HEAT AND COLD. 



the earth would cause it to fall on the earth, but in the 

 meantime it would lower much nearer before the final 

 fall. 



In conclusion, we find that everything in the geo- 

 logical structure of our earth tends to prove the truth 

 of its having had that come to pass in the tumble of a 

 body or small planet upon the surface in years gone by. 

 And everything in the geological structure tends to 

 prove that the coming to pass of the collision was the 

 salvation of our earth. Because if it had not come to 

 pass, the earth would have been the means of building 

 up the fallen greatness of some other planet long be- 

 fore the present time, by having been precipitated up- 

 on some other body. Our planet having been very near 

 the end of the journey when the lift came by the pre- 

 cipitation of a foreign body which gave it new life and 

 vigor by the impact. 



Now we will take a cursory view of the evidence 

 rendered by geology in support of the earth having 

 been jolted by a foreign body, instead of having had 

 inward convulsions, or disturbance from within. 



Geology proves that the earth was covered with 

 ice or nearly so. The surface of the earth is broken 

 and twisted throughout, or nearly so. There had been 

 forests buried thousands of feet beneath the present 

 surface of the earth. 



Fish and animal remains are found imbedded on 

 the tops of the highest mountains. Beds of forests are 

 found beneath the present ocean beds, all tending to 

 prove that the ocean did not cover the whole surface of 



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