The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-11-18
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A minister in Cleveland found fault with Rev
MIR. Talmadge because he gave six 24l hour days
for the creation. This conclusion is as near
right as any other. The time since the creation
has been very much shortened within the last
few years. Seven thousand years is placed as
the length of time since the creation, with
possibility of making it shorter. Many things
considered las forming clue to the age of the
world, are OF no account now, as they are un-
reliable. A certain kind of pottery was found
at a certain depth, on the side of the Nile, and
a calculation was made to show how long it
would take to give it such deep covering go
feet. inches), and it placed at Is 7GO years;
but this calculation is Of no value. since Roman
pottery has been found at greater depth The
age of Rome is pretty well known. There have
been some wild calculations on the age of the
Niagara Falls. The lowest estimate is 1000
years. This does not differ very much from the
Scripture account. think the account of Scrip
ture and the result of careful investigations
will agree. If that should be the case we have
no reason to doubt the creation in six days of
"a hours. It is beyond the possibility of man to
decide otherwise. The observations and calcu-
lations of geologIsts are no more to be relied on
tn an the words of Scripture. If the heavens
and earth and sea, and all that in them s'' were
not created in six "a hour days. we have no
scriptural obligation to observe a seventh day
Sabbath If the six days of creation represent
long periods of time. the seventh will do the
same. and we will have a Sabbath to last
thousand years or more, and few could live to
| see sabbath, as we would have to be born at
the right time to see one. for the six working
days would last six thousand years and the
Sabbath was as long as any of the six days, and
our Sabbath should be as long as the Lords
Cab bath fhn
Sabbath and hallowed it EXODUS 20th CHI. IL
The only argument ever heard used from
Scripture to support the theory of day of the
creation representing long period of time was
taken from Peter 9nd. Bird ch. Sth ", last part: :
One day is with the Lord as a thousand years.
and a thousand years as one day" This was
intended as quotation from Ps 80 4th verse
and neither has any all usion to the creation.
The late Harvey Rice published book two
months ago in which he attacks the doctrine
that the temperate parts of America were ever
covered with glaciers. / am glad he did it.
never believed that glaciers existed in other
places than they do now. When proposition
was made to cover the great desert with water,
the people of Switzerland opposed it. They
feared that the increased amount of eYapora-
tion would prolong the ice period ON their
mountains.
Inere mas Deen announcer piece IN Gne Clet telanQ
World, that settles the goose question satisfac-
ory. W.
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