The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-02

eia 1Iaf na,uar God delegates His judi
irst principle of human government is
mere mere irradiated In the statute, "Whodio 10
bbhleade In mans nan blood by man shall his
ready ready for It's seal. God took the the Very very
substance which had destroyed thhee
earth. and transmitted It into a royal
s signes to 20 ab5tes5 HIS promise
stood in oil the dealing splendor Of
It's prismatic ,colors-an arrowiess bow.
Of it, Io swaep heaven the very vastnsss
Gods 1snfYT IN ali the
the ineffable and assuring words which
s 'est een . "Ron Noahs ears have re-
covenant" '''e
ANALYSIS AND KEY.
l. l. ~ The Flood: bold and tragic picture.
Z. Mercy as we'll as Justice of It.
| race discriminating itself through
Flood save the seed OF God.
.: Gr9und Of Noah's election to life.
4. His respiendenat ul faitS
E. 6. T The i log. book Of the Ark
q me , token OF the Covenant.
THE TEACHERS LANTERN.
Rivet hdgety scholars this paragraph
t eaebas Viii II is so scenic fairly
70 describe the condition of the race
before the Flood; the superlative wick
edness which made that wholesale d.
s s,,raf an act Of mercy as well as OF
Justice; how the irretrievable misery Of
the human family, which had doomed
ITSELF was cut short and chance given to
oesin anew under happier auspices
Noah's upright character can be made
to shine against the universal degen-
feracy OF his times. 1t proves one can
A boy can keep his lips unsullied,
though the air around him Is blue with
profanity. He need not lie. nor cheat. {
nor no !, gamble. though those with whom I
all do. y he keep upright. he viii
fellows.
obedience He showed his faith by his 4
works. He never grew weary In we'll
fo fgv Under hi eirSumstances caleulaied
name richly deserves to be engraven on
that tall obelisk, Hebrews XII, reared
to { ;, tn the heroes he, of faith. His very char
dictment and condemnation OF tn.
world before the Flood.
Heir to two worlds. Noah stepped out
Of all he surveyed with the natural
eye, and beyond that the better m
heritance even the heavenly. SO God
re wards hundred-fold in this life,
lasting.
a bone of contention has ever been
ne question whether the Flood was
y Natural conclusion from language
If Scripture. (2) No evidence 10
.pog IL that the population Of earth was
possibility of piling the waters up in
aims. "a No need of taking birds into
the Ark. If Deluge was only local Ar
suments contra: % Universal Deluge
signed. (2) Ark could not have
siven room for every species. (3) To
over highest mountains, water must
leeds be five miles deep. Ten miles
lestroy the equipoiss of the System.
- Universal prevalence would have
Produced change of climate. CO. Over
flowing of salt water would destroy
plant life and fresh water animal life.
rift of the best modern comment.
owever decidedly in favor of a local +
'elu tg1 The rocks bear. the incontro- a
nd reality of such Flood as Gene, :
is describes. Huxley. in his Lay Ser
ION. No. TX. graphically describes e
uch cataclysm. NJ. Figuer aftil1ns t
hat the Asiatic Deluge occurred after
deity has had its laugh at Noah and
lis Ark: but he laughs gest who laughs .
Corresponding to the testimony of h
on. Humboldt says that ancient ira G
ltions of the Flood are dispersed over =
lie whole surface of the globe.