Show 0 for the NEWS infidelity BY ply CHARLES V cha chapter pie PIC 2 reputations refutations infidel Reasoning 3 continued continue besides the traditions contained in the chinese records Be cords we might mention the fanciful narrative given by the heathen poet ovid in which lie he speaks of a time when a day was lost and tells tella us that the iri iti intense tenee heat of the buu bun luu oil od a certain occa occasion siou endangered the earth he gives the name of pasa was a Canaan iliah prince and we find that the fable fabie or tradition had its origin with a people called the phoenicians ns the very people with whom that battle was fought by joshua duling during which he commanded the sun to stand still and aud audit it basted not to go down for the space of a whole day true this is only a tradition but dees it not show that the truth of peculiar pecullar events had been embodied in this legendary manner as if to perpetuate its memory among the heathen nations and is it not corroborative of the plain f statements made in the scriptures those who are versed in these matters will please excuse allusion to them for the benefit of the young readers who may never have heard of them before well gass gays the skeptic but it was not the reasons you have hav estat stated that caused me to disbelieve in the scriptures but it la Is the geological peculiarities of the earth that have convinced me its age ave is far greater than elx bix ix eix E thousand years this gentleman has probably read or heard of description of mount etna wherein the traveler states that he be found a stream of lava congealed on the mountain had bad no soil on it it was perfectly nahed no dust or dirt had lidd settled there to furnish a EL hold bold for vegetation consequently the vegetation had not grown and decayed here after time and lind thus added depth to the soil while near the thio foot of the saine same mountain if a plu pit were sunk we would pass through seven beven different strata of lava with two feet of soil between this traveler thinks that the stream of metallic rock mentioned was caused by an eruption described by polybius Poly blus bius as occurring nearly 1700 years ago and argues from this conjecture that if it takes nearly 2000 years to produce one ono layer of course seven layers would take fake years consequently the age OF thel earth must be over twice that given it by biblical chronology this is the sort of reasoning that has turned thousands of people laying claim to common sense to infidelity but wait a moment reader turn to ala aia another other passage of thac same vork work york and thel the author tells us of a beautiful country which was cele berated for its fertility once called mel mul pass fassi the honey land that it had been overwhelmed by lava from froni etna become barren and was then called mal pass or mean land the next eruption erupt foni ioni which soon boon followed follow ed covered with ashes and a wonderful fertility ensued it was then called caned bel patst pabst beautiful land nand in a short time it was again ot nio nie nto and aud reduced to sterility showing thai frequent changes caused by the quick succession of eruptions are aie effected in some places while other spots remain barren apparently without cause for many deais again the cities of herculaneum Hercula and P pompeii pompeii were wert i burled buried by an au je eruption of vesuvius ab abut ut 1800 yeara yearks ago thet thee the e cities were dih dis years afterwards and id in digging digg digs 10 down to search the streets they passed through M adif ferent fereno strata of lava with two feet of soil between thenn them ilow now how easy masy eary mary to see sue ste that if six diner out lasers of soil each two feet thick could be formed near vesuvius iu in 1700 years it would not be a difficult matter lot fot seven layers to be lie formed near etna EIBA iu in isit Is it not strange that some will enter I 1 ain conjectures against the bible in n preference to facts fauts in its favo favot |