HEAT AND COLD. 



edge of the laws of heat and cold upon the particles 

 of matter, then he can tell while yet living the day and 

 date of any occurrence that will transpire throughout 

 the future, as clearly as he can the past. 



THE LEGEND OF THE ARK. 



There is no question connected with bibluar writ 

 more likely to have a foundation behind it in the form 

 of truth than the story of the ark. Of course not as 

 to actual size, and assuredly not as to date of occur- 

 rence. But as to the general occurrence of the inun- 

 dation and consequent survival of people, by means 

 of some boat or other means of being buoyed above 

 the waters until their final subsidence. 



The earth's crust renders conclusive proof of the 

 foreign jolt from without. It also renders proof con- 

 clusive of the highest mountains being once ocean 

 beds. Herein comes the proof of the -legendary his- 

 tory which has undoubtedly been handed down from 

 generation to generation; and of course corrupted by 

 each particular translation from language to language. 



Considering the means of man coming into exist- 

 ence by the cooling action within the particles of mat- 

 ter. Then the further fact of the earth's crust reveal- 

 ing the cause of past action. Then the necessary ages 

 which had to pass over humanity prior to the catas- 

 trophe, we can see why that humanity must have de- 

 veloped so as to be able to calculate within minutes of 

 the time of the fall of the body upon the earth. And 



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