. The waters above the firmament, or The earth's annular system . rom whence such a stu-pendous downfall of waters could come, other than thismost natural one ? A rain from the mighty deep alone could thus have swept the earth. And when wecontemplate that there is a volume of water now on theearth, and in its rocky frame, sufficient to make athousand terrific deluges,—every one of which coulddrown the world of living beings, and which has fallento the earth, necessarily as stupendous cataclysms,—howcan we reasonably expect that this historical and tra-ditional narrative can refer to any other
. The waters above the firmament, or The earth's annular system . rom whence such a stu-pendous downfall of waters could come, other than thismost natural one ? A rain from the mighty deep alone could thus have swept the earth. And when wecontemplate that there is a volume of water now on theearth, and in its rocky frame, sufficient to make athousand terrific deluges,—every one of which coulddrown the world of living beings, and which has fallento the earth, necessarily as stupendous cataclysms,—howcan we reasonably expect that this historical and tra-ditional narrative can refer to any other than the clos-ing scene of annular declension? Let us reduce theextent of this great debacle of waters to the lowestminimum this narrative will allow, then take into con-sideration the well known fact that there scarcely is anation, tongue or tribe on earth that has not a tradi-tion of this great event, and yet we will fail to find anyexisting source of such a rain. Study the biblical ac-count of the flood, and tell me, did that rain descendfrom the clouds?. Fig. 5. THE LAST CANOPY OF EARTH. Here is our Last Earth Canopy. It has banished the last ice period, and the Edenearth blooms again. Biblical and legendary man dwells naked in a warm and genialworld. The human family, the world over, for unknown time look up to a wateryheaven and give it a name signifying that condition. The Hebrews called thisheaven Shamayim, there waters; the Greeks called it Ouranns, water heaven;the Hindus called it Varuna, water heaven ; the Latins called it C€elvm, and this,too, was a watery heaven, for it passed away. So did the heaven of the ancientEgyptians, .Japanese, Scandinavians and Mexicans. But the Last Earth Canopy must fall. It opens at the equator (e, e), and thevapors slowly float to the poles, and begin to fall. Again, as in ages gone by,snows begin to chill the earth. The sun shines in upon the equatorial earth throughthe opening and air in that region rises. This starts air curr
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