The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-22
THE JUNGLE OF EDEN.
4 Free Thinker on Original Sin and
the Expulsion Of Adam and Eve.

Vne EXPULSION OI AuHW Huu bNV'
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: As
Bllly Sunday claims 10 he an expert IN
sin. he should know how II originated.
Surely such specialist az he Is adver-
tised to be should understand and he
able to explain the fundamental fact
that makes his theological machine pos
slble. That he doesn't Ia proved by the
fact that II one were TO ask him to de-
scribe the Garden OF Eden he would say
that II was a sort OF Central Park with
an apple orchard added. At least he
would leave the impression that II was
n vegetable garden OF some description.
A vegetable garden IL an artificial crea-
ton due to the brain and hand OF one
commonly called n gardener. Therefore,
as Cain was the first tiller OF the soil II
was physically impossible for Adam and
Eve to be the occupants OF garden In
vegetable sense. But as the serpent
taught Eve how to sin they could have
been the occupants OF natural Kinder
garten. Nature has always been able to
teach lessons and impart knowledge. the
consuming or eating or when was the
cause OF their expulsion.
Suppose. then. that their first abiding
place was a tropical forest where I'M
tanned vegetation was at Its best sup
pose they had their choice OF all kinds
of wild fruit and vegetables as food for
the stomach, and all kinds OF sweet
smelling flowers and herbs as food for
the eye and nostrils, while all kinds OF
wonderful sounds made food for the ear.
Add II you will llmpid lakes. babblng
brooks and bublng clear cold springs.
beside moss covered, luxuriant couches.
and even such a material paradise would
not be a garden In vegetable sense but
jungle A tangled mass OF unkempt.
unregulated vegetation that existed be-
fore man did may exist afterward A
Jungle thrives all the better without
mans interference, while the first es-
sentiai to a vegetable garden or culti-
waited space Ia a cultivated person who
can discriminate between seeds and
plants and systematically prepare a soil.
knowledge that Adam did not POSSESS
but had the opportunity to acquire For
a Jungle is not only a storehouse filled
with a variety OF food, a natural zoolog-
ical garden, but a battlefield wherein no
plant gets any favor or assistance and
all are at full liberty TO fight for their
existence and survive II they can totally
, regardless OF their worth. Consequently
Jungle presents numerous object les
sons to an observant and ambitious &C.
cupant
, Therefore, while Adams Jungle WAS
not a garden In n horticultural sense, II
was IN an educational sense. Such be-
Ing the case, what difference does IL
make whether the world Is 1000 years
old or 1000 900. or whether man was
| created inside OF twenty -four hours or
was developed through ages? In either
case the Power that created or devel-
ored him nut him into a garden when he
placed him on earth. For no matter
what kind Of a Jungle man first found
himself in. he had an opportunity TO
learn LESSONS and acoulr. knowledge
and he was endowed with the aspira-
,ions and ability to take advantage OF
his opno-tunity Rut az he had no hu-
man presidents TO Guide him he was an
lrrorar,us pure and sirnple Therefore
az he vas entirely untried the nature
and extent OF his environment was un-
| explored and unknown And conditions
which are urexrlored and unknown are
unreyealed or hidden. Consequently the
terms "rden' and 'hisden" arc syron.
ymous az ma, in his or,rlna, env,-
ronnen, was surrounded nv hidden no.
| ,ep,ioIl,Iea and unrevea,ed possibilities
WA, was ree5ed 20 M, b,,, on. n, such
condI,rons VAS NOT phvs,ca, p,igra,jon
bu, mental eriigb,e,men, So when b,a
| cur,os,,v ava burpcr corne,,ed b,,o 70
examine and sxncrInen, wi.b tho hidden
no,on,iaIi,ies around him the,r ma
,u-e exten, ava nmrnoso bsc,r,e ,,o-.