The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-07

AT various times within the last cen
tury assertions have been made that
Adam and the antedlluvian people werr
or extraordinary height. but the asser-
tons have always been laughed down by
sconers who never think for themselves
In lls Henrion. member OF the French
Academy OF Sciences. published a pamph.
let, In which he asserted that the per-
Ing heights: Adam, l23 feet inches: Eve.
lls feet inches: Noah "a feet; Abram. 20
feet: Moses. IS feet.
81 too" said a scientific student OF the
Bible, In spea king OF this matter recent
y. ''am confirmed In the belief that the
prehistoric races were gigantic. but figure
out their statures by process of reason
ing different from that promulgated by
Henrion According 10 the Old Testa-
ment there were giants on earth I'm those
days whose daughters were married TO
the sons OF God and those sons became
mighty men; also. the sons of Anak. In
whose sight men were said TO be but
grasshoppers. (Grasshoppers of that
period were as large as the twentieth CEN
tury dog).The Emmins and the zamzum-
mains were giant nations. Og, the King
or Bashan. remained OF the remnant OF
Giants, Goliath, OF Gath. was giant
According to Genesis Noah lived $50
years and then died The average life
or man today is about 20 years IL is a
bipeds and quadrupeds live about three
and one-half times the number of years
required for individual maturity. Thus
man in this century natures I'm twenty
years aAd-dies at The age OF seventy
years. Dividing the age of Noah by
three and one-half we find that he ma
tured in about 270 years. The average
man of today at maturity measures
about five feet and weighs l25 pounds.
Five feet In twenty years Is equivalent
to three inches In one year. Applying
the same rule 10 Noah's maturing years
We find that at his maturity he was g.
feet tall and weighed 1876 pounds. IL
stands TO reason that II Noah was SO
great In body. Adam must have been
equally as large. The mere fact that
Adam was never born evidences that he
was gigantic man. Everything Great.
ed during the formation ages was ac-
cording To a very large standard. The
mense and all other things In proportion
Why should Adam have been
freak IN this array OF colossal naturer
Civilization and multiplication OF the
races diminish the lives OF individuals
az well as the statures. Why? Posi-
bly, because our civilization II an unnat-
ural perversion OF the life contemplated
by our Creator for us. and as free agents
we are gradually destroying the race as
a penalty FOR our wrong Interpretation
OF our mission. The power TO multiply
having been given us. death is a natural
consequence but death ny natural decay,
instead OF death by disease. crime. waf.
pestilence. results OF civilization. wan
contemplated Hence our civilization
and oil other Civilizations are more or
less responsible fsr the inevitable ox-
tinction of the race
"A curious mathematical coincidence
lay In the above proof of mans decline
I'm stature and age Thus the stature
Of man in few more than 5000 years.
according 20 Hale's chronology being the
age or the human race, and according L.
my deductions, has decreased from 70 tc
feet at which rate OF decrease the
world will be depopulated IN i6l years.
or the year 2362. The age of man has
likewise decreased from 600 to 20 years
i'm the same time at which rate the race
will become extinct IN about i6l years. or
the year 2362. As you observe. both de-
ductions reach the same conclusions.
There may he an element OF truth IN
this theory. az least II is worth probing
The great trouble with us today IS that
we are too easily satisfied. we lack the
ability and energy 10 figure out or
search for evidence Of truth, and instead
accept all kinds OF theories and dogmas
as they are presented 10 us. surrounded
mostly by a halo Of fansticism. impos.
sible and absurd. rd."-Phladelphia In
quirer.