The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-16

cited. do your Geology digs down
into Mount Calvary and finds the ROCKS
ruptured and aslnnt. 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
a dip and cleavage Of rocks as nowhere
else on the planet. Geology thus an
nouncing an especial earthquake for
the greatest tragedy OF all the cen
turles-the asslnatlon 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 Ore.
and that the center OF this globe Is In
candescent, molten. volcanic. and burn
Ing coal. burning out towards the sur
face. and the internal fires have 80 far
reached the outside rim that do not
see how the world il to keep from
complete confagration until the proph-
estes concerning II are fulfilled. The
lava poured forth from the mouths ~
Vesuyius. Mount Etna and Cotopaxl.
and Kilauea Is only the regurgitatlon
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
many years. These coal mines burn
ing down and the internal fires Of the
earth burning up. after awhile these
two fires, the descending and the as
cendlng. will meet. and then will occur
the universal connngration 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 connagration, since have
looked a little into geology. nndlns
that its explorations are all In the line
OF confirmation Of that prophecy. I
wonder how this old craft Of a world
can keep sailing on much longer II
Ia like a ship on ERE at sea. the fact
that the matches are kept down the
only reason that II does not become
one complete blaze masts on Are. -at-
Inns on IRE. everything from cutwatsr
10 tanrail on Gre. 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 us az any time 20 hear The
ringing Of the ERE bells Of universal
conilagration Oh. I am so glad that
geology has been born! Astronomy
Is grand. because Il tells us about
other worlds:sbut I must say that /
am more interested In ON world than
In am other world. and geology tells
US an about what Il was. It's cradle
and what will b. IL grave. And this
glorious geology Is 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.
nal; the greatest sermon OF Christ
preached on the basaltlc rocks OF the
Mount Of BeatItudes: the Savior dylng
on the rocks OF Golgotha. and buried
amid the limestone rocks OF Joseph'i
sepulohre; the last day to be ushered Ia
with a rendlng OF rocks. and out
blessed Lord suggestiyely entitled IN,
Rock OF Ages" this day proclaim
the banns Of a marriage between geol
ogy and theology. the rugged bride
groom and the falresi Of brides. Lei
them Join their hands. aud whom Goi
hath Joined together. let not man put
asunder"
II anything In the history or condl.
ton Of the earth seems Tor the time
contradictory OF anything IN geology
you must remember that geology Il
an the time correcting itself. and more
and more coming 20 harmonlEatlon
with the great Book In the last century
the French Scientific Association"
printed a list Of eighty theories OF &C.
ology which had been adopted and
aitcrward rejected. Lyell. the scicnt-
lei, announced Atty theories Of geol-
ogy that had been believed In and att.
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 IS.
tablished. We can AFFORD 10 walt until
the las, theory Of geology antagoniz
Ing divine revelation shall have been
given up. Nov. IN this discourse up
on the geology Of the Bible. or God
among the Rocks I charge all agltat-
ed and airlghted uzzahs TO calm theli
pulses about the upsettlng OF the Scrip
lures. Let me see! For several hun
dred years the oxen have been jenkins
the ark this way aud that. and pulling
u over rough places and trying to stick
Il In the mud OF derision. and kicking
With all the power o. their hoois
against the sharp goads, and trying
TO pull u into the cool shade away from
the heats Of rctrihutlon from God
who will by no means clear the gull
| ~" Yet have you not noticed that
the Book has never been upsotg The
only changes made Ia Il were by ltl
learned friends In the revision OF a,
Scriptures, The book Of Genesis ha.
been Numbered against by the might
lest batteries, yet YOU cannot todu,
End In an the earth a copy Of the pi
bic which has not the atty chapter
Of the frat copy Of the book OF Gene
sls ever printed. starting with thI
words. In the beginning God" an,
closing with loseph's coflu Fiesc
attack ON the book Of Exodus has beol
made because they said @ was cruc
20 drown Pharaoh. and the story d
Mount Siaai was improbable. nu