Show INGENIOUS BUT ERRON in in argument oJ ulfat the gar den of eden was at the north pole new now york san sun BOSTON march 10 10 A discus ion sion took place lace before the boston evangelical alliance today to day U upon the location of the garden of eden xon en the key rey dr W FW arien arren pr president e i of the boston university read an elaborate paper in in support of the theory that adams abode was at the north pole the speaker 83 id that he ha had first begun to stud aoudy the subject because he had bad found foun that all religious writers were coln completely in m the dark in regard to it three years jears ago a 0 he be publish edThe the true jey J ey to mcdent ancient cosmogony in in which the earth was supposed to be a Lp sphere liere with an exactly perpendicular axis the northern or celestial pole was wat then deemed the abode of the them gods the southern WM wall that odthe of the demons or evil spirits while the intervening inter intervening lands were the habitations of shades the paper er was divided into five gener general afaf lines i ines of investigation as lol follows lows first the results of ex second the hypothesis that the the garden was on a prehistoric earth whose conditions of temper maris and cosmogony were d different iffie rent from the present third the hypo hypos thesis tested under the light of modern science including history botanic zoological and topographical and palte paleontology ontology fourth the coincidence between the hypothesis the ethnic tradition such as theold hindmo aryan and semitic class fifth the hypothesis as agreeing with the details of historic facts not included in the other divisions such uch sa the scriptural account of the paradise the cosm comm otic tree the four branched river ac at st the north pole less than thin one fifth of the time is spent in dark net and more than four fifths in light hence it is easy to believe t this 13 r region e on to bo be the one referred to as the land of light and beauty such suck a land before the deluge might well ivell have been the abode of men of extraordinary streng strength tb and stature and azid longevity the this popular impression that the far north has ever been the region of unendurable cold has coa been en generally gener a illy accepted science had shown that the earth is a gradually cooling body and it was conceivable cei vable on scientific reasons that the regions which first reached the temperature to sustain organic life were at the pole pole and consequently the life of odthe i race might naturally have been there astronomy lisows that this region is more favored aa as regards light than any other no more than two separate fortnights fort nights are passed in dar darkness knees and these are relieved by the stars and the aurora borealis the exact length of the polar day is an unknown quantity and can bo be determined only by observations odthe on the spot whoever seeks a location locati 1 on for the terrestrial para disc die with i th respect to light and darkness and celestial scenery must seek it at the arctic pole proofs were indicated to vary the exis existence tenee ofa of a great continent around the north pole before tho the deluge with a flora and fauna conti consistent stent with its being the cradle of the human race |