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a n d dispensations in the work of m an’s redem ption. Beginning ^ tk
the choice of individuals, from righteous Seth to faithful Abraham, ir
next chooses the family of Israel, which grew in'.o a nation producing *
fulness of tim e the great Deliverer. D uring the Gospel Age
Deliverer, Jesus, has been choosing from am ong all nations a body o*
ecclesia, to rule with H im in the com ing age over a ren o v atid world atiil
a resurrecttd race consistirg of a m ultitude th at no man can number
F rom th e present visible typical creation, the six days of which for^
shadow ed the six thousand years now closing, God has been advaocinp
to th e new cieation— .spiritual, heavenly, evtrlasting— of which the So
of G od is th e H ead. *
Mr Darwin, with all the cor.fidence t f an eyc-Hitness, says in hi^ “ Descent tf
Man : ” “ The early progeni ors of man were no doubt covered with hair, 'j heir eats
were pointed and capable of movement and their b dies were provided with a tai'
T he fool was prehen ile and our progenitors were r.o doubt aiboreal in their habits "
T his means in plain English th at Adam and Eve were a couple of dumb, bruiish
irrational apes skipping through forests or swinging by iheir taih from ihe t ranches of
trees. Also, ‘ A t an earlier period the progenitors of man must have been
aquatic in th tir habits.” Sharks or lampreys, perhaps? T hen he traces o u r pedi-
gree further back even to the jeily fish, which he thinks (contrary to em'iryolcigyi the
link between vetebrate and inveitebrate animals. But Professor H atckel, with an
entire absence of proof, begins evolution wiih animalcules (which, having .,,
organs or fixed shape, cannot be animals at all) originatinj by spontaneous gtneratiun;
that is, they willed their own existence before they hsd eitht r a will or any existence
a t all. Mext these animalcules grew into worms, which grew into atcidians ; and ihe
ascidians into fishes, fishes into frogs, frogs into mammals, bird?, and repiilcs •
lemurs into monkeys, lastly monkeys into men. Mr Darwin tries to account lor
transmutation of species by “ natural selection.” Of course, \ aria, ic ts occur amonij
plants and animals in a stale of domestication, but according to him they also occur
though imperceptibly klow, in a state of nature, and are transmitted to the offsptinjr’
of the individuals thus varied ; these variations accumulating in course of long ages
give rise to new species Then he points to the excessive fecundity of animals and
plants, with' the consequent necessity of the destruction of many of ihem, and pr.int.4
out that there is accordingly a struggle for life going on resulting in the ‘ survival uf
the fi tis t ” However, if natural variations do occur, he fails to prove that they
accumulate, or that, notwilhs anding the sterility of hybrids and the absence of al!
transitional types transformation i,f species has ever happened. Lyell denies
that the geological record gives Mr Darwin any su p p o rt; whilst Professor Agassii
(Natural History, pp. 51) maintains that the ideniity of the animals preserve.l
as mummies by the Egyptians S,coo years ago with animals of the like kind r.o«
living, is a proof of the stability of species. Besides, what struggle is there for
life, unless in human wars and the contentions of wild b. asts ? Does not God make
the fields fruitful for man’s sustenance, and give cattle to us as food ? And notwith­
standing so many varieties of dogs, horses, and pigeons produced under man's cate
from the earliest times, is not a dog still a dog, a horse a horse, and a pigeon a
pigeon? In the “ struggle for life,’’ why, too, should the race invariably be to the
swift and the battle to the strong, the modern elephant now surviving the ancient
mammoth, the weak sloth the extinct megatherium ? Mr Darwin comparing us
with apes, overlooks their beastly hide, want of legs and feet, as well as their
incapacity to walk erect, but argues from “ physiological analogies ” got by comparing
the bones, &c., of dead men with those of dead apes. M ight he not as
plausibly hive contended that apes are degenerate men and give birth to
lemurs, which in time degentratel into je ly fish, &c. ? Moreover, Mr Darwin
does not prove or account for the natural laws supposed to produce the variations;
and whilst writing only as a natural! t, he prudently avoids the mental • volution so
essential to the question, failing to bridge over the impassable chasm between mete
beastly instinct and the mind of man divinely revealed as the image of his Creator—
also the subjugator of nature and lord of beast, fowl, fish, and reptile.
A L E X . M ‘IN N E S (Glasgow).
TUB BlDle V NBO-sciencB.
By IC O N O C L A S T .
few extracts for reasonable and consistent Christians to meditate upon,
after which they may be led to inquire, whether The Bible is not truly
scientific, and therefore the assumptions of Modern Theoretical Astronomy
and, the (so-called) Sciences ramifying from it, are in direct antagonism with
the Book on which their Christianity is based.
