Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-17 | Page 8 | Scientific "Guessing"

SCI2NTIFIC "GUESSING." Lord Kelvin, hair a century as;o. put forth tho opinion that the ace of the earth might be anywhere from 20.0i0.000 to 100 000.000 years; but later In life, he cut his maximum estimate es-timate down to 40,000,000 years. Seventeen Sev-enteen yearG ao. Dr. Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, reckoned that our clobe was probably 70.000,00') years old. Professor Joly. eleven years ae;o, estimated the age of the sea at SO.00-1,000 years; while Solas quite lately reckoned that "old ocean-' had rolled over its sandy bed for a period anywhere between 80.000,000 and 150.000,000 years And now our Kooloirlcal survey professors, having found the name problem of the earth's antiquity wholly beyond their skill, have resorted to ."scientific guessing," like all of their forerunners. They "Kuesfl" that this wrld of ours has been In existence somwhere between Gfi.00.1.000 and 70,000,000 years. Since the dawn of human reason, four great problems have occupied the mind of man, xlz: The earth; the heavens above; find the Creator, and man and his destiny. These are still the master studies of the race, and each successive ace gives us deeper Insight Into them. It is a fine thine when men of intellect take up such studies earnestly and with reverence. The more they investigate in this spirit, spir-it, the sooner will they trace clearly the lines of agreement that exist between be-tween science and the Bible, rightly Interpreted, and thr less need will there be for n resort to "guesswork," such as that we have seen In relation to the a;ie of the earth. The Christian Chris-tian Herald