992 THE K I N G ’ S B US I NE S S trees some fifty thousand years ago and were killed, of course, had no de scendants. So those who fell and were not hurt, of course, lived and so we are never hurt in our dreams of falling.” Our children come home from school, says Mr. Bryan, and tell us that there was a time when eyes were unknown—they just happened. A freckle appeared upon the skin of an animal that had no eyes. This freckle con verged the rays of the sun upon that spot, and when the little animal felt the heat on that spot it turned the spot to the sun to get more heat. This increased heat irritated the skin, an(ha nerve came there, and out of the nerve came the eye! But this only accounts for one eye; thei e must have been another freckle soon afterward and just in the right place in order to give the animal two eyes. Furthermore, there was a time when animals had no legs, and so the leg came by accident. A little animal without legs was wiggling along on its belly one day, when it discovered a wart—it just happened so and it was in the right place to be used to aid in locomotion; so, it came to depend upon the wart, and use finally developed it into a leg. And then another wart and another leg, at the proper time—by accident—and accidentally m the proper place. Come, come, gentlemen—don’t you occasionally have little choking spells trying to swallow this ? How come you make such a fuss about Jonah being swallowed by a'sea monster ? , ' K. L. B. |.||jzi ¿Mfc- jfe w WHAT THE ADVOCATE ADVOCATES It is an old “ gag” with infidels to declare that the Bible is proven unscientific since it teaches that the earth is flat. In the stampede of mo - ernists to discredit those who are at present earnestly contending tor the Bible, many of these old “ gags” are being flouted from so-called Christian pulpits and in the liberal religious press. HBBHI I No less a paper than the “ Christian Advocate (mind you—ADVO CATE) in an editorial calculated to make a “ hay-seeder” out of William Jennings Bryan, says, “ The Bible certainly teaches that the earth is flat with a roof over it.” Who said so? . , Why, “ the Rev. Prof. William North Rice, LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Geology in Wesleyan University.” We’ll try to excuse him. He probably hasn’t read carefully between the covers of the Bible in a long time. He failed to tell us where the Bible says the earth is flat with a roof over it. People who make such assertions seldom do burden their minds with Scripture references. As a matter of fact, just what does the Bible say as to the shape of this old earth—if anything? Prov. 8:27 says that when God created the world He set a compass (lit. “ circle” upon the face of the deep,” clearly indicating its spherical shape. Isa. 40:22 refers to God “ sitting upon the circle of the earth,” and here the word means “ a sphere,” not a circle drawn upon a plane surface. Deut.. 4 :19 states that God divided the stars unto all nations under the heavens. If the earth were flat, all nations would see the same stars. Will DON’T WASTE A PENNY!
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