“ F or if ye believed Moses, ye would believe Me, for he, w rote of Me,
but if ye believe not his w ritings, how shall ye believe My words ? "
John V. 46-47.
“ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Gen. I. 1.
“ And the evening and the morning were the first day.” Gen. I. 5.
“ And God said, L et there be lig h t! and there was light; ”
“ And God saw th e light, th a t it was good, and God divided the
light from the darkness.” Gen. I. 3-4.
We here have LIGHT WITHOUT THE SUN, th a t orb not being created
until the FOUETH DAY; Modern Astronomy assumes ALL LIGHT TO
emanate from th e sun,
“ And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day,
and th e lesser light to rule the n ig h t; the stars also. And God set
them in the firm am ent of heaven to give light upon th e earth, and to
nde over the day and over th e night, and to divide the light
from the darkness.” Gen. I. 16-18.
" T h e Sun to rule by day . , . The Moon and stars to rule by
night . . . Ps. CX X X V I. 8-9.
“ So God created m an.” . . . Gen. I. 27.
“ And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it
was very good.” . . . Gen. I. 31.
“ The pillars of th e e arth are the L ord’s, and H e hath set the
world upon them.” 1 Sam. II . 8.
“ Of old h ast Thou laid the foundation of th e e a rth .” . Ps. CH . 25.
“ Ye enduring foundations of the e a rth .” Micah V I. 2.
“ Thou h ast established the earth, and it abideth.” (or standeth)
Ps C X IX . 90.
“ The world also is established th a t it cannot he moved.’’ Ps.
XGVI. 10. Ps. X G III. 1.
“ W here w ast thou w hen I laid the foundations of the earth ” ?
“ W ho h ath laid th e m easures thereof (or stra ta of the earth) if thou
knowest ? or who h a th stretched the line upon it ?
“ W hereupon are t h e ( s o c k e t s ) thereof fastened? or who
laid the corner stone thereof,” Job. X X X V III. 4-6.
Hebrew, “ T asad erets al m ekoneha al-tim oth olam vaed ” which is
rendered, (God), W ho founded th e e arth on its bases th a t it should
not be moved for ever and aye.’, Ps. CIV. 5.
‘‘ Fov E.e hath founded it {The E a rth ) upon the seas and established
it upon the floods.” Ps. XXIV. 2.
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" 0 give th an k s to th e Lord of lords, th a t by wisdom made the
heavens, and th a t stretched out The ea rth (land) above the waters ”
Ps. CXXXVI. 6.
“ F o r this they wilfully forget, th a t there were heavens from of old
an d an earth com pacted out of w ater and amidst (in) w ater by
the Word o f God, by which m eans, the world th a t th en was
being overflowed w ith w ater, perished.” 2 Peter I I I . 6.
" Thou, Lord, in th e beginning h a st laid th e foundation of the
e a rth .” . , . Eeh. I. 10.
The foregoing Passages, and those that follow are in direct antagonism
w ith the Suppositions of the whole of Modern Theoretical Science ;
both cannot be true. Therefore, before ignoring or condemning Bible
teaching, it is the duty of thinkers to first p r o ie which side is right, as
only the unthinking or hypocritical profess to accept both. The Truth
is magnified by strict and unbiassed investigation, and does not require
wrapping-up in crafty-question-begging—Sophistry ; such hypothetical
juggling only tends to warp the mind, and often leads people to Doubt,
if not avowed Infidelity.
" Thus saith th e Lord, if heaven above can be m easured, and the
foundations o f the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast ofi
all th e seed of Isra e l.” Jer. X X X I. 37.
“ F or H e looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the
whole heaven.” Job. X X V III. 24.
“ Again the devil ta k e th H im up into an exceeding high m ountain
and shew eth H im all th e Kingdoms of that region.” . . . Matt.
IV . 8.
“ U nder th e sun, , . . under heaven.” . . . Ecc. I.
" T h at spreadeth abroad th e B a rth .” (land) Isa. XLIV . 24.
“ My right h an d h a th spread out the heavens,” Isa. X L V III. 13.
“ C anst thou w ith H im spread out the sky, which is strong as a
m olten m irror ?” p h . X X X V II. 18.
“ The likeness of a firm am ent . . . stretched forth over their
heads above.” Eze. I. 22.
“ T here is a p a th w hich d o fowl know eth, and which th e vulture’s
(or eagle’s) eye h a th not seen, the lion’s whelps have not trodden it,
nor th e fierce lion p ast by it,” Job. X X V III. 7. 8.
“ H e th a t aitteth above the circle of the earth . . . th a t
stretched out th e heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out
as a te n t, . . . Isa. X L. 22.
“ W hen H e established the heavens I was there, w hen H e set a
circle upon th e face of the deep, when H e made firm the skies
above." Prov. V III. 27-28.
