Trilune LxtraK Lecture and Letter Scries. 



to co:i*l''.cr tlie next st.i,- of t'n- earth'- exi-tenee . 

 At tlr- -'.I,'- K wa- s:irr.ni:i le 1 by a i:lci\viii_' ern-t, 

 v. hKh mii-t ;it tli it tim h iv, I. nl a deep atmosphere. 

 Ttie whole tit tii>- w.itrr tli:it fir-n- ":ii- m- ma mi:- 1 

 have been present lu the forai of Mi-am. All ilii- sti-.rn 

 uii"u tin- Mil-face or Hi- rarrh \\oa.d be raised 



illti) till' .iMll i-pliere, illld tlllls til -I'0 Wo:ll 1 ll.- ill! 



iitiiiospia-re ex'-rtin^ a mo-t enormo-is oressurfl upon 

 the surface nf t'ie i- irrh. (. rti- ap irt fr iai the intense 

 Iieat that inu-t iiatui-.tlly liavi- t \Uted at tii.it si m--, 



quite apart from that intense beat, we know vcrv wei 



that umli-7 that cnon::oin pr-s-ar- the boiling 

 ]iiii:it woiil 1 1) very lii_-li niil.-i-l; .nil th'-reior.- the 

 \\ h"lc .-. : tin- oartli, tin- whole, of tli ii ^lowiii'-,' 



cni-t to which w.- li ivo ii.iw brought tin-, earth, would 



have continually faHlDir upon it en- it streams of water. 



linliiiiu' at a vcrv intense h.-at li.ii Inu' at a Hindi crcat'-i- 

 than our ordin ary water. J>ut th.it wmil.l not In- 

 all. IIydr..i-ul.rii- ..i-iil Wi.uld 1"- formed, and Milphnric 

 ui-iil tin i.iat we iv -,>:;ai/.n 118 tlio j-'n-at fi-solv- 



1.1 HI-- im'iic-t metals are resolved hy<iro- 



clilone ai-i'l an. I BlllpburlO acid WOllld ')(' continual I V 

 1" 'iniii;,- iii 1 "!! tin 1 u hole ,-UI-I.K-,' of the earth. Tuej 

 won d. a- it W.TI-, f'inii tin- matter which we 

 fl:id In our pM-s-nt n.-i-au-", Imt which, in the 

 p i-t t:nn-. mii-t havo been present iti {.treat IP 

 We ha\i- .-i;-'ii.- uf this UUcler what was Irt! 

 bv tlio-c oeean-, -ii-n- -if iho..- saline or dial vheate 

 i-, i i.--. \'. " tin I that jn-i-ri-i-ly as tue atmosphere u-( 

 old tiiii<--< w.i-t in. !:! in. ii-ii ill-use and complex i!ia i HI- 

 ]>i-i->i-nt atmosphere, the >.rno la true of the oceans. 

 AVith tin -.>n i h lii^r .-^ t alii HIT place, the tiuie would cumu 

 whi-n tin- ciiliiui'- w.i- i-i-ninvi-.l from the atiijo.solicru 

 11 in 1 tin- n ^iiiiihur, an.l n< it in n,' would bo left but carbonic 

 course, irmu the atmosphere we now 

 li. ittir; ih i: o ionic ai-i'l must havo existed in 

 iinich irrr.iti i mi iniiiH--. to make the material out ol 

 v. in.- i tin- str it .i of tli i-.irrli have buen forun;d. It is 

 that Sum- I't'tho,- -tratii Jiilir.iti! liavinjj bi;en 

 fiiinn-il ii\- Iivi:i_' i-n-.it:iri-N Miat they ara the mere 

 .1 "f i::Muini-i- iiii i|-iainitie.s of creatures that 

 ''in ' alive. 1; H. al>o, sve llud certain of tlie.se 

 i-t hivi- iii-i-n ini-iin-d hy th(> ilirect action 

 ol rarimiili- ai-iil ii|>'Ui tin- crystalline rocks of the earth, 

 l>Ut \\lii. li U' i-han^'i-il into flay. Thus chiilliri'S 



wi-ntnn; oarboaioo i locuully became wlthdrawu frum 



tli- ut iiin-iilicic. ami tin-n piohaiily i-.iine tlie time when 

 tin- | ii "i- -- ul wiihilrawiii^ tin- carbonic acid Was helped 

 l>y 111'- i . ; 'ii. 



AI.VI.s I ()K VI. DICTATION. 



\"' R U w.- kii-iw, withilruwd c.irbo:iio nclrt gas 



Hi'- air an. I i olao it with oxytf -u. Thou we 

 i- to tin- tun wli.-u v.-,'rtatliiii was llrst intro'iuced 

 HI -i', b-foro the solemn 



I'l-L-iniiinx' of life on the earth, bc- 

 hfe Is unit'iubtedly is tin- 

 of lifi-. M.iy it b , that KII.HI- 

 -ir-r.i' . ! In that form T 



- Of the I in ii I I inn-: i o.ilV-- i liat I II ml nivrtelfn.it in 

 the li-a-it h.i if ii i in- is <| i --ti.in-i iin 



'I \\itli tint nia'l -r. A in in of >i-i -ni'o inil-l .-.-I 



tlin-i- i|n ..in.- ap irt li-.nii I lii-ir r.-lii;ioii.H usprrl. 



i|illti- a|> nt limn III" liilrr|i|-'-l ili.nn which have b -I'M 



--'! upon tin', \\'.irl Ol '.'I. \V in iv b- p.-i-i'i- -tly 



t the works of Ood will nut i -arh us \vruiir. 



