was made in Eden,
we know that he was reviewed there,
and there named Adam. And the AL
mighty says, speaking TO Job: "Be-
hold now BehemOth. which / made
with thee; he eateth grass like an OK"
These views. if correct are still
further strengthened by the building
OF the ark. As the race had not been
separated by dispersion or language, it
is to be supposed that Noah lived not
very far from the original home of
man.
The construction Of vessel at that
time required the same conditions of
material and shape now essential in
naval architecture. Indeed the dimen-
sions of the ark are now those OF
lirst-class sea steamer for freight, and
are the standard proportions in the En-
glish Admiralty office. 1t was long.
narrow vessel, evidently designed for
speed and "A long voyage. Had it been
made only to start from given point
and float about for one hundred and
fifty days and then ground at no great
distance from tho point of departure
it would have been shaped heavy and
square.
The timbers for such vessel of
length Of over five hundred feet require
timber of continuous length and great
strength. The cypress was entirely
too brittle for the purpose. Its keel
and ribs would require such wood as
the live oak. grown near the sea. used
to storms, and Of grain running every
way. bearing equally well strain from
every direction. Large quantities OF
pitch and tar would be required for
pitching it heavily within aud without.
The word gopher" means pitch,
pine" and it is probable that the
gopher wood was the wood of the long
leaf pine. | ne ed rot say that either
of the Carolinas could have furnished
the materials in abundance.
That the ark was built somewhat
inland for convenience of timber is
probable. Yet not very far. as the
principal weight of its cargo was to be
graminivorous stock, and large quanti-
ties of dried hcrbagc. both of which were
to come from meaoow lands.
The breaking mp of the deep. etc, at
the time of the delu-e, would not imply
necessarily any very great charge in
the conformation of the con inents. nor
i'm the sea currents. Ii would presently
strike the Gulf Stream. Floating on
that sea current it would take
northerly direction until it reached the
fortieth parallel. and then would 90
lue east. and rs many a helpless craft
since, would come within sight of Spain
and Africa. But those coasts being
submerged. there would be nothing To
defect the current. but it would pass
over the plateaus Of Spain. into the
Mediterranean, across the lower part
of Greece. then over the plains of Asia
Minor. and, still holding the same
parellel. strike Mount Ararat The dis
tance from Charleston to Mount Ararat
is l3l degrees of latitude. say S,5l5 miles.
The time the ark was on the water was
$50 days, or $500 hours. Or Cape
Hattcras the Gulf Stream has velocity
of two miles an hour; this would leave
very little TO be overcome. If any thing.
when we allow for the uninterrupted
flow which The current then had.
1t is not likely that animals would
be landed in any other than the lati-
tude to which they were accustomed.
They would determine the direction If
the ark. The pathway of the ark under
this supposition had blessing in it.
Between the thiriicth and fortic,h
parallels have sprung the great phil
osophers, warriors, statesmen and dis
coverers of the race, including the
Savior, St. Paul. ST. John. and the
churches of Asia Minor. - RI Rec. J. c.
Keeacr. m Southern ChriSiids Aduo-
cate.