The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03

| Ley, or more learned than Sir Matthew Hale.
that he would question the verify OF vitchcraftI
| Was not DR.. John Liehtfoot. vice-Cbancellor Of
| the University OF Cam bridge. one OF the most
eminent Hebrew scholars OF his timer And "
no. who will dare deny that heaven and
earth. centre and circumference. were created
altogether in tho same instant. and clouds full
OF water" and that "this work took place and
man created By the Trinity on Oct q. 4Oo4 b.
O.. at o'clock In tho morningf"
Does your CORRESPONDENT know more OF nat
urai history than the Franciscan. Bartholo-
mew7 II not. he must pcrforce believe In tho
existence OF the cocatrice half rooster. half SER
pent. and he will also acknowledge that III tho
crocodile flndeth a man by the waters brim he
staysth him. and then he weepeth over him
and synlloweth him" or counsel Why notf
Do We all still believe that Jerusalem 10 In
the middle OF the enrth. because Ezekiel tells
us 80. and. moreover. has been confirmed by
sucn wise and good mon a. Sc. Jerome. Arch
bishop Rabanus Maurus. Hugh OF st. Victor.
the infallibe Pope Urban. Dante and Sir John
Mandevlle7
The earth IL fat. because 81. Augustine tells
us an md proves II ny copious citations from
Holy Writ. declaring that the supporters OF the
sphpricity Of the earth give the lie direct to
King David and to St. Paul and. therefore. TO
the Holy Ghost"
Do We know that the earth does not revolve.
because DR. Martin Luther has told US that II
| stands still. and this statement has been con-
! frmed by such august authority as Melanch-
thon. Calvin. Turretin. Hutchinson. DR.. Samuel
Pike. Horne. Bishop Horsley. President Forbes.
| DR.. John owen. jean Bodln and Sir Thomas
Browne7
Was an eclipse that occurred In Msssachu-
sets in 1872 an evidence OF the grief OF Nature
at the death Of President Chnuncey Of Harvard
! College because the Rev. Increase Mather has
told us so' Do we know also that comets por-
tend calamity because OF the testimony Of such
men a. OriRen. the venerable Bede. John oi
| Damascus. Rabanus Maurus. st. Thomas
Aduinas. Albertus MaRnus. the infallible Pope
| Caiixtus Ill. the Emperor Charles ". John
| Knox. Martin Luther. Zwingli. Aretus and
| Lavater2 As late as 1913 a writer In the
| Gentle-nnn's Magazine declared that under the
maliGn influence OF q recent comet files be-
cana blind aud died early in the season." and
''the wife OF London shoemaker had four
children at birth" In 1870 DR.. Forster wrote
a volume on comets in which he solemnly
declares that the comet OF 1853 had made oil
the cats OF westphalia sick"
The learned Tollius tells Us that the clipped
stones sometimes found" are not the imple-
mcnts Of primeva! man but werc generated
globed In cloud by a oircumscribed humour.'
and this Ia Just as easy to believe as any OF the
luminous assertions In THE Sun OF Nov. 20
from the Dean OF the School OF tho Prophets
OF the Brotherhood OF Silence"
We are assured by Martin Luther that Adam
and Eve entered into the gar len about loon
anil having q desire to eat. sho took tho apple
then came the Fall-according to our account
at about o'clock" Who. in the face OF this
will have the hardihood to suggest that the
lunch hour Of our nrst parents was earlier thar
, IL or later than L. NJ. or. that the apple
could have been eaten before breakfast. or ap-
reared a. an extra dainty for afternoon tea
Is Mr.. Ivan Panin assuredly correct 10
proving tho inspiration OF the Scriptures
10y his wonderful array OF seyens because st
Augustine has duly approved OF such q method
anu by Il H. himself has proved that tho hun
bred and ilty and three fishes caught by tn,
disciples emil body a mystery; that the number
ten. evidently as the number Of the Comma l.
ments, Indicates the law: but. as the Law with
out the spirit only Kills. we must add the sever
gifts OF the spirit. and we thus have the mum
Der seventeen. which signifies the old and new
dispensations; that u we add together ever,
several number which seventeen contains from
one 70: seventeen. inclusive. the result lie
hundred and nifty aud three-the number o
the fishes? s. K. WATERS.
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