The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-07-10
BEGINNING or CREATION.


II.| rIo1l cause, we may properly dis
c.'. brit things and the mode by which
ne NV. ol nature, or the agencies Of the
'o| great power. brought into existence
llo ||I| objects Of creation. In the dis
Ct. of this question ! can not admit
th.| - ~ u~nigfue, creation is any
aI|lvo now than II any FORMER epoch,
but his does not conflict, necessarily,
rIl1 |hc lenols 81 any established faith,
theory o. dogma. Neither do / propose to
ndfoea|o mxthoofy Of creation, but rather
% discuss a theory advocated by some Of
our ah|c.I scientists.
TO he |nqnirins mind the origin Of all
such IhInes must ever be a subject Of
111|onnd Interest, and the modes by
which nature works OF It's problems-al-
Ways InIefosting-is now, more than ever
It'oIe l1eeyins mo attention Of great
mind.
This il mol 4 universe Of chance, but Of
law and everything which exists in per-
|..I accord With IL environments lives
on IoI1gfr. and only those things which
are out Of joint with their surroundings
and lot IN accord with the omnipotent,
~omnin1eseni, eternal laws Of universal
nature. dc Or change their forms Of ex-
isI1n las may have been a period
when lumdn lie averaged ten times the
ouIaiion that It now does, but II that ira
l|I'on be true Il argues that a civilization
existed prior % an unknown period Of
prehistoric darhages, in which the human
Iar1 refrigerated aud before which it had
attained 20 q knowledge Of natural laws.
Iat h1yond anything dreamed Of in our
time From Investigations and discover
/" In natural laws human life is again
I0lIcaelnf IN Duration and when the en-
IIIonmon|. o. he human race are better
Understood We may hope that life will
again ti is right to a period equal to
that claimed lor the Methusales.
With Ibis view Of the case as an incen-
tive The Investigation and discussion Of
ne i~oondation principles Of life, creation,
ihl unIIofre. are not to be classed as the
cbu|Iiiinn4 q D wild dreamer, but rather
O.. hit d A lhfAApthropist seeking the
NeI'fo olihe whole human G
Then where and how did nature begin
her work. What thu. plethod by which
lhs earth, moon, plaIs Is and suns were
brought into ~existapce?
We take - Pounds, more or less Of
lInc, immerL hin acids, attach a wire to
h insert 10 the acids also a piece Of pre-
raied lhnfcoal 10 which another wire is
attached. That zinc disappears, goes out
through he copper wire, changes to cleo
lIIt|IY which runs a sewing machine,
makes an electric light, goes of into
ln.ro and Is lost to sight. at is a poor
rule thai win not work both ways" says
an old adage, and as the zinz in this case
by a vel known law Of nature and cleo
Idcily, 3 sent of into the unknown and
apparanlly out Of existence, is it unrea-
aQnalla 70 suppose that zinc was builded,
created, or made from or by condenser
lions Of electricity? In the same manner
cyey known substance may be ulti-
maiely, though not directly changed into
electricity and spirited away into the IN
known. Then as all matter may he
resolved into electricity may not all mat
iar have originated from COMBINATIONS Of
eleelriciiy?
The above Illustrations may serve to
SUGGEST q theory Of creation, or rather a
link in the chain Of creation. II the
theory is q correct one then electricity is
matter, the fourth form Of matter, and It
becomes necessary to look beyond for the
origin Of electricity, but mans limited
knowledge Of outer space procludes further
Investigation at this time, for our great
esi scientists acknowledge their ignorance
q the elements that occupy space and
they a only give to it a vague and
meaningless name, calling II the ether Of
spAee:
The theory Of creation, then, as dis
cnased herein, is that all matter is builded
from condensations Of electricity and the
inst OF aature's products, the first object
in creation to take tangible form, is the
atom which, although 1t is known to ex-
1t, is too small to be seen by the most
powerful microscope. By accumuIations
and combinations Of these atoms, as all
aAthit, the gases, the atmosphere, water
all solids and liquids are formed.
Dat phat is the process Of natural laws
N Ringing together these atoms and
m4ing Of them the world, moon, planets,
Ains, Of The universe?
n The laws Of nature are very simple
Nhence ones understood, and we may
q the unseen by analogy, for the
u nature here Is the same as II Is
md eyerywheru We know that
qlom, every substance, is environed
rellcity. All metal, all woods,
49,. ea,th,are ial Of and surrounded
e,eehn and that electrical force
e~ens.itntesoe OQnirols the attractive force
2 lil bodies according to theIr density.
Herein We have thehws Of evayitatiop as
ise down ySegton, Nho declared that
al bodies attract eA>hotbeT in prono,,ion
70 their densities and Gspces.
Then for illustration, let use.u.
u such it may be called, far away n ~,
space; away from all the stars and .
% far away that even the light Of our
great universe or cluster Of stars may not
reach il, whore utter darkness reigns for