The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-12-03

| lhe bible is one homogeneous hooL
though written by different men a.
oiiIerent times under the inspiration
OF Supernatural intelligence. and al.
ways corresponds with the reveal.
tons OF physical science when cor
rectly interpreted.
chemistry, one of the exact sciences
clearly shows that the beginning of
formation was when God said Il ct
there be light" Every scientist knows
that light, heat and electricity are the
result OF chemical action and PERHAPS
could not exist without it, and such
action is necessary to the formation
OF solids which are visible out of the
invisible gases. Modern science is
also bringing the fact to our knowl-
edge that all of the spherical bodies
OF the universe, including our little
earth, is composed of practically the
same material. Gravitation bringing
matter to a common center, forming
spheres with the heavier material in
the center.
This matter of formation explains
the fAct that the earth was totally
covered with water before dry land
appeared. AS the earth contracted
with the loss of heat as claimed by
scientists, the mountain ranges were
thrown up, dry land appeared and
oceans and seas were formed, ending
the second period of formation.
1t is quite probable that the reason
the sun did not appear until the fourth
period of formation was BECAUSE of its
immense magnitude, being nearly
million miles in diameter and there
fore requiring vastly longer period
OF time for its complete formation.
Another reason might explain why the
sun did not appear till the fourth
period, was the condition of the earth.
being hot as science teaches, it would
be enveloped in fog and mist to such
a degree as to obscure any light from
any other source reaching its surface.
We read in Genesis 2-6, there went
up a mist from the earth which wa
tered the whole face of the ground.
For God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth and there was not a
man to till the ground, Genesis rs.
The claim made by evolutionists
that the bible says that God was six
days creating the heavens and the
earth il not sustained by either science
or the bible, with any fair interpreta-
tion of the bible.
Our language is not perfect enough
to give an exact translation of the or
iginal text so we after get an imper-
feet idea of the truth. Genesis lays
the foundation for the science of the
ology and should be studied in the
light of modern science, especially
chemistry and the science of physics.
Other branches of science also out
line the work which God did after he
created the heavens and the earth.
We are not to suppose that he rest
ed from physical fatigue, but having
established what we call the laws of
nature, by which the slow formation
was developed, and everything had
assumed physical shape, and interval
of Quiersence occurred to illustrate
to man the benefit of intervals of rest
and to call his attention to the bene-
ficience of the great Creator.
The fact that the suns density is
only one-fourth of that of our little
earth reveals to expansive power Of
heat, and explains the corrugated con-
dition of its crust resulting from the
loss of heat and condensation. For
thousands of years the old Egyptians,
Babylonians and Persians, and later
the Greeks and Romans tried to ex-
plain the phenomena of nations but
made miserable failure, but the book
of Job, written by the aid of Super
natural inspiration, tells US that God
hung the earth upon nothing, Job 26-7
and in the 38th chapter tells US that
it terms itself as clay to the seal, evil
IDENTIFY meaning that it revolved
around the sun, the earth being the
clay and the sun the>seal.
To deny the Supernatural in religion
is atheism, and the fruits of such
denial developed German rstionalism
and the not yet end of the great
World war.
There is no conflict between the
teachings of astronomy and geology
and the revelations of Genesis. The
vast epoche in which the earth was
forming before the sun appeared har-
monies the two. God did not try to
put man into the Garden of Eden to
keep it till it was ready for him.
Some scientists find a stumbling
block in the vast varieties of the pro-
ducts of creation, as found on sea and
and air, but a simple rule of math-
ematics called Formulation, clears the
situation. Scientists tell us that there
are about 20 known elements in the
various combinations of matter. The
elements can be combined into bill
lions of varieties each differing from
the other, as can be proved BY any
one expert in figures by the rule Of
Formulation. The law Of chemical at
finity governs, but no one knows what
that law is, or any other natural law.
l think if l was preacher of the
Gospel l would not ignore the first
chapter of Genesis.
J. B. WRIGHT.