San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16

A 7 the recent trial of young Profess
~ sor Scopes for teaching evolution in
Tennessee the following interesting
discussion occurred between Mr.. barrow,
counsel for evolution, and the late Mr..
Bryan.
Question by Mr.. Darrow-Mr. Bryan
do you believe that the first woman was
Eve? A.-Yes.
Q.-You believe she was literally made
out of Adams rib? Al do.
Odd you ever discover where Cain
got his wife? A.-No, sir; leave the
agnostics to hunt for her.
Q.-You have never found out? Al
have never tried to find out.
Q.-The Bible says he got one, doesn't
it? Were there other people on the earth
at that time? Al cannot say.
Q.-You cannot say. Did that never
enter your consideration. Alt never
bothered me.
But the problem has bothered a great
many people, including earnest students
and believers in the Hteralness of the
Bible.
In Genesis iv. it is recited that after
Cain had killed his brother Abel and the
Lord had sentenced him to punishment,
Cain "said unto the Lord l shall
be fugitive and vagabond in the earth;
and it shall come to pass that every one
that fndeth me shall slay me.
"And the Lord said unto him: Who
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taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord
set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding
him should kill him.
"And Cain went out from the presence
of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod,
on the east Of Eden.
"And Cain knew his wife and
bare Enoch: And he builded city, and
called the name of the city after the name
of his son, Enoeh."
Now, the Bible is perfectly explicit upon
these points. Cain was banished from
where Adam and Eve dwelt after they
had been turned out of the Garden Of
Eden and went TO place called "the land
of Nod" There he found wife and had
a son. But according to the same account
there were at that time only three people
upon the Caribbean and his parents.
Where then did Gains wife come from?
The Bible says that after Gains Danish
ment to the land of Nod, Eve bore Adam
a third son named Seth. Adam at that
time was 1870 years old. Then the Bible
goes on to say: "The days of Adam,
after he had begotten Seth, were eight
hundred years; and he begat sons and
daughters. ="
That is clear enough; but Seth was
born after Cain had taken his wife in the
land of Nod. So, obviously, then there
must have been people in the land of
Nod, or else there would have been no
wife for Cain to "know." But how could
this be when the Bible explicitly indicates
that at this time Adam and Eve had only
one living child and that was Cain him
self?
Again, Cain is pictured as afraid Of
being murdered as he had murdered his
brother and the Lord set a mark on him
so he would be recognized as under the
Lords own protection and no one would
dare lift hand against him. But if there
were no other people in the world at that
time, except Adam and Eve, who was
there for Cain to be afraid Of and why
was it that the Lord had to set a mark on
him 10 save him from harm?
When he slew Abel Cain had committed
the first murder, so TO speak, introducing
murder to humanity and it was most
natural that he would fear a similar vio-
lent death. He did not have 10 know
who would attack him, but he was afraid,