The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-03
hA0Es AT LAST LOCATED.
Claims of Parson That 1t Is Fifty-two
Miles Beneath the Earth's Surface.

Claims of q Parson That 1t Is Fifty-twa
Miles Beneath the Earth's Surface.
"Hall is just fifty-two miles straight
down from Chicago or any other place OF
! the earth's surface"
| Such is the startling theory of the Rev
| G. A. A. Taylor, the travelling agent fol
| the Florida african Methodist Episcopal
conference. DR.. Taylor has become well
known as a firm believer in literal bades
and the theory that the sun do move. -
| The preacher is full blooded negro, with
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 a spirited talker and pos
seSses much Of the eloquence for WhIsh
orators of his race are noted.
"Yes, SIR" he said to a reporter, 'I have
measured the distance to hell scientifically
and find that it is just ffty-two miles
straight down. | can bottom hell With the
Bible and sustain it with scienOe. The
Bible tells time and again that hell Is
down. | could quote text after text to
prove that. Now, we find by submarine
excavations that the nearer the center OF
the earth we go the higher is the temperE-
iuIE. L nave AkuIt II Nub carefully AUE
find it is just ffty-two miles to where the
molten sea begins. That is hell. Vel
canoes prove the Bible TO be correct In this
regard"
What is in this lake Of irei"
''The devil and his angels. There are
many earthquakes and upheavals of the
earth which prove that the old dragon Is
toaming with rage and clanking his chains
beneath US. do not think that the wick
ed are yet there. They probably won't 20
until the judgment day"
You are also q believer in the Jasper
theory that the sun do move, are you not"
Most emphatically / am. / can prove IL
by the Bibleand 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 20 back 10
degs. 1t must have moved. II heavenly
authority is 70 be discredited, then the
Bible Is not and should not be an accepia-
bic book. JOB speaks Of the lengths Of the
earth and in another place the Bible speaks
Of the four corners Of theearth. The earth
is q great plain and the sun comes up and
goes down"
Where does the sun stay st nigbt'"
II do not know, but will find out be-
fore l am through"
How do you explain the circUmnavigs-
ton Of the gIoOe;'
81 don't believe there is any such thing.
The ships simply sail around the horizon
There Is 10 such thing rs sailing mp glOoe
and down globe The mariners com pass
is tampered with on - voyage Its -
called variations are regulated by man 70
meet his own ideas. Ia this way The ships
sail around the horizon when II j. thought
they 20 east or west. II mariners would
let the compass a3eDs and follow So needle
without mel1liag they would CONS 70 tie .
edge Of tue earth"
What sort Of a place IL the eigsf'
Il don't know, but Do know that Tbs
earth Is fat, else tie waters would al ran
out Of the poudz. rivers and seas. The
River Nile does not ial8 a foot n 10 miles .
q - Gov A"
III the earth Is nat. how DO you Account
Tor TIE tldesfT
Very easily. They are osuss8 By ths
of the water. Rising and fs.i-
NJ The shifting water causes the tides.
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