The Sierra and Rocky Mountains in the Light of Geology—Were These Mountains Thrown Up at the Flood or Did They Come by Evolution? A GREAT scientist who has probably written as much upon the subject of science as any other living man, said in a recent article: “There was a time when no Sierra and no Rocky Mountains existed. Then in the fulness of an inconceivably long time they rose above watery wastes, and lifted up debris that had been lying on the ocean floor, and the sharks were elevated to the Kern County heights, beyond any reasonable doubt.” The Bible record of the Flood states that “all the fountains of the great deep” were “broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.” “And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.” “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.” “And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; and the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.” “And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.” Gen. 7: 11, 18-20, 24; 8: 1-3, 5. The discoveries that are being made by scientists in all parts of the world call for just such things to have happened on this earth as the foregoing Bible verses narrate. But the disguised infidelity of this time has caused very many of the leading clergymen, as well as others, to speak of the “myth of the Flood.” It is truly marvelous that God should have preserved so many things in all the earth, that they might testify to the unprejudiced and the honestly careful mind that God’s word is literally true.11 THE BIBLE, GEOLOGY, AND SCIENTIFIC PREJUDICE
The actual facts of geology and the Bible story are in perfect harmony; but this age has gone science mad, and the scientist has schooled himself to ridicule the Bible and to sneer at the religion it teaches, and thereby he has filled himself with prejudice. And while he ridicules the prejudices that exist among religionists, he closes his mind by prejudices that are just as strong as anything that may be found in the religious world. Prejudice leads an individual to follow in the prevailing manner of thinking. And each generation in each country has its prevailing style of thought. The prevailing style now is to follow blindly the deductions that evolutionists bring from geological fact; but God’s word stands just the same, and it is in harmony with the facts in every particular. The divine doctrine of a universal flood is the only sane theory upon which all the findings of the geologists can be explained. God is sending a message to all the world, telling of the soon coming of His Son; and at the same time, He is bringing from the earth, not only in the geological discoveries, but also through the excavations of ancient monuments and ruins in the oldest countries, the direct evidence of the clear truth of His word. We have a solid foundation upon which we stand when we say that we are not following cunningly devised fables in making known the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The evidences in favor of the Book and its prophecies are being strengthened on every hand; and it is only unreasoning prejudice, or indifference, or something of that kind, that will keep us from seeing the clear facts. When we see the array of evidence that supports this authentic Word, we may know that as it points us to the soon coming of Christ it tells a true story.