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LU T H ERAN P U BLI CA TI O N SO C I ETY .

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LUT H ERA N P U BL IC AT I O N SOC I ET Y.

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HI S vo lum e is intende d to m eet a pressing de

m an d o f the ti m es Th e fi rst ch apte r of th e
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Bi bl e th e s ubl i m est ever pe nne d in s uch few word s
s e ttl i ng th e gre atest q ues ti on s res pecti ng Go d C rea ,

t i o n th e Wo rld and Man h as of l ate b een m ade th e

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s pe c i al target fo r s k e ti cal attac k s Th as sa ul ts

p es e .
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s o meti m es fro m an o pe n i n fi d e l an d so m etim e s fro m

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a
J u d as in m i n i s teri al garb h ave b een c l oth e d in
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ul ar fo rm an d sen s ation al d ress an d c i rc ul ate d far and

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wi de sowi ng th e see d s of inc alc ul abl e m o ral m i sch i ef

, .

Hen ce th e i m pe rative need th at th ey be m et in such

s i m pl e an d p racti c al m anner as wi ll c o m m en d i ts el f to

th e popul ar reade r Th i s is th e task wh i ch th e autho r

.

h as h ere d k
un erta en .

A s is well k nown th es e attack s o n the Mos ai c n ar

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rativ e of th e c re ati o n as th e co rner stone o f Revel a

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ti on h ave b ee n ma d e und e r th e s pe c i o us pre te x t of

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Sci ence G reate r prog ress h as been m ade in th i s

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d epartm ent of kn owl ed ge in th e l ast h alf century th an

s i nce th e b eg i nn i n g o f th e wo rld And i ntox i cate d .
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p ( )
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by th ese s uc ce sses , m any i i

sc e nt s ts are stra n n i i g every
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n er e to wri te th e wo rd D o ubt , ,
o ve r th e po rta ls of

U nknowabl e, th e U ni
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m o de rn th o ugh t
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. Go d is th e
v e rse a Ri ddl e I m m o rtal i ty a D ream and Revel ati on
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a Myth .Th us as S c i ence ad v an ces Re l i gi on is to

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reti re fro m th e fi eld Th e Bible wi ll do fo r c h i ld ren

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an d fo r th e old in th e i r d otage ; b ut th e m an o f l earn

ing and of facts m ust l oo k upon it wi th co ntem pt .

Now all th i s 1s as i ll ogical and as fal se as poss i bl e .

Sci ence and Re l igi on are not in confl i ct but 1n cl osest ,

harm ony S c ience search es o ut th e facts of Nature ;

.

Rel igi on d i scl oses th e facts of th e S upe rnatural

Wo rld And neith er one h as any ri ght to i nfri nge
.

upon th e sph e re of th e oth e r .

“
Th e ri gh t o f th e Spi ri tual Wo rld to speak of its
o wn ph e no m en a is as sec ure as th e ri gh t of th e Nat

ural Wo rld to spe ak of i tse l f Wh at is Sc ien ce but .

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wh at th e Natural World h as sai d to natural m en

Wh at is Reve lati on but what th e Spi ritual Wo rld h as
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s ai d to spi ri tual

Why then seek to array one agai nst th e oth er ?

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A s one by one th e le aves of Nature G o d s o ldes t
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b ook are ope ne d th ey are fo un d in pe rfe ct accord
,

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wi th h is l ate st th e Bi bl e G eol ogy th e s tory of
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* “ Natura lL a win th e Sp i itu l W l d

r a or ,
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D rumm on d , p 73. .
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th e roc ks bo rates th e re cord of Gen esi s As

,
co rro .

tro nom y attes ts th e S c ri ptural do c t rine of th e I nfini

tude and U n i ty of God C he m i s t ry with its m o de rn

.
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d i scovery of Biogenesi s affirm s th e b ibl i cal law o f ,

L i fe from L i fe . A rch a ology, as it re s urre cts th e

reco r d of i
an c en t l ocal ities
m o num ents , fresh ens th e
and ro utes o f th e Ex o d us an d give s new v ital i ty to ,

Bibl e ways and c usto m s Th us Sc ie nce th rows l i gh t

.

upo n Reve l ati on un ti l th e s acre d, p ag e g l o w s ag a i n ;

wh i l e Reve latio n h olds up a torch fo r Sc i e nce wh e re ,

it l os es its way in th e deep sh adows th at m eet ab o ut

th e th res h old of Etern ity .

Th e i d ea the n of a confl i ct betwee n Rel i gi o n an d

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Science is largel y b ut a pretex t fo r i nfi del ity a catch

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in g th em e for se nsati o nal i s m o r a h asty co ncl us i on o f ,

m ere tyros in sc i ence wh o m ake a b oastful parad e of

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th e i r i gno ran ce But one wh o can speak as an au

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th ority in sc i e n ce h old s th e se wo rd s

Wh en C arlyl e says th at the U nive rse is in ve ry

truth th e star d o m e d c i ty of Go d and th at th ro ugh
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every crystal and th ro ugh e ve ry g rass bl ad e b ut m o re

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th ro ugh eve ry l ivi n g s o ul th e gl ory of a pre se n t God ,

beam s h e only says in th e l anguage of P oetry th e

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s am e wh i c h Mr He rb e rt Spe nce r s ays in th e col orl e s s

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l ang uage of S cience whe n h e speaks o f a P ower

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wo rk in g fo r righ teousness th at is i nscrutable ln i ts el f ,

e t is re v e al e d fro m mom e nt to m om e nt in ev e ry th rob

y
o f th e m i gh ty ryth m 1c al l i fe of th e U n iverse A nd
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wh at co uld be m o re d eeply rel i g io us th an th i s th ough t

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o f o ur own gifte d A g ass i z : F or mysel f I m ay s ay

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th at I n ow never mak e th e p reparati o n s fo r pe netrat

ing i nto som e s m al l provi n ce of Nature h i th e rto un ,

d i scove red with out first b reath ing a praye r to th e

,
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Bei n g wh o h i des h is sec rets fro m m e on l y to all ure ,

m e o n g rac i o usly to th e unfo ld in g o f th e m I som e .

ti m es? h ear preac h e rs spe ak o f th e sad c on d i ti on o f

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m en wh o l ive wi th o ut Go d n th e world b ut a s c i
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en tis t wh o l i ve s wi th o ut Go d in th e wo rld s e e m s to

m e wo rse o ff th an o rd i n ary m en .

Wh en th e fo re most sc i enti sts sh all be an i m ated by

th i s rev e re nt and h um bl e sp i ri t we wi ll se e th i s
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p h a n t o m o f th e an tag o n i s m b e tw e en R e l i g
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i on an d
Sc i ence wh i ch has s o l ong been th e abi d i ng terro r of
,

weak and s upe rfi c i al m i n d s ban is h ed foreve r ,

.

I n th i s vol um e acc o rd i ngl y th e auth o r h as so ugh t

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to s h ow n o t o nl y h o w fal se is th e ass erti o n th at m o d

e rn s c i en ti fi c d i sc o ve ri es re fute th e Mo sa i c acc o un ts of

th e C reati o n Fall a ,
n d D e l uge b ut th at th ey m arve l ,

o usly co rrob o rate and i m pre gnabl y fo rti fy th e se old es t

E x i
curs ons of a
n Ey olutio
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P ro f . Fi ks e, sth E ditio n, p .
3 0 2 .
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arc h ives of o ur wo rld s h istory A s th e boo k is de
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s i gn e d fo r th e gene ral read e r wh o h as n e i th er th e ti m e ,

n o r fi tn es s fo r s h arp an d c ri ti cal s tudy th e tre atm ent ,

is pop ul ar Sc ie nti fi c facts are b ut use d in l arge o ut

.

l ine an d as s ec ond ary to th e m oral p urpose No

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i t ri al fig urati v e o r fan c i ful th eo ry o f i nte r re tati o n

p c o , p
is foll owe d s i m ply b e cause no ne is n eces sary o r
,

p pro e r Th.i s w e i g h ti e s t c h apte r e v e r pe n n e d b y I n

s pi rati on y i eld s u it s l e ss o n s b e s t wh e n l i te rall y un

p
de rsto o d an d wh e n e x pl ai ne d by th e l aws o f c om m o n
,

s en se .

May th i s h um bl e by G od s bl ess in g be o f
atte m pt,
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h elpful use to th os e wh o m ay be in dange r o f b e i ng

le d astray fro m th e s avi n g fai th o f th e G o spe l an d ,

o th e rs m ay it fix m o re i m m utabl y upon th e R oc k o f

Truth .

F OR EVER O L OR D THY WO R D I S S E TTL E D I N

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 C O N T E N TS .

P RE FACE
L EC TU R E I .

MOSA I C AUTH O RSH I P OF THE BI BL I C AI . REC ORD O F

C RE ATI ON
L EC TU R E I I .

O R I GI N O F Tn E U NIV E RS E BY C REATI ON
LE C TU RE II I .

C REATI ON OF LI G HT
L EC TU RE IV .

C RE ATI O N OF T HE R A
FI M M E N T
L EC TU R E V .

C REATI ON OF LA ND AND SE AS .

LEC TU R E V I .

C R E AT I O N O F AT
N U R E — GRASS ES P LA NT S , , AND TR EE S 1 18

L ECTU R E V I I .

C REATI ON OF SU N M, OON , AND S TARS

L EC TU R E V II I .

C REAT I O N O F ANI MA LS
 C O NTENTS .

P AG E

L ECTU RE IX .

C REAT I ON OF MA N

L EC TU RE X .

C REATI ON AND SP H E RE OF WOMA N

L E C TU R E X I .

C REATI ON .
AND A RE O F P ARADI SE
N TU

LE CTU R E X I I .

THE SA BBATH OF CR E ATI ON—INSTI TUTI ON AND OB LI

GATI O N

LE C TU RE X III . 0

THE FA LL—THE M O RA L C ATASTROP H E O F C REAT I O N . 2 97

LEC TU R E X I V
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THE DE LUGE—THE P H YSI CA L CATASTRO P H E OF C RE A

TI ON
LECTU R E x v .

C NCO LUSI ON
 LECTURE I .

MO SAI C AU TH O R SH I P O F TH E C REATI V E REC ORD .

I n th e be ginni n g , God create d th e h e ven and

a h
th e eart .

Ge n . i . I .

N Op e n i ng the book o f G e n e s i s our e ye s ,

un q ue s tio n ably re s t upo n th e old e s t v ol

um e in th e wo rld Wh e th e r the a rt o f writin g

.

was i n v e n te d by m an o r c o n fe rre d by G od ,

alo n g with th e gi ft o f s p ee ch we ca nn ot te ll ,

Nor do we k n ow at what p e riod o f hi s tory it

o rigi nate d Egypt was the mo s t highly civ il
.

iz e d nati o n o f a n tiq uity an d acco rdi ngly m e , ,

m o rials o f w riti ng a re fo un d th e re at a v e ry
re mot e a e Still th es e w e re o n ly s ymbolic
g .
,

cha racte rs o r hi e roglyph s s uc h as are fo un d o n ,

o ur ob e li s k a n d a re s till fa r b e hi n d a writte n
,

alphab e t So that w riti ng in commo n charac

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te rs s uch as is ne ce s s a ry to th e e xi s te nc e o f an
,

o rdi na ry book did n o t com e i n to e xi s te nc e

,

e v e n in Egypt u n til th e 6 th c e n tu ry b e fo re
Chri s t o r a p e rio d n e arly a tho usa n d y e a rs
,

late r th a n wh e n M o s e s w rote .

( x i)
I 2 SI X DAYS OF C R E A TI O N .

The B ibl e o f the Pe rsi ans th e la n d wh e n ce ,

cam e the s ta r le d M agi is the Zend A vesta

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Its a u tho r was Zo roa s te r o n e o f the n obl e s t

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ch aracte rs o f an tiquity an d it co n tai n s man y

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p ure and e x c e ll e n t mo ral m axim s But ZO I O .

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:

a s te r who se e ra wa s o nc e plac e d m uch e a rli e r

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is n o w p rov e n by e mi n e n t s chol a rs to h av e
b e e n co n te mpo rary with Cyru s abo u t 900 ,

y e a rs s ub s e que n t to M o s e s The Tn pz lzéas l

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o f th e B uddhi s t s a re n o t with o u t e xalt e d a s pi

ra tio n s a n d
p re c e pts bu,t B u dd ha liv e d 40 0

y e ars l ate r than D avid and S o lomo n Th e .

C/z z nese hav e laid cl aim to a fab ulo u s a n tiq u i ty

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fo r th e i r re co rd s but it is n ow se ttl e d th at th e i r
,

natio n did n o t e v e n e xi s t wh e n A b rah a m fl o u r

is h e d a nd th e i r s ag e Co n fu c i u s th e autho r o f
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th e i r re ligio n di e d in the y e a r 4 76 B C I 1 00
, . .
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y e a rs afte r M o s es and 3 00 a fte r I sai ah

, .

It has be e n the fas hio n amo ng s k e pti cs o f

l ate to l aud the sac re d book s o f I ndi a as old e r
a n d e v e n p u re r tha n o u r Bibl e But o n ly a .

c u rs ory gl an c e a t th e m as tra ns late d by the

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g re at Sa ns k rit li ngu i s t Max Mfille r s h o w s how

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u n wo rthy th e y a re to be s tyl e d a re v e l a tio n ,

a n d how p ue ril e a re th e i r c o n c e ptio n s o f G od .

And as to wh e n th e s e R n Vedas ( s om e te n
 MO SA I C AU THORSH IP . 1 3

tho usa n d sac re d hym ns ) as th e y a re call e d , ,

w e re w ritte n d o w n the P rofe ss o r who is the

, ,

fo re m o s t livi n g au th o ri ty in his l a t e s t v o l um e ,

a s s e rt s a s a cl e a rly e s ta bli s h e d fa c t that w riti ng

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was u nk now n in I n di a b e fo re th e 4 th ce n tu ry
b e fo re s o th e i r cl a im to be rival s of

M o s e s is di s p o s e d o f .

Th e G re e k s th e n that re ma rk ably gi ft e d and

, ,

cul ture d p e opl e al o ne re mai n as co mp e ti to rs

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with the an tiq uity o f o ur sac re d v o l um e Th e y .

acq ui re d l e tt e rs fro m th e P haan ic ia n s who w e re ,

ne igh bo rs to Pal e s ti n e a n d who h ad go tt e n th e m

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from Egypt Bu t th e e a rli e s t G ree k bo o k an d

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th e s e c o n d o ld e s t in th e wo rld is th e Ili ad o f ,

H om e r And a s H e rodo tus the G re e k his to r

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ian wE
, o liv e d 400 y e a rs B C s ay s th a t H o m e r . .
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liv e d 400 ye a rs b e fo re him th e e ra o f H o m e r s ,

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Ili ad ca n no t be plac e d ea rli e r than abo ut 8 00

ye a rs B C . .

But the bo o k o f G e n e s i s was w ritt e n 1 500

yea rs b e fore the Ch ri s ti an e ra s o th at it is 700 ,

y e a rs o r abo ut twe n ty fiv e ge n e rati o n s o f m e n

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old e r th an any o th e r bo ok in th e wo rld An d

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ca n we wi th an o th e r s e n tim e n t s th a n v e n e ra
y
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Ve d a an d Ve d an ta, F . Max Mull e r p , . 2 26 .
I 4 S Ix DAY S OF C R EATI O N .

ti o n and awe o p e n th e p age s and app roach the

s t udy o f a v o l um e whi c h ca rri e s u s b ack i n t o

s uc h e a rl a g e s o f imm e mo ri al tim e a n d b ri n g s
y ,

be fo re us in e v e r und e cayi ng yo uth a nd fre s h

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n e ss pi c ture s s c e n e s e v e n t s fa c t s an d hi s to ri e s
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fro m th e lo ng d e ad p as t ! -

Th e AU THOR S H I P o f th e boo k o f G e n e s i s is a
m at te r vital to its s c rip tural au th o ri ty Was it .

w ritte n by o n e i ns pi re d o f G od In an sw e r we
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,

wo uld s ay th at the co n curre n t voi ce o f the un a n

im ous J e wi s h an d Ch ris tia n Ch u rch e s tabli sh e s
its au th o r to be M o se s Bu t as thi s has o f l ate.

be e n as s ail e d with mo re than us ual viol e n ce n o t ,

a lo n e by s k e p ti c s whi c h was to h av e be e n e x
,

e te d bu t e v e n h e re a n d th e re by o n e va u n t
p c ,

in g him s e l f to be a Ch ri s ti an te ac h e r R is im ,

po rta n t th at we s e t fo rth ane w the fo undatio n s

upo n whi c h thi s C l a im re s t s Fo r in wh a te v e r .

a e s k e pti c i s m li ft s its h e ad a n d u tte rs its o l d

g ,

cal u m n i e s we m us t lay it low agai n wi th th e

,

s wo rd o f t ru th e v e n a s has b e e n s o o fte n do n e
,

in the p as t .

F i rs t th e n di re ct an d po s itiv e e vid e n c e o f th e
, . ,

M o saic autho rs hip o f G e n e s i s as al s o o f the ,

wh ol e Pe n tate uch is fo u nd in fire éooks t/zem ,

selves .In th e I 7th ch apte r and 1 4th v e rs e o f

 MO SAI C AU THORSH I P . I 5

Ex odus G od co mm and s M o s e s s ayi ng : Write

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th is fo r a m e mo rial in a 500 S O in th e 2 4th ,

chapte r 4th v e rs e it is sa id : And M o se s w rote

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all th e wo rd s o f the Lo rd And he to ok the .

book and re ad in the audi e nce o f all the pe o

p le. A n d in th e 3 I s t chapt e r o f D e ut e ro n

o m y v e rs e s 2 4—2 6 wh e n M o s e s is abo u t to die

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it is said : And it cam e to pass wh e n M o s e s

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had mad e an e n d o f writing t/ze wor ds of tltis

law in a éooé un til th e y w e re fi n i sh e d he com
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m an de d th e L e vite s S ayi ng Tak e thi s bo o k o f

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the law and put it in th e s id e o f th e a rk o f the

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cov e na n t of the Lo rd you r God that it may be ,

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th e re fo r a witne s s agai ns t th e e Now it is .
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c e rtai n th e re fo re tha t M o se s did wri te a 600k

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with a full accoun t o f all th e s e thi ngs and that ,

God m eant that book to be p res e rv e d and to ,

thi s e n d it was place d in the sa nc t ua ry o f the

a rk . If n h , n,
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th e t e Pe tate uch the vo l um e e m
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braci ng the fiv e book s o f M o s e s be no t w ritte n
by him wh e re is the book which he did w rite
,
?

But fo rtunate ly we h av e thi s book s full h is

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to ry and le t us th e n tra ce it
, Wh e n M o se s.

di e d J o sh ua be ca m e his s ucc e s s o r and in the

, ,

v e ry fi rs t C hapte r re c o rdi ng his d e e d s God ,

s p e ak s th us :
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Thi s took o f the law wh ich M oses ,
I 6 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

my S ervan t c o mma nd e d th ee s h all not d e pa rt ,

o ut o f thy mo u th that th o u m ay e s t ob s e rv e to
,

do acco rdi ng to all th at is w ri tte n So ,

it was s till in e xi s te n c e in Jo sh ua s day And as ’

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it was re ad p ubli cly fro m S abbath to Sabbath ,

an d ta ught by m e mo ry to th e c hild re n an d ,

copi e d a nd p re s e rv e d with the m o s t s cru p ulous

c a re as G o d s mo s t p re ci o us gi ft to th e rac e
’

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ma ny s c ribe s an d p ro mi n e n t J e wi s h te a ch e rs
k nowi ng e v e n th e v e ry n umbe r o f l e tte rs a nd
the c e n tral l e tte r in it a nd e s te e mi ng its v e ry
,

p unctua tio n p o i n ts s ac re d ; we s e e ho w im pos

s ibl e it wa s th at it be lo s t S uch a thi ng is al .

toge th e r as i n co n ce ivabl e as th a t o ur Bibl e n ow ,

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with the m ul titud e o f s ch o l a rs watchi ng it ,

s ho uld be to tally a nd i rre v o cably l o s t .

And ac co rdi ngly all dow n the J e wi s h annal s

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a nd in e v e ry ub s e q u e n t book o f S c riptu re we
s ,

fin d c o n ti n ual re fe re n c e s to th e s e fiv e boo k s o f
M o s e s as e x i s ti ng and re ad an d b e i ng the v e ry
, ,

bulwark o f the J e wi s h nati o n In its p ro ud e s t .

hi s to ri c p e ri o d D avid in the P salm s is e v e r

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q uo ti ng it w o rd fo r wo rd an d calli ng it th e
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law o f M o s e s o r God s law

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G o d s wo rd
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J hu
os a, I 8 .
I 8 SI x D AYS OF C R EATI ON .

An d comi ng dow n s till late r to th e fi rs t ce n ,

tury o f ou r e ra Jo s e ph us th e l e arne d Je w who

, , ,

was in J e ru sal e m wh e n th e R om an s captu re d it ,

c a ll s G e n e s i s o n e Of the
“
fiv e book s o f M o s e s ,

an d e v e n Tacitu s J uv e n al a n d Lo ngi n u s La ti n
, ,

cl ass ic write rs e xp re ss ly affirm its M o sai c au

,

tho rs hip a s a poi n t b e yo n d di s p ute .

The in tern al eviden ce al s o ab un d an tly co n , ,

fi rm s thi s hi s to ri c p roo f lts s tyl e be ars m a rk s

.

o f g re ate r a n tiq u ity th a n a ny o th e r p art o f s c rip

tu re wo rd s an d phrase s be i ng us e d in it such
,

as do n o t app e a r in the lat e r H e b re w j us t a s ,

our A n glo S ax o n o r old E ngli s h is a t o n c e re cog

-

n iz e d as v e ry di ffe re n t fro m the m o d e rn Eng

li s h s p e e ch M o re ov e r M o se s was rai s e d in
.
,

Egypt an d the au tho r o f th i s book by his fa

, ,

milia r a nd co ns ta n t re fe re n ce s to Egypti an
c u s to m s an d m ann e rs s uch as m e n ca rryi n g
,

bask e ts on th e i r h ead s e mbalmi ng de ad bodi e s

,

a n d placi n g th e m in s a rco ph agi the child s c ra

’

dle o r ark mad e o f b ul rus h e s an d cov e re d with

pitch the m e th o d o f wate ri ng viz by i rrigatio n
, , .
,

fro m the N il e an d n u m e ro us S imil ar all u s i o n s

,

a n d m e ta ph o rs a ll d raw n fro m th e u sage s an d

,

s c e n e ry o f that co u n t ry s h o w pl a i nly the writ e r s

’

Egyptia n o rigin th us poi n ti ng agai n to M o se s

, .
 MO SA I C AU T HORS H I P . I 9

The re s u l t i nqu i rie s m ay th e re fore be

o f ou r

giv e n in th e wo rd s o f a g re at c riti cal autho ri ty

th us
' “
The te s timo ny b o rne to the e xi s te nc e o f
th e M o sai c bo o k s fro m th e i r v e ry b e gi nn i n g 15

s o di re c t p o s itiv e a nd un b rok e n an d th e ir un i ty
, ,

o f chara c te r d e s ign a n d s tyl e s o ma rk e d

,
th a t , ,

it may s afe ly be S aid tha t the e vid e nce in p roo f

o f th e i r be i ng the au th o rs hip o f M o s e s is more

i rre s i s tibl e th an fo r th at in favo r o f any s e cul a r

c ompo s itio n in the whol e

And ye t we h av e s till in re s e rv e tha t autho r

ity which to e v e ry Chri s ti an is ab s ol u te b e yo n d
app e al . C/z rist izim self fi
a r m ed tit is a uthors /z i
p .

G o i ng i nto the sy nago gue s and te mpl e on th e

Sabbath day he took up th e O ld Te s tam e n t and
,

rea d a nd c omm e n te d up o n it as G o d s g e nu i n e
’

word and am o ng m any o th e r po s i tiv e d e cla ra

,

tio ns in St J o h n vii 1 9 he as k s thi s v e ry que s

, . .
,

tio n as an e s tablis h e d fact v iz : D id no t M oses

“
, .

