LIGHTS OF THE CHUKCH AND SCIENCE VI 



Moreover, correcting Niebuhr, the Bampton 

 lecturer points out that the narrative of Berosus 

 implies the universality of the Flood. 



It is plain that the waters are represented as prevailing above 

 the tops of the loftiest mountains in Armenia a height which 

 must have been seen to involve the submersion of all the countries 

 with which the Babylonians were acquainted (p. 66). 



I may remark, in passing, that many people think 

 the size of Noah's ark " monstrous/' considering the 

 probable state of the art of shipbuilding only 

 1600 years after the origin of man ; while others 

 are so unreasonable as to inquire why the 

 translation of Enoch is less an " extravagance " 

 than that of Xisuthros. It is more important, 

 however, to note that the universality of the 

 Deluge is recognised, not merely as a part of 

 the story, but as a necessary consequence of some 

 of its details. The latest exponent of Anglican 

 orthodoxy, as we have seen, insists upon the 

 accuracy of the Pentateuchal history of the Flood 

 in a still more forcible manner. It is cited as 

 one of those very narratives to which the authority 

 of the Founder of Christianity is pledged, and 

 upon the accuracy of which " the trustworthiness 

 of our Lord Jesus- Christ " is staked, just as others 

 have staked it upon the truth of the histories of 

 demoniac possession in the Gospels. 



Now, when those who put their trust in 

 scientific methods of ascertaining the truth in 

 the province of natural history find themselves 



