World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-06

mGjiko proluperancfs, 10 wDtii tns
crca,re owes II, name, ana wholly Diff i
fer in their proportions sad outlines
from the grinders " the elephant -
II is said by the red men Of Vltginia,
that 4 Troop VI these tremendous quad
rupeds made fearful havoc fof~gofrc
time among the deer. the buflaloes aad
all the other animals created for the use
OF the Indians. and spread desolation tsr
and wide. At last 'raE MraHTy NAN
ABovE seizsd his thunder and killed
them all. With tho exception Of the largest
OF the males, who presenting his head !
to the thunderbolts. shook them OF as
they fell: but. being wounded ~ the side |
he betook bimselt 10 dight towards the
great lakes. where he still resides at the
present day." tThc Life and Works o.
Hugh Miller on the Testimony Of the
Rocks and Geology in its bearings on
the two Theolosles. Natural aud he.
vealed Pages 122- -l23--l24j
Let me here remind you og the
passing, that that a!.tiauI'-- u
| type which charactn.izes the rel
cent productions Of North Ameri-
ca Is one Of many wonders, mot
absolutely geological in them.
selves, but which, save for tn"
revelations Of geology, would have
forever remained unnoted and an
lsnown-Bu now notice the close
connection Of the two statements.
From the description given by job of
its size, its habits, its food and ils perc-,
ling the waters 50 thai they look hoary
or gray by their movements N The water.
lii 10 the Hippopotanlus. 4 is IN aul.
phib00us animal, it can live on land Or
III the wster. IN Isaiah ii called ser
pen. because il has no hair the same az
other serpenis. /; is called a piercing
serpent on the account Of its grca, weight
Tor when il comes out OF the river Nils
to feed ~ Job describes, ito pointed feet
and short legs burries everything into
the earth under ils pohdaTnus weight
II makes great destruction 10 the grain
holds.
But II any one will read from he II
verse Of fOrtieth TO the close 0f forty
Arst ch. of job. and he knows any thirg
about animAls, he will understand thal
, the Behemoth or the Leyia.han is the
= Hirpopotamus-a compound word from
two Greek words; Hippos-a horse and
polamus-s river Bat, Why cal ,his
beast the king Of the children 81
:, prde!" Because the frutful fields oi
! the vsllcy Of Nile was The Pride Of al
Egypt and Egyptians prided thcmscive,
! in the bountiful crops they would re-
ceivc.
But when Behemoth or LesaihaD o.
!, II you please, the Hippopotamus wanted
to forage he came up from the Nile
and dcvoured and mashed into the eartt
I their grain, and the people were be y
: less. The will Of this ponderons Dea5
:, was absolute, the people wete LETT Il
this msroyless beast more unbearabi
than any Monarch who ever iuled
, nation,
! marginal Readings, and what they az
: BY Abba Perkins CREssEl No2ol
] After comparing the two state
At ments together with the conf
ii dence which had learned to hav
y i'll both men --Supposingsfrom til
y description given by both, tha
!, they had reference 10 the sam
! great sea monster Yet thu op
~ had called him the 'IIippopotg
q mus and the other called hi
~ tho "Dinothernm' yet the di
~ cripti,n given Of this animal
e. both statements are 30 simnli
~ that we take it as granted, ths
sh they have reference 10 the sali
y. animal. Bit what bothered ]
,re the most was to reconcile ii
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