”
giv e you the law ? An d s o te s tifi e d all the
Ne w Te s tam e n t write rs as wh e re Luk e say s o f
,

C hris t afte r his re su rre c ti o n app e a ri ng on the

way to Emm aus : B egi nn i ng at M o s e s ( i e at
“
. .
,

G e ne s i s the Pe n tate uch or book of th e law

, ,

C yclopoedia of B ibl i l Lit

ca e rature , i
K tto, Art c i le P en ta teuek .
20 .
SI X DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

whi ch M o s e s w rote ) xp o und e d un to th e m

, he e

in all the S Criptu re s the thi ng s p e rtai n i ng to

The co n c l us i o n th e n is p e rfe c tly
i n di s p utabl e th at to rej e c t the M o sai c autho r
,

s hip o f G e n e s i s is to rej e c t th e divi n ity o f Ch ris t ,

to rej e c t the i n s pi ratio n o f all th e S c ripture s an d ,

to rej e c t the whol e s y s t e m o f Ch ri s ti an ity Re v .

el a tio n is a s ymm e t ri cal s truc tu re rl G e n e s i s is ‘

th e fo u n dati o n s to n e : re m o v e it a n d th e wh o l e ,

e difi c e fall s to th e g ro u n d .

An d o n wh at g ro un d s th e n a re we call e d o n
to s ay th at M o s e s did n o t w rit e th e P e n ta te u ch ,

bu t th at it is an unau th o riz e d fabl e ? Re v .

H e b e r N e wto n the m o s t n o te d re ce n t as sail

,

a n t in o u r mid s t o f the M o s a i c a u th o rs hip s u m s ,

u p th e a rg um e n t th u s : He te ll s u s th a t it is
un ph ilO S O ph ical b e cause it re p re s e n ts G od as
“
,

a C re a to r an d th u s m i s s e s th e s e ri e s o f Da r
“

wi n s li nk s in e v o l utio n ; and th at it is full o f

’

” ”
C hildi s h n o ti o n s c rud e re p re s e n tati o ns
“
an d
“
, ,

n u m e ro us
“
s e l f co n t ra di c ti o n s
-
An d wh e n h e
c o m e s to iv e th e s p e c ifi ca tio n s o n whi c h h e
g
k xxiv 2 7
Lu e . .

lG
‘ '

i with ut wh i h th e wh l hi t y f v l
e n e s s, o c o e s or o re e ation

w ld h g t e
u o i h i an n —
with ut b gi i g O h l a r o a e nn n . e er s
'
Old
T t m t The l gy p 5
es a en o o , . 1 .
 MOSAIC AUTHO RSHI P . 3 l

ro un d s th e s e g rav e ch a rge s o n e is th at God

g ,

s ho uld hav e drow ne d the Egyp tians in the

“

Re d S e a wh e n he n e v e r s e n ds a tidal wav e to
,

s u bm e rge wick e d Ne w Y o rk !
”
And a n o ther
that J e hovah s hould hav e walk e d in the
“

ga rd e n o f Ed e n o r that the s e rp e n t s ho uld

,
“

hav e talk e d to Ev e o r that a ngel s s ho uld hav e

,
“

vi s ite d A b raham all which thi s cle rical ra

,

tio nalis t ch a racte riz e s as d e l u s io n s o f c hild

“

A
”
s o ul s in a ch ild a e o f th e wo rld nd
“
g .

fu rth e r offe n c e he tak e s that th e Lord God

,

s h o uld h av e s m e ll e d a s we e t wh e n
“

Noah s te ppi ng forth fro m th e ark co ns e c ra te d

, ,

th e n e w wo rld by b uildi n g an alta r and o ffe ri ng ,

sac rific e to h is almigh ty p ro te cto r .

O u r fi rs t re ply to th e s e Obj e cti o n s is that not

a s in le on e
g of th em is n ew or o rigi na l Th u s .

th e obj e c ti o n to calli ng N oah s s ac rific e a pl e a s

’

an t s avo r to God o n th e g rou n d that it is an e x

p re s s i o n offe n s iv e to re fi ne d ta s te is bo rro we d ,

fro m th e s n e e r o f V ol tai re u tte re d 1 2 5 y e a rs

a o ! To th e i n s pi re d St Pa ul how e v e r thi s
g .
, ,

c h a s t e figu re o f G o d s pl e a s u re in o ur lov e o ffe r

’

i ngs was no t so re p ul s iv e fo r he quote s it in

,

Gen . viii : 21.

 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

Phil iv :
. 1 8 , an d a
ppli e s it beauti fully to the sac
rifice o f Ch ris t It is in fact am us i ng to h e a r
.
, ,

mod e rn sk e ptic s bri ngi ng fo rwa rd c ritical oh

j e ctio n s to th e Sc ripture s a n d p a radi ng th e m
,

as th e la te s t di s c ov e ri e s o f adva n c e d th o ught ,

wh e n th e s e obj e ctio ns w e re wo rn th re adbare

a n d e xpl o d e d c e n tu ri e s b e fo re th e i r p re s e n t

re ta il e rs w e re b o rn ! Th e g re a t thi n k e r Gee tlze ,

s p e a ki n g s ixt
y y e a rs a
go a t th e s a,
m e tim e

S h o w s u s th a t th e s e a s s ault s a re n o t n e w whil e ,

h e th us s e v e re ly c e n s u re s th e m : If wh e n th e
“
,

tru th wa s o nc e fo und p eo pl e wo uld no t agai n

,

p e rv e rt and ob s cu re it I sh o uld be sati sfi e d : fo r

,

m a nki nd re qu i re s so m e thi ng p o s i tiv e Th us .

,

t/zey a re n ow pulling to pieces t/ze fi ve o ooks f

o
M oses an d if an an n ihil ati ng c r1t1c15 m ls Inj ur
,

iou s in anythi ng it i s s o in m atte rs of re ligi o n

,
.

fo r h e re e v e rythi n g d e p e n d s up o n fa ith to which ,

we c ann o t re tu rn wh e n we h av e o n ce lo s t
F urth e r : Th e se obj e ctio ns are g ro un d e d up o n
a total di sbe li e f o f the mirac ul ou s witho ut which ,

the v e ry po s s ibility o f a re v e l atio n is p re cl ud e d .

An d agai n : In as far as th e b oa s t o f a s uppo rt

from mod e rn s ci e n c e th e y are refit ted o
, y t/ze

C on v ersati ons of Goethe , Ec kerm an n , p . 220 .

 MO SA I C AUTHOR S H I P . 23

the m onum en ts , fo r ampl e the

tes ti mony (
y as ex ,

m ummie s which a re be i ng un earth e d and the

w ri ti ng foun d upo n th e i r li ne n wrappi ngs ; the
c l ay tabl e ts o f Babylo n ; an d the Egyp tia n an d

Phoe n ici an i ns crip ti o n s which are now be i ng in

te rp re te d by O ri e n tal s c h o l a rs ; all o f whi c h a re
fo und m a rv e lo us ly to co nfi rm th e s ac re d re co rd .

The i nfid e l b o a s t has o fte n b e e n arroga n tly ma d e

th a t th e Bibl e wo u ld hav e to fall b e fo re the b ril

lia n t di s cov e ri e s o f mod e rn s ci e n ce But how

.

s triki n g o n th e o th e r h a n d is it to no ti c e th e

wo n d e rful co rrobo ratio n giv e n to it by the

re s ea rc h e s a n d d e v e l o pm e n t s o f a rch aeology .

As a s ignal i n s ta n ce o f thi s is the book o f

D an i e l
. O n e o f the old s ta n da rd s k e pti ca l
ch a rge s was that D an i e l could no t hav e w ritte n
it be caus e the G re e k hi s to ri an s make no m e n
tio n o f B e l s hazzar Bu t now in the thousan d s
.
,

o f littl e clay tabl e t s fo u n d a t B a bylo n o n whi c h

,

are i n s c rib e d the re c o rd s o f that e mpi re it is

,

fo un d th a t th e re was s u ch a ki ng as B e l s h azz a r ,

and th a t he comm a n d e d in B abylo n the v e ry

n ight th e city was tak e n a n d th us th e Bibl e is

,

tri umph an tly vi ndicate d .

But p a rtic ul arly is the M osaic accoun t o f th e

s lav e ry in E ypt co n firm e d b E y ptia n mo n u
g y g
24 S1 x D AYS OF C R EATIO N .

m e n ts with pictu re s and acco un ts o f s l av es with

,

H e b re w fe a tu re s wo rki ng at b rick m aki ng with

,
-

th e i r ta s k m as te rs urgi ng th e m o n wi th whip s
-
.

And mo s t re m a rk abl e o f all a hidd e n ro c k m au

,

s ol e um o f Egyp ti a n ki ng s has l a t e ly b e e n op e n e d ,

in which th e m ummi e d body o f th at v e ry Ra

m e s e s II the g re at Pharaoh o f M o se s by ,

whom was s e t u p the obe li sk whi ch now s tand s

in C e n t ral Park was fo u n d an d is n ow to be
, ,

s e e n in th e B u l a k m u s e u m n e a r C ai ro In Egypt
, .

So wo n d ro us ly d oe s the d e ad pas t ris e fro m its

g rav e o f mo re than y ea rs and poi n ti ng
,

with its bo ny ha nd co nfi rm the fi nge r o f God in

R e v e la ti o n !
R e gi n ald S tan l e y Po o l e who has care fully
,

s tu di e d th e s e E yp ti a n m o n u m e n ts in a l a te
g ,

n umb e r o f a rti c l e s in th e Con tem ora r R eview

p y
s h o w s co nc l us iv e ly how s t e p by s te p th e y co n

firm the hi s to ry by M o s e s o f the Exod us and ,

o f the s to ry o f J o s e ph a s told by him in G e n e

s is . And ye t in th e fac e o f th e s e ov e rwh e lm

,

ingly di re c t and c o rro bo ra tiv e p roo fs we are ,

to be told by th e s e re c kl e s s c riti c s that n o t

o n ly M o s e s did no t w ri te th e boo k o f G e n e s i s ,

bu t tha t it m u s t h av e o rigi na te d yea rs

late r d uri ng th e exil e fo r th e re as o n as all ege d
, , , ,
26 s1x DAYS OF R ATI O N
C E .

clothi ng of who m our Lord fo rewa rne d us who

, ,

mi s l e ad the flo ck i n to pa th s o f d e s tructio n and ,

from th e e a sy goi ng and i ndi ffe re n t S h e e p th e m

-

s e lv e s who o fte n a re to o willi n g to be th us be

,

g u il ed .

B e fo re pro ce e di ng with the s ubj e c t m a tte r o f

thi s vol u m e th e Na rrativ e o f th e C re atio n I
, ,

h av e tho ught fit to un fold th us mi nute ly the

i rre futabl e e vid e nc e e s tabli s hi ng the M o saic Au
tho rsh ip an d divi n e i n s pi ra ti o n o f G e n e s i s in ,

o rd e r tha t Ch ri s ti an s p articularly m ay se e the

utt e r w e ak n e s s o f tho s e i n fid e l as s a ul ts which

from tim e to tim e we can e v e r e xp e c t to be

m ad e agai n s t th e s ac re d vol um e Ev e ry Ch ri s .

tian m ay re s t as sure d that n o book has e v e r

be e n admi tte d i n to the Sc ript ure s witho ut the
mo s t ca re ful i n q ui ry as to its ge nui ne ne s s and ,

th e mo s t co n cl u s iv e a n d co n cu rre n t v e rdict o f

th e Ch u rch th e n e xi s ti n g u n d e r th e guid an c e o f
,

the H oly Spi rit that it wa s i n s pi re d

,
Thus cam e .

fi rs t the fiv e book s o f M o s es th e n Jo sh ua J udge s

, , ,

th e H i s to ric al Book s the P s alm s an d the Pro

,

p he ts .

And oo n as M al achi the l as t o f the Pro

as S ,

he ts had s pok e n 4 50 y e a rs b e fore Ch ri s t Ez ra

p , , ,

th e H igh P rie s t at that tim e — the l ineal d e s c e u

 MO SAI C AUTHO RS H I P . 27

—
dan t o f Aa ro n gath e re d toge th e r all the Sa cre d
bo ok s and pre p a re d mo s t e xact copi e s o f th e m .

Th u s th e O ld T e s tam e n t ca no n j us t as we hav e ,

it to day was fo rm e d an d cl o s e d
-

,
F rom the .

tim e o f Ez ra it was co n s id e re d bl as ph e my to
,

a dd o r s u bt rac t a l e tte r ; a n d co u n tl e s s th o us a n d s

o f an ci e n t q u otatio n s a n d n u m e ro u s a n c i e n t ca t

al o ue s o f th e s ac re d book s S h o w th a t th e y h av e
g ,

co m e dow n to u s u n c h a n ge d e v e n in th e i r o rd e r .

The fa m e o f Ez ra who c l o s e d an d s e al e d u p the

,

h o ly vo l u m e wa s co n s id e re d as s e co n d o nly to
,

th a t o f M o s e s who b e gan it an d his colo s sal ,

tomb ne a r th e j un c tio n o f th e Tigris an d Eu

p h ra te s riv e rs e xi s t s to thi s da
y .

Wi th th e S am e s c rup ul o us ca re w e re the
boo k s place d in ou r Ne w Te s tam e nt cano n .

A l re ady S t Pe te r ( 2 d Epi s iii : 1 6 ) s p e ak s o f

. .
,

th e e pi s tl e o f St Paul a n d the o th e r S crip

“
.

s howi ng th a t S t Paul s e pi s tl e s w e re in
’
tu re s , .

his tim e w ritte n an d admi tt e d to be o f i n s pi re d

au tho ri ty alo ng with th e o th e r S c rip tu re s St . .

Joh n who o utliv e d the oth e r A po s tl e s c o ll e cte d

, ,

a n d a rran g ed th e fo u r go s p e l s Th e n the i ndi.

vid ual ch u rch e s as tho s e at R om e C o ri n th a nd

, ,

Eph e s us to which A p os tolic e pi s tl e s w e re

,

writte n brought th e m toge th e r and all hav

, ,
28 s1x DAY S OF C REATI O N .

ing xami ne d th e m and th e un ive rsal con se n t

e ,

o f th e Ch urch h avi n g a t te s te d th e i r ge n u i n e ne ss ,

th e y w e re re ce iv e d i n to the i n s pi re d w riti ng s .

Th us a s ho rt tim e subs e q ue n t to the d e pa rtu re

,

fro m the e a rth o f o u r bl e s s e d Lo rd an d his

a po s tl e s the Ne w T e s ta m e n t c a n o n a s we n ow
, ,

hav e it was cl ose d an d s e al e d and add e d to the

, ,

O ld a nd th us cam e o u r co mpl e te H oly Bibl e

, .

And whil e ma ny a dart ha s b e e n h url e d by un

godly m e n fo r th e i r d e s truc ti o n ye t le t us rejoi ce ,

that s o m any o f th e nobl e s t s o ul s hav e fre e ly

giv e n th e i r liv e s to p re s e rv e th e s e S c ripture s ;
a n d that havi n g s urv iv e d e v e ry s ho ck o f di s ta n t
,

ba rbaric age s th e y to day m an i fe s t a fre s h and

,
-

g rowi ng li fe S howi ng tha t God s wo rd is i n d e

,
’

s truc tible fo re v e rmo re O f th e m all d e s pi te

.
,

e v e ry a tte mpt a t th e i r ov e rth row we m ay s ay ,

in the w o rd s o f a tho ught ful w rit e r o n th e op e n

ing chap te rs o f G e n e s i s : Th e re th e y s tand “
,

and e v e r co n ti n u e to s ta n d o fte n a s it has b e e n

,

a tt e mpte d to e xpl ai n th e m away ; a n d th e re ,

doubtl e s s th e y will re m a i n un til the eiId o f the

,

wo rld until th e co ncl us io n o f God s ki ngdom

,
’

o n ea rth joi n s ha n d s wi th th e b e gi nn i ng an d ,

th e light o f the b e gi n n i ng will agai n be re cog

n iz e d in the light o f th e e nd and th e light o f ,
 MO SAI C AU THO RSHI P .
9

th e e n d in th e light o f th e b egi n n i ng th at ,

m ay be all in T
Most won d rous b k b igh t c dl e f th e L d !
oo r an o or

St of te n ity
ar th e o l y t
e r n s ar

By whi h th e b k f m c c uld vig te

ar o an o na a

Th e f li f
se a o d g i th e t f bli
e , an a n c oas o ss

Se u ly c ly t whi h o e tim
re on s ar c r s on e,

An d it d k, on d t ubl e d bil low

s ar ti ll
an ro s, s

A g s ti d ifti g wiftl y b y
e n era on , r n s ,

Su e de d g
c ce ti th w e n e ra
y on , re a ra

Of h v e w light d t th h ill f God

’
ea n s o n , an o e s o ,

Th v l ti g hill p i ted th i
e e e r as n ye
s, o n e s n n er s e
'
.

Sta ib Studi
-
e n un d i ik
Kr t d G en o er e n es i s I II .

t S o D a n a , th e di ti gui h d ge l gi t b
s n s e o o s , ears wit n ess to th e
i m p ibility f
os s o an y tho igi
th Mo i f Ge
e r oru i th n o n es s an e sa c a

th orsh ip th u, s :

Th e ly uon f i f m ti so f thrce ti o
o whi h w
n or a on o e cre a n c e

h v i th fi t ch pt f Ge i
a e s e rs d thi m u t b in pi d
a er o n e s s , an s s e s re .

Th e sim il ity b tw th e
ar t tud y f N tu
e ee n d th M re ce n s o a re a n e o

sa ic ti v
n arra ugh t t ti fy th d ub ti g tude t
e o o saf N tus e o n s n s o a re

f th e t uth f th c e ti l t d i th e fi st ch pt f G
'

o r o e r a on as re a e n r a er o en

e i
”
s s.
 LECTURE II .

OR I G I N O F TH E UN I VE R SE BY C R E AT I O N .

In th e begi nn i ng God C REATE D th e he ve a n an d th e eart h .

Gen . i . 1.

H E S E li ne s are wo rthy th e i r plac e at th e

h ead o f the Bibl e Th e y are in k e e pi ng .

with the th e m e th e book and the autho r The

, , .

re v elatio n o f G od to m e n co uld n o t b egi n wi th

a n obl e r p re fac e O n n o oth e r p ag e o f th e
.

s a c re d v o l u m e is the fi n g e r o f i n s pi ra tio n mo re

cl early vi s ibl e In th e s e fe w wo rd s g rand e r

.

t ru th s a re d e cla re d d e e p e r mys te ri e s s olv e d

, ,

and pro fo un d e r i n t e re s t s re s p e cti n g th e rac e re

v eal e d than in all th e s e cular book s e v e r w rit

,

te n o r in all th e wi s e s t philo s ophi e s e v e r fram e d

,

by h um an s kill .

Thi s fi rs t v e rse o f rev e latio n is th e mo s t

w e igh ty s e n te nc e e v e r utte re d h avi ng the mo st ,

gigan tic m e mbe rs It co n tai ns fiv e g re at un i

.

v e rsal te rm s and s p eaks o f as m any bo un dl e ss

,

totaliti e s — God h eav e n e arth c re atio n and the

, , ,

b e gi nni ng And th e s e which e l s e a re a pro

.
.

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3 1

fo und ba ffl i ng th e utmo s t pl umm e t o f h uman

,

tho ugh t it i rra diate s at a s i ngl e s tro k e

, The .

nat u rali s t C uvie r p ays thi s trib ute to th e s e

, ,

“
op e n i ng wo rd s o f G e n e s i s : A s ublim e r pa s sage
th an thi s from th e fi rs t w o rd to th e l as t n e v e r
, ,

can or will c om e from a h um a n pe n

“
In th e ,

be gi n n i ng Go d cre ate d th e h eav e n and th e

”
e a rth .

What it i nvolv e s is the th e m e of th e pre sen t

l e cture .

It is to be re marke d fi rs t th a t e ve ryth i ng de ,

p e n d s upo n o ur m e thod o f i n te rp re ti ng thi s

p as sage an d the chapte r to which it is i nt ro
,

duc to ry In c e rta i n q ua rt e rs it is th e fa s hio n

.
,

with an air o f s up e rio r l e a rn i ng to re ga rd thi s ,

wh o l e acco un t as a s o rt O f ta bl e a u o r picto rial

s k e tch Th a t is whil e th e s ub s ta nce is true
.
, ,

th e form is drap e d in p o e tic image ry The .

c rea tiv e act s i n s tead o f b e i n g nar ra te d as th e y

,

lite rally oc c urre d are o n ly re p re s e n te d in

,

gra n d o utli n e as a s e ri e s of e v o lvi ng p ano

,

ra mic vi e w s And in s trippi ng off thi s pictorial

.

ga rb each o n e proc e e di ng acco rdi ng to his

,

fan cy arriv e s at a di ffe re n t cl as s o f nak e d

,

fact s.

We obse rv e th en that th e re is not the slight

, ,
3 2 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

est occa s io n fo r s uch a p roc e d ure Th e re is .

no S ig n h e re wh a te v e r o f e mployi ng a fig ure

o r pi c tu re ; but e v e ry cha racte ri s tic i n dicate s

that th e wo rd s m ean p re ci s ely what th e y say ,

and a re to be tak e n as the n a rra ti o n o f s impl e

facts .
“
The whol e narrativ e is s ob e r d e fi n ite , ,

c l e a r a n d co n c re te
, .Th e hi s to rical e v e n ts de
s crib e d do i n d e e d co n tai n a ri c h t re a s u ry o f

s pe c ul ativ e th o ught an d po e ti c al glo ry ; but th e

ac co un t b e a rs th e m a rk s b o th in fo rm an d s ub
,

s ta nc e o f a n hi s to ri ca l do c um e n t whi c h it is in
, ,

te n d e d we s ho uld ac ce p t as ac tual truth .

”

Wh at oc cas io n is th e re fo r us h e re to im agi n e
th a t i n s pi ratio n is v e ili n g its m e an i ng to m e n in

trop e s an d im age s ? We b e li e v e th at wh e n
fac ts a re p u rpo rte d to be giv e n in the s ac re d
v o l um e th e y are giv e n an d no t s o m e thi ng e l s e
, , .

Wh at co uld p o s s ibly be gai ne d by hidi ng the

v e ry m ea ni ng which is s o ught to be co nv e y e d ?

I n cal cul able dam age to the true s e ns e o f S c rip

ture has b ee n do n e by th i s i rre v e re n t te nd e n cy
o n th e p a rt o f ma n y to all e go riz e a way its

na tu ral s ig n ifi ca n c e .The k e y ac c o rdi n gly wi th

whi ch we S hall p ro ce e d to un lock thi s ri ch
divi ne t reas ury s hall be th a t o f comm o n se n se
D l itz h
e sc P t t u h V l
on en a e c , pp 3
o 7.
3 8I, . , .
34 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

th e s e laws are no t caus e s th e y are th e m s e lv e s

,

c a us e d ; th ey a re no t m as te rs but s e rv ants
, .

Ev e n m an by l e arni ng th e i r mod e s o f o p e ratio n

ca n mak e th e m ob e di e n t to him a s F ra n kli n
,

tra i n e d th e e l e ct ric s pa rk to be his m e s s e ng e r .

Who th e n o rd e re d th e se law s ? Who im

p re ss e d upo n th e m th e regul a ti o n s by which
th e y a re gov e rn e d ? Th us by i n tuitio n we
a rriv e at the id e a o f G o d a s H im s e l f b e fo re
,

al l b e hi n d se c o n da ry c a us e s th e p rim a ry ne
, ,

c e ss ity an d b e gi n n i ng o f thi n g s .

But wh e n we l ook furthe r to the h um an s o ul ,

wh e n we s e e th e wo n d e r o f tho ught how s hal l ,

we e xplai n it ? IS mi n d but a p rop e rty o f mat

te r a highly re fi n e d a nd e th e re al s ub s ta n c e ?
,

Is co n s cio us n e s s but a p rod uc t o f th e batte ry

o f th e b rai n ,O r are n o t th e realm s o f Spi rit
an d N a tu re to ta lly div e rse ? An d what th e n is
the h um an mi n d but a p rod uct o f th e S up re m e

I n t e llige n c e ? And co n s ci e n c e who s e voic e is

,

it in the s o ul ? Wh e nc e the authori ty wi th

,

whi ch it sp e ak s D o e s it n o t poi n t to an i n vi s i
?

ble La wgiv e r ?

The exi s te n ce o f the s o ul th e n mo s t irre sis ti

bly impli e s the e xi s te n c e o f a p e rs o nal G od .

An d its s tro nge s t i n tuitio n s and ye a rn i ngs pro

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ph e tica lly d e cl a re H im e v e n as no wan t is se e n

,

in n at u re with o ut its co rre s po n di ng fit n e s s .

The Pan th e i s ti c id e a o f a s o ul in all thi ngs a ,

mi nd in Natu re a C o s mic li fe o f the U n iv e rs e

, ,

do e s no t S ati s fy the d e m an d s o f the s o ul C all .

it what yo u will an unco n s ci o us li fe bli n d fa te

, , ,

a pow e r o f n e c e s s ity — it is but a d re amy ab

,

s trac tio n a d umb idol

, a mo c k e ry o f God
,
a ,

nam e with o ut a re a lity .

