Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-04-03

Ter that 1t might be fifteen cubits above the
'ills. They say that the ark could not have
eee1 large enough to contain ''two Of every
,rt," for there would have been hundreds
thousands and hundreds of thousands OF
,aeatures. They say that tbese creatures
would have come from all lands and all
zones. They say there was only one smsl'
Tlndow IN tne p X, ara tnat Wouio not nav
ziven fresh air to keep the animals inside
the ark from suffaeaslou. They say that the
AK finally landed 10 mountain IL UOO zee
high. They say they do not beliese the
sto-y. Neither do l There Ia no sue,
story in the Bible. Will tell you wnat 'he
Bible story IS must say that nave
changed my mind in regard to some matters
shich once were to me very mysterious
they are no more mysterious This IS the
key TO the faets This is the st'ry OF az
sye witness, Noah, his story incorporate
tfterward by Moses IN the account Moan
describes the sceue J"st as 1t appeared 70
him. He saw the Hood and he iathomed lts
lepth. AS far as eye could resch every
hing WAS covered up, from hor'zHn I"
aorizoD, Or, % 1t says, under tne Wnoip
heaven" He did DOT refer TO the oierrs
Nevadas, or to Mount washington, TOT
America had not been discoverea, or II IT
had been discovered, he cnu!d not have seen
| SO lar of. He is giving the testimony OF an
eye witness. God speaks after the manner
If men when he says everything went un.
der, aud Noah speaks after the manner OF
| men when he says everything did go under.
An eye witness. There is no need OF think
ing that the kangaroo leaped the ocean OF
shat the polar bear came down frcm the
| ice.
Why did the deluge Gomez 1t came Tor
the purpose of destroying the outrageous
inhabitants of the then thinly populated
earth, nearly all the population, probably
| very near the ak before 1t was launened.
What would have been the nse OF snome'g-
| ing North aud South America, or EUROPE,
| or Africa, when they we're not lnhaoicateos
| Aud as to the skeptcal suggestion thae 10
order to have the water Gs ueep as me Dioe
| sba'es, it must have rained SUI 1ee5 every
day, ! reply, the bip,e ols'ipc''y uec.afes :
that the most of the flood rose instead OF
| falling. Before the account "nere IL says
i'the windows of heaven were opened, 1t
says, call the fountains OF the great deep
| were broken up." All geoiogists agree IN
saying that thsse are caFerns N the earth
! filed with water, sEd 'RsJ rlsleq forth
aid ali ibe lakes AID rivers iofsh"k their
bed. The fountains OF Inc great d' ep were
| broken up, and then the wlndOWs OF heaV-
en- were opened, is II strange thlng ,hai
we would be asked to oeiiese ~ tnis Il mu
of the Bible, when geolngists tell as that
again and again ana again tne ory earth
| has been drowned Out? just open your
geology and you Will rean OF twenty '"oS.
Is it not strange that lnnoel sclent'sIS want
ing as to believe In the twenty n'ods OF
geological discovery, should, as soon as we
| believe in Que Hoed OF The sioie, prohonbce
! US non c01apos DientaS.
| Well, then, aDo'ber thing 10 regard 10
| the size If The ark. ihs'eaa OF ce'ig a
mud seow, as some of these seeptics would
have rs understand, 1t was a magn'heeh'
! ship. nearly IS large as the GREAT Eastern,
three times the size OF an Hailaiy Dal VI
war. At the time IN Inc Wofih |nen snip,
building was unknown, Goa haa ms sesseI
constructed, which turned out to ne s'f'osg
in the same proportions as our sEauncoese
modern vesstlS. AFTER lio"sahdS Vi ye1ts
Of 81 perimenting IN naval aIcn'tec ure anu
in ship G .'peniry, we nave at last gov up 20
Npah's ark, tb&t snip ieaoihg Az tne II M7e'S
nf the weild on 81! oceans wen, Noah
saw ihe anim*i cfesfaol s;os'',I 'l''o !n's ai' :
He gave the account OF an 81 eie=Ni'aesS:
They we're the animals from tue reglon
where he lived; fer ihe most par1 eney
were animals u"eiui 10 toa''' ana II ho1- -o''s 's
inseefs or poisonous reptiles sent IN u vas
only to discipline the patience snG 10 keeF
alert the generations siler the Hood n
saw them gong H. Inefe Weie gfea'
number of them, and he gises the aecahh,
OF aa eye witness. They went III Two ano
| two OF all 1esh.
Years ago was ON steamer on the
river Tay, and cstne 10 Perth, Scotland,
! I got off and | saw the r3ost wondesin
agricultural show that had ever w,tress
/ ed. There we're horses and cattle such as
Ross Ronhe,r never sketched. aud there
| were dogs such as the luving pencil o.
! Edwin Lan5seer neger portrayed, and there
/ were sheen and fogi aud efeainres of al
sorts Suppose that two aod ts,,3 of 2,
tho creatures of thAt agricultural show
| yere mt upon the Tay steamer to bs
TRANSPORTED to Dundee, and the next day
aboald be writing hone to America anc
gGv;,. an account of the occurrence,
wonld have i;aed the same general phrase
o,oov thas Noah nsaS in regard To the EN-
bassa alton of the brute erection in the arl
u wt,,.tss have said that they went IL TIVE
aud ,rro nf exr.. sort. | would not hay,
,neapt sly hundred Thousand. A common
ea,,sa man mvself T vould sns,,ase tina
tho naoo,a ybo read tho letter were com
,,o,,[ SENSE neoo,e.
s.H,t bov copld vou oct tbam into th,
srl o., ash inf,del Scientists. "Hoy coult
thew he induced to 90 into the arko Fl
vonld have to pick them out and driv'
then, in and coax them in.n Gould no
i. the same God gho gave instinct to the ami
NAL inaoiFe thas ias,iaes TO seek for shslte
from the stornla Hoyeyef, nothing NOR
than ordinary animal instinct was peeessa
rv Have ven never been in the counSr;
when an August thunderstorm was comm,
mn and heard the cattle moan p. the bars t.
oet mp AID seen the aff.;gt,,ed fowl &,
con tho pe,oh at uoonday. and heard th
/ affti.t,teti dog and cat calling at the door
sunnlInatinr eptrauces And are YOU sur
nriled that in that age of the world, whei
.ka,. v,re fewer nlnces of shelter for duml
, h.sets at The mutrerInp and bin:r an,
, nashi q ard onakipg and darkeping of a,
,,,nro.c.jnr deuee' the animal creation
M. ,n..apIno and heating to The slonio,
embapkment reaching up to the aucien