American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-09

pose OF Crying up the Wdters, moNeu
them with great Force, in some in
stances even carrying away the tops
of the mountains, and heaping up
trees, rocks and earth above the bod
this time immense forests were buried.
These have since been changed to coal,
forming the extensive coal beds that
now exist, and also yielding large
quantities of OIL" Patriarchs and
Prophets. The large bones that have
been found are relics of the flood and
show what large animals used to
exist.
| How came the people to leave the
| regions of Mt. Ararat? Gen. 10:S-10.
Where did they go? Gen. 11:2.
The tower of Babel was built for
four purposes: (1) 1t was to reach
above the flood line showing they dis
believed Gods promise to not bring
another flood; (2) how many of us
are trying to climb up to heaven some
other way than the one marked out
Jh. 1911, Z; 90 the Lord wanted them
to scatter out and occupy the earth
but they wanted to establish a king.
dom of rebellion; (4) they wanted tc
make for themselves a great name ant
true enough they are remembered fol
their folly. These tower builders were
idolaters and in their confederac,
, would have soon brought the earth tt
the same condition as before the FLOOD
so the Lord, considered what was bes
; to do; he gave no commands to b.
{ disregarded but simply changed thcil
language. Here are some precious
, gems showing that the Lord watches
; us to help us in trouble as well as t.
| correct our wrong ways. Prov. liza
s: 81; Jer. 1911; Heb. 4:1S-l6;
Chron. 1863; Jer. 32:19.
BY changing the language OF tn
people they scattered out to till tn
soil. Here are our first heathens
D not wanting to retain God in thei
knowledge and having a strang
language kept their posterity ignoran
d of the true God until missionarie
Il came to enlighten them.
u Gen. 11:10-26, gives us the age c
the world when Abraham was Dor
which was zoos since creation.
after the dispersion frcm Babe
d idolatry again became wellnigh un'
versal. and the Lord finally left III
har le. Cd trangressors to follow thei
ID evi, ways, while be Ghost ABRAHAM
of the tine of Shem. ind male him IN
keeper of his law for future genera
lions. Abraham had grown up ]
ID the midst of superstition and heather
ism. Even his fathers household, I
q. whom the knowledge of God had Dee
. preserved, we're yielding to the sedu'
tive influence surrounding them. an
they SERVED other Gods" Joshua y
q thar Jehovah. But the true fai'
was not to become extinct. God ID
ever preserved a TO ser
him. The son of Terah became u
inheritor OF this holy trust. ldo!ati
20 invited him on every side, but in val
Faithful among the faithless, unco
rupted by the prevailing apostacy,
steadfastly adhered to the worship
~ the one true God, Ps. 1918 ADJ
ham was promised that in thee sha
all families of the earth be blessed
IN meaning that of his line the Redeem
y of the earth would come which W
" the most precious promise that cou
~ be given. The Lord blessed Abraha
IL that he might be a blessing and do
the same to us by revealing precio
truth to those who study and scar
g. the scriptures that they may give
On to their neighbors stimulating TIN
~ desire to search for themselves. o
privilege is as great and grand
Abraham's. Let US study Abraham
-as life closely that we may know how
ter exercise faith and be friends OF O.