The grea t thi n k e r A ug us ti n e who s o un d e d

, ,

the d e p th s o f thi s Pa n th e i s ti c d re am th us e lo ,

q ue n tly d e picts its v acan cy : I as k e d the ea rth “

,

it said I am no t He ; and all th at th e re i n is

,

m ad e the sam e ack nowl e dgm e n t I as k e d the .

s e a a n d th e d e p th s and al l th at mov e an d liv e

,
,

th e re i n and th e y a ns w e re d We a re n o t thy
, ,

G o d : s e e k high e r I a sk e d the wi n d s but the

.
,

air with al l its i nh abita n t s an sw e re d I am n o t ,

thy Go d I as k e d the h e av e n s the s un th e

.
, ,

moo n the s ta rs an d th ey an s we re d N e i th e r
, , ,

a re we th e G o d wh o m tho u s e e k e s t An d I .

s aid to all thi ng s that s urro un d m e Ye h av e ,

told m e co n ce rni ng my God tha t ye are no t

He : s p eak th e n to m e O f H im An d th e y all ,

c ri e d with lo ud v o ic e s He mad e ,

C f i x 6
on ess on s , . .
3 6 SI x DAYS OF C REATI O N .

G od is n o t th e n an i m pe rso nal s o ul o f nature .

Nor is matte r s e l f origi nati ng and e te rnal But

-
.

th e re is o n ly O ne who is s e l f o rigi nati ng s e l f

-

ex i s te n t s e l f s us tai n i n g
,
-
and S e l f ac ti ng
,
a nd-

that is th e p e rs o na l God And all e xi s ti ng

.

thi ngs hav e had a be gi n ni ng an d s prung fro m

H im His i n te llige nce and will a re the s o urc e
.

o f all b e i ng The wo rld is no t go v e rne d by

.

chance or p e rmitte d to d ri ft aiml e s s ly alo ng the

,

oc ea n o f a ccid e nt witho ut h e lm o r rudd e r; but

,

it is un d e r the s way o f a fre e ratio nal om nipo , ,

te nt S pi rit .

Me n and n atio n s are not so man y s to ne s to

be rattl e d d o w n the boomi ng to rre n ts o f cha n c e
at th e i r m e rcy ; but th e p ro o fs o f an e v e r
‘

ruli ng p u rpo s e gl e am o n e v e ry p age o f hi s to ry .

A ll th ro ugh its s tage s a re s ee n s t ro ngly ma rke d

li n e s co nv e rgi ng to a d e fi nite e nd m o ral pur ,

p o s es wo rki ng o ut an o rd e rly p rog re s s a co n

, ,

ti nn e d mov e m e n t towa rd an appoi n te d goal .

Cl early all th e s e g re at e v e n ts co m e no t by
,

c ha n c e. Thi s is no t m e rely a gam e to be de

c id e d by th e ge n i u s o f ki ng s o r th e fo rt un e o f
,

a rm s. But the re is a God in H i s to ry The re .

is O n e i n vi s ibl e who s e will pre s id e s ov e r the

,

s t e p s o f th e o ngoi ng g e ne ratio n s o f m e n .
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This is th e fi rs t gre at d e c la rati o n o f thi s

—
op e n i ng v e rs e o f G e n e s i s the re ali ty o f a pe r
,

s o na l G o d Thi s t ruth i n d e e d is s o s t ro ngly

.
, ,

g ro un d e d o n n atu ral e vid e nce th a t it has s ug

ge s te d i ts e l f to the h uma n mi n d in all tim e s
* ”
an d ag e s Th e re is no p e opl e say s Ci ce ro
“
.
, ,

s o wild a n d s av ag e as n o t to h av e b e li e v e d in
“

a God ,
e v e n if th e y h av e b e e n un a c q ua i n t e d

wi th His nature A ll e xi s ti ng thi ngs a re the

.

alphabe t by whi ch we s p e ll o ut the g re at l e ss o n

o f th e e xi s te n c e o f a p e rs o n al D e i ty S till th e .

fac t a s th us gl e a n e d is bu t dimly k n ow n
, ,
It is .

ra th e r a h o p e than a c e rta i n ty It is rath e r a .

m ute p roph e cy o f th e h e a rt than a p o s itiv e

d e mo n s t rati o n o f th e mi n d And whil e m an .

“
ki nd is th us g ropi ng an d b uildi ng its al ta rs to
”
th e un k now n G o d ( A c ts x v u thi s s e n te n c e
.

o f I n s pi ratio n d e cl a re s H im It d raw s bac k th e

.

v e il an d re v e al s H im in di s ti n ct an d m aj e s tic
o u tli n e a pow e r imm a n e n t ov e r all b e i ng It
,
.

b rus h e s away all my thi cal an d Pan th e i s tic co n

c e tio n s a n d d e g radi n g n o ti o n s o f H im an d
p ,

s how s H im to be th e o n e o n ly e te rn al se l f ,

e xi s t e n t an d al
,
l wi s e G o d
-
.

Thi s fi rs t s e n te nce o f th e Bibl e fu rth e r de , ,

D e L egi bus, i . 8 .
3 8 SI X DAY S OF C R EAT I O N .

l
C a re s the ori gi n o f th e Un iverse by Cr ea tion .

”
“
God cr ea te d the h eav e n a n d th e e a rth The .

H e b re w w o rd B ara in the K al fo rm as h e re is
, , ,

us e d thi rty fiv e tim e s in th e Bibl e alw ay s a n d

-

o n ly o f a divi n e c re a tIo n The e xp re s s i o n .

h e av e n an d e a rth is a ph ras e e mpl oy e d to ,

d e n o te th e U n iv e rs e fo r whi ch th e re wa s n o ,

s i n gl e wo rd in the H e b re w l anguage The .

m e an i ng th e re fo re is th at G od by an ac t o f
, ,

a b s o l u te c re a ti o n p ro d uc e d th e wh o l e m ate ri al

U n iv e rs e n o t fro m al re ady e xi s ti ng m ate rial

, ,

bu t o ut o f n o thi ng .

Thi s is the li te ral an d o n ly p o ss ibl e fo rc e o f

th e w o rd s Th e fo ll o wi n g v e rs e s till furth e r
.

s h o w s thi s :
“
An d th e e a rth wa s wi th o ut fo rm ,

”
a n d v o id Th a t is e v e n afte r the fi rs t c re ativ e
.
,

fiat th e e a rth was s till in a fo rml e s s ch ao ti c

, ,

s ta t e . It was s o to s p e ak but m a d e in the

, ,

ro ugh ; it e xi s te d but in a n e l e m e n ta ry s ta te .

D i s o rde r an d da rk ne s s wa s te an d d e s o l ati o n
.
, ,

b roo d e d o v e r its h e avi ng m a s s o f liq uid e le

m e n ts It was a s ublim e ly aw ful co n fus i o n o f
.

m atte r s uch as bu t the i n v e n tiv e g e n i us o f a

,

M il to n ca n th us vividly pi c tu re :
Ad k ar ,

I l li m i t bl e wi th ut b u d
a ocean , o o n ,
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With out di m en si on ;
wh e e le gth b e dth d height r n , r a , an

A d ti m e
n d pl e , l t ; whe elde t Night
an ac , are os re s

A d Ch
n e t f N tu
aos, an c h ld s ors o a re , o

Ete n l r ah y m id t th
an arc i , a s e n o se

Of dl e w
en d by
ss fu i t
ars , and; con s on s a n

F h t
or ld m i t d d y f u h m pi fie ce
o , co , o s an r , o r c a on s r ,

St iv e h e
r f m t y re d t b ttl b i ng
or as er , an o a e r

Th i m b y
”
e r e t m r on a o s .

Thi s is th e w e igh ti e s t d e cl a ratio n o f thi s

w e ighti e s t o f s e n te n c e s viz that the U n i ,

v e rs e o rigi nate d by the v o l un ta ry c re ativ e

ag e n cy o f G o d It is n atu ral th at m e n s h o uld
.

at all tim e s h av e s p e cu l a t e d u p o n thi s q ue s ti o n .

An d to thi s day two th e o ri e s o f th e p ro d u ctio n

o f th e U n iv e rs e c o n te n d toge th e r fo r th e m as

te ry. O n e is that m atte r an d its l aw s are

e te rnal ; th e o th e r th a t th e y h av e had a b e gi n

n i ng an d a re th e wo rk o f th e C re a to r Th e .

fo rm e r is th e na tu ra li s ti c an d S k e pti cal th e o ry ,

th e l a tt e r th e Bibli cal In fac t a fe atu re o f th e.

,

pre s e n t tim e is a g re at as saul t m ad e all al o ng

th e li n e by m o d e rn s c i e n c e to ov e rth row th e

do ct ri n e o f the c reati o n a s re c o rd e d in G e ne s i s .

M atte r e x cl aim s Ty n dall

,
“
is the p ro mi s e ,

an d p o te n cy o f a ll te rre s tri a l

Bu t h e re it is as s e rte d th at God is the

l
Be fast A dd re ss , pp . 1 9 an d 20 .
4o s1x DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

p o te n cy the o rigi n the Crea tor o f m atte r An d

, ,
.

wh e n o n the o n e ha n d we l oo k at the s m all e s t

a to m a n d s e e in it a mic ro co s m
,
a mi n iature ,

wo rld ; and th e n li ft up o ur ey e s to the bo un d

l e ss d e pth s o f s p ace an d s e e th e imm ea s u rabl e ,

v as tn e s s o f th e m ate rial U niv e rs e wh at ca us e ,

ca n we c o n c e iv e ad e q ua t e to its prod uc ti o n

e xc e pt a n i n fi n i te C re a to r ?

O uts id e o f D e i ty m a n is the g re a te s t p ow e r ,

wi th which we are acq uai n te d ye t h e is u tte rly ,

imp o te n t to c reate the m o s t i nfi n ite s im al pa rticl e

o f m a tte r Nay ! e mpl o y his s t ro ng e s t re to rts
. ,

his hot te s t c ru cibl e s h is m o s t activ e ch e mic al ,

c o mbi natio n s and his m o s t i nge n i o u s ins tru

,

m e n ts h e ca nnot e v e n an n ihil ate the s m all e s t

,

i o ta o f anythi ng e xi s ti ng : how m uch l e s s th e n

*
can h e c all an y thi n g i n to b e i n g Say s the .

How m atte r an d gy m i t b i g S i t
e n er ca e n o e n , c e n ce cann o

te ll ; b ut i e x pli itl y d
n l i g th t by p we xi ti g d
c e c ar n a no o r e s n an

O p ti g withi th
era n ge f b v ti i it p ibl ith
n e ra n o o ser a on , s oss e e er

t
o a dd t th umo f xi t e s i th l td g o t di m i i h
e s e n ce , or n e e as e ree o n s

it it ff d th m t di
,
a or s t d p i ti v t ti m
e y p ibl i
os rec an os e es on o ss e n

s upp t f th e
or xi t
o f Fi t C u e t di g th U i
s e n ce o a rs a se , ra n sce n n e n

v ers e it l f H th t ti m y f i
se . ere i l ly d u e es on o s c e n ce s c e ar an n

m i t k bl y i f v
s a a f th ti
n b lute igi f m tt
a or o e cre a o n or a so or n o a er

an d g y i th l y f m i whi h S i
en er , n e on b t ti or n c c e n ce c an e ar es

y th e ubj e t —S H e y C ld
”
m d R lgi
'

on on s c . ci en ce a n e z on . nr a er

w d L L D p 1 14
oo , . .
, . .
4 2 srx DAYS OF C REATI O N .

fai ry a rab e sq ue and ask the ath e i s t if he fe e l s

,

S e rio us ly c e rta i n that th i s frail m a rv e l is bu t th e

a ccid e n tal o utcom e o f s e l f e volvi n g law s -

.

And so ho w can we acco un t fo r the pla n

fitti ng all pa rts o f thi s s tupe n doiI S sy s te m
toge th e r witho ut pre s uppo s i ng an i n te llige n t
,
-

C re ato r ? “
G od s ay s ( E tinge r is in the
,
“
,

”
i n te nti o n s tamp e d upo n the U n iv e rs e .

But n o t o n ly is it h e re s ta te d that G o d
c re ate d th e mate rial U n iv e rs e an d fram e d its ,

wo n d rous pla n ; but th e re is al s o i nvolv e d in

thi s ge ne ral s tate m e n t th at He is th e M ak e r o f
L ife . Thi s is d o ubtl e s s the e nd fo r which the
m ate rial c re atio n e xi s ts Viz fo r the nurture , .
,

a n d p ro m o tio n o f li fe It is to thi s wo n d ro us
.

p ri n cipl e th at our glob e owe s its b e auty its ,

gl o ry an d its d eathl e s s i n te re s t Blot out li fe

, .
,

v e ge tabl e an imal and h uman fro m it and wha t

, , ,

would it be but a v as t s e p ulchre ? Th e mi racl e

o f e xi s te n c e th e n is o rga n ic b e i ng — li fe Thi s .

is to ou r c o mpre h e n s i o n a n i n s ol ubl e my s te ry ,

bu t n o n e th e l e s s a s e l f e vid e n t fact
-
And do e s .

it not i rre s i s tibly a rgu e a Cre a to r ? As we

b e h o ld it e v e n in th e l o w e r o rd e rs o f o rga ni s m s
, ,

how do e s it s o tra n sc e n d in wi s d o m skill an d , ,

p o w e r e v e ry m ate rial o bj e ct th a t we can o nly

, ,
 OR I G I N O F TH E U N I V E RSE BY C R EATI O N .
43

bow be fo re H im who al o n e co uld origi nate it ;

an d as we s e e its n obl e s t ma ni fe s ta tio n in

h uman li fe who m us t n o t e xclaim with the

,

P salmi s t : I am fe arfully and w o n d e rfully

“

”
mad e ; m arv e ll o us are thy wo rk s ! P s cxxxi x . .

V Th is h
is th e s u blim e d e cl a ra ti o n o f thi s
t en
—
fi rs t s e n te n c e o f i ns pi ratio n that thi s U n iv e rs e
vi s ibl e and i n vi s ibl e thi s w o rld o f natu re an d
,

s pi ri t thi s re alm o f m a tt e r an d o rga n i c li fe all

, ,

thi ngs e xi s ti ng in tim e and s p ac e w e re pro ,

duce d by the c reativ e p o w e r o f A lmigh ty G o d

We obse rve a re m arkabl e harmo ny be twe e n
.

thi s M os ai c re co rd o f the c re atio n o f the U n i

v e rs e an d the dem ons tra ted r es ults of m odern
scien ce . G e o l ogy p e rh ap s p re s e n ts the m o s t
, ,

s t riki n g coi n cid e n c e s G e n e s i s h e re d e s c ribe s

.

the c re a ti o n a s adv a n c i n g in an as c e n di n g s c al e ,

a p ro g re s s iv e s e ri e s F i rs t d ead m atte r is
.

c re a t e d th e n v e g e ta bl e th e n an im al li fe a nd
, , ,

fi nally m an Th us e ach suc c e e di ng day rev e al s

.

a high e r s tag e in th e c rea tiv e d ra m a An d j u s t

.

s uch a n a s c e n di ng o rd e r is b ro ught to light by

the u n c o v e re d s t ra ta o f the ro ck s Not o nly

.

do th e fo s s il re m ai n s in the e arth s how a s imi

lar p rog re s s iv e s cal e but th e coi n cid e n c e s with
,
44 s1x DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

the s c riptural na rrativ e a re s uch as to m ak e

th e m almo s t i de n tical .

Th us fi rs t and l o w e s t C om e the ign e o us ro ck s

, ,

a b s o l u t e ly d e s titu t e o f th e re l ic s o f li fe c or re s ,

po ndi ng to the fi rst crea tive day wh e n li fe l e s s ,

m atte r was m ade B o th S c rip ture an d G e

.

o l o gy ag re e in d e s cribi ng th e co n ti n e n ts a s be

ing at thi s p e riod s ubm e rge d be n e ath the oc e an ,

c o rre s p o n di ng to the wo rk o f the secon d day ,

wh e n the dry l an d was li fte d abov e the s e as .

At thi s tim e th e ge o l ogical re co rd s how s th at

pl ants m ad e th e i r fi rs t app e ara nce and S O o n ,

the thir d day th e e a rth s fl o ra g ra ss e s pl a n t s

’

, , ,

a n d tre e s ,
w e re c rea te d The i n trod ucti o n o f
.

gro wi ng nature pro v e s th at light m u s t hav e e x

is te d p re vi o us ly to thi s p e ri o d an d h e re agai n
,

the S c ript u re n a rra tiv e is s us tai n e d .

A n im al li fe is now abo u t to be i n tro duc e d ,

a nd as fo r thi s a s p e cifi c a n d re gul a r s upply o f

ligh t is n e e d e d i n s te ad o f its p re vio us ge n e ral

a nd i n d e fi n ite p re v al e n c e s o o n th e our th da
, f y
th e s u n is s e t in th e h e av e n s Wh e n th e n o rgan ic
.
,

re m ai n s o f a n im al s b e gi n to a pp e a r in th e ro ck s ,

fi s h e s wi th the l o we s t o rgan ic s truc tu re are

, ,

fo un d fi rs t ; bi rd s h avi n g a high e r o rgan izatio n

, ,

c o m e ne xt ; an d l ate r s till and wi th a fa r m o re

,
 OR I G I N O F THE U N I V E R SE BY C R E AT I O N .
45

compl e x and e laborate o rga n i s m appe ar the ,

lan d an im al s Pre ci s e ly th i s is the gradatio n in

.

”
th e biblica l acco un t wh e re fi s h e s a nd bi rd s
“ “
,

a re c re a t e d o n th e fif th day an d c ree pi ng

“
,

” ”
thi ngs “
cattl e an d b eas ts on the mo rn i ng
,
“
,

o f the s ix th day .

To c ro w n th e h arm o n y Sc riptu re s ta te s that ,

th e c re atio n re ac h e d its s um m it in m a n an d ,

that he was m ad e l as t o f all o n the e v e n i ng o f

the s ix th day ; a n d ge o l o gy fi n d s n o re m a i n s o f

m an e xce pt in all uvi um th e m o s t re c e n t o f th e ,

fo rm ati o n s .

A fte r a c are ful c o mpa ri so n o f th e s e re m ark

abl e coi n cid e n c e s th e e mi n e n t g e ologi s t Pro f
, , .

D a na re mark s : The ha rm o ny o f ge o logy wi th

,
“

G e n e s i s could n ot be m ore ex act Th e re is h e re .

no cha n c e p a ra ll e li s m ; fo r G o d n e ith e r in h is

w o rd n o r wo rk s can be cha rge d wi th accid e n ta l

o r u n m e an i ng
l
‘ ’

Ch e mi s try b ri ngs s imil a r s c i e n tific co rro bora

ti o n In thi s q uarte r p e rh ap s the mo s t vigor
.
, ,

o us an tago n i s m to th e S c riptu ral id e a o f c re a tio n

Sc i ibl p 1
e n c e an d th e B e, . 20 .

rSim il ly w i t P i ip l D w “
‘
ar r es r nc a a son : Th e cosm ogom y of
M ose s in Genesi i sub t nti all y th e
s s s a h
sam e as t at re e a e v l d
b y th t tim y f th e rock
e es on o s.
*
3
4 6 srx DAYS OF C RE ATI O N .

h as b ee n di s pl aye d The partic ular poi n t to

.

which th e se effo rts hav e bee n di re cte d has b e e n

the origi n o f ifl e P ro t
.o pl a s m wa s th e s u b
s ta n c e l n whi c h P ro f H u xl e y a n d o th e rs hop e d
.

”
to fin d th e phys i cal bas i s o f li fe Wate r
“
.
,

a mm o n i a an d C a rbo n ic ac id combi n e d un d e r
,

c e rta i n c o ndi ti o n s fo rm e d thi s p ro to pla s m an d

, ,

it was s uppo se d to e xhibit the ph e n o m e n a o f

“

li fe .
”
V i tali ty was claim e d to be th e re sul t o f a
c e rtai n p e c uli ar a rra nge m e n t o f m o l e cul ar pa r
ticle s the C h e mi cal c o n s ti tue n ts o f p ro to pl as m
, .

Wh e n thi s di s c o v e ry was m ad e it was a n .

n o unc e d with a g rea t p a rad e th at the s e c re t o f

li fe had be e n fo un d and th a t wh at had bee n

,

s upp o s e d to be al o n e a w o rk o f c re a tiv e might ,

co uld n ow be p rod uc e d at the pl e as ure o f th e

s c i e n ti s t amid his j a rs a nd ba t te ri e s a n d p a il s o f

p ro to pl as m M any th o ught th at the Bibl e was

.

n o w o v e rt h ro wn Bu t th e o ry is o n ly v al uabl e
.

a s it re s ts upo n fac ts The n e xt s te p th e re fo re

.
, ,

was the submi s s io n o f the hyp o th e s i s to the c ru

c ial t e s t o f e xp e rim e n t Ev e rywh e re s cie n ti s ts
.

w e re bus ily e ngage d up o n it F ro m J un e 1 8 70 .

, ,

to J uly 1 8 77 the battl e rage d e xp e rim e nts be

, , ,

ing c o n d ucte d in F ran c e E ngla n d and G e rma ny

, .

D r Ba s ti an cl aim e d th at a fte r bo ili ng an d s te riliz

.
 OR I G I N O F THE U N I V E RSE BY C R E ATI O N .
47

ing wate r, li fe co uld be origi nate d in it by c e rtai n

alkali ne i nfus io n s But Pro f Ty n dall s howe d
. .

th a t his h e rm e tically s eal e d re tort was d e fe ctiv e ,

an d s till allow e d the e n tra n c e o f air imp re g na te d

with livi ng ge rm s Wh e n thi s was reme di e d .

,

li fe c e as e d to be ge ne rate d A ll e ffo rts all co m .

,

bination s all i n fus i o n s w e re fruitl e ss

, , F ro m .

d e ad m atte r n othi ng but de a th wo uld c om e .

The e ffo rt was th e n aban do n e d as a to tal fail ure .

P ro f Tyn d all th us o fficially s tate d th e re s ult

.

The e xp e rim e n ts hav e al re ady e xte n d e d to 1 0 5

i n s tan ce s no t o n e o f whi ch s h o w s th e l e as t co un
,

te n an ce to th e d o ct ri n e o f s po n ta n e o us ge n e ra

Th e re by was e s tabli s h e d the mode rn

di s co v e ry o f Bioge ne sIs o r li fe but from an te ,

c e de n t li fe An d th us do e s ch e mi s t ry b ri n g on e
.

o f the m o s t m ag n ific e n t s ci e n tific p roo fs to cor

robo ra te thi s teachi ng o f the boo k o f G e n e s i s by ,

d e cla ri ng the utte r imp o s s ibility by any natu ra l ,

m e a n s o f ge n e ra ti ng o r e volvi ng o r p ro duci ng
, , ,

li fe e v e n in its mo s t e mb ryo n ic fo rm s and th e re

, ,

by l e avi ng us to co ncl ud e that it can be ca us e d

al o n e by an a c t o f cre atio n .

*
So P rof Ta t R e ce n t A
. i
dv , an ce s in Sc i en e p 24
c , . , L et no

on e im gi e th t we Sh ll e ve
a n a a r be e na bl d t p du
e o ro x
ce , e cept

m l i fe e v en th e l west form life ”

fro , o s of .
 SI X D AYS OF CREATI ON .

The s cie nce o f A rchaeology l ikewis e sus tains , ,

th i s creative re co rd F or a tim e it was claim e d

.

tha t m o num e n tal re mai ns o f m an his work s , ,

buildi ngs e tc i ndicate d a far greate r an tiqui ty

, .
,

th an that as s igne d in th e Bibl e But th e s e ill u .

s io n s hav e b ee n di s p e ll e d The h uman sk ele .

to ns foun d e mbe dd e d in s olid roc k or burie d in ,

rud e h uts and cav e rn s an d the bl un t i nstrum e n ts, ,

arrow he ad s potte ry and ute ns il s ex h um e d in

-

, ,

co nn e c tio n with th e lak e dwe lli ngs e tc are all , .

,

s o s ituate d as to un mi s takably S how th e ir re c e n t

origi n and to bring th e m q uite within the his

,

toric p e riod .

