Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-11-20
Geology and the Word

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alinement of four or five large plan
| cts on one side of the sun, with one
forms planetary arrangement,
which, according to certain physical
laws, will result in their combined
influence being cXerted upon that
body. This will produce solar spots
of the greatest dimensions that have
ever been known: From these will
issue, in rapid succession. d series of
powerful magnetic waves which will.
on the 18th day of December, 1919,
cause electric disturbances, cylonic
activities, and volcanic outbursts
of the greatest proportions and vio-
lence that have ever been visited up
on this earth. The "PrOfessO.'s"
discovery and prediction have dis
turbed the peace of number OF
readers to such an extent that some
have been led to ask the opinion of
the learned as to-the probable occur
renee of such a catastrophe. The
Pathfinder of August 23 has COM
ment of considerable length on the
Professors" prediction, in which it
observes that, "This planet has been
whirling in space for millions Of
years. We know, by reading the
geological records written on it by
time that it has passed through many
vicissitudes. 1t has had epochs of
heat and epochs of cold, continents
have risen from the sea and have
sunk back into it," etc.
The Hebrew CHRONOLOGY, by consent
of the most learned, is entitled to the
highest respect as authority upon SO
important a subject as the date of
tie birth of creation; and, according
to Archbishop Usher, than whom no
one better acquainted with Hebrew
literature, has written upon the sub
ject, those records place the date of
that event four thousand and four
years before the incarnation al
Christ.
Either those geological records have
been interpreted falsely. or the
Hebrew Chronology is not trustwor-
thy or else the geological year is only
o moment compared TO our solar
year. Biologists, in their scietific
investigations, by which they pretend
to have discovered evidence that the
earth existed millions of years prior
to the date of its creation as recorded
by Moses. do not claim to be guided
by the light of Divine revelation in
their research. So they must rely
entirely upon the imbecility and i'm
perfection of human Judgment In
examining the quality and determin-
ing the merits of the testimony thus
produced. Therefore, il is not in
credible that, with undue haste, they
boastfully declare to the world that
many evidences have been found
which prove that the Mosaic account
of the birth of creation is entirely too
modern; while they themselves may
have ve.y little real acquaintances
with the peculiar manner in which
the internal forces of the earth op-
crate, and with the progress made by
those forces toward the accomplish
ment of an intelligently designed end.
Had Moses been guided by human
| ambition, no design could have in
cited greater zeal in him than to
establish, by invincible records; that
his people. the Hebrews, wee the
most ancient upon the earth. But
being the chosen instrument of God,
for the PRONUNCIATION of divine truth,
the notion of national o: secular rec
ords was foreign to his purpose. The
Book of Genesis. the most ancient
record in the world, affords us Il
summary, yet an astonishingly de-
tailed account, of the stupendous
work of creation. Moses, as authori'
ty itself, declares that "1n the begin
ming God created the Heaven and
the earth" and that six days were
occupied by Jehovah in this work
defining and limiting each as "tht
evening and the morning." and Civ
ing such genealogical data of the
patriamhal dispensation, beginning
with Adam, as to establish an unbro
zen and inseparable chain Of testi
uony in support of it's truth. Skep
Ncal philosophers have spent vas
mount Of time and labor in scien
dfic research with the hope Of dis
Sroving the statements of Moses. Th'
testimony of the science of geolog!
has been summoned to their sup
port.
But suppose that all the learned
geologists should agree that, nc
cording to the time necessarily occu
pied in the formation of the differen
strata OF earth in all parts whec'
examinations have been made. tn
date Of the formation Of the loves
stratum examined would necessaril.
be registered at least one hundred
years before the date Of the creation
Of the earth as recorded by Moses
What reliance could We place upo
such description Of evidence? Coul'
not the Deity, by the exercise of In