The record., 1911-04-20

trace to Adam and scarcely men
tion Gains generation.
do not profess to be an expert
paleethnographer and archeologist,
altho | have devoted a good deal of
time in studying geology and an
thropogeny. We find the Hebrew
and Jewish cosmogony and nara
tives of creation fix mans advent
and appearance in the world about
six thousand years ago, according
TO onr computation of time; while
other ancient nations and people
have their cosmigonies of the earth
and the creation of man in a differ
ent manner and at different dates.
Our geoloGists and paleontologists
have clearly demonstrated and prov
en- that the earth has existed many
thousands of years, which have been
divided into geological periods, each
consisting of many thousand years,
and these periods can consistently
be made to correspond and to harm
onize with the biblical days mention
ed in the book of Genesis
Each bible day represents a geolo-
gical period of many thousand years.
The first day mentioned in the bibli
cal creation represents the geologic
al chaotic period; the second the
mOllusk age; the third represents the
silurian age; the fourth day repre-
sents the carboniferous age; the fifth
day the devonian age; the sixth day
the mammal age, the age in which
it is said that man appeared upon
the world, and is thought to ante
date considerably the biblical peri
cd of six thousand years, as we un-
derstand it from the scriptures and
Jewish history.
The biblical narrative of creatio n
in periods called days, and the &c
illogical division into periods can
easily be harmonized in cosmogony,
when properly understood. We are
encl:ned TO believe that there were a
human pair created for the various
continents of the world, and that
these pairs were the progenitors of
the FIVE distinct races known among
the human family, and these pairs
were placed and planted in Asia,
Africa, Europe, and the two Amer
icas.
Now these five distinct races of
color, temperament and habit have
had their distinction as far back as
history goes. These races could
not possibly have sprung from the
same progenitors. A discovery was
made few years ago of a fossil
human skeleton, dug up from a
gravel pit in England. This skele-
ton was pronounced to have existed
over one hundred thousand years
ago, reckoning from the indications
of the deposits and geological in
depreciation. This skeleton seems
10 antedate other human bones dis
covered elsewhere that were sup.
posed to have existed in the pre-
historic age. | am satisfied that
there were people living in Europe
and the Americas during Adams
days in the land of Chaldee in Asia.
1t is said that the deep gorge,
with its high rock walls, cut by the
Niagara river below the falls, is con
sidered geological time table; and
from the present annual progress of
the gorge, the cutting and under
mining action has been estimated at
from three feet a century TO one foot
year. At the largest estimate, one
foot a year, the six miles cut would
have required thirty thousand years;
and if the estimate be one inch a
year, or eight and one half feet a
century, the time becomes nearly
three hundred and eighty thousand
years. SO you see the cutting of
this gorge has been going on some
time"
At the conclusion of Professor
Hickman, Squire Monroe arose aud
remarked: "I want to say, as justice
of the peace, that all this talk made
by Judge Price, Dr. Fades and Prof.
Hickman is all bosh. Everybody
ought to know that Adam was the
first man. This is the first time in
my life that | have heard it disputed
by men who ought to know better.
Il
Parson Peveler has made sensible
talk. | believe that the bible tells
the truth. Now if this case was
brought into my court for trial,