N o fo ss il re m ai n s or trac e s of m an e xi s t o f a
, ,

gre ate r a n tiq uity than abo ut ye a rs be fore

Chri s t ; but s ubse q ue n t to that date th ey ap
pea r in g re at n umb e r Th en m e mo rial s o f .
,

w riti ng a rchite cture war dre s s orn am e n tatio n

, , , , ,

u te n s il s m e tal s citi e s an d all th e adj un cts o f

, , ,

civil izatio n abo un d in full accordan c e with th e

,

s criptu ral acco u n t o f m a n .

The re se arch e s o f a n tiq ua ria ns with res p e ct

to lang uage c o n d uc e to the sam e re sult As .

th e s c i e n c e o f Phil o l o gy b e com e s m o re thor

o ughly e s tabli s h e d an d as the d e rivatio n a n d
,

hi s to ry o f word s be co m e be tte r known affin itie s ,

50 s1x D AYS OF C REATI O N .

Philology confirm s thi s biblical archiv e o f the

de s ce n t of m an ki n d from A dam and Ev e ,

cre ate d by G od .

Nor do e s the s ci e n c e o f A s tronomy b ri ng the

l ea s t we igh ty t ribute to the Cre ator s fee t If the ’
.

micro s cop e which re v e al s

, livi ng o r
an is m s o f i nfus o ria in a s ingl e c ub ic i n ch o f
g
s an d s tartl e s us at the wo n d e rs o f th e wo rld
,

about us how as to un di ng a re the re v e latio n s

,

di s clo s e d by the te l e s cop e ! And s i nc e it ha s

un cov e re d th e s e c re t s o f o n c e i n vi s ibl e s p ac e ,

an d re s olv e d th e di s ta n t n e b ul a e i n to s ta r s ys

te m s and show n imm e n s i ty to be s tudde d with

,

milli o n s and my riad s o f s un s has it not mad e

,

mo re imp e rativ e s till the fact o f a C re ator in

fi n i te and ye t O n e the God of co un tl es s wo rld s
,
?

The com e ts ,s ay s the a s tro n o m e r M adl e r ,

“
a re i rre fu tabl e an d pl a i n to k e n s o f a w is e an d
”
almigh ty G od ruli ng the univ e rs e And s o .

the gre at
m co ncl ude s his as t ro nomical
v o l um e On the H arm ony of Worlds : I than k “
'

Th e e m y Creator an d Lord that Tho u h as t

, ,

give n m e thi s jo y in Thy cre atio n thi s de light ,

in th e work o f Thy han d s I hav e s hown the

.

e x ce l le néy o f Thy wo rk s un to m e n so fa r as ,

my fi n ite m in d was abl e to compreh e n d Th in e

 ORI G I N OF THE UNI V E R SE BY C REATI O N .
S I

i nfi n i ty S uch are the d e vo ut se n tim e n ts with

which the s tudy o f as tronomy has a te nd e n cy to
imbu e e ve ry th o ughtful mi n d Lo o ki ng at the .

s ta rry h e av e n s a n d c o n te mplati n g th e au gus t

,

re v e l a ti o n s th e re un fo ld e d we m ay w e ll e x
,

p re s s o ur re v e re n t as to n i s hm e nt in th e s ublim e
w o rd s with whi ch a g re at s c i e n ti s t C l o s e s h is
re fl e c ti o n s ,

D EU S F EC I T .

Th us d o e s S c i e n ce s o o fte n p e rv e rte d a n d
,

mi s re p re s e n te d wo n d ro us ly co rro bo ra te an d
,

vi ndica te the M o sai c ac co un t o f th e c re ati o n at ,

e v e ry p o i n t a t whi ch it to u c h e s it ; s o fa r fro m

w e ak e n i ng it s t re ng th e n s it ; s o fa r fro m in v ali
,

dati ng it fo rtifie s it ; an d s o fa r fro m o v e rth ro w

,

ing its c re dibili ty it b ri ng s i n d e p e n d e n t an d

,

i rre futabl e te s tim o n y to e s tabli s h its truth ful

ne s s.
“
Thi s ha rm o ny o f th e two re co rd s s up
pli e s us with e vid e n ce o f the au th e n tici ty a nd
i n s pi ratio n o f the boo k of G e n e s i s the imp o r ,

ta nc e an d val ue o f whi ch C an n o t be to o highly

e s tim a t e d
. M o s e s was n e ce s sarily igno ran t o f
ge o l ogy an d its ki n d re d s ci e n c e s But th e o m .

nis c ie n t s pi ri t o f th e A lmigh ty who di c ta te d an d

,
.

di re cte d his pe n did n o t p e rmit it to re co rd a

,

fact th at was i n co n s i s te n t with th os e phy s ical

52 s1 x D AYS OF C RE ATI O N .

truth s th
at hav e be e n d e v e lop e d by re se arch
fo r the fi rs t tim e afte r th e lap se o f more tha n
three tho usand Thi s m a rv e lo us co n
c urre nc e b e twe e n the vol um e o f s ci e n c e an d
th e vol um e o f r e v e l atio n can be ac co un t e d fo r

in n o oth e r way th an o n the s uppo s itio n th at

—
M o se s was i nspi re d that God s po ke thro ugh
him .

The s upe ri o ri ty o f thi s Biblical acc o u nt o f the

o rigi n of the U n iv e rs e to all the hea then cos
m ogonies is n otabl e Th e ir no tio n s do no t ri s e
.

to th e id e a of a c rea tio n o r o f an i n te llige n t ,

C re ato r wh o s e p o w e r p rod uc e d all thi ngs

, .

But th e y a re m e re s p e cul ati o n s o f philo s o ph e rs ,

o r my th s h a n d e d do w n fro m th e pa s t an d ,

lo ad e d ov e r wi th tradi tio ns Th e y a re fo r the .

mo s t p art the re fo re rude and g rote sq ue co n

, ,

ce its full o f gl ari n g i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s o fte n in

, ,

de e d m arre d by m o n s t rou s a n d re p ul s ive co n

c e tio n s a nd d e v o id o f th e l e as t c re dibility
p , .

Th us the Chalde an myth re p re s e n ts the un i

v e rs e as co n s i s ti ng o f d a rk ne s s and wate r ,

fill e d wi th m o n s tro us cre ature s and rul e d by a ,

wom an M a rhaya The god Be l divid e d the

,
.

K itto s En cy c l di a of B iblic l Lite V ol 6

'
a rature , 1, p 57
o
pe . . .
 OR I G I N O F TH E U N I V E R SE BY C R EATI ON .
53

dark ne s s and cut th e woma n in two halv e s o f

, ,

which he fo rm e d the h eav e n and the ea rth ; he

th e n cut off his own h ead and from the drop s ,

o f blood m e n w e re fo rm e d .

A cco rdi ng to the Ph oen icia n traditio n by the ,

un io n o f the s pirit wi th the

“ All s lim e was ,
”

form e d from which e v e ry s e e d o f c re atio n and the

,

univ e r s e w e re d e v e lop e d ; an d t he h e av e n s w e re

m ad e in the fo rm o f an egg from which the s un ,

an d m o o n the s ta rs an d co n s t e llatio n s s pra ng

, .

The A rya n myth o f the formatio n o f th e sk y ,

as giv e n by P ro f Max M ull e r run s th us : The

.
,

S k y o rigi nally c o n s i s t e d o f s o lid bl ue s to ne ,

from th ree to s ix fe e t high As the i n habita n ts

.

o f the e a rth w e re q u it e mi s e rabl e p e n t up in ,

s uc h s t raite n e d s pac e th e o d Ru taki ng pity

g , ,

o n th e m ro s e up from the low e r re gio n s an d

, ,

c utti ng a s t ro ng numbe r o f s tak e s succe e d e d in ,

rai s i ng it s lightly s o as to b et te r th e i r co n diti o n

,

a littl e But o n e day ge tti ng i n to a q ua rre l

.

wi th a noth e r pow e r M aui the latte r i n s e rte d

“
, ,

his h e ad b e tw e e n p oo r Ru s l e gs an d e x e rti n g
’

all his p ro digio us s tre ngth h url e d him s k y and, ,

,
—
all to a t re m e ndo us h e ight S o high i nd e e d , ,

that the bl ue s k y could ne v e r ge t back

*
L esson s f
o th e Ved a , pp . 1 70 , 1 71 .
54 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

The G re cian mytho l ogy was bas e d up o n the

Theogony o f H e s iod a t re ati s e co n ce rn i ng
”
,

th e bi rth o f the go d s an d the o rigi n o f th e w o rld .

Its l e adi ng id ea is th at bo th w e re g e n e rat e d to

ge th e r n e ith e r pro d uc i ng the oth e r It was
, .

m ad e up o f old t raditio n s amplifi e d an d e l abo ,

rat e d by the s p e cul ativ e mi nd o f the p o e t .

N o n e o f the anci e n ts th e m s e lv e s th o ught o f

re ga rdi ng its cru d e c o n c e pti o n s as a uth e n ti c

hi s to ry o r re li abl e phil oso phy .

M o re imp o rtan t a s th e bas i s o f the m o de rn

, ,

te ne t o f e v o l u ti o n was the ato mi c th e o ry o f

,

L e us ippus in whi ch he was fo ll o w e d by D e m o

,

c ritus an d L u c re ti us Thi s was that th e re e x

.

is te d o rigi nally a m u ltitud e o f i n divi s ibl e ato m s ,

d e s tit ute o f all p ro p e rti e s e x ce p t figure an d

m o ti o n In th e s e ato m s w e re s upp os e d to re s id e
.

th e o rigi n al co mp o n e n t pa rt s o f allm atte r as w e ll ,

as o f a n im al li fe AS th e s e i n fi n ite s im al pa rti cl e s
.
,

s wi ftly flyi ng th ro ugh s p ac e co llid e d a n d co m ,

bin e d with e ach o th e r by thi s fo rtui tous co n

,

co urs e d e fi n ite o bj e cts w e re by de gre e s fo rm e d

, ,

th e s un m oo n an d e a rth w e re e v o lv e d an d s te p
, ,

by s te p the U n iv e rs e ro s e to its p re s e n t d e gre e

o f p e rfe c ti o n Whil e thi s th eo ry is s up e ri o r to
.

th e o th e rs in th at it di s pl ay s th e b rillian t inv e n
,
 OR I G I N O F THE U N I V E R SE BY C R E AT I O N .
55

tiv e ge nius o f the G ree k imagi nati o n it is e v i ,

d e n t that it is q uite as unphiIO S O phical as inco n ,

*
s e q ue n t a nd a s un s ati s fact o ry a s the o th e rs
, , .

S uch are the t raditio nal acco un ts giv e n by th e

mo s t cultiva te d h ea th e n o f the o rigi n o f the
wo rld Wh e n we l ook a t the abs urditi e s a n d
.

m ea nn es s e s d e s pite a fe w s catte re d gl ea m s o t
,

grand e u r which cha racte riz e th e m ; at the im

,

p ro babiliti e s s tampi ng th e i r fallacy upo n th e i r

v e ry s u rfac e ; and at the m o ns t ro s iti e s in whic h
mo s t o f th e m abound ; an d th e n turn to thi s fi rs t
chapte r o f G e n e s i s what s implicity wha t nat , ,

u raln e ss what re ality a n d wh a t maj e s ty imp re s s

, ,

us ! M o se s him s e l f wa s t ra i n e d in th e Egyptia n

s chool s
y e t w e do , n o t fi n d h e re th e s light e s t
trac e o f th e Egypti an c o s mogo ny o f two rival
an d a n tago n i s tic p o w e rs s t rivi ng with e ach oth e r

fo r s up re m acy ; but utt e rly free fro m all my th s ,

P l ato ,j ti ge iu lift d h im
wh os e ma es e cth n ll th s e n e ar r an a e

an ci t t th
en s p ti
o o f d Y i t
e con ce ti t h u
n o p ka f e In e cre a on , s s ea s o

th e f b ul u
a h t f ll th e th o i e
o s c arac er o If th a S te
es e r s : en , ocra s,

am id th e m y pi i b ut th g ds d th g
an o n on s a ti
o f e o an e e n e ra on o

th e un iv we t b l t giv e
ers e , ti whi h e i ev y
are n o a e o no on s c ar n er

w y ex t
a d ac si t t wi th
an c onth e do s en t be u p i ed on e a n o r, no s r rs .

E ugh if w
no ddu e p ob bi liti
, e a lik ly c y
r th a ; f e s as e as an o e rs or

we m ust em em b th t I whr m th p er
e k a d yo u w h o a e s a er an o are

th e j udge e ly m t l m
s , ar d we ugh t t
on or a ept th t l en , a n o o acc e a e

wh i h i p b bl
c s d t i
ro aq ui fu th —
e , an T i mno u I I n p 54 re r er.
”
ae s .
, . 2 .
56 s1 x DAYS OF C RE ATI O N .

fi cti o n s e ma nati o ns and th e lik e he d e s crib e s in

, ,

s impl e n a rra tiv e th e s u blim e s ucce ss iv e s te p s

by which the U n iv e rs e und e r th e c re ativ e hand

o f G o d ro s e from c h aos to a g ran d s ymm e t rical

e dific e .It is thi s un iq ue tho ught c rea tio n o ut

-
,

o f no th iI
E y b th e fre e a n d o m n ific will o f G o d
a co nc e p tio n utte rly unattai nabl e to the anci e n ts
— whi c h is the gra n d fea t ure di s ti ngui s hi ng the
M o sai c fro m all the Paga n co s m o go n i e s Is .

th e re no t h e re an ab s o l ute o rigi nali ty o f co n

c e tio n a n d a s up e ri o rity to th e h e a th e n t radi
p ,

ti o n s s o i n co mpa rabl e a s to m ak e in th e high e s t

,

d g e e p b bl t e i pi ati o o th e w ri te r
e r r o a e h n s r n f ?

An d wh e n th e s k e pti cal n at urali s ts o f o u r day

a re s ee ki n g to fin d flaw s in thi s s c rip tu ra l h is

tory o f the c re ati o n and to s ubs ti tute fo r it

,

th e i r o wn vague hypo th e se s we can s e e fro m

,

th e s e Pagan fabl e s wha t thi s boa s te d mod e rn

p ro gre s s will pu t in its pl ac e We m ay s mil e .

a t th e o l d fan ta s tic s to r y o f the e arth s s ta n di ng ’

o n the b ack o f the e l e ph a n t a n d th e e l e pha n t

,

s ta n di ng o n th e h e a d o f a to rt o i s e e tc bu t in ,

th e i r p ro to pl as m s m ag n e ti s m s fl u id s a n d s o l u
, ,

ti o n s the s e sci e n ti s ts h av e m e re ly i n t rod uce d a

,

n e w s e t o f m o d e rn e q u ival e n t s fo r th e s e o ld an d

o ft e xpl o d e d abs u rditi e s

-
.
 SI X DAYS O F C RE ATI O N .

as H e rmoge n e s said ; n o r by the s p o n ta ne ou s

ag e n cy a n d e v o l u ti o n o f s e l f d e v e l o pi n g P o w e rs-

as s o m e h av e a ffi rm e d in l at e r d ay s But it was .

cr ea ted by O n e A lmigh ty Et e rn al Wi s e and

, , , ,

G oo d B e i ng GOD — .
”

Thi s o p e n i ng s e n te n c e o f the Bibl e d e cla re s ,

th e n the P e rs o n ality o f God ; di s cl o s e s H im as

,

the F i rs t Ca us e o f all e xi s te n c e ; an d re v e al s H im
as the C re ato r by di s ti n c t s p e c ifi c acts o f the
, , ,

U n iv e rs e An d that we hav e h e re no i nv e n tio n

.

o f M o s e s o r o f an y h u m a n auth o r is S how n by ,

the a c c o rda n c e o f th e s e d e clarati o n s with the

co n cl u s io n s o f e n light e n e d re as o n ; by th e i r wo n

dro us harm o ny with th e e s tabli sh e d facts o f

s ci e n c e ; and by th e i r i n c o mpa rabl e s up e riority

to th e s h re wd e s t g ues se s an d c o nj e ct u res o f th e

a nc i e n t h e ath e n wo rld as w e ll as o f m o d e rn ,

s e c ul a r phil oso ph e rs .

R ej e c ti ng the te s tim o n y o f thi s fi rs t v e rse o f

G e n e s i s we l o s e n o t o n ly the be gi n n i ng but the
,

e n d o f hi s t o ry th e U n iv e rs e b e c o m e s a h o p e l e s s
,

riddl e an d a cl o ud bl ack a s n ight s e ttl e s dow n

,

b o th o v e r m an s o rigi n a n d d e s ti n y N o thi n g
’
.

is m o re to u chi n g th a n th e d e e p bu t s u bd ue d

Ne wton
’
s i i
P r nc p . at e n d .
 OR I G I N O F THE U N IV E R SE BY C R E A TI O N .
59

d e s p ai r o f th e gre at mi n d s o f a n tiq u i ty be caus e ,

o f the h o rro r o f thi c k d ark n e s s whi c h s h ro ud e d

th e s e q ue s ti o n s . F e e li ng that th e y m us t be
a n s w e re d an d ye t fi n di ng th e i r m o s t s e a rchi n g
,

i nq ui ri e s utte rly una v aili ng an d un sa ti s facto ry ,

th e y yi e ld e d to a g ri e f i n co ns ol abl e Thi s tone .

o f u n iv e rs al l a m e n t
“
is th e k e y n o te o f the e a r
-

li e s t hi s to ry an d run s in v a ri o us fo rm s th ro ugh
,

the o ld e s t n ati o n al An d to th i s
s a m e b e wild e re d a n d un happy c o n di ti o n will

man ki n d be re d uc e d to day if it falte rs in its

-

acce p ta n c e o f th i s s ublim e s c riptu ral de cla ra

ti o n .

But o n th e oth e r h an d yi e ldi ng to th e o v e r

,

wh e lmi ng fo rce o f fac ts an d re ce ivi ng it as the

,

s tate m e n t o f a s impl e hi s to rical t ru th e v e ry ,

di ffi c ul ty van i s h e s e v e ry d a rk mys te ry disap

,

p ears e v e ry e ffec t fi n d s its caus e e v e ry phe

, ,

n o m e n o n its i n te rp re tatio n all di s c o n n e cte d

, ,

fragm e n ta ry fac t s fall i n to o ne s ymm e tri cal

pl an o rd e r tak e s th e pl ace o f chao s an d m an
, ,

fi n d s a sati s facto ry e xpl anati o n o f the p ro bl e m

o f h is e x i s t e n c e .

L e t us th e n s ta n d un wav e ri n gly by th i s fo un
dati o n s to n e o f o ur bl e s s e d Bibl e fi rmly mai n ,

*
L uth ard t, F un d a m en ta l Truth s f Ch m stia n ity, p 306
'

o . .
60 SIx DAYS OF C R E A TI O N .

tai n i ng it agai n s t the as sa ults o f op e n infide ls ,

a n d i n dig na n tly s p u rn i ng th e att e mpts o f s om e

o f its p ro fe ss e d advo c at e s fo r s e n s atio n al e n ds

, ,

to be t ray it to its fo e s God and n o oth e r is

.
, ,

the a utho r o f thi s m e morabl e v e rs e an d chapte r .

The pe n o f M o s e s but tra n s c ribe d the tho ughts

un fo ld e d to him by th e D ivi ne M i n d Wi th the .

Ch ri s tia n s ci e n ti s t P ro f A rn o ld G uyot we may

, .
,

s ay :
“
The fi rs t tho ught th at s trIke s the s ci e n tifi c
re a d e r is th e eviden ce o d ivin it n o t m e re ly in
, f y ,

the fi rs t v e rs e o f the re c o rd an d th e s ucc e s s iv e

,

fact s but in th e wh o l e o rd e r o f c re atio n Th e re

, .

is so m uch th a t th e m os t re c e n t re adi n g s o f
s ci e n c e hav e fo r the fi rs t tim e e xpl a i n e d th a t ,

th e id e a o f m an as th e a u tho r b e com e s ut te rly

i n comp re h e ns ibl e By p rovi ng the re co rd t rue
.
,

s ci e n c e p ro n o un c e s it divi n e fo r who co uld hav e

,

c o rre ctly na rra te d the se c re ts o f e te rn i ty but

God him s e l f
Si n c e too God mad e the wo rld it is a repost
, , ,

tory of the divin e thoug h ts A ll its div e rs ifi e d

.

o bj e c ts a n d fo rm s mi rro r fo rth the wi s dom ,

goo d ne s s p o w e r a nd glo ry o f Go d Ev e ry
, , .

wh e re that we t read the p ath s o f nature we fin d ,

*
B iblioth eca S acra , V ol . xiii .
, p . 1 20 .
 R
O I GI N OF THE U N I V E R SE BY C R E AT I O N . 61

th e m l e adi ng up to H im a nd d e cl a ri ng H im A ll .

o v e r thi s vi s ibl e un iv e rs e th e n s hi n e s th e gl o ry
, ,

o f D e i ty Th e c re ati o n is o n e u n ce as i ng sym
.

ph o ny to the p rai s e o f its C re ato r .

AS al s o the un iv e rs e is the wo rk o f a pe r
s o n a l i n te llige nc e it was m a de j b r a purpose
, .

G o d is n o t an aiml e s s a rtifice r but He w o rk s ,

to wa rd an e nd He has a d e fi nite o bj e c t in Vi e w
, ,

all th e c re ativ e a c t s a re bu t p re p a ra to ry s t ag e s

to th e c o mpl e ti o n o f an all wi s e d e s ig n -
The .

p ro ce s s e s o f na tu re an d the d e e d s o f rati o nal

,

be i ng s a re acco mpli s hi ng His h o ly will A ll

, .

thi ng s a re but li nk s in o ne g re at chai n but p a rt ,

o f o n e comp re h e n s iv e pl a n As the o n e God

.

m ad e h e av e n a nd e a rth s o th e y are und e r the

,

s am e un iv e rs ali ty o f l aw a n d s ta nd re l a t e d to
,

ge th e r in the sam e sy s te m and th e re is a un ity

,
'

o f na tu re .

He who c re a te d the wo rld will al s o ca re fo r it .

Th e d o ct ri n e o f P r ov iden ce is th e re fo re i nv o lv e d
in th at o f c re a ti o n Th e a rtific e r ha s an i n t e re s t
.

in h is wo rk Th e G o d o f G e n e s i s is n o G re c i an
.

J u pi te r wi thd ra wi n g to th e h e ights o f O lymp us

, ,

bas ki ng in s e lfi s h happi n e ss su p re m e ly indiffe r

,

e n t to the e v e n t s t ran s pi ri ng o n the e a rth Bu t .

He who gav e the wo rld its be i n g co n ti n ue s to

62 ~
s1 x DAYS OF C REATI O N .

u ph o ld its o rd e r to m ak e p ro vi s i o n fo r its wan ts

, ,

an d to imp e n d o v e r it wi th th e be n e dic ti o n o f

His p re s e n c e The LORD S th ro n e is in h e av e n

“ ’
.
,

h is e y e s b e h o ld his e y e lid s try the child re n o f

,

”
P S xi
m en .
( . .

The U n iv e rs e with all its gigantic m e mbe rs

, ,

is n o t wi th o u t a s o v e re ig n R ul e r ; the ea rth
-
,

wi th its in cal cul abl e i n te re sts is n o t with o ut a ,

G uardian ; and m an is no t an o rphan e d child ,

d e s titute o f an e te rnal Fa th e r But G o d is the .

s upp o rt o f N a tu re an d th e h o p e a n d c o n s o l a
,

ti o n o f s pi ri t The s o ul s un bo un d e d as pi ra
.
’

tio n s are no t m e a n t to ta un t it wi th a wo rs e
tha n c rue l m o ck e ry But He who has s o fe a r
.

fully an d w o nd e rfu lly m ad e it as the cap s to n e

o f the g ra n d e difi c e o f th e c re a ti o n will k e e p ,

it fro m d e s t ruc ti o n Th o ugh the bo nd s o f the

.

m ate rial u n iv e rs e be di s s o lv e d ye t S h all n o t ,

N at ure s uffe r an n ihil ati o n ; an d tho ugh the s o ul

be loo s e d fro m the p re s e n t limitati o n s o f s e n se ,

it will but be tha t it m ay re ce iv e its c ro w n i n g in

v e s titu re o f immo rta li ty Th e n will th e high e s t
.

p u rp o se o f G o d in th e c reatio n be attai n e d an d ,

th e n will the s o ul re ach its t rue e n d in hym n i ng

th e p rai se s o f th e C re a to r th ro ugh o ut e t e rn i ty .
OR I G I N OF THE U N IVE RSE BY C R EATI ON . 63

T he Th y gl i u w k P r t f good
se are or o s ,
or s, a en o ,

Alm igh ty Thi e thi u iv

, lf m
n s n e rs a ra e,

Th u w d u f i ; Th y l f h w w d u th n !
s on ro s a r se o on ro s e

U p k bl wh itt t b v th s h e v
’
ns ea a e, o S s a o e e e a en s ,

T u i vi ibl
o s n dim ly ee
s e , or s n

I th
n Th y l w e t w k ; y t th
ese o d l
s or s e es e ec are

Th y g d e b y d th ugh t
oo n ss dp w
e on divi o an o er ne .

