Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-30


everything was covered up, from ho-
rizon 10 horizon. or. as 1t says. under
the whole heaven" lie did not refer
10 the Sierra Ncvadas. or 10 Mount
Washington. for America had not been
discovered. or. il il had been discov-
cred. lie could not have seen SO far oil.
lio is giving the testimony of an eye
witness. God speaks after the manner
Of men when he says everything went
under. and Noah speaks after the man
ncr of men when lio sIys everything
did go under. An eye witness. There
is no need of thinking that the kanga.
roo lcapcd the ocean or that the polar
bear came down from the ice.
Why did the dclucc come! Itcamc
for the purpose Of destroying the out
ragcous inhabitants of the then thinly
populated earth. nearly all tie popula
ton. probably very near the ark
before il was launched What would
have been the Use of submcr"ing North
and South America, or Europe. or
Africa. when they were not inhabited! /!
And rs To the sicpiical suggestion that
III order to have tho water us deep ms
the Bible states. il must have raincd
500 feet every day. | reply. the Bible
distinctly declares that the most of the
flood rose instead of falling. Before
the account where il Pays the win
dows of heaven were opciSed." il says.
'all the fountains of the great deep
were broken up" All biologists agree
in saying that there arc cavcrns
in tho earth filled with water. and
they rushed forth. and all the lakcs
and rivers forSook their bed. The
fountains Of the great deep were
broken up. and then tho windows of
heaven were opened. Is il strange
thing that We should he asked la be-.
licvc IN this flood o! the Bible. when
gcologistS tell us that again and again
and again the dry earth has been
drowned out! Just open your gcol-
ogy and you viii read OF twenty
floods. is il not strange that iutidcl
scientists wanting us 10 believe in the
twenty Hoods oi geological discovery.
should. ~ soon IS we believe in one
flood OF TIE Bible, pronounce us non
compoS mcntia.
TIL: EI.ASTS ON TIL: ARK OF %OA.i.
Wei, then, another thing, in re
gard u the siZo Oi tho ari;. Instead Of
being a mud Scow, rs So,ac of lhc~"
skcptics would have us under :aud.
il VIZ Il iua"Hi.iccnt ship. nearly aS
large - IL" Great Eastern, three times
the So II ~ ordinary !nan oi War
1T ti!c tiui ~ the world wien ship
building Ha> unknown. God had thiS
vessel constructed. which tururd ont
10 be .,!nlost "a Tho same proportions
IS our St:sHch"', rIoacrn vessels. After
thousands, ui year, Of experimenting
ia naval architecture and Ia Ship ear
ppuicrY. NC lavo ;it last got up To-
NoaAS art;, t.i..t ship leading all III"
fleets q: the world on all the occan,.
Well, Noah SiW tie animal creation
going into this ark he gave tho sc-
count of an eye witness. They were
the animals from the region where hc
lived; for the most part they wcrc ami
mails useful L. llaii. and II noNious in
>cciS or poisonous reptiles went III. it
Was only 10 discipline tho patience
and tp l:c"p alcr, tllr generations after
the Hood. lie s9w them goi:ig in.
There were Il great number of them,
and he rivcr the account of an cyc W..-
ucSs. ihcy went in two and two of
all flesh.
Years ago WAS on steamer on the
river Tay. and came 10 Perth. Scot.
land. got OIL, aud / saw TIE most
wonderful agricultural show that |
had cvct witnessed There were horses
and cattle such MS Rosa Homhcur never
S!ctchcd, and there were dogs such Us
the loving pcnci! .! Edwin land>ccr
ucvcr portrayed. and there were sheep
and fowl end creatures ct ull sorts
Suppose that two and two" of all ihc
creatures of ta.i a%ricullurl show
were put upon the Iay steamer 70 be
transported u BeiGyr, and Tie next
day should lc wri,lug honc Ia
America and giving aii account al the
Uccurlvnca. would h8Vc us,d the
same general p!iis's"Olo=y tlrt \nah
used ~ regard to the cinlHriaiion of
the brute creation IN Tie ark would
have SAID that they went in two and
two oi every sort would not have
meant six hundred thousand y com.
mon scusc nan uyacli, would sup
pose that the people who read the !Ci-
ter were common sense people
'nut how could you get them into
the arl; ;,sl; inlidcl scientists. How
could they be induced to 90 into the
ar;: llc would have Ia pick them
o'lt and drive them IN, ami coax thcm
IN. Could not the same GuG who
gave Instinct g. the animal INSPIRE that
instinct Ia seek for shelter from the
siorni However. nothing more than
ordinary animal instinct w;.s necv,.
siry. Have YOU never been in the
country when III August Thunder
storm vas coming up and heard the
cattle uUlu ~ the bars 10 get INK and
seen the aiingl,ed lowl go upon tie
perch ~ noumdar, and heard tie NJ
irgh,cd dog ai.d cat calling =; the
door, Supplic;.,lIIg cntranccI And are
you SURPRISED that in thai age of the
world, when there wSrc fewer places
Of shelter for dunb beasts. ., the Elui-
tcrin,s and rumblln.: and lias..ing and
qual.iug.Hd dlrl.cning vi an :pprwch-
ing Cc.u.gc. the animal creation came
meaning and blcaiing To- ihc ,lnping
cmbankment reaching up Ia the an
cicnt Gpat Eastern and pass Il in! |
have owned horses and cattle and
sheep aud dogs. but never had "A
horse ora COW or a sheep ur dog
that was So stupid il did not know
enough IL come in when IL rIlu"d.
And then. that one window ~ the ark
which afforded such ponr ventilation
to the creature, there assembled that
small window in the ark which cN-
cites So much mirthlulnc,> nn the
part of iniidclS Ii they kncN rs
much Hebrew rs YOU could put "n
your little finger nail they would have
known that that word translated win
dow there means window Cnurs,', "A
whole range Of lights, Those iguo-
rant iniidcls do not know "A window
pane from twenty windows. 80 il
there Is amy criticism uf the ark, there
seems Ia bc too much window for such
u long storm. And as io the other
charge that the windows of the ark
must have been kept shut and consc-
qucntly all inside would have persisted
from suilocaiium. have to SAY that