The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-14
sUBScRIPTi0Ns RATES.
ADAM AND EVE ExoNERATED.

1t has taken a long time to clear the
names OF our first parents but after
they have been under cloud Of dis.
grace for several thousand years, vim.
dication has at last come to them.
Man-like, Father Adam undertook
TO shift the blame for the fall, OF
man" on to Mother Eve, who tempted
him to partake of the forbidden fruit.
but recognizing the lameness of the
excuse historians have generally held
the pair jointly responsible for the
calamity which befell the human race
1t was mean. sneaking sort Of sub
terfuge that Father Adam tried to put
over, anyway. and personally we've al
ways been glad that he failed to get
away with it. Not the least reprehen-
sibie thing about it was the example
which he set for the rest of us to fol-
low, with the result that through all
the ages the disposition OF mere man
has been TO blame lovely woman, not
only for the sad catastrophe in the
garden but also for all theo ther ills
TO which humanity is heir. This
thing Of blGming the wimmen folks"
for everything under the sun has been
one OF the burning shames of the
world through all the centuries. (Wc
are here palpably endeavoring to
boost our batting average in the home
league.)
However, the score against Father
Adam as well as the reproach of
Mother Eve is now entirely wiped out.
They are not guilty OF the crime of
wrecking the race. They didn't pluck
and eat the fruit OF that forbidden
tree whose mortal taste brought death
into the world with all It's woe" as al.
legged by Mr.. Milton some thousands
of years later.
For the evidence that has exonerat-
ed Father Adam and Mother Eve we
are indebted to Prof Steven Lang
don OF Oxford university, who recent. |
ly translated tablet that was found |
IN the ruins OF an ancient Mesopotam-
ian city DR.. Langdon tells us that
this tablet is the oldest record OF the |
kind in existence. dating back at least
a thousand years beyond the Biblical /
account in Genesis. 1t may be assum |
ed therefore. that the author OF /:
came more nearly to getting hisI
dope" al first hand than the Hebrew
writer.
According TO this ancient tablet, it
was Bro. Noah who was commanded
not 10 eat the fruit OF cassla tree in
The Garden Of Eden and the curse fell
upon him, together with all his heirs,
and assigns. when he dis.
obeyed III health and death was the
penalty fer disobedience. But for the
sin ~ BRO Noah. he might have lived !,
oner relpe old age OF $4,000 years like
ancestors. II the record Of this tab
let is to be credited
While Or. I.angdon's discovery lifts
the cloud from the name of our first
parents. il will be noted that it puts
Bro. Noah in bad Bro. Noah has al
ways borne the reputation Of being
the best man OF his wicked genera
lion hut now he must defend himself
IN the court OF history. Unless he can
prove an alibi or get the alienists 10
declare him more or less mon compcs
In the light OF the direct eyi.
Hence which Or. Langdon has spruns
on him, he is going to have a hartl
line beating his case.
But whatever the verdict of the jury
n the case OF Langdon VS.. Noah may
Ne. all of this gossip about Father
Adam and Mother Eve must cease,
otherwise scome person or persons
likely to be defendants in Sian
Ter suit brought by their nearest kin
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