Spe k y wh b t
a e, t ll y
o es f li gh t
c an e , e so n s o ,

A g l ; f y b h ld Him
n e s or ed with
e og , an son s

A d h
n l ym ph i d y with ut ight
c ora s on es . a o n ,

C i l Hi th
rc e s j i i g ; ye i h v
ron e re o c n n ea en ,

O e th j i
n ar ll y
, tu e t e x t l
o n a e cre a r s o o

Him fi t Him l t Him m id t

rs , d with ut
as , d s , an o en .
 LECTURE III .

F I RST D AY ! C R E AT I O N OF LI G H T .

An d God id L t th b ligh t d th w light A d

sa . e e re e , an ere as . n

G d
o saw th light th t it w g d
e d G d di ided th light
a as oo : an o v e

f m th d k
ro e A d G d
ar ll d th e light D y d th e
n es s . n o ca e a , an

d k
ar n essh ll d Night A d th ve i g d m i g w
e ca e . n e e n n an orn n ere

th fi t d y
e rs G L 3 5
a . en .
-

N D G od sa id : That is the age n t by whi ch

he c rea te s is His Wo rd Th us al s o S ays .

th e P s almi s t all udi n g to thi s v e ry s c e n e o f th e

,

c reatio n : By the wo rd o f the Lo rd w e re the

“

h e av e n s m ad e and all the h o s t o f th e m by the

,

”
breath o f his m o uth ( P S xxxiii Wh at in . . .

e n iou s i n s tru m e n t s an d p o n d e ro us m a chi n e s

g
a n d h ug e d e rrick s a re re q u i re d fo r m an to

ge ne rate po w e r and by what l abo ri o us s te p s

,

an d toil s om e m e a n s do his w o rk s a n d s t ruc tu re s

ri s e littl e by li ttl e
,
Bu t with G o d to do is but
.

to will “
He s p e ak s a n d it is d o n e He co m
.
,

His
”
m an d s an d it s ta n d s fas t ( P S xxxiii . . .

wo rd s a re d e e d s His om n ip o te n t voi ce re .

s o un d s u p o n th e e a r o f i nfi n ite s p a c e an d lo , ,

th e migh ty fa b ric o f the un iv e rs e s pri n g s i n t o

b e i ng .
66 s1x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

pow e r c reate s ; th e n the Spi rit b rood s upo n the

,

chao tic ma s s q ui ck e n i ng it with li fe ; and in

,

tho s e s ucc e s s iv e acts by which it ri s es i n to a

sy s te matic e difi ce o f natu re the W o rd o r S o n ,

is th e A lmighty F ram e r .

Th us do Fath e r Son a nd Spiri t tak e pa rt in , ,

the c rea tio n a nd th e fathoml e s s my s t e ry o f th e

,

Tri n i ty th ree p e rs o n s in o n e und e rlyi ng God

,

h e ad ri s e s to our vi e w in the v e ry b egi nn i ng o f

,

tim e in the fi rs t glimp s e we catch o f any e xi s t

,

ing thi ng o r b e i n g .

And Go d said L e t th e re be ligh t and th e re , ,

was light
”
G en i Th e s e a re th e fi rs t re
( . . .

cord e d w o rd s s p o k e n by the C re ato r An d .

wo rthy are th e y o f H im wh o s e nam e is I AM “

,

T HAT I AM Ho w s impl e th e y a re and ye t

.
,

how full o f irre s tis tible fo rc e Lo ngi nus the .

,

R oma n w ri te r who has l e ft a tre a ti se o n the

,

S ublim e alth o ugh he had n o co n c e pti o n o f the

,

i ns pi ratio n o f th e J e wi s h S c riptu re s ci te s th e se ,

wo rd s as the m o s t fo rcibl e e xampl e o f the s ub

lim e in l ang uag e An d ye t in the o rigi nal He
.

b re w th e y a re e v e n m o re s triki ng Th e re th e y .

run th us :
“ —
Light be and light was S o th a t
'

as we l oo k at th e m we ca n a lm o s t s e e th e ligh t , ,

in i n s ta n t o b e di e n ce to th e C reato r s c o mm an d
’

,
 F I RST D AY : C RE ATI O N OF LI G H T . 67

fla s hi ng wi th the s p e e d o f th ought fro m o n e e nd

to the o th e r o f th e u n iv e rs e .

An d what an e xampl e d o e s G o d h e re s e t us
o f th e v al u e o f te rs e fo rcibl e s p e e ch
,
? L an
guag e was n o t m e an t to co n ce al but to c o nv e y ,

id e a s It was n o t m e an t to b e cl ou d but to cl e a r
.
,

up th o ugh t . It wa s n o t d e s igne d to o b s cu re ,

bu t to s impli fy an d mak e i n te lligibl e the bu rd e n

o f th e mi n d And s o we n e v e r fin d the Al
.

‘
migh ty da rk e n i ng co un se l by w o rd s with ou t
“

”
k nowl e dg e .
(J o b xxxviii B u t i
.n th e pl a i n

e s t fo rm s o f s p e e ch h e m ak e s k n o w n th e w e igh ty
,

tru th s o f re v e l ati o n a n d giv e s to m e n p ri c e l e s s

,

l e s s o n s o f li fe And it is in k e e ping wi th th i s
.
'

v e ry C h arac te r th at the H e b re w the l anguage s e ,

le c te d as th e v e hicl e o f the divi n e th o ugh ts a n d

m e s s age s s h o uld be the s impl e s t o f all to ngue s
, .

It is s ig n ifi can t th a t th e c re a ti o n o f ligh t
s h o uld h av e r eceded tha t o h er ob ect
p f ever
y o t j .

Fo r wh at wa s m o re w o rthy o f the M ak e r s al
’

migh ty p o w e r th an th e p ro d u cti o n o f thi s wo n

de rful e l e m e n t ? An d wh at m o re fitte d to lay
the gli tt e ri n g fo un d a ti o n b e am o f th e m ate ri a l

u n iv e rse ? F o r wha t is s o pl e as i n g to the e ye .

a n d wh a t th e s o u rc e o f s u ch m a n i fo ld a n d i n cal

c ulable b e n e fi ts ? A h !wh at a bl e s se d thi ng is

“
68 s1x DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

—
light bl e sse d in its e l f bl e s se d in its e ffe cts ! ,

Ho w d e lici o usly and be n e fice ntly it flo o d s mo un

tai n an d m e ad o w ci ty an d fi e ld be ari ng o n
, ,

its s wi ft wav e l e ts b righ tn e ss an d b e auty ,

h e al th a nd gl ad n e s s ! It is to light th at the
s un s e t, the ra i n b o w the di a m o n d the viol e t
, , ,

o we th e i r e xq ui s ite h ue s It is un d e r its .

bl e s s e d mi n i s try th at the cl oud tak e s its ti n t ,

a n d the ro s e its h ue an d th e C h e e k its bl us h ;,

th at the farm e r !ow s his s e e d a n d the arti san ,

pli e s his to ol s an d the pil o t guid e s his s hip an d

, ,

the s tud e n t re ad s h is boo k a n d th e wo rs hip e r ,

fi n d s his way to God s T ruly the ’

“

ligh t is s w e e t and a pl eas an t thi ng it is fo r the

,

e y e s to b e hold th e s un Eccl e s xi 7 W e ll . . . .

migh t the bli n d po e t M il to n to wh o m it but e x

, ,

is te d as a l o v e ly m e m o ry o f th e p as t S i ng o f it ,

Hail h l y light ! ff p i g f h v e fi
, o o s r n o ea n, rs t b orn ,

O f th et
r, o el t lb m
ern a , co e ern a
-
ea ,

B igh t ffi ue
r e f b igh t
n ce o i r es s e nc e n c re ate .

To re aliz e the bl e ss e d n e s s o f ligh t we h av e ,

o n ly to a t te mp t to c o n c e iv e o f a w o rld wi th o u t

it Wh at a pal! wo uld a t o n c e e clip s e the ac

.

tiv itie s a n d j oy s o f tim e !

*
Stu di es in th e C re ativ e Week , p 6 9
. .
 FI R ST D AY : C R EATI O N OF LI G H T . 69

If xi s te n ce in s uch a s tate we re po s s ibl e it

e ,

co uld o nly be un d e r co n di tio n s th a t wo uld re n

de r it i n tol e rabl e Fo r th e n thi s b right an d
.
,

gl o wi ng wo rld wo uld but be a d ark and m e l an

c ho l y c av e rn n o b e tte r th a n a livi ng tomb
, Who .
,

th e n ca n o th e r th a n th a n k God fo r thi s fi rs t
, ,

b e s t mate rial c e a tio n viz ligh t Ligh t th at re

r ? .
,

v e al s to ou r Vi e w the wo nd e rs in the mid s t o f

w —
whi ch e m ov e ligh t tha t m ak e s ou r tas k s
, ,

e a s y a n d o ur w o rk a pl e a s u re ligh t th a t ,
-

th ro w s a ro un d us a m a n tl e o f p ro te c ti o n fro m

te n th o us a n d d a ng e rs — ligh t th a t to u ch e s o u r , ,

wh o l e b e i ng wi th an impul s e o f j oy an d m ak e s ,

o ur e v e ry fib re e x ul t in th e l ux u ry o f li fe .

Th e e art h w with as v i d ; th d p o ut form an d o e ee

W e n it f e p ll f de thlik gl m
or o s ac a a o a e oo .

A sec et p k k i n dl d b y B e th D i v i n
r s ar e r a e

Hid in th e b m f p im v l d k
oso o r e a ar ,

I in un c n i u
, o n i u
sc o did w it
s co sc o s n es s , a

Th e Wo d m n i p te t t gi v e m e bi th
r o o n o r .

U p n th e w t
o m v d th S p i i t f God ;
a e rs o e e r o

L et th e b li gh t p
er l im e d th e Alm igh ty v i
e ,
’
ro c a o ce ,

An d f th I p ng th e gl d i m m t l D y ;
or s ra , a , or a a

Th hild f God nd f m y te i u Nigh t

e c o a o s ro s .

S wift as I spra ng th e pa , ll of gl o om was re n t,

An d fart h g w di t with
e st space re ra an am a e , z
An d th e n ew w ld fl t i p l en d
or a oa n s or lay .

I am i m p ti l as th e air r dew;
ar a o
70 SIx DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

My b lessi ng falls ihm g ld

on all ; th e r c an s
’
o

Buy n ot m y f v i g m i l ; I h v n f w
s a or n s e a e o ro n

F orp v ty
o er
; ki dli f ll
no m yg l n er a s an c e

O p l w ll th th b gg h ut
’
n a ace a s an on e e ar s .

I t d wh m t l f t tep v e d
re a e re or a oo s ne r are s

I ki th e m u t i t p
ss o wh h y h d
n a n -
o s, ose o ar ea s

F or ev w er v il f l ud I
e ar a p e o c o s cree

With Shi i g f t d w d p v i
n n ee d ho n ee ra n e s , an c ase

Th b e di g h dow i t v i wl
roo n s a i s n o e e ss a r.
”

Sci e n ce is s till d e e ply ab s o rbe d in the p ro b

le m Wha t is ligh t ? Fo r so s u b tl e an e l e m e n t
,

is it tha t it e l ud e s a s a ti s fa c to ry a naly s i s
, Fo r .

a l o ng tim e th e a cc e pte d th e o ry was tha t ligh t

c o n s i s t e d o f l u mi n o us m a t e ri a l ato m s which , ,

e m a n a ti n g in v a s t s tre a m s fro m th e s un p o u re d ,

th e i r fi e ry ray s th ro ugh o ut s pa c e But thi s .

th e N e w to n ia n o r c o rp u s c ul ar th e o ry— is dis

pl ace d by wh at is te rm e d the un d ul ato ry o r

wav e th e o ry A cco rdi ng to thi s light is n o t a
.
,

ma te rial s ub s ta n c e at all ; but i n s te ad o f co n

s i s ti n o f a to mic p a rticl e s o f m atte r it re s ul ts
g ,

from a s e ri e s o f vib ra tio n s p as s i ng th ro ugh a

highly s ub tl e e th e r which is s upp o s e d to pe r
vad e all s pac e Th e s e un d ul ati o n s m us t be s e t
.

in m o ti o n by s o m e l umi n o us bo dy a s the s un , ,

a n d wh e n th e y s trik e u p o n th e re ti n a o f th e

e ye th e y p ro d uc e the s e n s a ti o n o f vi s i o n j us t
, ,

as th e t ra ns mit te d vib ratio ns of air impa rt to

 F I R ST DAY I C R EATI O N OF LI G H T .
71

th e t ympa n um o f the e a r the s e n s ati o n o f

s o un d . H ighly i n te re s ti ng an d wo nd e rful as
is the i n q ui ry an d ac u te a n d i n ge n i o us as a re
,

the e xp e rim e n ts to s o lv e it we may ye t s ay

,

th at a p o s i tiv e a n d s a ti s fac to ry s o l u ti o n o f the

n a tu re o f light is s till , a n d a lway s m ay be a

,

p robl e m .

The won ders of lig h t a re am o ng the m o s t

s ta rtli ng in n a tu re . No s c i e n ce has re v e al e d
m o re b rilli an t fac ts than th at o f o p ti cs Wh e th e r
.

we l o o k a t the ph e n o m e na a n d l aw s o f Re fra c
ti o n a nd Po l a riz a ti o n ; o r wh e th e r we s e e it

b ro k e n i n to the se v e n p rim a ry co l o rs o f the

s o l a r s p e c trum ; o r b e h o ld it in th e s pl e n d o rs o f

the ra i n b o w ; o r a tte mp t to c o n c e iv e o f its al

m o s t fabul ous v e l o c i ty o f mil e s pe r

s e c o n d ; o r wi tn e s s its c o ru s ca ti o n s in th e au

ro ra b o re a li s ; o r s e e its fai ry c re a ti o n s in th e

mi rage ; o r wh e th e r by m e a n s o f the s p e c tro

s c o p e we re ad its m e s s ag e s a s to th e c o mp o s i

ti o n o f th e s ub s ta nc e o f fa r o ff w o rld s ;
-

or

wh e th e r we s urv e y the my ri ad fac ts o f vi s i o n ;

o r wh e th e r we l oo k a t th e ma n i fo ld b e au ti e s an d

us e s o f ligh t a s appli e d to th e p rac ti ca l a rt s ; the

c hapte r whi c h narra t e s its w o n d e rs is e v e r n e w ,

fa s ci nati ng an d ab s o rbi n g . Th e hi s to ry o f e x
72 SM DAYS OF C REATI O N .

p e rim e n ts in ga rd to light S how s that o ne

re

b rillia n t ob s e rva tio n afte r a no th e r has o p e ne d

the way fo r a l o n g s e ri e s o f di s cov e ri e s p re ,

s e n ti n g th e m o s t go rg e o us ph e n om e n a k n o w n

to sci e n c e An d the fi e ld o f i nv e s tigatio n is

.

s till e n l a rgi n g an d app a re n tly s e e m s illimi ta bl e

,
.

An d do e s no t s ci e n ce in th e re v e l a ti o n o f all
,

the se m arve l s e v e r b e a r n e w te s timo ny to th e

,

crea tive s hill o f G od ? Fo r wh o but He , th e in

fi n ite O n e co uld e v e r h av e b e e n th e s o urc e
,

from which e m a nate d thi s wo n d ro us e l e m e n t .

An d fro m wha t but the wi s dom o f th e Et e rnal

M i n d co uld h a v e p ro ce e d e d th e s e mi ra culo us
law s whi ch gov e rn it ?
That the impo s i ng ph e no m e na o f ligh t whi ch ,

n o n e bu t th e ac u t e s t g e n i u s e s h a v e b e e n a bl e

to di s c o v e r o r to g ras p wh e n di s c ov e re d s h o uld
, ,

hav e re s ulte d fro m any bli n d cha nc e o r fo rtui ,

to us co n cours e o f a tom s o r d umb laws o f e vo

,

lutio n is as ab s urd an d i n c o n ce ivabl e as it

, ,

wo uld be to co nj e ctu re that th e s pl e n did archi

te ctu ral pil e o f th e c a th e dral o f S t P e te r at .

Ro m e had b ee n accid e n tally c o ns tructe d by

the fre a k s o f wi n d an d rai n in a thu n d e rs to rm .

The s c i e nc e o f optic s th e n is a v o l um e in who s e

, ,

a e s we re ad in l t t e rs of liv in li ht th at
p g e
g g
74 s1x D AY S OF C REATIO N .

th e n to opp o se to re ligi o n th at its lights o f

,

tru th a re set in s hadow s o f my s t e ry ! A

re ligi o n wi th o u t mys te ri e s i nd e e d c o uld no t , ,

c omm e n d i ts e l f to o u r b e li e f Tha t v e ry fe a .

tu re wo uld ce rti fy to us tha t it could n o t be di

vi n e It is natu ral tha t a v o i c e o f G o d a n d a
.
,

glimp s e o f e te rn i ty s h o uld be v e il e d to fi n i te
,

s e n s e e l s e m a n c o u ld n o t l o o k u p o n th e m a n d
,

liv e Wh e n G o d d raw s n e a r le t u s no t u tte r

. .
,

s k e ptical m u rm u rs bu t re v e re n tly ad o re H im
,

be cau s e He m ak e th d a rk ne s s p avili o n s ro un d
“

a bo u t H im d a rk wa te rs a n d thi c k cl o ud s o f the
, ,

S ki e s — . 2 Sa m xxii 1 2 .
, . .

As th e na tu ral c re a ti o n is a s ymb o l o f the

s pi ri tua l a n d as the w o rld o f m a tte r p re s e n ts s o
,

m an y typ e s o f the wo rld o f mi n d so do e s S c rip ,

tu re e mploy ligh t to s e t fo rth m o s t e l e v a ti n g

mo ral l e ss o n s It te ach e s th a t ligh t is a sym bol

.

o D ivin it Th s s ay s S t J o h n : o d is light
“
f y .u G .
,

a n d in H im is n o d a rk n e s s a t al l ( 1 Joh n i . .

So the e mbl e m whi ch he S e l e c te d to re p re s e n t

h is p e rp e tual p re s e n c e in th e J e wi s h te mpl e th e ,

Sh e ki nah was a fi e ry s pl e ndo r a gl o ry a

,
”
, ,

light too d azzli ng fo r the e ye to e n d ure Th us .

,

al s o He is re p re s e n t e d a s w e a ri n g ligh t as th e
,

ro be that v e il s his maj e s ty as says the Psalmi s t : ,

 F I R ST D AY : C R E AT I O N OF LI G H T .
75

Who cov e re st thy s e l f with light

with a gar as
”
m e n t ( P S civ
. . An d s o his s e at s upre m e
.

o n high is d e s c rib e d as i rt ab o u t wi th a s hi n i ng
g
o r i n c a n d e s c e n t c lo u d a s it is w rit te n :,
“
D we ll
ing in th e ligh t whi ch n o m an ca n app roac h
un to .
( 1 Tim vi . A n d in the a poc alyp s e
.
,

a g rea t whi te Th ro n e lik e a glitte ri ng mo un tai n

,

o f ligh t ri s e s b e fo re us an d fro m the i n to l e ra bl e

, ,

l us t re o f the fac e o f H im S itti ng th e re o n the ,

ea rth a n d the h e a v e n fl e e a way .

A l tho ugh the i nfi n ite D e ity m us t s u rpas s all

fi n i te re pre s e n ta tio n s o f him ye t as we a re fi n ite , .

o u r o nly c o n c e p tio n s o f him m us t be d raw n

fro m s uch a n al ogi e s as the s e Th e re fo re light .

,

as th e mo s t immate ri a l o f al l obj e c ts an d th e ,

m o s t nea rly app roachi ng s pirituali ty in its e s

se n c e an d a s th e cho s e n s ymbol o f G o d S ho uld
, ,

be mo s t i n te re s ti ng to us as givi ng us the full ,

e s t ea rthly ill us tratio n o f th e divi n e lik e ne s s we

will e ve r ge t un til e te rn ity b ri ngs us to se e G od

,

fa c e to fac e .

L e t us th e n tran s l a te th e s e l e ss o n s Fi rs t .
,

light te ach e s us o f the divi n e p e rs o nali ty tha t it ,

is infi n itely glorious The mo s t m agn ific e n t

.

s c e n e s o f n a tu re a re th o s e m ad e by s o m e fo rm

or othe r o f ligh t The nobl e s t vi s ibl e ins ta nc e s

.
76 s1 x D AYS OF C R EATI ON .

of the su blim e hi n i ng s tars o f n ight ; the

a re the s

rai n b o w tran s figu ring th e bl ack n e ss o f the

s to rm ; th e ligh tn i ng c l e avi ng a p a th o f livid fire

athwa rt th e s k y ; a n d the s u n him s e l f ri s i n g in

e ffulg e n c e o v e r th e radi a n t c re s t o f th e E as t .

An d S o do we l e a rn th at the p e rso nali ty o f

G o d o f whi ch M o s e s was p e rmi tte d to catch
,

bu t a glimp s e wh e n hidd e n in the cl e ft o f th e

ro c k is o n e o f s u rp a s s i n g gl o ry in whi c h is c o n
, ,

c e n t re d a n d i n te n s ifi e d to i n fi n i te l u s tre all ,

tha t is p o s s ibl e o f radi a n c e an d s pl e n d o r Thi s .

be a tific vi s i o n is u n e n d u rabl e to u s in the fl e sh ,

fo r n o m a n c an s e e the face o f G o d an d liv e ;

bu t in h e av e n it will co n s ti tu te the un s p e ak a bl e
ra p tu re o f the s o u l a n d e q ually n e w a n d th rill
, ,

ing an d e c s tati c will it be fo re v e r an d e v e r

, , .

A ga i n : Ligh t as a s ymbo l o f G o d te ach e s us

, ,

h is h olin ess L igh t is p ure u n co n ta mi nate d by

.
,

a ny p o ll u tio n o r de file m e n t ; s o th a t o n e o f o u r

m o s t fre q u e n t u s e s o f it is to ill us tra te mo ral

p uri ty as we s p e ak o f th e vi rgi n ch as ti ty o f the
,

s k y o r the
,
s n o w white m an tl e o f i n noc e n ce
-
.

The ange l s th us are s pok e n o f as be i ng cl o th e d

, ,

”
in p u re and white li n e n ( Re v x v 6 ) wh e re, . .
,

th e whi te n e s s o f ligh t s ymb o liz e s s p o tl e s s n e s s

of charac ter And so God is light in that

. , ,
 F I R ST DAY : C R EAT I O N OF LIG HT .
77

He is morally faultl e s s p u re In H im is a nd .
“

n o d a rk n e s s a t all W ro ng an d i n iquity an d
m o ral e vil a re abho rre n t to his na ture J u s

ti ce an d j udgm e n t a re the habita tio n o f his

”
th ro ne ( P S lxxxix R igh e o us n e s s is
“
. . t .

the gi rdl e o f His loi n s

”
a n d e q ui ty wa it s upo n ,

His s ce pt re He is ab s o l ute go o d n e ss p e rfe ct

.
,

e xc e ll e n ce a n d n o m o re s ig n o f s ta i n ca n e v e r
,

be fo u n d to dim His u n s pott e d h o li n e s s th a n ,

d oe s the s un be am w e a r wh e n it p o u rs do w n
upo n o u r gu il t poll ute d e a rth fro m th e D ay
-

s p ri n g s p u re fo un t o n high
’
.

But agai n tha t God is light S h o w s that He is

,

truth . Wh at light is to the e ye that t ru th is to ,

the mi n d G o d s wo rd is the light o f the s o ul

’
. .

B e auti fully d o e s the P salmi s t follo w thi s a nal ogy

wh e n h e p rays : O s e nd out Thy light and Thy
“

”
t ruth : le t th e m l e ad m e ( P s xliii A s . .

phys i cal ligh t re v e al s to us accu rate ly th e o h

e c ts o f n at u re s o do e s th e mo ral light o f G o d s
j
’

tru th m ak e k now n to us th e s pi ri tual wo n d e rs

o f re v e l a ti o n a n d u n c o v e r to o u r s o ul s e ye th e
’

dark mys te ri e s o f e te rni ty He th e re fo re who .

