The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-15
Fifth Series)
MOSES AND SCIENCE IN PERFECT
HARMONY.
(By John Marcus


The record Moses gives states that
Immediately before the appearance of
Man God created" a great variety of
new plants and animals to occupy and
inhabit the restored Earth Science
states and proves the same thing.
Geology has established by general
laws, the fact that at the close of long
epochs there were nearly universal ex.
tinctions, followed by ABUNDANT
CREATIONS. (See Danas Man of
Geology, page 1881. And in perfect
harmony with this law there was, at
the beginning of the human period. a
magnificent creation, both of plants
and animals. To this attest the best
geological Investigations. Among the
many testimonies from scientific au-
thorities of the highest repute we have
the following from Hugh Miller.
There are whole orders and families
of plants of the very first Importance
to Man, which do not appear until late
in the Tertiary ages. Agassiz,
geologist whose statements must be
received with respect by every stu
dent of the science. finds reason to
conclude that the orders of the
"Rosaeeoe,' an order more important
to the gardener than almost any other,
and to which the apple, the plum, the
cherry, the ounce, the peach, the APP
ricot, the nectarine. the almond the
raspberry, the strawberry, and the
various bramble berries, together with
all the roses and potentilas, WERE
ONLY 4 SHORT
TIME PREVIOUS TO THE APPEAR
ANCE OF MAN. And the true grasses,
a still more important order, which,
as the corn-bearing plants of the agri-
culturist, feed at the present time two
thirds of the human species, and, in
their humble varieties, form the staple
food of the grazing animals. scarce APP
pear in the fossil state at all. THEY
ARE PARTICULARLY PLANTS OF
THE HUMAN PERIOD. There is an
other order of the family called the
'Labiate' of which the fossil botanist
has not yet succeeded in finding any
family to which the lavenders, |
the mints, the thymes, and the hyssops
belong. with basil, rosemary, and mar
iorum- these appear to have been
specially created for the qualification
Of HUMAN SENSE"
Then again. Science and Moses
agree as to the introduction of new
creations of fishes at this period. Pro-
lessor Owen makes the following
statement: Fossil fishes of the cod,
nillet, carp, salmon, and herring
genera are found in the tertiary forma-
ions. but are distinct from all the
Known Species He assigns as a rea-
ION for the extinction of former
species that they were unsuitable for
he sustenance of the coming race of
nan. He says further: "One other
conclusion may be drawn from a gen.
,ral retrospect of the mutations in the
orms of fishes at different epochs of
he earth's history. viz, that those
pecies. such as the nutritious cod, the
avory herring, the rich-favored sal
non. and the succulent turbot, have
.reatly predominated at THE PERIOD |
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AC-
'OMPANYING THE ADVENT OF
IAN; and that they have superseded
peeies which. to judge from the bony
arpikes. were much less fitted to af-
ord mankind sapid and wholesome
pod ("
Further, the present species OF the
orse. rabbit. bison. peccary. beaver.
lusk-rat. elk. deer. raccoon. opossum.
og, sheep, dog and OK, are said by
'ading geological authorities to date
ON THE OPENING OF THE HU-