The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-02-07

llRASI0R RUSSELLl Man."-Luke l7;26.
To address
opened with a scatlllng arraignment of
Higher Critics. our richly endowed
colleges, ne declared. ARE undermining
uIIh In the Bible, which mer faith
IN personal God, and substituting a
,cunt recognition of the laws of Ma
nrp. devoid of sympathy or mercy
Practically every minister graduated
during the last twelve years has been
believer IN human evolution. Dis
Gcllef in the Bible account Of mans
'rcatiOn IN liodS image. means dfsbe
lief in II fall rlllht That image, dishe
lief in the need of redemption and rec
lnci!iaton, and disbelief in the neces-
lily for The Restitution to I've accom-
plislcd by MeSSiuh's Kingdom.
Pastor Russell said that he does not
question the sincerity Of Higher crit
ics Ills own experiences along the
sane line forty years ago give him
Great sympathy for them. He insist
| I'd. however. that 1t il not honorable
for those who have abandoned the
crecds To pose before the public as sup
porters of these 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
course dishonest and dishOnorahle.
| The Deluge corroborated by History,
The speaker held that Higher Critics
approach every bible topic from the
| standpoint OF unbelief. aud declared
that if they would reverse their posi-
ton and seek for corrobOratlons Of the
Bible. their success would be better.
These critics. exploring the ruins OF
Babylon, found clay tablets rudely pic
turing the ark aud containing few
words about a general deluge. Instead
Of saying that this confirms the Bible
thought. they declare that the lsrael-
ties in Babylon drew their story of the
Deluge from BabylOnian legends How
silly to suppose that the beautiful Cen
esis account came from a few words
recorded By Babylonlans!
Pastor Russell promised that next
Sunday he would take up the moral
reasons iuStifying tie destruction Of
humanity with the peluge. Through
his sermons, printed weekly in hun
4 ,lredS Of newspapers, those. desiring
might continue with him the study OF
the subject.
Geology Confirms the Mosaic peluve.
The great difficulty heretofore has
been TO harmonic the story Of the Del
nge with the shape OF the earth. This
has now been met. The Vailian theory
respecting creation shows that when
The earth was in molten state, II
threw Off minerals In the form OF
gases. which on cooling, separated
more or less. according to density, and
must have constituted great rings Of
bands about the earth, similar to those
of Saturn aud Jupiter.
As the earth cooled. these rings &C
guired separate motions, because o.
their distance. but grayltated SLOWLY
toward the earth. the atmosphere pre-
venting immediate precipitation. Grad
naly each would spread out Us grea
canopy, grayitatlng toward the poles
because of centrifugal force. FINAL!
the accumulation at the poles woul'
overcome the resistance of the atmOs
phere. and cause precipitation.
Many such deluges occurred befOrt
man was created. and from these cam,
mineral deposits. The last Of Ties,
rings consisted Of pure water, ant
spread out as a canopy when man wa
created
Frozen In Solid Ice.
Recently. IN Siberia. II mammoth wa
found with grass between Its teeth
frozen solid In thick ice Similarly.
deer was found in polar regions witt
undlgested grass in its stomach. Evi
: dently the catastrophe which produce,
these results was sudden-such a
would occur. according to the vaillal
theory. said the Pastor.
The breaking Of the canopy sent
great Hood of water suddenly from tn
poles to the equator. Then came tn
glacial period, when icebergs iloatin
! down from polar regions cut deep val
leys. etc.
5 As the coil ut the poles was extreme
!, so was the heat at the equator. Ocea
. currents soon set in. Which have gradu
: ally modified the arctic regions an
> brought the polar Ice as great iceberg
e toward the equator.
We naturally inquire. Where was tn
3 ark? How was II kept safer Fnlt
d answers that God undoubtedly protect
ed 1t. And now Professor Wright tell
9 us that the region about Ararat COL
tains unusually deep alluyial deposit
}; as II II had been settling basin 70