, ,

walk s un d e r the b rightn e s s o f the ca ndl e o f the

“

”
Lo rd be com e s m as te r o f the d e e p e s t s e c re ts
,

of k n o wl e dge .
78 S IX DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

That G od light m o re o ve r s ign ifie s tha t He

is , ,

is love . Ho w ge n tl e wa rm and ki n dly is th e ,

ra
y o f light ! To th e p ri s o n e r in h is glo o my

d ungeo n to the ma ri n e r to ss e d upo n the w rath

,

ful bill o w to th e fe v e ri s h i n valid wa tchi n g

,

th rough th e s low n ight h o urs how gladd e ni ng , ,

lik e a s we e t z e phy r a nge l is its be a ute o us ,

beam !
As too ac c o rdi ng to th e l ate s t s c i e n tifi c hy
,

p o t h e s is its s o urc e is m o ti o n
, th e fric ti o n
p ro ,

ducing h e at an d th e h e at g ro wi n g i n ca n d e s c e n t
,

o r s hi n i ng s o wi th light w a rm th a n d h e at a re
, ,

alway s e volv e d An d th us wh e n the light o f

.
,

G o d s hi ne s i n to o u r s o ul s it fill s u s wi th mo ral ,

wa rmth ge n tl e n e s s an d l o v e If we put th e s e
, .

two S c riptu re s to ge th e r
”
G o d is light ( 1 Joh n i ,
“
, .

”
a n d 1 G o d is lov e 1 J o h n iv what m
(
‘
,
o re .

tru th ful an d b e au ti ful c o n c e ptio n can we fra m e

o f th e divi n e B e i ng !

That God is ligh t m e a ns m o re ov e r that , ,

He is lif e Light abo v e its e v e ry o th e r cha r

.
,

a cte ris tic is th e ge n e ra to r o f li fe

,
Not a s e e d .

ge rmi na te s n o t a pl an t g ro ws n o t a bud bl o om s
, , ,

n o t a fru it rip e n s n o t a n o rgan i s m s u rviv e s

,

in all thi s w o rld e x c e p t by th e g e n e rati ng

,

age n cy o f light Wi th o ut thi s q uick e n i ng e le

.
 F I RST D AY : C R E AT I O N OF LI G H T .

m e n t gh as tly d eath would s oo n

, e ns h ro ud l and
and s e a .

And s o, too, li fe It is o nly un d e r His

G od is .

s mil e th a t we liv e Wh e n the light o f His co un

.

te nan ce b e am s upo n us o u r s o ul s e x ult with th e ,

t rue e n e rgy o f b e i ng but wh e n the s hadow o f

,

His frown fall s upo n us we fad e away a nd a re n o t , .

Thus wh e n St Joh n te ll s us o f J e s us who was

.
,

Immanue l G o d with us Th a t was the true

,
“
,

Light whi ch lighte th e v e ry m an th a t com e th

”
i n to the wo rld ( 1 h e al s o add s th e n e c
.

e s s a ry c o ro ll ary
“
In H im was Li fe an d the
,

Li fe was the Light o f m e n ( Joh n As .

”

G o d was the c re a to r S o is; He al s o th e m o ral

,

li fe the s pi ri tual b re ath the s us ta i n i ng fo rc e

, , ,

o f th is u n iv e rs e L e t H im but wi thd raw His

.

b re ath from it an d it re l ap s e s i n to a prim ev al

,

c h ao s o f wa s te n e ss c o n fu s i o n and d e a th
, And .

thus he who is witho ut Go d in the wo rld l ack s ,

tha t s piritual light by whi ch alo n e the ac tiviti e s

and pow e rs o f h is s o u l can liv e an d al re ady in
-

tim e he is a mo ral corp s e .

H ow e l e vati ng and pl e a s i ng the th o ught th at

God s firs t crea tive wo rd S h o uld be L e t th e re
’ “

”
be light an d th a t h is firs t bo rn gi ft to m an
,
-

s h o uld be thi s mo s t b e a u ti ful an d be n e fic e n t

80 s1 x DAYS OF C R E A TI O N .

l m e n t in which we al s o s e e a p e rp e tual image

e e ,

o f H im s e l f a mi rro r o f His o wn glo ry holi n e s s

, , ,

t ru th lov e and li fe !
, ,

And how re m a rkabl e a fact th at a s th e Bibl e

beg ins wi th an ac co u n t o f the c re atio n o f light ,

s o d o e s it en d wi th th e d e s c rip ti o n o f a s c e n e o f

go rge o us gli s te ri ng and i n comparabl e ligh t

,
.

Fo r the cl o s i ng ch ap te rs o f th e Ne w T e s tam e n t
,

boo k o f R e v e la tio n p o rtray a vi s i o n o f the fu

tu re e te rn al c i ty a n d t e mpl e o f G o d s uc h as ,

s u rpa s s a s fa r th e s ublim e s t c o n c e pti o n s o f u n

i ns pi re d p o e t a s the bl a s t o f a rcha nge l s t ru m

,
’

p e t o u t re a ch e s a h uma n voi c e A n d th e k e y .

n ot e of th a t m ag nifi c e n t image ry is thi s

”
“
And th e re s h all be n o n ight th e re ( R ev , .

xxi .
“
Fo r th e gl o ry o f God do th lighte n
”
it an d the Lamb is th e light the re o f
, ( R ev . .

xxi .

Aye ! al tho ugh b e tw e e n th e b e gi n n i n g an d

e n di n g o f thi n g s th e re ha s s t re tch e d o u t thi s

l o ng s ad hi s to ry o f da rk ne s s and e vil and sin ,

an d s ighi ng and pai n a nd b rok e n h e a rts

, , ,

an d blighte d liv e s an d rui n e d h o p e s and

, ,

d e s pa i r an d d e ath ye t as the c re atio n b e ga n

,

with light s o too sh all it e n d with ligh t Fo r

, .

th o ugh the battl e rag e l o ng a nd l o ud an d s o re ,

82 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

who is H im s e l f th e i r prim e val ray an d fo un

taIn .

All gl i
-
ive f th Light
or ous G r o e ,

I wh
n e un l ud ed
os y c o ra ,

Aft th e Sh d w
er f th
a igh t
o s o e n ,

Bl m th e n w i en d y !
oo s e -
rs a

Th u t th w l d t ue m i g t ’
o ar e or s r orn n s ar

N t b e th t l e
o , e a s s e r on ,

Twi k li g f bl
n n p a
e k f ee e s c a ar,

P l h a e l d f th u
era o e s n.

0 b igh t th
, r th n
er ntid gl
an m e oo e ea

D y un ful l
a , s b e d Th ou t -
or ar ,

P i ci g with Thi
er n ete n l b m ne r a ea

Th l i ste f th e hea t
e C o rs o r .

Build f li v i g w l d d w n i gh !
er o n or s, ra

S m i le f th e F th f
’
o ! a er s ace

O u h pp y
r a ul wid sope li s e o n e

To Th y ft om i g g so e -
c n rac .

M a tin f lym n S t A m brose , . , 4 th

 LECTURE IV .

SEC O ND D AY : C R EA T I O N O F TH E F I RMAM ENT .

An d God id L t th
sa , e ere be a fi rm a m en t in th e m id st of th e
w ate rs , an d l t it divid th
e w t A d G d
e e waters from th e a ers . n o

m d th fi m m d d i v id d th w t whi h w u d e '

a e te r a en , an e e a e rs c ere n r

th fi m m
e rt f m th w t
a en wh i h w
ro b v e th fi m m e t
e a ers c e re a o e r a n

an d it w A d G d
as s o ll d th fi m m t H v
. n And
o ca e e r a en ea en .

th e v e i g d th m i g w e t
en n an h d
e —
d y G i68 orn n— re e se co n a . en . . .

H E e v e n i ng m o rn i ng whi ch co n s ti
a n d th e

tu te d th e fi rs t day w e re o ccu pi e d in the ,

c re a ti o n o f light a n d n o w th e c re a tiv e pan o r

,

a m a o f th e s e c o n d day o p e n s .

An d h e re th e p re limi na ry q ue s ti o n a ri s es ,

Wh a t was the leng th of these crea tive days ?

M a ny s c i e n ti s ts a rg ui ng fro m th e g re at s low
,

n e s s o f g e o l o gi c c h a n g e s th e g ra d ual ac ti o n o f ,

th e o c e a n in fo rmi n g S an d d e p o s i ts th e app a r ,

e n tly imm e n s e a e o f fo ss il re m a i n s o f a n imal s

g
foun d in th e e a rth a n d th e v a s t tim e that wo u ld ,

be re q u i re d fo r the fo rma tio n o f th e ro ck s i n fe r ,

th a t th e ea rth m u s t h a v e b e e n co u n tl e s s tho u

s a n d s o i y e a rs in re a c hi n g its p re s e n t p e rfe c t

s tat e O n thi s g ro u n d th e re fo re s k e ptical as

.
, ,

( 83 )
84 s1 x DAYS OF C R EA T I O N .

sau lts hav e b e e n m ad e agai n s t the co rre ct n e s s

o f thi s n a rra tiv e To thi s the Ch ri s tia n ge olo
.

gi s t H ugh M ill e r re pli e d in the n obl e vol um e

, , ,

th e T e s tim o n y o f th e R o ck s co n t e n di n g that ,

th e s ix day s o f c re a ti o n w e re p e ri o d s o f in defi

n it e tim e ; bu t th a t G o d in re v e a li n g th e m to
,

M o s e s caus e d th e m to p ass b e fo re him in s ix

,

s ucc e s s iv e tabl eaux e ac h vi s i o n d e s c ribi ng th e

,

wo rk o f o n e di s ti n ct c re ativ e p e ri o d .

Th us he th ought th at with out vi o l e n c e to th e

acc u racy o f th e M o s aic ac co un t th e s e d ay s ,

might be ta k e n a s divi n e d ays as day s o f G od , ,

a n d a s th e re fo re n o t to be limit e d in e xt e n t ; fo r

wi th G o d who is abo v e a ll tim e th e re is n e i th e r

, ,

p as t n o r futu re a n d it is e xp re s s ly a ffirm e d th a t
,

wi th him a th o us an d y e ars a re but as o ne

“

”
day ( 2 P e t iii . . M a ny Ch ri s ti a n e xp o s itors
hav e ad o p te d thi s vi e w an d it p e rhap s ca n be
,

re c o n c il e d wi th th e t e xt .

But o n th e o th e r ha n d the sci e n ti fic fac ts a re

, ,

s o vag ue a n d c o n flic ti n g th a t th e re is re ally

,

n o thi n g m o re th a n th e ba re s t i n fe re n c e o n
whi ch to bas e an a rgu m e n t fo r th e g re a t a n
tiq u ity o f th e e a rth A s i ngl e ill us tra ti o n will
.

ab u n d a n tly s h o w thi s G e o l o gi s ts a re divid e d

.

i n to th re e riv al sch oo l s as to the m an n e r in

'
 SEC OND DAY : C REATI O N OF F I RMAM ENT . 85

which th e rock s w e re fo rm e d O n e thi n k s th e y.

c am e fro m d e p o s its in wat e r ; a s e co n d that ,

th ey w e re due to th e acti o n of h e at ; an d ye t
a thi rd th at th e y w e re p rod uc e d by c h e mical
,

a ge n cy as e l e c tri c i ty
,
galvan i s m and o th e r
, ,

s imil ar fo rc e s whi c h act mo re o r l e s s in s ta n ta

,

n e o us ly An d th e ro ck c ry s tal s wh o s e h ard n e s s
.
,

giv e s to th e m that b rillia n cy which m ak e s th e m

s o p re c io us o n e s chool c o n s id e rs th e e a rli e s t
, ,

a n d a n oth e r th e l a te s t fo rm a ti o n .

Wh e re s uch di re ctly c on flicti ng th e o ri e s a re

he ld we may we ll affi rm with an e mi ne n t bibli
,

cal c ritic : Till natu ral s ci e n c e has advan c e d

“

b e yo n d m e re opi n i on an d co nj e c tu re wi th re
ga rd to ge ological facts th e re can be v e ry littl e
,

g roun d fo r a ssumi ng that its arbit rary i n fe re n c es

in re ga rd to a fab ulo us a n tiq uity re q u i re d fo r
c e rta i n s u cc e s s iv e cha n ges m u s t n e c e s s a ril y be
”
t rue.

We s ee n o s uffici e n t occ as io n th e re fo re fo r , ,

div e rgi ng fro m th e pl a i n l e tte r o f S c riptu re .

We b e li e v e th e s e to h av e be e n S ix na tural days
o f tw e n ty fo u r h o u rs e ach
-
G o d m ay no w
.

e ffe ct c h an g e s by th e s l o we r O p e ra ti o n o f n a t

u ral la w ; bu t wh e n h e o rigi n ally fo rm e d th e

world he w ould q u ite n atu rally hav e e mpl oy e d

,

5
 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

swi fte r an d mo re mi rac ulo us and om n ipote nt

,

age n ci e s .

That th e s e we re natural d ay s d e s pite the ,

po s itiv e a s se rtio n s o f s o many advoc ate s o f the

Ne w Th e ology is the O pi n io n o f mo s t o rthod o x
,

th eol ogia n s Say s D e litz s ch : The s ix c rea

.
“

tio n day s acco rdi ng to the wo rd s o f th e

,

”
te xt w e re e a rthly day s o f o rdi n a ry duratio n
,
.

S o Wo rd s worth : The th e o ry th at the M o sai c

“

days are i n d e fi ni te p e riod s o f lo ng d uratio n

se e m s to do vi o l e n c e to the plai n hi s to ric al
te n o r o f the sac re d te xt The day s o f the c re a .

tio n are n o t figurativ e but lite ral J ,

.

P ye Smith : Th e na rra tiv e o f the c re a tio n is in

“

plai n s impl e hi s to ri cal l an guage The m e ta

, , .

h o rical us e o f th e te rm da i co n fi n e d to th e
p y s

po e tical p rophe ti cal and s ymbolical pa rts o f

, ,

S c ripture I Thi s vi e w is s t re ngth e n e d by the

.

fac t th a t th e re can be no re a s o n fo r a s s ig n i ng
an u n u s ual l e n gth to the s e v e n th day It is .

s pok e n o f a s if it w e re a n o rdi n a ry day o f

twe nty fo ur h ours an d if th e s e v e n th was s uch

-

, ,

P e n tateuc h , V ol I , p 69
. . .

1 Hol y Bible with n otes . V ol I

'
. .
, p . 11 .

I First Li nes o f Ch i
rist a n Th l gy
eo o , Boo k I II , p 33 3
. .
 SEC OND DAY : C R EATI O N OF F I RMAM ENT . 87

th e oth e r six p robably w e re day s o f lik e l e ngth .

Fo r had th e w o rd day h e re b ee n u s e d in two

wid e ly a n d alm o s t i n fi n ite ly di s ti nc t s e n s e s ce r ,

tain ly th e re s ho u ld h av e b e e n s o m e hi n t o f it .

B e s id e s the wh o l e a cco u n t is re l ate d n o t in the

,

fa n c i ful t e rm s o f p o e ti c im ag e ry bu t in th e pl ai n , ,

S impl e s tyl e o f n a rra tiv e .

A c co rdi ngly that di s ti n gu i s h e d bibli ca l sch o la r

, ,

th e l a te C P K ra u th D D o f th e C o mmi tte e
. .
, . .
,

o n Bibl e R e vi s i o n in c o n v e rs ati o n wi th th e au ,

th o r d e c l a re d it as h is o pi n i o n th at th e re e xi s t e d
,

n o ad e q ua te g ro u n d fo r givi ng a n y pi c to ri al e x

te n s i o n to th e s e c re a tiv e d ay s The i n te n t o f .

th e s ac re d w ri te r wa s e vid e n tly to u s e th e wo rd

day in its s tra igh tfo rw a rd g ramm atical s e n s e ; ,

a n d wh e n e v e r we s o i n t e rp re t S c riptu re a c co rd

L uth ardt, i li t th Opp it i w H thi k

h w v
o e er, nc n es o e os e V e . e n s

th e v ide f g du l f m ti
e nc e o i th e g
ra at lm u or a on n re a coa ea s re s

i tim t x t di il y l g p i d
n a es e raor d
n ar y WA t h wwon er o s , an sa s : S o o e

are t u d
o t d th d m i u gi d y v
n e rs a n e th d x th
e l r c a s, e en or o o eo o

g i an s t u
are i m
no u W h th
n anth y x p o x t
s iv
. e er e e re s s e en s e

per oi d d b
s , on e
y i g wi th th
a L d e n th u d y d e or as a o s an e ars , a n

he n ce d ig t es t d y n a e no di g t h um a m put ti
s ac c or b ut n o an co a on ,

d y me u d
a s as di g t th p p ti
re accor f th u i v e
n o e ro or o n s o e n rse ,

thi m u h i
s t i
c th t th h i f m tt
s c er a n , i q u ti
a i t th
e c e a er n es on s no e

d y b ut th w k
a , F e th i t e t f ligi
or . or e d n er s s o re on are co n cern e

no t i th
n tim but i
e th f e, t th t G d nt d th w ld
e ac a o cre a e e or .

Fun d m e t l T uth
a n a f C h i ti ity S
r iv 97
s o rs an , ec . , .
 8 sm D AY S OF C RE TI A ON .

ing to its mple se l f e vid e n t m e an i ng we are

Si ,
-

us i ng th e s a fe s t k e y to u n lock its tru e p urpo rt .

Th e wo rk o f the s e co n d da y was the creation

q/ th e
fi r m a me n t It.is th u s d e s c rib e d in o u r

tex t : And God said L e t th e re be a firm am en t

“
, ,

an d ( He ) divid e d th e wa te rs whi c h w e re u n d e r

th e firm am e n t from th e w a t e rs which we re abo v e

the firm am e n t An d it was s o An d Go d ca lle d

. .

the firm am e n t H e av e n
”

( G en i 6. T h e . .

”
wo rd firm am e nt h e re m ea ns lite ra lly ex pa nse
“
,

that which is s pre ad o r s tre tche d out lik e a wide

rea chi n g ca n opy The P s almi s t do ubtl e s s re
.
,

“
fe rri n g to thi s ve ry s c e ne th us S ay s : 0 Lo rd
, ,

tho u a rt v e ry great who s t re tche s t out the

,

”
h eave n s like a curtai n P S civ Thi s fir
( . . .

m am e nt th e n is the vi s ibl e h e av e n
, , It is thi s .

atm o s ph e re which roll s lik e a vas t aerial oc ean

,

all ov e r an d abo v e th e glob e It is th e broad .

,

c le a r d ee p e xpa ns e o f the S k y which ov e r

, ,

arch e s ou r world and in whose illimitabl e

,

s pac e s th e k e e n e s t e ye can lo s e it se l f wi tho ut

re achi ng its d e pth o r bo un d s .

The d e s c riptio n o f the m anner of crea ting thi s

V i sibl e h eav e n is v e ry s triki ng It is that the .

wate rs w e re divid e d i n to two grea t di s ti nct

bodi e s the o ne un de r the firmam e nt an d the
,
“
,
 SI X DAYS OF C R E A TI O N .

i h al ar h with g y cl ud s h ung
Tr um p c , a o ,

L ik e b n n e
a u d h flu g
rs ro n a ero n .

A n py th wh i h th e e th
’
ca o n, ea c ar .

W ith m igh ty oc e li ; an es

S t et h d e th m wh bi th
’ ’
r c e o rt tu e en , a na re s r

Th e n g l w d e i g y s
’
a e s on r n e e

B h el d c m pl et d b y h i h n d
e o e s a

Th e S k y th Al m igh ty F th e plann d
e a r e .

That thi s is the m e a n i ng o f the firm am e n t

se p ara ti ng th e u n d e r o r liq u id from th e u pp e r o r ,

cl oud wa te rs is sus tai n e d by th e usage o f parall e l

,

e xp re s s i o n s th ro u h o u t the H e b re w Sc rip tu re s
g .

Th us Wh e n he utte re th His voic e there is a

,
“
,

m ultitude of wa ters in th e hea vens an d He caus ,

e th th e v apo rs to a sce n d from th e e n d s o f th e

”
o in the ac c o u n t o f th e
e arth .
(J er x . S
.

d e l uge it is sa id : A ll the fo un tai n s o f the g re at

“

d e e p w e re b rok e n up a nd the wi n dows o f ,

h e av e n w e re op e n e d ( G e n vii 1 ”
wh e re we . .

s e e thi s c re a tiv e di s ti n c ti o n p re ci s e ly d ra w n be

tw e e n the wate r bas i n s o f th e e a rth an d the

wa te r foun tai ns in th e h e av e n s .

A t fi rs t s ight we might n o t thi nk the c re a tio n

o f th e firm am e n t the e m e rgi ng i n to vi e w o f th e
,

S k y an d th e fo rm a tio n o f th e C lo ud s a s u ffic i e n t
, ,

wo rk to occ upy o n e o f the s ix c re ativ e d ay s .

Bu t h av e we ev e r re fl e c t e d what v as t o ce an s o f
 S EC OND DAY: C REATI O N OF FI RMAM ENT .
9 1

wate r float in the sk y in the fo rm o f mi s t vapor ,

an d clo ud ? Ev e ry s p ri ng tha t b urs t s from the

g ro un d all the g re a t re s e rvoi rs which q ue n ch
,

the thi rs t a nd s upply th e u s e s o f o u r citi e s wi th

th e i r m illio n s o f i nhabita n ts and all the b roa d
,

migh ty riv e rs o f the e arth are co n s tan tly fill e d

‘

a n d re pl e n i s h e d alo n e fro m th e s e cl o u d fo u n

tai ns “
The av e rage q ua n ti ty o f aq ue o us v a
r o r wa t e r h e ld in th e a ir is e s tim a t e d to
p o , ,

be mo re tha n to ns The .

a nn ual amo un t of raifi all is abo u t s olid

c ubic mil e s If thi s rai n we re at any mom e n t

.

e q ually s p re ad ov e r th e l a n d po rti o n o f the

globe it wo uld cov e r all the co n ti n e n ts A s ia

, , ,

A fric a E u ro p e No rth an d S outh A m e rica with

, , ,

wate r th re e fe e t
An d su ppo s e no w tha t m an wi th his hyd ro ,

s tatic p re s s an d wi th e v e ry m o d e rn li fti ng m a

c hi n e ,an d with e v e ry h um a n co n t riva n c e fo r

o

d e v e lopi ng and m ultiplyi ng fo rce was to try to ,

li ft s uch an i n co n ce ivabl e v o l um e o f wate r as

thi s th o us an d s o f fe e t i n to the atmo s ph e re how ,

th e e ffo rt wo uld mock h is pow e rs a n d how ut ,

te rly impote n t an d ridic ulo us wo uld the atte mpt

Stu di es in th e C re ati v e W ee k . p 8 2
. .
9 2 SI X DAYS OF C REATI oN .

mak e him ap pea r ! Ye t thi s colo s sal tas k so ,

altoge th e r impo s s ibl e to the un it e d pow e rs and

i nge nuity o f all ma nki n d e v e n if te n th o usand
,

y ea rs w e re d e vote d to it God p e rfo rm ed with ,

p e rfe ct ea s e in a s i ngl e day! And n o one o f

th e S ix c re ativ e act s th e n m o re m arv e lo usly dis
'

plays his A l m ighty po we r .

Thi s se pa ratio n too o f the wate rs that a re

, ,

un d e r the firm am e nt from the wate rs that a re

abov e the firm am e n t is on e o f tho s e miracl e s

,

o f the c re atio n wh ich Gd is cons tantly reg bea t

ing . Any o n e who will s tan d upo n a mo untai n
s ummit and Vi e w a s umm e r s un ri s e will s ee thi s ,

v e ry s c e n e o f th e s e co n d c re ativ e mo rni ng e n
acte d in mi n i a tu re Fo r the mom e n t th e s un s
’
.
,

wa rm ray s touch the n ight cool e d e arth e vap -

oratio n comm e n ce s An d the vapors be i n g

.

lighte r tha n air be gi n at fi rs t s lowly and th e n

,

rapidl y to as c e n d ; an d p re s e n tly from e v ery

riv e r a nd vall e y an d plai n th e y are s e e n h ur

rie dl ri s i ng un til th e mi s t w re ath e d e ar th is

y
-

q uite co nc eal e d from vie w But at la s t as the .

,

s un s ray s t ri umph th e i n te rmi ngl e d ma s s is

’

parte d and th e v apo rs float in di s ti nct clo ud s

,

a bov e an d the v all e y s an d riv e rs s t an d cl e a rly

,

re v e al e d to Vi e w b e ne a th .
 SEC O ND DAY : C RE ATI O N OF F I RMAM ENT .
93

And whil e we gaz e awe t ck upo n thi s s ub -

s ru

lim e upli fti ng o f th es e vas t fo rce s o f nature no t ,

a s o u n d is h ea rd no t e v e n a rus tl e is a ud ibl e
, .

