The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-10
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Miles Beneath the Earth's Surface.
"lIell is just ffty.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 IL firm believer in literal hadps
and the theory that the "sun do move"
The preacher is a full blooded negro, with
Il massive forehead and an intelligent olst
Of features He has Travelled extensively
/ in America and Europe, and he has taken
several degrees in this country us well rs
abroad. lie Is spirited talker and pos
sesscs much of the eloquence for which
orators Of his race are noted.
'Ges sir" he said to a reporter 81 have
measured the distance to he'll scientifically
and find that it is just GfJy-two miles
straight down. 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. Now, we find by submarine
excavations that the nearer the center of
the earth we 80 the higher is the temperil-
! ture. | have figured it out carefully and
find it is just lfty-two miles to where the
molten sea begins That is hell Vol
canoes prove the Bible to be correct in this
regard"
what is in this lake of tire?"
1.-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. do not think that the wick
ed are yet there. They probably won't go
until the judgment day"
"Iou are also Il believer in the Jasper
theory that the sun do move are you not"
Most emphatically am. | can prove it
by the Bibleand science. There are almost
innumerabe texts which prove that the
sun moves. When the sun was command
ed to stand still, it must have been NOV
ing. When it was ordered to 90 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-
bic 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 Il grgat plain and the sun comes up and
goes down"
where does the sun stay at night?"
81 do not know, but will find out be-
fore am through"
How do you explain the circumnaviga.
ton of the globeE"
81 don't believe there is any such thing.
The ships simply sail around the horizon.
There is no such thing rs sailing up IA globe
and down Il globe. The mariners compass
is tempered with on voyage. Its so
called variations are regulated by man to
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"
"WLat sort of place is the edge?"
81 don't know, but do know that the
earth is fiat, else the waters would all run
out of the ponds, rivers and seas. The
River Nile does not fall foot IN 100 miles
Of its Cow "
"lf the earth is fat, how do you account
for the tides?"
VERY easily. They are caused by the
evaporation of the water Rising and fall.
ing the shifting water causes the tides.
There are many things which do not yet
understand, but which Shall know some
time. | believe am divinely commissioned
to revolutonize science and bring it into
harmony with the Bible. The north pola
has never been discovered. | believe tina.
when it is, a great deal of mystery which
now curtails my researches will be cleared
up. ! think the key to many Of the most
difficult physical problems lies at the north
pole, and when that is found | do not
think | shall be longer at a loss to under
stand where the sun goes nights Chi.
cago News.