The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-11-19
HADes AT LAST LOCATED.
Claims of Parson That It Is Fifty-tw
Miles Beneath tile Farth's Surface.

Claims OF Parson That It Is Fifty-twO
Miles beneath the Earth's Surface.
"Hell is just fifty.two miles straight
down from Chicago or any other place on
the earth's surface"
Such is the startling theory of the Rev.
c. A. A. Taylor, the travelling agent for
the Florida African Methodist Episcopal
conference. DR. Taylor has become well
known as n firm believer in a literal hades
and the theory that the "sun do move"
The preacher Is full blooded negro, with
n massive forehead and an intelligent cast
of features. He has Travelled extensively
In America and Europe and he has taken
several degrees in this country as well as
abroad. He is spirited talker and pos
sesses much of the eloquenc" Tor which
orators Of his race are noted.
ayes, sir" he said TO porter, 81 have
measured the distance TO hell Scientifically
and find that it is just flfty-two miles
straight down. l can bottom hell with the
Bible and sustain it with science. The
Bible tells time and again that hell is
down. / could quote text after text to
prove that. Nov, we fud by submarine
excavations thu5 the nearer the center Of
the earth we go the hiyher is the tempera-
ture. l have figured it out carefully and
find it Is just fifty-two miles % where the
molten sea begins. That is hell Vol
canoes prove the Bible to be correct in L..
regard"
"What is in this lake of fireP"
'The devil and his angels. There are
many earthquakes and upheavals of the
earth which prove that the old dragon Is
foaming with rage and clanking his chains
beneath us. l do not think that the wick.
ed are yet there. They probably won't go
until the judgment day."
"You are also believer in the Jasper
theory that the sun do move are you not"
"Most emphatically am. can prove it
by the Bible and science There are almost
innumerable texts which prove that the
sun moves. When the sun was command.
ed to stand still, it must have been NOV
| ing. When IL was ordered to go back 10
degs. it must have moved. If heavenly
| authority Is to be discredited then the
| Bible is not and should not be an accepta-
BILE book. job speaks of the lengths of the
earth, and in another place the Bible speaks
| of the four corners of the earth. The earth
| Is great plain and the sun comes up and
| goes down."
Where does the sun stay at night"
II do not know, but will find out be
| fore l am through"
"How do you explain the circumnaviga
| tion of the globe?n
81 don't believe there is any such thing
| The ships simply sail around the horizon
| There is no such thing as sailing up globC
and down globe. The mariners compass
| is tampered with on voyage It's sc
| called variations are regulated by man t
meet his own ideas. In this way the ships
sail around the horizon when it is thought
they go east or west. If mariners would
let the compass alone and follow its needle
without meddling they would come to the
edge Of the earth"
"What sort of place is the edge2"
81 don't know, but do know that thu
earth is fiat, else the waters would all rur
out of the ponds, rivers and seas. Tht
River Nile does not fall foot in $50 mile
Of its dow"
''If the earth is fiat, how do you accoun
for the tides2"
Very easily. They are caused by tn
evaporation of the water. Rising and fall
ing the shifting water causes the tides
There are many things which do not ye
understand, but which l shall know SOM
time. believe am divinely commissioned
to revolutionize science and bring it int,
harmony with the Bible. The north pol
has never been discovered. l believe tha
when it is, great deal of mystery whicl
now curtails my researches will be cleared
up. think the key to many of the mos
difficult physical problems lies at the nortl
pole, and when that is found | do no
think / shall be longer at loss to under
stand where the sun goes nights. Chi
| papO Newa