Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-12-24

in the ears Of the world, The Bible Is
right-all right-everlastingly rightV
Geology is saying the same thing, not
only confirming the truth about the
original creation, but confirming so
many passages Of the Scriptures that l
can only slightly refer to them.
But you do not really believe that
story of the deluge and the sinking Of
the mountains under the wave? Tell US
something we can believe. believe
that" says geology. "for how do you
account for those seashells and sea
weeds and skeletons Of sea animals
found on the top Of some Of the highest
mountains? If the waters did not some
times rise about the mountains, how
did those seashells and seaweeds and
skeletons of sea animals get there? Did
you put them thereP
But now you do not really believe
that story about the storm OF fire and
birthstone whelming Sodom and Go
morrah and enwrapping Lots wife in
such saline incrustations that she halt
ed sack of salt? For the confirmation
of that story the geologist goes to that
region, and after trying in vain to take
q swim in the lake, so thick with salt
he cannot swim 1.-THE lake beneath
which Sodom and Gomorrah lie buried
one drop of the water so full Of sulphur
and birthstone that it stings your
tongue and for hours you cannot get
rid Of the nauseating drop-the scien-
tist then digging down and finding sui
phur on top of sulphur, birthstone on
top of birthstone, while all round there
are Jets and crags and peaks Of salt, and
if one of them did not become the sar-
cophagus Of Lots wife they show you
how human being might in that tenn
pest have been halted and packed into .
white monument that would defy the
ages.
But now you do not really believe
that New Testament story about the
earthquake at the time Christ was
crucifed, do you? Geology digs down
into Mount Calvary and finds the
rocks ruptured and aslant, showing the
work of an especial earthquake for that
mountain, and an earthquake which
did not touch the surrounding region
Go and look for yourself and see there
dip and cleavage Of rocks as nowhere
else on the planet, geology thus AN
nouncing an especial earthquake for shs
greatest tragedy Of all the CENTURIES
the assassination of the Son Of God
The woria oa 4.-e.
But you do not really believe that
story Of the burning Of our world at the
last day? Geology digs down and finds
that the world is already on fire and
that the center of this globe is incandes-
cent, molten, volcanic, a burning coal,
burning out toward the surface, and the
internal fires have 80 far reached the
outside rim that l do not see how the
world is to keep from complete confia-
grafton until the prophecies concerning
it are fulfilled. The lava poured forth
from the mouths Of Vesuvius Mount
Etna and Cotopaxi and Kilauea is only
the reorganization from an awful inham-
nation thousands Of miles deep. There
are mines in Pennsy lvania and in sever
al parts Of the world that have been on
fire for many years These coal mines
burning down and the internal fires OF
the earth burning up, after awhile these
two fires, the descending and the ascend
ing. will meet, and then will occur the
universal conhagration Of which the
Bible speaks, when it says, 1.-The ele-
ments shall melt with fervent heat; the
earth also, and the works that are there
in shall be burned up" Instead Of dis
believing the Bible story about the final
conflagration, since have looked lit
tie into geology. finding that its explo-
ration are all in the line Of confirmation
of that prophecy, / wonder how this old
craft of world can keep sailing ON
much longer. 1t is like a ship ON fire at
sea. the fact that the matches are kept
down the only reason that it does not
become one complete blaze-masts on
fire. ratlines on fire, everything from
cutwater to taffrail on fiIe. After geolo-
Il
gy has told us how near the internal
fires have already buried their way to-
ward the surface it ought not to be a
surprise to us at any time to hear the
ringing of the fire bells of universal
conflagration. Oh, am so glad tina,
geology has been bornl Astronomy Is
grand because it tells US about Other
worlds, but / must say that | am more
interested in our world than III any
other world, and geology tells us all
about what it was, its cradle and what
will be its grave, and this glorious geol'
ogy is proving itself more and more the
friend Of theology. Thank God for the
testimony Of the rocks, the Ten Com
mandments announced among the split
} rocks Of Sinai, the greatest sermon OF
I Christ preached on the basaltio rocks Oh
the mount of beatitudes, the Saviour
diving on the rocks Of Golgotha and
buried amid the limestone rocks d
Joseph's sepuloher, the last day to b.
ushered in with rending Of rocks and
our blessed Lord suggestively entitled
the Rock Of Ages. " l this day proclaim
the banns Of marriage between geoio-
gy and theology, the rugged bridegroom
and the fairest Of brides Let them joi1
their hands, and "whom God hath
Joined together let not man put asun'
der"
History Of the Earth.
II anything in the history or condi'
ton of the earth seems for the time
contradictory of anything in geology,
you must remember that geology Is al
the time correcting itself and more and
more coming to harmonization with the
great book. In the last century tns
Frsnoh Scientific association printed
list of so theories Of geology which bad
been adopted and afterward rejected
Lyell, the scientist, announced 90 thec
ries of geology that had beer beiieveS
in and afterward thrown overheard
Meanwhile the story Of the Bible ha
not changed at all. and II geology bs
cast out between 100 and 200 theone
which il once considered established VI
can afford to wait until the last theor.
Of geology antagonizing divine reveia