“ H e hath, described (or placed) a boundary upon the face of the
w aters, unto th e confines of light and D arkness.” Job. X X V I. 10.
The four preceding passages, clearly describe th e SOUTHERN
CIRCUMFERENTIAL and IMPASSABLE ICY BARRIER OF THE
WORLD, (where unthinking people ASSUME they should fall off or
over.) FfWe Vasco di Qama’s, Cook’s and Sir James Boss’ Antarctic Voyages.
3.
ffe b re w . “ N othah tsaphon al-tohu toleh erots al-balgam ah.” (or
belimah) J o b . X X V I. 7 w hich is rendered. “ H e spreadeth out the
iJorth over the em pty w aste, (or desolation) and hangeth (or
gupporteth) the earth (land) upon no thing but the firm am ent of H is
power, (the w aters of th e G reat D eep).” Vide Adam Clarht and other
Comm ts.
To hang or support, in th is case, completely excludes the idea of motion
more especially so, in connection w ith an ASSUMED Sea-earth-globe of
25 000 miles circumference, ASSUMED to have many motions, one of
vrhich is th a t of flashing through ASSUMED space at the brain-reeling-
speeci of 19 miles per second. I t would be as sane, and consistent to
talk of supporting or hanging-up flashes of Lightning, as of such a sea-
earth-globe under the SUPPOSED conditions.
“ The same day were all the fountains of The Great Deep broken up.”
Gen. V II. 11. (One of th e m ost expressively significant passages in
the Bible.)
And all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven were covered
Fifteen cubits upward did the w aters prevail, a n d the mountains were
covered.” Gen. V II. 19. 20.
‘ The Alm ighty shall bless thee w ith the blessing of heaven above, and
blessings of the deep th a t lieth under." Gen. X L IX . 25.
“ Blessed be his land, for th e precious things of heaven, for th e dew,
and/oy the deep which croucheth beneath." Deut X X III. 13.
" O r in th e w aters under the earth," Exo. XX. 4.
" O r th e likeness of anything th a t is in the waters beneath the earth."
Deu. IV . 18.
“ H eaven above . . . e a rth beneath . . • waters leneath the
earth.” Deu. V. 8.
“ As for the earth, out of it com eth bread, and under it is tu rn e d up
as it were fire.” Joh. X X V III. 5.
“ In them (the heavens) h a th H e set a tabernacle for the sun, which
is as a bride-groom coming out of his cham ber, and rejoiceth as a
strong m an to run a race. H is going forth is from the end of th e heaven
and his circuit unto th e ends of it.” Ps. X IX . 4-6.
“ The sun also (zarach) bursts forth, and th e sun (bn) goes in, (or
away) and hasteth to his place w here he (zarach) bursts fm th," Ecc.
I. 5.
“ L et them th a t love The Lord, be as the sun w hen he goeth forth in
his m ight.” Judges V. 31.
" And he (The Lord) brought th e shadow (of th e sun) te n degrees
backward, by w hich it h ad gone down in th e (sun) dial of A haz.” I I
Kings. XX. II.
“ So the sun returned ten degrees.” Is. X X X V III, 8.
“ Sun, stand thou still upon G ib eo n ! and thou. Moon, in th e valley of
Ajalon ! and the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, . . Josh. X. 12-13
“ The Sun and Moon stood still in th eir h ab itation.” Hab. I I I . 11.
•' And the stars of heaven fell unto the e a rth .” liev. V I. 13.
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This la st passage IN THE SO-CALLED LIGHT OF MODERN ASTRO.
NOMY, am ounts to downright Balderdash.
W e may now glance a t a few signifioant passages from th e Old and New
5f&8tament Apocryphas, which may be of interest IF NOT AUTHORITY,
I.
Old Testament A p o c:
“ In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the horden of the
world stood, or ever the winds blew,” II . Esdras V I. I.
“ L et th e e a rth be m ade, and it was m ade, let the heaven be made
and it was created.”
“ In H is w ord were the stars m ade.”
“ H e h a th sh u t th e sea in the m idst of the w aters, and w ith his word
h a th H e hanged (or supported) the e arth upon the w aters.” I I Esdras
XV I. 55-61.
“ H e spreadeth out the heavens like a v a u lt; upon the waters h a th He
founded it." (The E arth).
“ H e made m an, and p u t his heart in the m idst of the body, and gave
him breath, life and understanding.” I I . Esdras X V I. 55-61.
“ Great is the Earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in its course, for
he compasseth th e heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again
to his own place in one day.” I. Esdras IV . 34.
“ F o r th e dumb w ater, and without life (at God’s com m and) brought
fo rth living th in g s.” I I . Esdras V I. 48. also 38-4:7.
