The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-08

HlHler 'GF1ucS, i4f'kJuT FIGulJ seuuuNeu
colleges, he declared, are undermining
faith in sthe Bible. which means faith
in personal God. land substituting q
scant recognition Of the laws Of M,
ture. devoid, Of. sympathy. or mercy.
practiealIyleyery minister graduated
during; the last twelve years has been
u believerin human evolution. Dis
belief in the Bible account Of mans
creation In Gods hinge means disbe'
lief in fall from that image, disbe.
lief in the need of redemption and rec
oucilMtion. and disbelief in the neces-
! stty for the Restitution to be accom-
pifshed By MessIah's Kingdom.
Pastor Russell said. that he does not
question tile sincerity Of Higher Crit
les. Els own experiences along the
same line forty years ago give him
great sympathy for them. he insist
ed, however. that 1t is not honorable
for those who have abandoned the
crecds to pose before the public as sup
porters Of those creeds. aud to draw
salaries and receive honorary titles for
undermining the faith OF the people.
while posing as representatives. of
Christ and the Bible. He declared such
a course dishonest and dishonorable.
The DeIuse corroborated by History.
The speaker held that Higher Critics
approach every BlDIe topic from the
standpoint or unbellet' ana declared
that If they would reverse thelr posi-
ton and seek for corroDorat1ons> OF the
Bible, their success woulu De Detter
These critics. exploring tpe runs OF
Babylon. found delay tablets ruuely PIC
turing tue ark ana containing rev
words. aboutga general deluge. instead
OF saying tAat.th1s connr tlls tue BLDG
thought, they taeclare tnat tpe 1sEael
ties IN baDy!opt GREW tlelE story OIL t"c
Deluge trpm Bahylonian LEGENDS RIO"
silly to SUPPOSE that the peauti1ul Gen
esis account came from 9 &c" words
recorded by BaDylonlans!
Pastor russell promised that next
Sunday DC Woutd take up Tue H'0Ffi
reasons jnstltylng the destru CT Oh
humanity with the DeIuge. through
his sermons printed weekly IN nun
dreds Of newspapers. those desiring
might continue with him the study OF
the subject A.
Geology Confirms the Mosaic peIuse.
The great difficulty heretofore has
been to harmonize the story Of the Del
uge with the shape of the earth. This
has now been met The Vailian theory
respecting creation shows that when
the earth was in u molten state, 1t
threw OF minerals in the form Of
gases, which on cooling. separated
more or less, according to density, and
must have constituted great rings or
bands about the earth, similar to those
Of Saturn aud Jupiter.
AS the earth cooled, these rings &C.
quired separate motions, because OF
their DISTANCE, but grayitated slowly
toward the earth, the atmosphere pre-
venting Immediate precipitation. Grad
ualIy each would spread out as n great
canopy, grayitating toward the poles,
because Of centrifugal force. Finally
The accumulation at the poles would
overcome the resistance Of the abnos.
phere, and cause precipitation.
Many such deluges occurred before
man was created, and from these came
mineral deposits. The last OF these
rings consisted Of pure water, and
spread out us a canopy when man was
created.
Frozen In Solid Ice.
Recently, iu Siberia. mammoth was
found with grass between It's teeth,
frozen solid in thick ice. Similarly,
deer was found in polar regions with