The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-05-30
LOCATION OF EDEN
MANY REGIONS @AssoctATEp
NWiTH LOST pARADIsE. Z
Finding Of Spot Has Always Been One
cf,the Fascinating Pursults Of
Ages, But Quest seenie
Hopeless.


last been located. The world is cor
cerned more for the restitution. 70 the
racefof a large measure Of the innos,
Genes and happiness that is associated
witfssthe lost paradise than II fs with
the location of the place which is
woven into the majestic lines of
Milton in his pictures Of the. crea.
ton and the tragedy Of the garden.
Nevertheless, the strength of human
interest in the facts of human origin
makes the location of the Garden Of
Eden one of the fascinating pursuits
OF the ages. AS there is no known
spct upon the face Of the earth that
corresponds with the features attrib.
uted 10 the location of Eden, and as,
even admitting the validity Of the
Bishop USHER chronology, there has
elapsed sufficient time for the. utter
transformation Of the physical as
poets OF Eden as described in Genesis,
the hunt for the actual Eden SEEING
hopeless. ss
The cradle OF the race undoubtedly
lies somewhere In the east, and, &C
cepting the Indo-European theory OF
race identity of the Caucasian races
1t would seem as though the approx
Innate birthplace of this branch OF the
human family could be placed. But
ethnologists are themselves astound
ed as they endeavor to track the path
of humanity and to trace the breakup
of the race into its many branches,
through the evidence of language and
other enduring records. They are
nonplused and cannot arrive at q
common agreement, excepting that
after research has reached to the
farthest limit, the borderland OF civ
ilization appears to be brought little
nearer.
Nevertheless, there Is no tradition
among the nations 80 enhancing as
that of Eden. Hardly nation of the
ancient east but that retains the story
: among its folklore. But the tradition
has Travelled westward and has spread
over the whole world. Even the
Sandwich islanders, the people of the
Pamirs, and 1t Is even said the Eski.
mos, have traditions of Eden not dis
similar from the story of Genesis The
records of the Aztecs disclose the
story Of the serpent delineated unmis-
takably in the picture language Of
that ancient people. But while the
valley Of Mexico has the credit Of be.
ing one of the spots identified with
the location of Eden, on the other
hand the north pole is candidate
for the honor, It being claimed that
Eden was wiped out by the advance
of the ice sheet during the glacial
ages. South and Central America,
Mexico. the Sahara desert, the
jungles of the dark continent-almost
every tropical country-has Its de-
tenders in this respect
The point of these claims usually
rests upon evidence of the existence
of race earlier than any Of which
history has knowledge. But as these
ancient stocks are scattered through
out the globe. this appears to prove
nothing. But tradition, worldwide.
enshrines the Garden of Eden among
the beliefs of widely dissimilar PEG.
pies, and this fact itself indicates the
early identity of the races OF man
kind. The Mexican tradition. relating
as It does to this continent, has es.
pecial interest This assumes Their.
was race of human beings ON this
continent many thousands of year
ago. and this Is to some extent con.
frmed by discoveries along the Pa,
ciflc coast OF South America. Traces
Of race and civilization have been
discovered there. which go far back
Of recorded time. !
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