The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-05
THE SITE OF EDEN.
Gen. Gordon Thought it was in the
Indian Ocean.

Indian Ocean.
The following are the reasons for the
theory that the Garden of Eden is At or
near Seychelles. ! could even put n nj
IrasIin, d small isle twenty miles north
Of Maize. Allow that Genesis is not al
legorichl. that Eden. it's gardens. its two
trees. did exist on this earth Eden il
district. the garden - spot chosen i'll
that district. the trees were actual trees.
ilnbued for time with spiritual qualities,
these trees the bush, the ark. the taberfia
Gle and tmple differed nothing from the
same things in the world except for the
time during which they were spiritually
consecrated or set apart for 1isRIfesta-
tiUns Of God or Satan. Gods eenss,-
Grafton made things which were egualiy
clean and unclean: therefore see no rea~
son for doubling that God did set apart
the two trees to be one OF Life. the other
of Knowledge; or that God, when these
two trees had fulfilled their purpose.
should have reIegated them back to their
former ordfhary tree position.
l Thought there were two frees-actuaI
tretts-wIiirh had been sacramento, and
had ceased to be so; and iii Prasin. near
Seychelles, and only there i'll the whole.
world, is Il magnificent tree. curious he
yond description. called the Prince Of the
Vegetable Kingdom: it is unique in its
species, and On >eearth.-.the Laodicean Scey'
lieve. was the Tree of knowledge. l
then thought if the one tree is to IN:
found. so is the other. and this / think
is the Artocarpus incisa. or bread fruit:
it is an humble tree. Of 40 great distlnc
ton. yet to all observer it is a. Unique ill
its kind and among trees AS tn" other,
This last tree is only found i'll the Indian
ocean. 1t is DEMONSTRATING tree. and.
like the other. it is full OF Scripturat
types.
Having thought that these Herp til"
two trees then the question arose: Where
was the Garden Of Eden! And first carHe
the information that Seychelles is az
granite, and all other isles out here are
volcanic granite being the more ancient
formation. Then Rev. u. Bury men
toned casually that the verse Genesis
ii. 10. could be read that the fur rivers
flowed into Eden. not out Of it. have
been at the source of the EuplltafeS-
Tigris, etc. and unless the rivers WHr"
forced to flow backward. 10 spot could
agree to d central basin in those lands.
while a flood does hot change features of
10000 feet high. 10 took the rivers
EuphrateS-aS EupEratea, on which is
Babylon: Hiddekefas Tigri<. on which
is Nineveh wide Daniel They meet and
flow into the Persian gulf. Babylon Of
pressed !sraelHNineveh oppressed Israel.
Required two other rivers corrected with
oppression Of Israel. The question Of
whether ever river came down the va!
ley of Jordan into the Red sea il on.
which has been much discussed. That an
immense crevasSe exists from the s<r1Fco
Of the Jordan to the Red sea is the case:
the depression of the Dead sea is the 'lif-
hculty: the ravines OF Hebron and f>iltCur
are very deep. Taking my ground spirit
ually. and the similarity Of tl1e name I'll
hon. With the brook of Jerusalem. think
that they It6 the same. The PjxmI. or
Nile flowed into the Red sea- the Ghon
or Gihon brook. fos ed iiittt the Red sea.
joined. flowed down, met the Euphrate-
and Tigris united near Socotra, and the
Soundings shown end in q deep basin
2GOO fathoms deep. which + close IT,
for Ethiopia. Cush was son of Nii,ltnh;
his land was probably tlear Babylon. now
Bah el Mandeb. PERTH means BAH
(gate) Ell (of) Mandeb 1.-THE wttld,. Pison
means overfiowing- Nile overfov<>
Egypt oppressed Israel. The Nile is be-
lievcd now to flow into the Red sea; fIEs
Blue Nile encompasses Godjam. a prov,
ince of Abyssifia. il, which there is gold.
Havilah. son of Joktan. son of Shen'.
went with Sheba and Ophir to Mesh;f
1 Sal Koran says and spread along The
Alden. is called Sirius Havildh Sheba.
and Orhir is generally connected With
Abyssni;l. so think PiSon is Nile Gil
hon means bursting forth" the breed,
Gihon is southern side of Jerusalem: il
meets kedron and flows. when it does
flow. to the Salt sea dead seal, by the
valley of Fire: it is Torllet. Hinnonl. the
salem. the site of all abotninabie sacri-
fees: it is connected with Jerusalem in IN
evil way: it has the same name as Gene
Sis-Strand Magazine.