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till- Baltic. Ill the year 1^^1)7 lie says, at tlic time of tlu- bombanlnieiit of 

 the British fleet, an English sloop of war, riding at anchor in the roads, at 

 Cojienluigen, blew up. In 1S14, a trustworthy diver found the space be- 

 tween decks entire, but covered with l)lo(ks from six to eight cubic feet in 

 size, some heajied on others; and .he found all the sunk sliiiis he visited 

 thus loaded with rocks. 1 Lyell, 382. Now when the Baltic sea was opened 

 *to the north iiole, and when much of Europe south of the Baltic was below 

 the water level, there was the same condition there as has been shown to 

 have been in North America ; namely, an open sea to bear down ice-rafts 

 from the north to supply the drift and boulders that are found spread over 

 both countries, bringing with them a cold atmosphere. 



The most recent actcount of the drift on the eastern side of North AVales, 

 by I). C. Davies, F. G. S., gives us his conclusions : "1. The majority of 

 tlie deposits are of local origin, being derived from the mountainous regions of 

 North Wales, then an Archipelago of islands. 2. But from the plentiful ad- 

 mixture of foreign matter, he infers an open sea on the north. 3. He in- 

 sists upon the necessity of aqueous conditions ; the coast would be partly 

 ice-bound, but there was no general ice-cap. Besides the general altera- 

 tions of level there were local alterations of level. Proofs of this were 

 to be seen in the neighborhood of Oswestry, beyond Avhichtown the Scotch 

 granites do not seem to pass. This the author considered due to currents 

 deflecting the ice-rafts, &c. Nature, Feb. 17, 1876, p. 318. 



Let us be reassured, then, of the safety of Europe and North America, 

 and the world. The Creator, we may believe, did not create the best parts 

 of this Earth and ])lant there the highest civilizations ever seen upcm it, 

 with purpose of its utter destruction. These countries in Europe and America 

 are the hopes of the race, with means of execution, now presented, as they 

 have never been before. There is a uniformity of hnv, and stability in 

 Nature, that justify man's confidencc in the ruling of The SupiviiK' Power, 

 and that He is good. They Avho most i)rofoundly study His works are the 

 most thoroughly convinced that there is no eccentricity or caprice in His 

 Pule; that He is "The same yesterday, and to-day, and forever." The 

 oscillations of the Earth have become almost intinitessimal; the vertical vi- 

 brations as measured by tlie temple of Jupiter Serapis have not exceeded 

 thirty feet; many volcanoes have been sealed up and people live securely 

 within the rim of former craters; the Valley of the Mississippi Avill never 

 again be an ocean's bed; the Gulf Stream will continue to mitigage the cli- 

 mate of Europe and preserve its genial temperature; and the Earth continue 

 to turn upon its axis, and to revolve in its orbit, w itliout a tremor; without 

 a moment's loss or gain. God's balance wheel belts this Earth; and He 

 gave to our globe those impulsions in its rotation and orbit which will for- 

 ever precisely counteract its weight, and maintain its motions with such 

 exactness as will keep all true time forever. Such momentum was given 

 once forever. If not so, then (iod is forever sustaining His creation. 



This earth has never, and upon the certain evidence of Geology, will 

 never suffer a cataclysm. The faults of strata are limited and local; the 