“ The m ountains also and foundations of the earth shall be shaken w ith
trem bling, w hen th e L ord looketh upon th e m .” Ecc. X V I. 19.
“ In his tim e (Isa ia h ’s) the sun went hachward." Ecc. X L V III. 23.
“ D id n o t th e su n go bach by his (Joshua’s) m eans ? and was not one
day as long as two ?” Ecc. X L V I. 4.
The whole of Ecc. XLIII. is m ost expressively antagonistic to Modern
Theoretical Astronomy, and the so-called Science which ramifies from it.
New Testament Apoc :
“ U nconstant, not knowing the M ajesty of God, how great and
wonderful H e is who created The W orld.'’ I I . Her. Com. X II. 19.
“ W ho w ith th e word of H is strength fixed the heavens, and founded
the earth upon the waters.” I. Hermas. Vis. 1. 28.
“ And even th e world itself is upheld (or supported) by th e four
elem ents.” I. Her. Fis. I I I . 130. Vide. Zetetic Astrony. hy
" P A E A L L A X " Chap 13.
Now th en consistent and reasonable C h ristian s! confronted by these
passages from your own Text Book, (irrespective of those from the
Apocryphas) EXCEPT YOU DELIBERATELY IGNORE THEM, or resort
to subterfuges extraordinary, AWAY MUST GO the PRIME HYPOTHESIS
of th e “ GLOBULARITY and mad-whirling-flashing-motions of th is
World,” w ith th e closely related assumption of “Universal G ravitation,”
and consequently, the assumed and unproved Inconceivable Distances
and M agnitudes of all things celestial, the Pluralities of Worlds,
Myriads of suns and their various systems, th e Profundities of ether-
filled Limitless-Space. The undefinable-Periods of Geological-Times.
5.
Atomic-Origin of all Things celestial and terrestrial, and other
Evolutionary-quagm ires; disbelief in “ The Creation,” and “ The Univer­
sal Flood,” ignorance as to the meaning of the words Up, Down, Above,
Below, Under and Over; and all th e other BEFOGGING AND UNPROVE-
a b l e ASSUMPTIONS, along w ith the m ystical and sophistical argu­
ments and contradictions of Modern Theoretical Astronomy, and the
numerous (so-called) Scientific Hypotheses connected with, and
ramifying from It, and w ithout which, I t could not possibly exist.
IF you persist in stultifying your senses and reasoning faculties, thus
ALLOWING WITHOUT PROOF all the brood of Suppositions and asser­
tions of Modern Theoretical Astronomy, then. The Bible w ith all Its
Facts, can be quietly ignored, or a t best considerably whittled-away, as
IN THE SO-CALLED LIGHr of the Modern Theoretical Assumptions,
I t is covertly hinted, oropenly stated to be nothing more th a n a collection
of Childish fables and absurd m yths, therefore, not w orthy even the
notice of Agnostic-Infidels, much less the respect and absolute confidence
of those CALLING THEMSELVES Christians, no m atter of w hat
denomination: BUT, with a knowledge of THE VITAL AND
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH, th a t THE WORLD IS NOT A GLOBE, the
way becomes clear and intelligible. The Biblical Records standing out
bright and sharp as unmistakable FACTS and ACTUAL REALITIES,
thus proving to th e centre the Impregnability of the Rock of Holy
Scripture, notw ithstanding th e assaults made upon I t by MODEEN-
EDUCATIONALLY-BIASSED, and misdirected minds.
“ The two beliefs ”— M odern Astronomy and The Bible.—
“ cannot be held together in the same mind, he who thinks he
believes both, has thought yerry little of either,”—Thom as Paine. “Age
of Season.''
" I f Moses can be shewn to be caught red-handed in ignorance or error,
w hat shall we think of The Christ who quoted and referred to him
as an au th o rity .” Present Day Atheist.
‘• I had been told so often th a t The Bible was no authority on
scientific questions, th a t I was lulled almost into a state of lethargy.”
“ If it shall tu rn out th a t Joshua was superior to L a Place, th a t
Moses knew more about geology th an H um boldt, th a t Job as a
scientist w as th e superior of Kepler, th a t Isaiah knew more th an
Copernicus . . . th en I will adm it th a t Infidelity m ust become
speechless for ever.” “ Ingersoll's T ilt with Talmage."
“ I n w hatever way or m anner may have occurred this business
(M odern Theoretical Astronomy, and the Modern E lem entary
Theoretical Science) I m ust still say th a t I curse this Modern Theory
of'Cosmogony, and hope th a t perchance there may appear in due
tim e some young Scientist of genius who will pick up courage to upset
t/us universally disseminated delirium of lunatics."
J. W o lf g a n g v o n G o e th b .
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