Th us no i s e l e s s ly do e s the C re ato r work in th e

pe rfo rma nc e o f the mo s t s tup e ndo us ta s k s .

An d is th e re no t o n e o f the mo s t b e a uti ful

m o ra l l e ss o ns taught in thi s The q uiet work
?

ers in a n good ca us e a re the b e s t work e rs

y .

Th e y are the mo s t di s i n te re s te d Th e i r de e d s .

a re no t do ne to be se e n o f m e n The re fo re ,
.
,

witho u t thought o f fam e or re ward th ey toil o n ,

in q u i e t ne ss and pati e n c e l eavi ng th e i r ta s ks to

,

God s all se ei ng eye And the noi s e l e s s wo rk

’
-
.

e rs too a re th e s ucc e s s fu l wo rk e rs
, ,
The mo s t .

p ractical philan thropi s ts the re al pillars o f the ,

ch urch the true s ou rc e s o f the progress and

,

we l fa re o f th e ki ngdo m o f God o n earth are ,

always tho s e who witho u t any frictio n o r noi se

,

o r di s tu rba n c e amo ng th e i r fe llow m e mb e rs are ,

lo s i ng no opportun i ty a n d l e avi ng no e ffort un

,

tri e d o r no tal e nt ly i ng idl e by which the cause

, ,

p re cio us to th e m as the appl e of th e ir e ye may

be adva nc ed and pros p e re d .

We note h e re m ore ov e r the wisdom and be

, ,

rec val ence f God With th e in ca l cul able v ol um e

-

q .

o f wat e r a nnuall y fall in up on the e arth and

g ,

!
5
94 SI X DAYS OF C R E A TI O N .

with th e migh ty riv e rs rolli ng the i r billio n s o f

to n s i n to the oc e an why do n o t th e s e a s ov e r
,

flow an d subm e rge all h um an be i ngs Simply

,
?

o n ac co u n t o f thi s n o i s e l e s s wo rk o f e v apo ratio n ,

by whi ch th e i n e vitabl e ov e rfl o w is li fte d up and

s a il s al o ft in h a rml e s s c lo ud s An d how wo n
'

dro us is that wi s d o m by whi ch th e s e clo ud

o ce an s i n s te ad o f das hi ng up o n m a n with de
,

s t ruc tiv e viol e n c e an d c o mi n g d o w n in fl oo d s

,

whi ch w o uld an n ihilate all li fe a re di s till e d in ,

th e ge n tl e s t o f s h o w e rs o r in th e fe ath e ry mi s t
,

o f s n o wfl ak e s S o th at in th e v e ry mid s t o f th e
, ,

p roce s s we can p ursue o ur o ccup ati o n s o r abid e

, ,

withi n o ur h o s pitabl e h o m e s o r lie u n co n ce rn ,

e dl in o u r b e d s
y Y.e a ! wh a t is all thi s b u t
“
a

gigan ti c s y s te m o f ae rial wate r w o rk s occupy -

in g m a n y th o u s and s o f mil e s o f s p ac e h avi ng ,

its co un tl e s s p u mp s o f e va p o rati o n an d e xhaus t

l e ss re s e rvo i rs o f C l o ud s an d its un numbe re d
,

”
s e rv i c e pip e s o f ra i n
- ? An d wh at bu t a n in
fi n i te wi s d o m an i n te llige n ce as far b e yo n d m an
,

as th e s t a rs a re high e r th a n th e hill s c o u l d h av e ,

d e vi s e d S O i nge n i o us s o e ffe c tiv e s o be n e fice n t

, , ,

a n d ye t s o S impl e a s y s t e m fo r s upplyi n g m a n

an d b e as t an d n a tu re wi th th a t ab sol ut e ly i n di s

p e n s abl e e l e m e nt of wate r ?
 SEC O ND D AY : C REATI O N OF FI RMAM ENT .
95

W e ll may we th e n j p in with the Psalmi s t in

the g rate ful ack n owl e dgm e n t to thi s sy s te m s
’

“
A uthor : Tho u vi s ite s t the e arth an d wate re s t
it ; Tho u g re atly e n ri ch e s t it with the rIv e r o f
God which is full o f wa te r ; Tho u wate re s t the
ridg e s th e re o f ab u n d an tly ; Tho u mak e s t it s o ft

with s how e rs ; Th o u bl e s s e s t the s pri ngi ng

th e re o f; Tho u c row n e s t the ye a r with Thy good
”
ne s s ; a n d Thy path s d rop fatn e ss ( P S lxv
. . .

9
Th e re is no mo re s ugge stiv e symbol in th e
m ate ri al un iv e rs e th an the c re ativ e wo rk o f the
s e c o n d day— the firm a m e n t thi s va s t e xp a ns e
,

thi s shy wh ich e v e r ov e r arch e s us Wha t

-
.

a n impre ss iv e e mbl e m is it o f etern it ! H ow

y
its me a sure l e s s s pac e s e v e rywh e re s urro u n d
us a n d how its furth e r wall s a re lo s t in fathom
,

l e s s di s ta nc e ! Wha t pl umm e t can so un d its

h e ights or what e ye ca n pi e rc e its illimitabl e
,

d e e p s ? And wh at a typ e th e n do e s It e v e r
hold be fo re us o f that e te rn i ty whic h is tim e
withou t bo un d s e xi s te n ce witho ut c e ssatio n be
, ,

gi nn i ng witho ut e nd .

An d how th e n do e s thi s mo n i to r o f the s k y

re p ro v e u s wh e n we o with ou r fa ce s e v e r
g
turne d dow nwa rd to thi s S ordid e arth n e v e r ,
9 6 S1x DAYS OF C RE ATI O N .

lo o ki ng alo ft but igno ri ng o ur highe r d e s ti ny

, .

H ow do e s its ov e r archi ng dom e touch our -

s too pi ng a im s a n d c all o u r as pi ra ti o n s to ri s e to
,

o ur e t e rn al h o m e ?

Ag ai n : The s k y is a n im age o f th e purity a n d

l
g y o
or f h ea ven N o thi n g is s o e xq u i s ite an
.
“

e mbl e m o f a b s ol u t e s p o tl e s s n e s s a n d e te rn al

chas tity as the uns ulli e d e xp an s e o f h e av e n u n

, ,

t ro dd e n by m o rtal foot un s we pt by aught but ,

a n ge l wings,
— e v e n th e a n c i e n ts c all e d it the

Empy re an as th o ugh it had be e n fo rm e d o ut o f

,

An d wh e n o n th e s tain l e s s
”
p ure fire o r ligh t .

d e e p s o f th e s k y th e re floa t the c lo ud s ba th e d
in th o s e s pl e n do rs o f liq uid b e au ty s uch as ,

o fte n at a go rge o us s un s e t e n tran c e the gazi ng

e ye an d hold th e im agi nati o n bo un d in th e i r
,

s p e ll wh a t a n im ag e d o e s the firm am e n t iv e
,
g
us o f the p u ri ty a n d glo ry a n d bli s s o f h e av e n !

H ow fo rc ibly do th e s e s up e rnal dye s o f c rim

s o n o f gold a n d o f glowi n g a n d fi e ry be a uty
, , ,

re mi n d u s o f th e s p o tl e ss p urity the s tai n l e s s ,

p e ace a nd th e un ea rthly s pl e n do rs o f that c e l es

,

ti al c ity o f p u re gold wh o s e wall s are cut o f ,

j as p e r who s e gate s are a so lid pe a rl and who s e

, ,

ligh t giv e s fo rth co ruscatio n s like a mo s t p re c

io us s to n e cl e a r as c ry s tal ! V e ril y gaz i ng
, ,
9 8 SI x DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

s we e pi ng thro ugh the m are s u blim e symbols o f

,

the infin itude and almighti n e ss o f H im who

“
s it

te th upo n the circl e of th e e a rth and the inhab ,

”
ita n ts th e re o f are as gras s hopp e rs ( I s xl . . .

Wh e n th e n we gaz e upo n th e lo fty s ky le t ,

o u r h e art s be li ft e d u
p to
“
th e high a nd lo fty

O n e that i nhabi te th e te rn i ty who s e nam e is

H oly and who ye t dw e ll s wi th him th at is o f a
,
“

An d
”
co n trite and h umbl e s piri t ( Is lvii . .
,

wh e n all natu re is bath e d in d rippi ng d e w s o r ,

th e s k y s how e rs th e fe a th e ry s n ow fl ak e s o r th e -

fro s t w e av e s its fan tas ti c fo rm s le t us th e re i n ,

re ad the e xq ui s it e t rac e ri e s o f the e te rnal fi nge r .

And wh e n th e h e av e n s a re ma n tl e d in bl ack
ne s s , a n d the s ta rtli n g th u n d e r p e al s th ro ugh

the s ki e s and the s to rm b re a k s in re s i s tl e s s fu ry

, ,

le t u s h e a r the voic e o f God abroad upo n the

ea rth a n d l e t u s wi th the p roph e t Habba k uk
“
tre mbl e in o urs elv e s th a t we may re s t in the
,

day o f t ro ubl e ( iii 1 6 ) an d fin d a s hi e ld in his Al

”
.

migh ty pavilio n wh e n He com e s at la s t to de s

,

t roy the wo rld which He c reate d .

Th e S k y i h
s c an g e d — nd a suc h a ch ge !
an Oh nigh t ,

And storm and darkn ess

, , ye ar e w ndou ro s stron g .

I
‘ '

Far l g
a on

From pe a k to peak ,
li
th e ratt ng crags am on
g,
 S EC O ND DAY : C RE ATI O N OF FI RMAM ENT .
99

Leap s live th un der ! Not from on e lone cloud

th e ,

But every m oun ta i n n ow h ath foun d a ton gue ,

And Jur n swe s th oug

a a h h er m i ty Shroud
r , r s ,

B c k to th e j y ous Alps wh o call to h er al oud

a o , .

Sk y m oun ta
, iv wi d l k e lightn i g ! Ye
in s, r er, n s, a ,
n s ,

Wi th nigh t d l ud , d th u d
an c o d ul s , an n er, an a so ,

T m k e th e
o a fel t d fe l i g w ll m y b
se an e n , e a e

Thi g th t h v m d m e w t h ful ; th f
n s a a e a ll e a c e ar ro

O f y u d p ti g v i
o r e i th e k
ar n ll o c es s no

Of wh t i m i le pl
a n e s s e es s .

But wh f y O Tem p t ! i th g l
ere o e, es s s e oa

A re y elik th withi n th h um b t ?
e ose e an reas

O do y fi d t l e g th lik
r e n a gl m high
n ,
t? e ea es , so e n es

S t m in th A b
b — BY R O N or e a .
 LECTURE V .

TH I RD D AY— MOR N I N G : C R E A TI O N OF LAN D AN D

SE AS .

An d God sa id , L et th e w ate rs unh v be g th ed d er th e ea en a er

h
toget er un to on e p ac e , an l d l t th ed y l d ppe ; n d e r an a ar a

it was so . An d Go d ca ll d th d y l d th d th
e e r an e ar , an e

gat h i g
e r n h
toget er of th e wt ll d h
a e rs ca d G d w e e seas , a n o sa

h
t at it was go o d.
”
Ge n . i .
9 , 10 .

MA GNI FICENT pi c ture g re e ts us o n th e

m o rn i ng o f the thi rd c re a tiv e day It will .

be re m e mb e re d th a t in the b e gi nn i ng wh e n the ,

e a rth wa s c re a t e d it wa s wa s te a n d void a d a rk
, ,

aby s s o f ragi ng ro a ri ng wa te rs The n c am e

ligh t the w
, .

, o rk o f the fi rs t day whic h o n ly m ad e ,

the ch ao ti c s c e n e vi s ibl e O n the s e co n d day .

wate rs and mi s t w e re s e parate d s o th at the ,

clo ud s w e re fo rm e d and th e firm am e n t o r ,

Sk
y app e a re d B u t b e low
. a ll re m a i n e d wa te r .

So that o n thi s thi rd mo rn i ng the wo rld p re s e n ts

but the s pe c table o f a bo u n dl e s s oc e an In e v e ry .

di re c tio n n o t a s i ngl e obj e ct is to be s e e n e xce pt '

a n e n dl e s s rolli ng wa s te o f wate rs
, .

But n ow com e s the thi rd c re a tiv e wo rd :

I O2 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

The wate rs s tood abov e the mo un ta i n s : A t thy

re b uk e th e y fl e d : A t th e voic e o f thy th u n d e r

th ey hast e d away : The mo untai n s as ce nd th e ,

vall eys s i n k i n to the plac e which Tho u h as t

fo un d e d fo r th e m : Tho u ha s t s e t a bo un d th a t
th e y m ay n o t pa ss ov e r th a t th e y t urn n o t
,

”
aga i n to cov e r th e e a rth P S civ H
.
( . e re .

th e p re c i s e wo rk o f th e thi rd day as na rrat e d ,

in G e n e s i s is p ai n te d b e fo re ou r e y e s
, .

The s uc c e s s io n o r o rd e r o f tim e a t whi ch th e

oc e an is h e re d e s c ribe d as h avi ng b e e n c re ate d ,

re ma rk ably con curs with the tea ch in s o eol

g f g
Fo r th e y p rov e th a t th e e a rth a t a re mote
o
gy .

p e riod wa s cov e re d wi th wa te r an d that it ,

was by th e s e wa t e rs ga th e ri ng toge th e r i n to
bas i n s and d e e p s a nd by the e m e rge nc e o f the
,

dry l a nd th a t the p re s e n t d e m a rca ti o n s b e tw e e n

,

th e o c ea n a n d th e l a n d to ok pl ac e Thi s is .

fully s ho w n by th e p re s e nc e of m a ri n e d e p o s i ts
“
in e v e ry p art o f the e a rth A co rre ct readi ng
o f the M o s a i c narrati d a comp e te n t k now
l e dge o f ge o l ogical fac ts hav e m ad e it pl ai n
,

that S c riptu re and sc i e n ce te ll o ne a n d the sam e

wo nd rous tal e —that in re m o te age s the glob e
, ,

was e n ci rcl e d with a da rk unte na n te d s ho re l e s s

, ,

o c e a n ; that a n atmo s ph e re had b e e n fo rm e d ,

 T H I RD D AY : C R E AT I O N OF LAN D AN D SE S A . 103

and th a t dry la n d had app e a re d the wo rk o f the ,

s e co n d a n d thi rd d ay s o f the c re atio n .

Thi s s impl e and i n te lligibl e s k e tch o f God s ’

wo rk o n o ur pl ane t from the be gi nn i ng is co n ,

s i s t e n t alik e with what M o se s has w ri tt e n a n d

th e ge ologi s t has di s cov e re d ; it is fo un d e d o n

facts an d n o t o n co nj e ctu re s an d has l e ft no

, ,

”
di fficulti e s to be s olv e d .

The i n v e s tiga tio n s o f s ci e n c e mo re ov e r ac , ,

co rd with thi s M o saic acc o un t o f the m ann e r o f

th e p rod uctio n o f l an d a n d se as Fo r th e y .

s how by the re g ul a r i n c re a s e o f h ea t a s we de s

c e n d i n to th e e a rth a n d by e a rthq uak e s ho c k s

,

a n d v o l can ic o u tb re ak s p roc e e di n g th e re fro m ,

th at th e i n te ri o r o f the glob e is a s e a o f molte n

fire a n d tha t but a comp a rativ e c rus t o f s olidi ty

'

c o v e rs it It is the ang ry m o tio n s o f thi s i n te r

.

n al fire o c e a n which cau s e th e d e s truc tiv e c ru p

-

tio n s o f vol ca n o e s whi ch a re s imply s a fe ty

,

v alv e s by whi ch th e se P rom e th e a n fo rce s m ak e

a h a rml e s s e s c ap e A ll th e re fo re th at th e
.
, ,

C re a to r wo uld h av e n e e d e d to do wo uld s im ,

ply h av e be e n to agitate wi th o m n ipote n t pow e r

thi s mol te n c e n tre an d its rocki n g
,
bill o w s
w o uld h e av e up l a n d and mo un tai n a nd fo rm ,

v as t d e p re s s io ns to co n ta i n the s eas .

D M c u l d S m
r. c a s an , St
er App dix p 2 58
on s on on es . en , . .
 O4 s1x DAYS OF R ATI ON
C E .

And ch e ffe cts o n a s mall s cal e hav e actu

su

ally b ee n witn e s se d s i n c e The i s la n d o f Rho d e s

.
,

o ff th e coas t o f Gre e c e was th u s in mod e rn

, ,

tim e s cas t up by the o utb urs t o f a volca no ris

, ,

ing s udd e n ly out o f th e mid s t o f the s e a and it ,

has S i n c e re mai n e d a p e rman e n t fe ature o f th e

e a rth s s u rfa c e Se v e ral like i n s tance s o f the
’

s udd e n e me rg e n c e an d uph eaval o f pl a te a us o r

p o i n t s o f la n d are al s o o n re co rd .

Now we do not say that th e C rea tor actually

,

did fo rm l an d pl ai n a nd mo un tai n afte r thi s

, ,

ma nn e r The poi n t o f the illus tra tio n is that if

.
,

lan d has th us sudd e nly be e n li fte d up by natural

cause s th e re is nothi ng s trange o r impo ss ibl e in
,

the a s s e rtio n o f M o s e s that God origi n ally

e ffe cte d th e s am e thi ng o n a n i nfi n ite ly g ra n d e r

s cal e by s up e rnatu ral m e an s Wh e n s ci e n ti s ts

.

u n d e rtak e to co n t radict the Bibl e th e y s ho uld ,

be a r in mi nd th e i r egregio us mi s tak e s and bl un

d e rs and th at the une xp e cte d e v e n ts o f a s i ngl e
,

n ight day o r h o ur h av e o fte n pu t to s ham e th e i r

, , ,

bold es t co nj e cture s and mo s t po s I t1v e assum p

tio n s and comp e ll e d th e m to re cas t e n ti re ly th e i r
,

th e o ri e s But the sac re d vol um e which e xi s te d

.
,

mill e nnium s be fo re s ci e n c e was bo rn has n ev e r ,

fo un d it n e e d ful to modi fy a li n e o r alte r a l e tte r .

I o6 SIx DAYS OF C REATI O N .

in t ata with re gula r s eam s run ni ng b e twe e n

s r ,

th e m s o th at th ey ca n be eas ily tak e n o ut u n

,

b rok e n fo r buildi ng p u rpo s e s And th e s e v e i ns

.

an d fi s s u re s a re al s o s to re d wi th the v a rio us

m e tal s re q ui s ite fo r h um an us e I ro n l e ad m e r .
, ,

c u ry copp e r S ilv e r gold ge m s and p re cio us

, , , , ,

s to n e s a re h e re fo u n d j us t in s uch q ua n ti ti e s a s a re
,

n e c e s sary fo r the m an i fold a rt s a n d impl e m e n t s , ,

a nd co n v e n i e n c e s a n d o rna m e n t s o f civiliz atio n

, .

But the v e ry i n e q uali ty o f th e e a rth s s u rfa c e

’

its divi s io n i n to pl ai n s an d hill s v all e y s an d ,

m o un tai n s is a n a rrang e m e n t o f divi ne be n e v o

,

le n c e . M o u n ta i n s h av e a mo s t impo rta n t b ea r
ing u po n th e c lim ate o f a co u n t ry Wi tho ut .

th e m th e re w o uld be n o thi ng to t e mp e r th e
,

viol e nc e o f s to rm s o r to regul ate the p rod uctio n

,

a n d di s trib uti o n o f ra i n o r to p u ri fy the a tmo s

,

p h e re o f p e s til e n tial v a po rs ; s o th a t w e re the

la nd but an un b rok e n l e v e l it wo uld s o o n be ,

com e an un i nh abitabl e d e s e rt An d how m uch .

v ari e ty too is th e re by giv e n to the eye ! A ll

th at is b eauti ful an d a ttractiv e and i ns pi ri ng in
th e s c e n e ry o f the l an d s c ap e com e s from thi s ,

combi natio n and co n t ras t caus e d by the back

g ro un d o f mo un ta i n p e ak s wi th s mili ng plai n
,

and p e a c e ful riv e r windifi at its fe e t

g .
 TH I RD DAY : C R E AT I O N OF LA N D AN D SE AS . 107

The ocea n lik e wi s e p re s e n ts an oth e r obj ect o f

, ,

e n dl e s s i n te re s t an o th e r fi e ld fo r p e rp e tual
,

s t udy a n o th e r th e m e o f n e v e r c e a s i ng wo n d e r
,
-
.

In its v a s t e xpa n s e bo un d e d alo n e by the i n te r

,

mi ngli ng s ky ; in its i n c e s san t a n d re s tl e ss e u

er
gy , p a u s i ng n o t by da
y re s ti ng n o t by n ight , ,

cha ngi ng no t from age to age ; and in the im

m e asu rabl e fo rc e an d pow e r o f its upli fte d bil
low s utte rly m o cki ng the p ro ud e s t d e fe nc e s
,

an d ba rri e rs o f h um a n s kill as tho ugh th e y w e re ,

but a c hild s ti ny h an d ; th e oc e a n p re s e n ts us
’

th e n obl e s t na tu ral s ymb o l o f th e m y s te ry th e ,

infin itude a nd th e almigh ti n e s s o f G o d G a zi ng .

at its s tup e n do us m aj e s ty we m ay e xclaim with ,

By ro n :
Th u gl i u m i
o or o s wh th Al igh ty f m
rror, e re e rn
’
s or

Gl it l f i t m p t i ll ti m
as se s se n e es s , n a e,

C lm
a v ul d i b z
or con segl , t m
n re e e , or a e , or s or ,

I i g th p l
c n e i th t id li m
o e , or n e orr c e

D k h v i g ; b und l
ar -
ea n ndl o n d ub li m
e ss , e ess, a s e

Th i m g
e f ta ity th th n f th I v i ibl
e o e e rn , e ro e o e n s e .

But oc e an s a nd s e as to o w e re d e s ig n e d fo r a
p urpo s e a nd h av e mo s t imp o rtan t and be n efi
,

cial ag e n ci e s to accompli s h in th e e co n omy o f

the wo rld By m e an s o f navigatio n th e y fo rm

.
,

th e g re at highw ay s o f c o mm e rc e ov e r which ,

mo s t di s tan t natio n s can p ass i n te rchangi ng ,

1 08 SI x D AYS R ATI ON
OF C E .

h i va rio us p rod ucts ; and th us do they no t

t e r

o n ly co n t ribute to the we al th but al s o b ri ng ,

i n to ass ociatio n and frate rn i ty the di ffe ren t

p eopl e s o f the e a rth .

It is al s o by m e an s o f e v aporatio n from the

i n calc ul abl e e xpan s e o f wate rs th e y p re s e n t to
the s u n s ray s tha t th e clo ud re s e rvoi rs are k e p t
’
-

re pl e t e d wi th m o i s t u re a n d th a t ra i n a n d s p ri ng s
,

an d riv e rs a re p rovid e d fo r th e fe rtili ty o f th e

s oil an d fo r the p re s e rvatio n o f th e li fe o f m an

,
.

H i s to ry acco rdi ngly s hows th at tho s e natio ns

hav e b e e n migh ti e s t who s e lan d s we re wa s h e d
,

by the g re ate s t exte n t o f s e a coas t as Italy the

-

, ,

l ead e r and m as te r o f an tiq ui ty and E ngl an d the

, ,

mo s t pow e rful an d i n fl ue n tial natio n o f mod e rn

tim e s .

S uch a re the phy s ical facts d e p e nd e n t upo n ,

thi s divi s io n o f the glob e i n to lan d and s eas ;

n o w what is th e mo ral l e ss o n s ymbo liz e d by

thi s wo rk o f the thi rd c re ativ e day ? We

hav e h e re a co n s picuo us ill us t ra tio n o f the
ne c e s s i ty o f or der— th at e v e ry thi n g move in
its appoi n t e d S ph e re and fulfill th e s p e ci al ta sk
,

allo tte d it .
Wh e n the w ate rs e v e rywh e re pre
v ail e d ov e r th e e arth th e n the us es o f both l an d
,

a n d wate r w e re d e s t roy e d an d th e wo rld was

,
I IO SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

h
t e se two gre at d e pa rtm e n ts o f k nowl e dge

s ho u ld m utually co rrobora te and s tre ngth e n

e ach oth e r The book o f nat ure and the book
.

o f re v e latio n hav e both b e e n writte n by th e

s am e divi n e fing e r In the o n e we s p e ll o u t the

.

a lph ab e t by which we read the l e s s o n s o f th e

oth e r . And why s ho uld n o t th e s tud e n ts o f

e ach be in p e rfe ct a cc o rd ? But it is o nly wh e n
o n e l e a v e s its appoi n te d bo u n d s an d i n fri n ge s

a nd tra n sg re s s e s upo n the limits o f th e o th e r ,

th a t viol e nc e mi s tak e s mi s chi e f a nd co n fus io n

, , ,

re s ul t . Th us wh e n the ch urch committi n g it s e l f

,

to the Ptol e m aic t h e o ry o f th e s ol a r s y s te m e x ,

comm un icate d the philo s oph e r G alil e o be cau s e ,

h e taught that the s un was fix e d an d the e arth

s w un g aro un d it th e c h u rc h committ e d a g ra v e
,

bl unde r ; be ca use the B ibl e is no te xt boo k o n -

the phys ical fact s o f n ature And so wh e n .