\\'<\ nnisl i!.-.il with tlii- m 1 1 :i-r < | UN- ap irl IYn:n I h pri-- 

 COIK-I-UI- 1 i ii.-rpi-'-t iti'MM. Ov--r .ni'l uv.-r .IL.MIII it lias 

 b . ! . I lli.it. iinr inli-rpr.-.'.iii in , ;ir.. 



wruiirf, iiml U MI n wi-11 h'- so in HIM in.it IT 

 Of Uiv c;,-i:-u or life. For iQStaOOO, It u 



uinli-:n i:i-;rable that t'.* flOHcriptions plren 

 in tin- liible may not liav n-fi-rri'd ID sai-h process of 

 cv.'liitmn as ilus I am now foilo-.vin^; an 1 where it is 

 suit t.'i.it the Almighty mule tliis or mat kiud of 

 ore nun-, it may bj that it means that he then tra\v laws 

 to tin- uuiyer.se un.i'-r whii-h t.ie.y wore 8Ul)sequeiitly 

 foraied. It seems to mo thac we can torui no idea of 

 the Almighty God as consistent as to supno-c cuntinual 

 processes of creation^ Any way, whatevi -r \ i -w sv. 1 form, 

 we tind that \ i IT -tation was iutroJuced at a sta.^i' not prior 

 in tlie existi-iu-e of animal life oa the eurch, and it 

 appears manifest tiiat the vegetation of thosa days was 

 miii-h richer than the vegetation of our own time. It 

 u.isMn-ii mat thos.) forest masses were formed from 

 which the supplies of co.il that wo are now using wore 

 derived ; and in those times trees existed on a scale so 

 ^n-at that all of our lar^o forest trees wouid seem 

 dwarfed into bushes by comparison. 

 THE FIRST ANIMALS FITTED TO A DENSE ATMOSPHERE. 



It would appear that (he time at last arrived when 

 animal life bccam : possible. The first erea' urea that 

 lived we have proved to have breathed an atmosphere 

 such as in our tun we cotil.l not respire. That atmos- 

 phere contained m.u-h more carbonic aei I. Tuey seem 

 to have been fitted for life under those conditions. 



Then tlier,* was a sta:,'e when the asoect of the earth 

 w is s'.rauijo indeed. TUo whole earth was sur- 

 rounded at that time by an enormously 

 atmosphere, continually laden with clouds 

 -ii as we recognize in the planet Jupiter. Volcanic 

 diMiiT-bamres were then taking placj to a far greater 

 extent than at the present time, and thus its atmosphere 

 was having continually poured upon it I'n-sii supplies 

 of carbonic acid fras. We may \vellconeeivo that the 

 aspect presented by the earth to Ihe iuhabitants, if there 

 were any, of the m.iou, must have corresponded with 

 souie decree of elodeuess to that wiiich we have now in 

 I lie planet Jupiter. 



We here have a representation of the planet Jupiter. 

 It is supposed to be a picture of our earih at the time 

 when its atmosphere was ladeu with enormous clouds, 

 and wuea underneath those clouds iiio.-e operations of 

 abundant vegetation were takmt: place ; when su-an^e 

 animals exlsted,such as geology Drives us tne record of: the 

 enormous saurian, with lou^' neck sireiem-d aimve those 

 oceans, as the imaginary sea serpent has been conceived 

 to do in-day ; peculiar animals on land, and (lie startling 

 dactyli. m creature, with enormous bat-like win^s.il.iatln^ 

 in the dense atmosphere at tuac time tiioso creatures 

 that we find provide i with enormous eyes so that 

 through the d iricuess of the cloud-laden atmosphere 

 they were enabled lo search alter prey. 



THE SUUFACE GHADUALLY FITTED FOH JIAN. 



\Ve shall now have another picture of Japiter, with 'he 

 appearance that the earlh may at that time have piv- 

 M-nled. Now at. last came the Inn- when the animals 

 Ii--... m lo improve in their qu.iliiv an 1 eliaracler. Wo 

 may conceive that tho proc. .es of evolution wont on, 



and the animals at. pr.--.eiii i \i.-i in^ on I lie earth ln-tfaii 

 lo appear. Wheiiier tnit jroci ss of evolution 

 led to the introduction of in in upon tho 

 .-ei-nr is a point I iu-e I not venture 

 upon, for my vn-w-i on that matter would be wortli very 

 !i;;ie, and ii must be left to the geologist, AI la-.tihero 



came the SKI;;.- \\ hen man <lid ai -i-e, a. -id ho\v w Hilda 

 -ta^'e \\hen e -rtain li"W pro,- coming to bo 



applied. Ani m Lie are ^OI:IL.' ui-a in ills- to consume vege- 



in-lite.-, and man i^ come. lie is io i xhaiist sup- 



- irarnrred up ia torim-r a.i: -s, I o u -e t he forests for 



in- parp.i , . iho l.uid is gradually to be denuded of 



