Show Arm Adi or ui A French scientist that the time elapsed since ince the formation of ot the th enlist crust of ot thu 1111 th earth oarth and the rip ap of ot life lite thereon th may exceed a billion years The calculation with It Its may Is not very 11 exact Yet It suggests hint the of ot tho time oarth may not be 15 nearIng Its end enil yet If It It took tool It u billion MilIan to build this magnificent little palace In the universe It cannot have havo been lJ the tho Intention of at the tile that It should last only ti n few thousand years a brief moment of ot time lime The Tho buildings of or worlds expositions go up imp In III a n few months or weeks but they thoy thO last only for tor u It short time tune Tho limo pyra pyramids of ot Egypt l the tho cathedrals and pal palaces palaces I aces of at tho ho Old World WorM wore were under con construction for centuries But hut they were Vero built to defy d fy time Earth with its Ita I millions of years yea Ill before life lito could ap nIl appear appear pear on time the surface now tho the testimony of oC science must bo Ito IJ Intended for tor at as n a habitation for tor living beings least leant as CIS long time tinie as It took for Its construction con rind and probably much long iong longer longcr er cr Not Nol necessarily In Its present state unchanged Many changes will no doubt occur from time to line until that great change takes tokes place by which the earth Itself lI olt shall become n it perfect habitation purified and reflecting more moro than now the glory o ot of tho tue Maker |