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April 13, 1901
Marietta Daily Leader
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio
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Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright travels 12,000 miles in Asia, finding geological evidence of extensive land submergence at Mount Ararat after man's appearance, substantiating the Biblical flood account without direct glaciation in the region.
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BIBLE STORY TRUE.
Researches of Rev. Dr. Wright Substantiate Account of Deluge.
Travels 12,000 Miles in Asia and Finds Indisputable Evidence of an Extensive Submergence of the Land.
Letters have just been received at New York city from Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright, the authority on the glacial period and Biblical geology, telling of the results of his search in Asia for evidences that the deluge covered the whole earth.
Dr. Wright secured a leave of absence from Oberlin (O.) university and sailed for Japan early last year. He went at once to Siberia and began his work. His son accompanied him as an assistant. The professor went all through Siberia, and then proceeded to Syria via the Ural and Caucasus mountains. In a letter received in New York last week from him at Jerusalem, Prof. Wright said:
"The account of the flood in the Bible is not such as to lead us to expect much direct geological evidence of it. A submergence of a year, several thousand years ago, would leave few signs which are not obliterated by time.
"The Bible history stands on its own merits and has independent value. The main question of geological interest is: Are there insuperable objections to the account? The answer to this question turns upon the geological theories concerning the possible or probable rate at which changes of land levels may proceed.
"Catastrophes comparable to the flood are not strange things in geology. The glacial period was connected with a series of catastrophes.
I have traveled 12,000 miles in Asia to find evidences of the glacial period and have found none. There was no general glaciation of eastern and central Asia, as there was of America and Europe.
"But I have found indisputable evidence of an extensive submergence of the land extending to the base of Mount Ararat, and that this submergency took place subsequent to the appearance of man on the earth.
The Russian geologists have recently found remains of man deep down in the deposits connected with this period of submergence.
"The one point of certainty is that since man's appearance there has been a period of instability in the earth's crust in northern and central Asia, which shows that the Biblical account of the flood is an entirely credible story."
Researches of Rev. Dr. Wright Substantiate Account of Deluge.
Travels 12,000 Miles in Asia and Finds Indisputable Evidence of an Extensive Submergence of the Land.
Letters have just been received at New York city from Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright, the authority on the glacial period and Biblical geology, telling of the results of his search in Asia for evidences that the deluge covered the whole earth.
Dr. Wright secured a leave of absence from Oberlin (O.) university and sailed for Japan early last year. He went at once to Siberia and began his work. His son accompanied him as an assistant. The professor went all through Siberia, and then proceeded to Syria via the Ural and Caucasus mountains. In a letter received in New York last week from him at Jerusalem, Prof. Wright said:
"The account of the flood in the Bible is not such as to lead us to expect much direct geological evidence of it. A submergence of a year, several thousand years ago, would leave few signs which are not obliterated by time.
"The Bible history stands on its own merits and has independent value. The main question of geological interest is: Are there insuperable objections to the account? The answer to this question turns upon the geological theories concerning the possible or probable rate at which changes of land levels may proceed.
"Catastrophes comparable to the flood are not strange things in geology. The glacial period was connected with a series of catastrophes.
I have traveled 12,000 miles in Asia to find evidences of the glacial period and have found none. There was no general glaciation of eastern and central Asia, as there was of America and Europe.
"But I have found indisputable evidence of an extensive submergence of the land extending to the base of Mount Ararat, and that this submergency took place subsequent to the appearance of man on the earth.
The Russian geologists have recently found remains of man deep down in the deposits connected with this period of submergence.
"The one point of certainty is that since man's appearance there has been a period of instability in the earth's crust in northern and central Asia, which shows that the Biblical account of the flood is an entirely credible story."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Providence Divine
Exploration
Fate Providence
What keywords are associated?
Biblical Flood
Deluge Evidence
Geological Submergence
Mount Ararat
Asia Research
Glacial Period
What entities or persons were involved?
Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright
His Son
Where did it happen?
Asia, Siberia, Syria, Ural And Caucasus Mountains, Mount Ararat, Jerusalem
Story Details
Key Persons
Rev. Dr. George Frederick Wright
His Son
Location
Asia, Siberia, Syria, Ural And Caucasus Mountains, Mount Ararat, Jerusalem
Event Date
Early Last Year
Story Details
Rev. Dr. Wright travels through Asia seeking evidence of the Biblical deluge, finds no glaciation but indisputable signs of extensive land submergence at Mount Ararat after man's appearance, supported by Russian geologists' findings of human remains, confirming the flood's credibility.