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Evidence that these strata were formed in one epoch . . 184 

 Th6 organic remains entombed in the strata show that the 

 process of stratification must have been rapid, for, if other- 

 wise, these remains must have been removed by decay . . 185 



Evidence, apart from these remains, that the stratification may 

 have been rapid 186 



In Dr. Young's opinion the few months of the deluge would 

 allow sufficient time for stratification 188 



The opinion of Woodward, that the period of stratification 

 extended from the creation to the deluge, more probably 

 correct . v . * . * - " .. . . 188 



No evidence that stratification began before the Adamic epoch 189 



Hence, geology appears to speak only of that mighty revolution 

 which destroyed the antediluvian world . . . . 189 



Hence, geology affords no objection to the idea that the land 

 must remain in the same position so long as the earth retains 

 its present relation to the sun 189 



Hence the deductions of science harmonise with and explain 

 the statements of Scripture, and the deductions and state- 

 ments are in perfect keeping with the facts of geology . . 189 



Natural heat may be referred to the law which we named pro- 

 visionally the law of the laboratory . . . . 190 



The law of the laboratory affords the only explanation of na- 

 tural heat . .... 190 



