The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-29
Of Gcd-Iha RccS ct 3 ges.

Geology 60. f ms h Tsush q tho go-d
OF eed-2ha seek Ct ages.
WASHINGTON, Dec. la-Tas !bsores $
coming to Dr. 2a'm&ge's p9eacni0g
services st lie Fist Pres6ytecian
church a1a 81 rhe :ic:ie i3crassiug and
far heSCnd tEa ca2aci:y Ct rs CHURCH
10 ho3o. r tbs SsrrG2 he discusses
3 subject Interesting e &ii-yiz, The
Geology o the Bible; or, God Among
the Rocks TIE text is = Samuel ii,
s., 7: AND when thev came to Ma
chon'S thresb;ns focr Uzzah put forth
his fsn6 10 the srS CT Gcd snd took
hole CT it; fcr t&e oxen Shock i. And
the speer O. the Lord was SiG3led
sgsirst Uzzsh, SKA Gcd smnte bipo
there for hjs sr~or, and <bere Ee d;eG
By the ark oi Gc6."
4 hard o. music is ccc2ing down the
roa6, corre:s biow, s;mbTels struck,
harps thrumDSd an6 cym5&;$ ciapo-
ed. all lsG CT by D=v;G, who w&s hin
self musician T2ey sre aEeae OF 3
wagon ca HI:ch Is tie sacred hox
called the SIX. Tie rcke cf oxeil
drawing The vapo2 inpe1jleG it,
Some critics say hal The oxen kicked,
being struck oy tbs drivers goad, bat
my knowledge Of oXe2 ieads meio say
that i cn 6 hot cay they ses e shsd
dow OF & ttse or wall, they gre apt 10
suddenly sly cE to get the coolness OF
the sbsoow. I think ttese cxen so
suddenly turned that the s2crSd bcx
seemed bout 20 upsa; sno be thrown
TO the ground. Uzzsh rushed forward
ano laid boli OF the sc& to keep il up
right. But he bad &c right 10 90 SC.
A special copmand had been given
by the lord that nc o2e save the priest
unGer any circumstances should touch
that box. N"rvcus and excited aud
irreysrest, Uzzsh ojscbsyed when he
took hold of ghe ark, and he died as E
consequence. In al ages, snd never
more SO thsu il cur own day, there
are good people su the time sfrsid
that the Holy Bible, which IS the "a
cred ark CT our time, viii be upset,
and they -kave been a lcng while
afraio that science, and especially ge
oloey, would overtbrowis-
While we are MOTTO, hidden TO touch
the holy hook an6, on the contrary,
are urged 10 fonGle and study it, any
one who is afraid OF the overthrow of
the book is greatly offending the Lord
with his unbelief. TIE oxen have not
yet been yoze6 which can upset that
ark OF the worlds salvation. Written
by the Lcrd Almighty. be is going to
protect it until lis mission is fulfilled
and there shall be TO mere reed CT
Bible because al is prcpheciss will
have been fulfilled and the human
race will have exchanged worlds 4
trumpet arc violin are very offer
ent instruments, but they may 5s
plsyed IN perfect eccord. So the Bi
Bile account Of tie creatioo OF the
world and the gecloeicsl eocoD0t are
ditereot-one Story written on parch
ment and the other on the rocks sn6
yet in perfect and eternal scccrd. TIE
word 'dsy, repeated II the frstchap-
ter OF Gsnesis, has thrown into parox-
ysns o! criticism DaDy exegents. Tne
Hebrew word yen" CT tbe Bible
means sometimes what We call dsy,
and sometimes il nesnS ages. Itmay
mean d hours or 100000, eco years.
The order OF creation as written in the
book Of Genesis is the order CT creation
discovered by gectc2is;s' crc0bsr So
many UZzahs rave been rervously
rushing sb0ut fer f6ac the strong OK
en- OF scieDtihc discovery wCul6 upset
the Bibls that went somewhat appre-
hensively to lock into the mat5ar,
when found trat :he Bible and eeol
o2y agree IN saying that first were
built the rocks, than the plants green
ed the eSrth, then marire creatures
were cre&teo from nirnow to whsle,
then The wings and threats OF serial
choirs were coloIed and tuned, and
the Quadfupecs bessn to bleat srd
ballow ard leigh. Whist IS al this
foss that has bsen filing the church
and the world COZ earning S f2ht be-
tween Moses and AeeSsiz2 There is
no fght at s31. But is not the gsoIoe-
ical impression that t5e world wSs
millions OF years building antsgonis-
tic to the theory OF c1e week'screa;ion
io Genesis2 No. 4 great house IS 10
be built. a man takes years to draw
to the Spot the foundation stone aro
the heavy timbers. The ncuse IS about
done, buI il IS not faishsd for COM
fortable residence. Suddenly the
oWper calls ii upholstors. plumbers,
gas filters, paper kange and IL one
week it is reacy for occupancy
Now, ii REQUIRES 60 stretch OF mag
inatioa 10 reAl;za that Goo could have
taken niliions c: years for the bring
ing Of ihe rocks and the timbers of
this world together, YET Only one week
more 10 make Il lGhabila ole ard 10
furnish i for human residence. Re
membsr slso that a!l up and down the
Bible tie language Ct TIE times was
use6-ccmncn parlance-snd it was
not always 10 be !skeD literally Just
as we say every cay that the world is
round VIXEN = Is Cut roU3G. It is
spheroCal-fltteneo 81 lie poles and
protu bersDt ST the eQuator. Professor
Snell, with his chain of triao2 2Ies, ard
Professor Warm, with the shortened
pendulum Of MS c?cck, found il was
ret rcuad. Ba3 We Go 10 beccr,a
criticsl Of aoy one WHO says the world
is round. Let US 6es! SIS fairly with
Moses or JOB as we 90 with esch othsr.
But fer years aocd peop2e feared
geology. sid withccLsEy implcratio0
en- their part spPrelecde6 that the
rocks and mountains would faii Oh
them until Eogh Ailler, TIE elder
q St Johns P!esb: leriau church IL
Edinburgh ard p&1ishioner OF DR..
Guthrie, came forth ard told the
wcric that thee 8as 10 contradiction
between the ECuG:sins and tie church,
ard 0. ii. 4itcGe;j, : brilliant iec1l2c
CT beicre ne tecane tr!.aoisr general,
dyiDg ssE Beaufort, S. &, during car
civil var, iock the platform arc
spread lis IcSp Ct tie s:rSta OF rcck II
tie preseIce CT g1esl aGG:eIces, &Ic
Professor A.eXacGer WilehsiI cfM;ch