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Show TUB RCD SEA MlllACm. UxdosUI at llliarlln (ollrsa WrlHra a lllldlral Account. Prof. Prcdcrlck Wright, the geologist geolo-gist of Oberlln College, Ohio, has Just returned from a scientific trip around the w irlil with data which ho claims will provo tbat tho lllbllcal account nl thn escape nf the children ot Israel from Egypt through tho lied Sea Is literally true. Tho Oberlln professor has brought with him photographa which demonstrate that It was possible at tho tlrao of Mnaes, nnd Is possible under certain conditions at this dsy. for any iiiimber o. people to cross tho waters leforrcd to lllr Investigation, ho saya. prnm thai tho crossing plice Is about twinty miles from tho generally gen-erally accepted ploce Tho profeisor should ba careful not to provo too much Tho human nluo of tho story of tho crowing of tho Itcd sea depends de-pends ii pin Ida preservation ot tho miraculous character of tho crossing. Tho Illblo glvoa ut to understand that tho waters ct tho lied Sea parted to permit Ool'a chosen peoplo to cross, and closed In cgalnst their pursuers Hut If Mcucs tlnj.ly discovered a point In the sea at which n crossing could bo effected, without n suspension of natural laws, tho niuch-dlscussod lllbllcal lllb-llcal story loses Its peculiar significance signifi-cance Skeptics Lan asserted that the crowing was effected when the tldo was low. Mosol they claim, was fortunate for-tunate In reaching tho point Just as the ebb was turning to n flow. This explanation la not only Irreligious, but Improbable. It carries with It tho Idea tlut Mores bad not only been miraculously lerrllct In respect to locality, lo-cality, but In respect to time. The Oltrlln professor proposes to provo that tho miraculous crossing tho Dlblo locorils was an actual occurrence by demonstrating that It may bo dona without miraculous Intervention at tho prtsmt tlmo Hit Tranclsco Ilullctln. |
