The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-20

vi, 1S) Natural means were employed to
reduce the. wide sweep Of waters to their
pass over them. 1t is we'll known that by
changes in temperature. atmospheric cur
rents are produced. and under their infiu-
eree a H he rain nae
The clouds carried their contents away 10
distant parts. simultaneously the earth
tents were stopped. The waters were as
suaged.
RESTED-For six months and ten days
the rain had descended. gradually bearing
the great vessel from Its moorings. For
one hundred and fifty days it had been on
to human eyes. Sufficient time had elapsed
for one of our modern steamships to make
twenty trips across the Atlantic. All this
elements. in craft that would not now
be regarded seaworthy, managed by men
who knew nothing OF navigation. There
must have been some hmsSiyngs ,n the
confinement he may have wondered what
his fate would be. But every such trial
must have thT9wn ,vd1 him h,, back upon the prom
age from the old world to the new. At
length the ark rested on peak of Ararat,
one of the mountains of Armenia.
OPENED Oversees to Y-The situation
was still one of extreme peril. Fear may
well have filled the stoutest heart. There
! Is no evidence. however, that any supernat-
suspense of the imprisoned family. They
needed to learn lessons in the school Of
faith. in which the time element was i'm
waiting passed. How shall Noah inform m
himself Of conditions in the outside world?
He had no glass by which. the eye might
might not himself go forth to explore. A
place had been prepared in the roof by d.
vine direction Gen. v. 16. probably to ad-
init air and light, and possibly to take OBJ
servation Of the heavens. furnishing an up
ward and not a sidewise or eastward
| view. This was opened, and dove, the most
gentle Of all birds Luke III; 29; was thrust
word a'o s again. But the Beautiful mes messenger s
found no place to rest and soon returned.
stili LETT to his own Judgment and resources Mes
to determine the time and mode of his ac-
ton. He appears to have reasoned that a
world must be made ready for the lower
Of man So God himself had decided at the
! creation. (Gen. !, $3.50 A whole week was
! therefore passed in the ark after the dove 5
errand of exploration: The unselfish little
/ creature, as IL moved with sympathy for
her protector. returned to him in the even
piucked. This mute expression was the
| best that could be given. showing that veg
| citation had begun to appear, and that there
mails and men. Gen. j. 2s-soJ One ae' week Ha
later. or fourteen days after Arnrat had
| been touched, the dove was again sent out
| but she returned not, having found condi-
DRIED Verses 1s and 14,--The flight of
| the dove was enough to CONVINCE Noah that
the work Of r., restoring he the world for its in
place to place. at intervals resting on the
| branches OF shrubs. was an emblem Of the
yaeka ans Gsa saes f %
| peared. lGen. TX. III SO the Holy Spirit
| brooded over the ancient chaos. (Gen. j. 2)
It takes a long time for submerEed ground
Noah waited long until the elements had
perfected the conditions. Days lengthened
Into weeks and weeks into months. It was
| the 601st year. Of his life that the earth was
| dried. And then he waited another month,
probably to complete. all arrangements.
after @ his entrance. The sun n, his vl; move. ".
ments had returned to the same place in
! the heavens, when nature was ready to re-
! ceive the postdiluvian man.
{ RETIRED Verses Is to W)-The exodus
/ from the ark was formal and deliberate
matter He went in. at the COMMAND Of
Sam same divine voice uen. VII lIStfs Is Poets end
some conception Of that Imposing event
he Ssrnap dDuet nav pbecession 70 vas formed
, the order observed therein. First came
| Noah and his WIFE, then Shem and his wife.
Ha Ife and RVS Tfe fanHsd Japhe and n.
| cattle and the creeping things, ali animals
living in the air and on the land. those Iiy-
ing in the G water having had no place in
comes forth with his kindred, The beasts
| who now begin with. him q new era. iipsi
! master. Gen. / 16o That was % th. day t'oi of
new beginnings. when God ana man and
anaai ovsr wsrs II ,H1lted ss when perfect peace
: WORSHIPED (veYees - t0 95S..:Sar.ch M,