The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-01-27

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Beaufort, S. c., during our civil war,
took the platform and spread his map
OF the strata of rock in the presence of
great audiences, and Prof Alexander
| Winchell, Of Michigan university, and
Prof. Taylor Lewis, of Union college,
showed that the without form
and void of the first chapter of Gene
sis was the very chaos out of which
the world was formulated, the hands
of God packing together the land, and
tossing up the mountains into great
heights, and flinging down the seas
into their great depths. Before God
gets through with this world there
will hardly be book of the Bible that
will not find confirmation, either in
archaeology or geology. Exhumed
Babylon, Ninevah, Jerusalem, Tyre
and Egyptian hieroglyphics are crying
out in the ears of the world: "The
Bible is right! All right! Everlast-
ingly right"' Geology is saying the
same thing, not only confirming the
truth about the original creation. but
confirming SO many passa 5es of the
Scriptures that can only slightly re-
fer 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. 'Be-
lieve that" says geology, "for how do
you account for those sea shells and
sea weeds and skeletons of sea animals
found on the top of some of the highest
mountains? If the waters did not
sometimes rise about the mountains,
how did those sea shells and sea weeds
and skeletons of sea animals get there?
Did you put them there?"
/ But, now, you do not really believe
that story about the storm of fire and
birthstone whelming Sodom and Gomor-
rah. and enwrapping Lots wife in such
saline encrustations that she halted a
sack of salt? For the confirmation of
that story the geologist goes to that
region, and after trying in vain to
take swim in the lake, so thick with
salt he can not swim 1.-THE lake be-
meath which Sodom and Gomorrah lie
buried-one drop of water SO full OF
sulphur and birthstone that it stings
your tongue, and for hours you can
not get rid of the nauseating drop-the
scientist then digging down and find
ing sulphur on top of sulphur, brim-
stone on top of birthstone. while all
round there are jets aud crags and
peaks of salt, and if one Of them did
not become the sarcophagus of Lots
wife they show you how q human be-
ing might in that tempest have been
halted and packed into a white monu-
ment that would defy the ages.
But, now, you do not really be-
lieve that New Testament story
about the earthquake at the time Christ
was cruci6ed, do you? Geology Dig S
down into Mount Calvary and finds the
rocks ruptured and aslant, Showing
the work as an especial eartq uake fol
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 announcing an especial earth
quake for the greatest tragedy of al
the centuries-the assination of the
Son of God.
But you do not really believe thai
story of the burning of our world a.
the last day? Geology digs down ano
finds that the world is already on fire
and that the cen ter of this globe is in
candescent, molten, volcanic, a burn
ing coal, burning out toward the sur
face and the internal fires have SO fal
reached the outside rim that do no
see how the world is to keep from com
plete conflagrationu until the prophecie:
concerning it are fulfilled. The Law;
poured forth from the mouths of Vesu
vius, Mount Etna and Cotopaxi, ant
kilauea. is only the regurgitation from
an awful Inflammation thousands O.
miles deep. There are mines in Penn
sylvania and in several parts of the
world that have been ON fire for many
wears. These coal mines burning
down and the internal fires of thu
earth burning up, after awhile thes'
two fires, the descending and the as
cending, will meet, and then will oc
cur the universal confagration of whicl
the Bible speaks, when it says
| line elcmon t6 Sudll utlt Will AcISeu
heat; the earth also, and the works
that are therein shall be burned up.
Instead of disbelieving the Bible stor.
about the final contiagration, since
have looked little into geology, find
ing that its explorations are all in thu
line of confirmation of that prophecy
l wonder how this old craft of q worlt
can keep sailing on much longer. 1t il
like ship on fire at sea, the fact tina
the matches are kept down the onl.
reason that it does not become on
complete blaze-masts on fire, ratline
on fire, everything from cutwater t
taffrail on fire. After geology has toll
us how near the internal fires have al
ready burned their way toward tn
surface, it ought not to be a surprise t
US at any time to hear the ringing o
the fire bells of universal confiagra
ton. O. am SO glad that geology ha
been born! Astronomy isgrand. becaus
it tells us about other worlds; but
must say that am more interested il
our world than in any other world
opd peolopv tells us all about what