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M..IVMY.T, e..rrerting Nicbulir, the Hampton 

 leeturer points out that the narrative f 1!, i 

 implies the universality of the Flood. 



It is plain that the watt-is arc represented as prevailing above 

 tlu- tops of the loftiest mountains in Armenia a height which 

 must have been seen to involve the submersion of all the count iirs 

 with whifh the K-ibylonians 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 

 upm the accuracy of which "the trustworthiness 

 11 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 



scientitie methods of ascertaining the truth in 



pi'.vinee ,,t' untur.d history find themselves 



