The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-14

cited. do you? Geology digs down
into Mount Calvary and finds the ROCKS
ruptured and aslant. showing the wo,k |
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 !
a dip and cleavage Of rocks as nowhere
else on the planet. Geology thus an
nOunclng an especial earthquake for
the greatest tragedy OF all the cen
turies-the assinatlon OF the Son OF
God.
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 Gre.
and that the center OF this globe Is in
oandescent. molten. volcanic. and burn
Ing coal. burning out towards the sur
face. and the internal fires have 10 far
reached the outside rim that do not
see how the world II TO keep from
complete connagration until the proph-
esies concerning II are fulfilled. The
lava poured forth from the mouths Of
vesuyius. Mount Etna and Cotopaxl.
and Kilauea IL only the reorganization
from an awful Inflammation thousands
Of miles deep. There are mines IN
Pennsylvania and In several parts a.
the world that have been on FIRE 'or
r4nuw wauva The sauf s.Nraa N.ttru-
Ing down and the internal fires Of the
earth burning up. after awhile these
two fires. the descending and the as
cending. will meet. and then will occur
the universal connagration OF which
the Bible speaks. when Il says. THE
elements shall melt with feryent heat,
the earth also. and the works that are
therein shall be burned up" Instead
Of disbelleylng the Bible story about
the hnal eonnagration. since ! have
looked a little into geology. nndlns
that its explorations are all IN the line
OF confirmation Of that prophecy.
wonder how this old craft Of a world
can keep sailing on much longer. II
Is like ship on ere at sea. the fact
that the matches are kept down the
only reason that Il does not become
one complete blaEe-masts on hre. -at-
Inns on FIRE. everything from cutwater
TO taffrail on FIRE, After geology has
told us how near the internal fires
have already burned their way through
the surface Il ought not 10 be a sur
prise TO as al any time 10 hear the
ringing Of the lre bells Of a universal
connagration. Oh. am 10 glad that
geology has been bornl Astronomy
IL grand. because II tells us about
other worlds: but must say that
am more interested In our world than
In any other world. and geology tells
us an about what Il was. Us cradle
and what will be IL grave. And this
glorious geology Ia proving Itself more
and more the friend OF theology.
Thank God for the testimony Of the
rocks; the Ten Commandments an
nounced among the split rocks OF a.
mai; the greatest sermon OF Christ
preached on the basaltlc rocks OF the
Mount OF Beatltudea. the Savior dylrg
on the rocks Of Golgotha. and buried
amid the limestone rocks OF JOseph's
sepulehre; the last day to be ushered In
with a rending Of rocks. and our
blessed Lord suggestlyely entitled the
Rock OF Ages" this day proclaim
the banns Of marriage between geol-
ogy and theology. the rugged BRIDE
groom and the fairest OF brides. let
them Join their hands. and whom God
hath Joined together lei not man put
asunder."
II anything In the history or condi.
ton Of the earth seems Tor the time
contradictory Of anything Ia geology.
YOU must remember that geology Is
all the time correcting itself. and more
and more coming 20 harmoniEation
with the great Book In the last century
the French Scientific Association"
printed list OF eighty theories OF &C.
ology which had been adopted and
aiterward rejected. Lyell. the sclcnt-
ist. announced hity theories OF geol-
ogy that had been believed IN and aft
erwards thrown overheard. Mean
while the story Of the Bible has not
changed at all. and II geology has
cast out between one and two hundred
theories which Il once considered 81
tablished, We can afford to wait until
the last theory Of geology aniagonil
Ing divine revelation shall have been
given up Now, IN this discourse up
on the geology Of the Bible. or God
among the Rocks. charge an agliat-
ed and afrighted Uzlahs TO calm their
pulses about the upsetiing Of the Scrip
lures Let me sect For several hun
dred years the oxen have been jerking
the ark this way and that. and pulling
Il over rough places and trying 10 stick
Il IN the mud Of derision. and kicking
with all the power o. their hoots
against the sharp gu1la, ana tlAlhs
TO pull Il into the cool shade away from
the heats OF retributlon from God
who will by no means clear the gJpl-
/ ~" Yet have you not noticed that
the Book has never been upsct2 The
only changes made Ia u were by iis
learned friends in the revision OF the
Scriptures. The book ~ Genesis has
been Numbered against by the might
lest batteries. yet You cannot today
nnd In an the earth a copy of the M.
BILE which has not the atty chapters
Of the FIRST copy OF the book OF Gcu'
sls ever printed starting with %,
words. In the beginning. God and
closing with losephs coffin. Fiory,
b attack on the book OF Exodus has beer
made because they said % was cre
fn drawn Pharaoh and tho Ffory ID