,

R e as o n as sum e s to pas s j udg m e n t upo n I n s pira

tio n o r the I nca rnatio n o r the T ri n ity and to
, , ,

n ega tiv e R e v e latio n th e n is it t ra n s g re s s i ng

,

up o n a s ph e re wi th which it ha s n othi ng a nd

ca n h av e n othi n g to do For the e te rnal the

.
,

c e l e s ti a l and divi n e b e i ng o f sup e rs e n s ibl e

,

n a tu re fo r that v e ry re a s o n a re n o t re s po n s iv e
,

to phys ical and ma th e m atical te s ts The m e n .

 TH I R D DAY : C R EATI O N OF L AN D AND SE S A . I I I

who d eal with the g reat m e taphys i cal p robl e m s

an d wi th th e al l imp o rta n t re ligio u s q ue s ti o n s as
-

with toy s an d p rocl aim as ab so l u te and e v e r

,

la s ti ng t ru th the m o s t do ub tful re sults o f th e i r

o n e s id e d i n v e s tigatio n s a n d s h a llow re fl e c ti o n s
-

an d d e c l a re th e M o n a rch o f the U n iv e rs e de

th ro ne d b e ca us e th e i r te l e scop e s an d mic ro
s cop e s do n o t pl a c e H im b e fo re th e i r e y e s a re ,

s a wi n g o ff th e b ra n ch o n which th e y a n d with ,

th e m all o rd e rly s oc i e ty s it Th e y ca rry o n a .

dange ro us pl ay wi th m e n tal dy nami te .

“
R e ligi o n ha s b e e n the g re ate s t pow e r in the
hi s to ry o f the h um an rac e ; it ha s b e e n the Sab
bath in the li fe o f natio n s the co n s ol ati o n o f the
,

di s t re s s e d the gu idi ng s ta r o f the e rri ng ; it has

,

b ro ugh t light to th e high e s t as pi ratio ns o f the

s o ul ; it ha s i n s pi re d th e ge n i u s o f th e po e t

and th e a rti s t to its mo s t glo rio us ma n i fe s ta

tio n s . It is th e re fo re the mo s t in te n s e ly re al
. , ,

fact in the wo rld and how i rratio nal th e n to

,

s ee k to ch a rac te riz e it as but th e c re d uli ty o f

ig n o ra nce and th e s up e rs ti tio n o f folly

, .

No co nflict whate v e r th e re fo re is th e re be
, ,

tw e e n C h rIs tIan faith an d e n ligh te n e d re a s o n .

O nly le t e ach lik e th e s e a a nd the lan d k e e p

,

to its appoi n te d boun d s and adh e re to Its ap ,

 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

ro riate s
p p ph e re the o n e to the facts o f nature
,

and th e oth e r to th e fa cts o f re v e l ati on An d .

th e n i n s te ad o f cl as hi ng and chaotic co n fus io n

, ,

th e two b righte s t t wi n to rch e s will th e y be to

-

guid e the h uman mi nd th ro ugh the laby ri n thi n e

maz e s o f k n owl e dge .

Turn i ng to the p ractica l s id e o f li fe thi s o r ,

de rly divi s io n o f la nd an d s e a te ach e s e q ually

val ua bl e l e s s o n s Fo r th us is it with re s p e c t to
.

busin ess an d religion We all hav e our allotte d

.

li fe tas k s but we hav e our ta s ks to wo rk o ut fo r

-

e t e rn i ty too
. An d a mo s t impo rtan t matte r it is
to giv e to o n e its due p ropo rtio n witho ut d e trac t
ing from the o th e r In p rac tic e it is the re lig
.
,

io us s id e o f o ur obligatio n s th at is n egl e cte d ,

whil e the p e rp e tual te nd e ncy is fo r o u r s e c ula r

duti e s mo re and mo re to c rowd upo n ov e rfl ow , ,

a n d s ubm e rg e o u r pi e ty .

And wh at a g reat mi s tak e is thi s ! Why s ho uld

we no t be c o n te n t with givi ng s ix day s to o ur
te mpo ral wi tho ut taki ng e v e n th e re m ai ni ng
,

s e v e n th fro m o u r s pi ri tua l affa i rs ? Why sho uld

we h av e m o re co nc e rn to lay up ho us e s fo r o u r
s ojo u rn o f but a fe w ye a rs in thi s wo rld th an we ,

h av e to s e c ure fo r o urse lv e s habita tio n s in th at

futu re s tate wh e re we m us t dw e ll fo re v e r ? Why
I I 4 SI X DAY S O F C RE ATI O N .

the v e r imp e ndi ng c ri s i s b e tw e e n th e se va s t

e

fo rc e s is tha t i n dicate d by the pot e n t wo rd o f

thi s thi rd c re ativ e day viz : L e t e ach be re , .

s tric te d withi n its app o i n te d s ph e re Whe n .

capital is d e vote d to p e rs o nal op ul e nc e and

aggra ndiz e m e n t ; wh e n it dwa rfs an d s tun ts la
bo r by e xc e s s iv e ho u rs a n d s ta rv e s it by pi n ch
,

ing wag e s ; a n d wh e n th us the wo rki ng c la s s is

crus h e d g roa n i ng to the e a rth th e n le t the ,

g ras pi ng capi tali s t be ware l e s t the bli n d Sam s o n

ri s e in his g ro pi ng might s e iz e th e pillars o f ,
i

o rde r an d s ocial co nv ul s io n s s uch as R us s ia n

,

N ihili sm G e rm an S o ciali s m th e Pari s ian C o m

, ,

m une an d the bre ad rio ts o f E nglan d po u r lik e

,
-

a p rim e v a l s e a o f fu ry o v e r o u r l a n d a n d s ub ,
'

m e rge civilizati o n s fa b ri c in blo o d and rui n !

’

But la bo r has its d uti e s its limi ts an d its o b, ,

liga tio n s too The h o p e o f th e wo rki ng cla s s es

.

li e s no t in l awl e s s n e s s no t in i nfid e l d e m ago gue s

,

an d imp ractic abl e fa nati c s n o t in di s o rd e rly ,

s trik e s and ill e gal ac ts a n d c ombi na ti o n s ; bu t in

“

vi rt ue te mp e ranc e i n te llige n c e and pi e ty

, , , .

Th e s e in a c o un try gov e rn e d by the p e opl e

, ,

s uc h as o u rs will be i rre s i s tibl e

,
A rm e d wi th .

th e se th e fre e a n d vi rtuo us milli o n s o f o u r la

,
.

bo ri ng clas s e s at the pl o ugh the l oo m and the , ,

 TH I RD D AY : C REATI O N OF LA N D AN D SE S A . I 1 5

cl e rk s d e s k can by p e rs i s te n t e ffo rt w re nch

’

, , ,

from th e i r o fte n o pp re s s iv e e mpl oye rs a b e tt e r

,

bill o f rights tha n the s tu rdy B riti s h ba ro n s

w rung by the s wo rd fro m ty ra n t Joh n at
, ,

bloo dy R unnym e d e .

Thi s is a wo rld o f o rd e r In it Som e m us t .

s e rv e a nd oth e rs rule S o m e m us t plan and

.

c omm a n d o th e rs work a n d o b e y
,
So m e m us t . ,

e arn the w e a lth a n d o th e rs l a rg e ly us e it

, It .

is G o d s o rdi nan c e an d fo r thi s s tage o f p ro ba

’

ti o n it is j us t a n d righ t O nly th e n le t us hav e

, .

a ge n e ro u s an d G o d fe a ri ng m o n e y e d cl as s c o n
-

c e rn e d fo r th e p ubli c g oo d a n d a d u ti ful law , ,

abidi ng wo rki ng cl a ss ; both re m e mb e ri ng th a t

th e i r i n te re s ts are no t o ppo s e d but id e n tical , ,

a n d u n iv e rs a l co n te n tm e n t harmo n y a n d pro s , ,

p e r ity will , b e the re s ult .

We l ea rn ye t agai n from the wo rk o f thi s

thi rd c re ativ e day how easil , y a n d n a tura ll the
y
world ca n be des tr oyed wh e n the pre de s ti n e d ,

ho u r of its e n d has com e W e re thi s de s truc .

tio n to be by wa te r how s impl e wo uld the pro

,

c e ss be ! Thre e fo urth s o f th e gl obe are alre ady

-

cov e re d by wate r an d if the re mai n i ng o n e

,

fo urth w e re but l o w e re d a fe w h un d re d fe e t the ,

gre ate r pa rt o f A s ia a nd E u ro p e would be sub

rI 6 s1x DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

m e rge d by the oce an and Am e rica wo uld be

,

re d uc e d to but a fe w i s l and p eak s p roj e c ting

abo v e th e wate r .

Bu t Scriptu re te ac h e s tha t th e wo rld is to be

d e s t roy e d by fi re Th us runs S t Pe te r s de
. .
’

s c rip ti o n o f th e s c e n e Wh e n the day o f the

.
“

Lo rd will com e the h e ave n s s hall pass away

,

with a great noi s e an d the e l e m e n ts S hall m e lt

,

wi th fe rv e n t h e at ; the e a rth al so and the wo rk s

th a t are th e re i n s hall be burn e d up ( 2 P e te r .

iii
. And S In c e ge ology s how s the c e n tre o f
th e e a rth to be a s e a o f fire bridge d o v e r by ,

bu t a thi n crus t o f s oil an d s to ne n o l e s s s im ,

p l e wo uld b e its d e s t ructi o n by thi s e l e m e n t .

The voic e o f Go d wo uld bu t ne e d to le t loo s e

thi s imp ris o ne d molte n o c e a n and with the mo s t
,

aw ful e xpl o s i o n s an d e a rthq uak e s an d d e to na

, ,

tio n s it wo uld bu rs t fo rth co n s umi ng citi e s fus

, , ,

ing s oil an d ro ck s an d li c ki n g up the v e ry wa te rs

,

o f the s e a with its to n gue s o f fl a m e And th e .

appalli ng s c e n e fo re told by Pe te r wo uld be lit

e rally fulfill e d the h e av e n s abov e be i n g s w e pt
,

—
away the v e ry s ki e s be i ng co n sum e d by the
,

u p ri s i ng co nfl a ra tio n — whil e b e low s o i n t e n s e

g , ,

wo uld be the h e a t th at the e l e m e n ta ry atom s o f

,

m atte r wo uld be m e lte d H ow irra tio nal th e n

.
, .
 LECTU RE VI .

TH I R D D AV— EV EN I NG : R EATI O N OF
C N ATURE
G RA SSES , P LA N TS T R EE S , .

A n d G od sa id
h b i g f th g , th h b
L et th e e art r n or ras s , e er

y i ldi g d d th f uit t y ieldi g f uit fte h i ki d

e n se e , an e r ree n r a r s n ,

wh d i i it lf up th
os e see s th n d it w
se A d th on e ear an as s o . n e

e arth b ugh t f th g
ro d h b y i ldi g
or d ft h i ki d
ra ss , an er e n see a er s n

an dG d ow th t it w g d A d th v i g
sa a d th e m as oo . n e e en n an orn

i gw th thi d d y i —1 3
.

n e re e G r a . en . . 11 .

H E wo rk o f the thi rd c re ativ e day uh ,

lik e e ith e r the fi rs t o r s e co n d was two fold ,

-
.

In the mo rn i ng o r fo re n oo n to ok pl a c e th e s e t
, ,

tli ng o f the oce an s i n to th e ir bo un d s and the ,

e m e rge n ce o f th e d ry l an d to vi e w — the s ubj e ct

o f th e p re c e di n g l e ctu re And no w in th e latte r .

,

pa rt o f the day o r e v e n i ng a n e w c re a tiv e pano ,

ram a app ea rs The n e w m ad e e a rth i n d e e d

.
-

s p re ad s o u t b e fo re us wi th its v as t plat e a us its ,

i n d e n te d v all e y s its lak e s and riv e rs and s e e th

, , ,

ing o c e a n s a n d its lo fty m o un ta i n rang e s ; but

,

all is n ak e d d e s o l ate a n d ba rre n

,
— o nly an e n d
le ss d e s e rt w as te wi th o ut a s o li ta ry obj e c t to ,

arr e s t a n d c ha rm th e w e a ry e ye .

( 1 18 )
 TH I RD DAY : C R EATI O N OF N ATUR E 1 19

But a wo n d e rful id e a has be e n hidd e n in the

i n fi n ite M i n d an d it is no w to tak e an o ut
,

wa rd vi s ibl e S hap e And th e n th e fo urth c re at

, .

iv e wo rd re v e rb e ra te s o n th e e a rs o f li s te n i ng
s p ace :
“
And God said L e t th e e a rth b ri ng fo rth
,

g ras s the h e rb yi e ldi ng s e e d and the frui t t re e

, ,

yi e ldi ng fru i t a fte r his ki nd wh o s e s e e d is in it ,

s e l f up o n th e e a rth : an d it wa s s o
”

( V . .

“
Th e s e thre e cla s s e s e mb race all the p ro d uc
tio n s o f the v ege tabl e “
G ra ss
m e a n s the yo ung te nd e r g re e n whi ch cov e rs ou r
“ ”
l aw n s a nd m e ado ws ; herb is a ge n e ri c te rm
fo r all h e rbac e o us pl an ts c o rn g ra i n a n d v ege
, ,

”
tabl e s ; whil e f ruit tree e mb race s a v e ge ta
“

ti o n o f a la rg e r a n d high e r o rd e r viz all v a ri e ,

ti e s o f s h ru b s an d t re e s The s ta te m e n t is.

s p e c ific ally m a d e that e a ch o f th e s e wa s c re a te d

bgfore its seed to re fu t e any th e o ry o f v e g e tati o n

,

havi ng a ri s e n from s e mi nal p ri n cipl e s o r e v o lu ,

tio na ry d e v e lopm e n ts an d to S h o w tha t it o rigi

,

h a te d alo n e from a F i rs t G re a t C a us e And .

from thi s we al s o l e a rn tha t n o s l o w g ro wth from

s e e d g rad ua lly app e a re d but that e v e rythi ng
,

s p rang i n to e xi s te n c e a t full m a tu ri ty .

The i n s ta n t th e n the C re ato r s pok e thi s

, ,

*
P t t u h K il a d D l itz h V l i p 55
en a e c ,
e n e sc ,
o . .
, . .
1 20 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

wo rd what a glo rio us an d i ncomparabl e trans

,

formatio n m us t hav e g re e te d the gaz e o f the

as to n i s h e d a nge l s the o nly witne ss e s ! The
,

d esola te m e adow s are robe d with the s o fte s t

.

an d s we e te s t g re e n ; the bl e ak vall eys are

c ov e re d with wavi ng g ra i n ; th e ba re fi e ld s a re

do tte d and s ta rre d wi th fl o we rs ; and th e nak e d

m o un tai ns are fri ng e d wi th maj e s tic tre e s Thi s .

m agn ifice n t m e tamo rpho s i s make s it fo r th e

fi rs t tim e a habitabl e wo rld It is now the joy .

ful an d glo rio us e a rth as we to day re co g n iz e it -

.

It now s ta nd s a rraye d an d ready a su i tabl e ,

hom e fo r the i n trod uc tio n o f its future inhabi

'

ta n ts a n imal s and m an
, .

But th e s c e n e is o f rich e s t i n s t ructio n ,

a n d we m us t s tu dy it ’
We h e re be hold the
.

or igi n o
f f li e . W e s e e th e birth o f that i n d e

s c ribabl e cha rm and e t mo s t i n s cru t abl e o f

y
m ys te ri e s — the vi tal p ri n cipl e Not i nd ee d in
.

its high e r typ e s o f a n im a te and ratio nal but ,

o nly in its lowe s t fo rm o f o rga nic o r v ege tabl e ;

n e v e rth e l e s s li fe
, P re vio us to thi s th e re h av e
.
,

b e e n light and s k y, an d clo ud and wate r and

, , ,

la n d a nd rock i e the vari o us fo rm s o f matte r ;

, , . .

but n o w a totally n e w s o m e thi ng co n fro n ts u s .

The s e gras s e s and h e rb s and tree s are not

'

I 22 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

Tak e fo r i ns ta nc e the germ ina tion of a seed

, , .

Yo u may pla n t the co s tli e s t ge m in the s oil but ,

n o pow e r o f g rowth o r d e v e lopm e n t is i n h e re n t

in it .Th e re it will lie i ne rt q u i e t and mov e ,

le s s ; ce n tu ri e s m ay pas s and if by ch an c e it ,

be un e a rth e d agai n it will be fo un d j us t the

,

sa m e o nl y a co ld d e ad li fe l e s s s to ne
, , , .

But b u ry n o w the ti ny a c o rn
, , It is o n ly a .

wo rthl e s s obj e c t bro w n and l us t re l e s s by the

,

s id e o f th e fl a s hi ng em Bu t it is i n s ti n ct with
g .

a p ri n cipl e o f li fe An d s o wh e n the m o i s ture

.
,

o f th e e a rth d a mp e n s it an d th e s u n s wa rm
’

ray s to u ch it its s l e e pi ng facu l ty awak e s an d

, ,

it b e gi n s to q ui ck e n a n d s w e ll a n d s t riv e up
, ,

wa rd to th e ligh t And s oo n it bu rs ts its tomb

.
,

a n d its te n d e r li ttl e twig ri s e s an d g ro w s an d

h ard e n s ; un til fe d by the rai n s a nd fan ne d by

,

the wi n d s it b e c o m e s a g rea t an d pow e rful

,

tre e . An d th e n its s p re adi ng b ra n ch e s s h e lte r

the bi rd s o f h e av e n a n d its ro b us t t ru n k d e fi e s
,

the fury o f the s to rm an d its coo li ng s h a d e re

,

fre s h e s w e a ry m an an d b ea s t ; an d it b e c om e s
th e w o n d e r a n d the joy o f the comi ng an d
goi ng ge ne ratio n s o f mank in d Such is the .

mys te ry o f that p ri nc ipl e o f v ege tabl e li fe ,

wh ich the Creato r by a c onc e ptio n o f i nfinite

 TH I RD D AY : C R EA TI O N OF N ATU R E . I 23

origi nali ty and by an act o f e v e rlas ti ng powe r

, ,

h e re call s in to be i ng .

And how s ta rtli ng is the tho ught o f the im

pa ss abl e doo r which m ark s the bo undarie s o r
th e s e two ki ngdom s th e mi n e ral an d v eg e tabl e
, ,

the d e ad an d th e livi ng !
“
The i n organ ic wo rld
is s tak e d off from th e livi ng world by ba rri e rs
whi ch hav e n e v e r ye t be e n c ro s s e d It is a .

v e ry mys te ri o us law which gua rd s in thi s way

the po rtal s o f the livi ng wo rld No cha nge o f .

s ub s ta n c e, no modifi ca ti o n o f e n vi ro n m e n t n o ,

c h e mi s t ry n o e l e ct ri c i ty n o r a n y fo rm o f e n e r y
, , g ,

n o r an e v o l utio n ca n e n dow a ny s i ngl e atom

y ,

o f th e mi n e ra l wo rld with th e att rib u te o f li fe .

It is o nly wh e n th e plan t s t re tche s dow n to the

d e ad world b e ne ath it and touch e s its mi ne ral s
,

an d ga s e s wi th its my s t e ry o f vita li ty that it ,

can bri ng th e m u e n n obl e d a n d t ra n s form e d

p
to the livi ng s phe re And if th e re is o ne thi ng
.

in N a tu re m o re worth p o n de ri ng fo r its s t ra ng e
ne s s it is th e s p e c ta c l e o f thi s v as t
, h e lpl e s s ,

world o f th e de ad cut o ff from the livi ng by the

law o f li fe a lo n e from li fe an d d e n i e d fore v e r ,

th e po s s ibility o f re s u rre ctio n withi n

But do we n o t s e e h e re a s t riki ng a nalogue

N tu l L w in th Spi i tu l W ld D umm ond p 71
a ra a e r a or , r , . .
I 24 SI X DAYS OF C R E AT I O N .

of the chas m be twe e n the n atural and the

s pi rit ual m an . D o no t th e s e facts o f natu re
co rre s po n d with the te achi ng o f Scriptu re o f a
”
“
d eath in tre s pa s s e s an d S i ns a n d with the ,

d e cla ra ti o n o f Ch ri s t : Y e m us t be born agai n

“
.

( J o h n iii . T h e n a tu ral m an is m o rally d e ad ;

the co nv e rte d m a n is a n im a te d by th e p ri n cipl e

o f s pi ri tual li fe And n ev e r can the s o ul

.

e m e rg e fro m th e ki n gd o m o f s pi rit ual d e ath ,

and pa s s th e bar ri e rs s e t b e t w e e n it an d the

high e r ki n gd o m o f li fe un l e ss the Spirit o f G od

,

c om e d o w n a nd b re a th e upo n it fro m abov e .

Th e re m us t i n te rv e ne a ne w moral c re a tio n .

Th e n to uch e d by th e high e r pow e r V Italiz e d by

, ,

divi ne e ne rgy the s o u l will awake to the ne w

,

s ph e re , g ro w co n s c i o us o f th e ne w s pi ritual
—
wo rld b e gi n to liv e !
We o bs e rv e h e re fu rth e r the creation of
, ,

bea uty . If we co uld hav e b ee n wit n e s s e s o f

thi s p rim e val s c e n e what wo uld hav e be e n the
,

fi rs t imp re s s io n that thi s g rand tran s fo rmatio n

?
wo uld hav e mad e upo n u s Wh e re o n ly nak e d
rock s a nd b a rre n e a rth a nd s pre adi ng wa s t e s
, ,

o f wa te r had s tr e tch e d in e v e ry dire ctio n s ud

, ,

de nly cha rmi ng v e rd ure and lov e ly bloom gre e t

our
g a ze T
. h e oak li fts its tow e ri ng yet Sym ,
 1 26 SI x DAYS OF C REATION .

which so fe as ts the e ye and avi sh e s

r th e im ag
inatio n .

An d a v e ry g rav e mi s tak e do es that teach e r

o r pa re n t mak e who n e v e r c ultiv a te s o r gra ti

fies thi s i n bo rn fac ul ty in th e p upil o r child .

We s ho uld no t rea r the yo ung as tho ugh l ife

was o nly drudge ry, an d s omb re n e ss an d aus ,

te rity a nd rigo r
, But we S ho uld h av e a plac e
.

in our h o m e s fo r the b eau ti ful So fte n i n g and

.

ge n ial an d e l e vating upo n a child are the d e li

cate ha rm o n i es o f m us i c o r the e xqui s ite fo rm s
,

and p e n cili ng s and c o l o ri n g s o f a rt An d if .

p ov e rty a nd s traite n e d c ircum s ta n c e s d e p riv e

us o f th e s e s till in the h umbl e s t h o m e th e re
,

may be the d e co ra tio n o f n e atne s s ; the s w e e t

n e s s o f c l e a n li n e ss ; th e ch a rm o f o rd e r ; the

g race o f ki n d wo rd s ; th e l ov e li ne s s of a ge n tl e
di s po s i ti o n ; and th at o rnam e n t o f a com e ly
s o ul whi c h is th e high e s t typ e o f a ll viz s pi r , .
,

itual b eauty .

it m h s th e re o f nak e d utili ty o f
! u e too uc i ,

ro u ti n e l a bo r o f s tu n ti n g ta s k s an d o f s ha rp
, ,

rugg e d n e s s in thi s h a rs h wo rld

,
An d O what .
,

a p ri c e l e s s ga i n wo uld it be if o u r h o m e s o u r ,

g rowi ng child re n our s o cial ci rcl e s and o ur bus i

, ,

n e s s m a rts had m o re in th e m o f th a t h um an iz
,
 TH I RD D AY : C REATI O N OF N ATURE . 27

ing e e l m e n t o f be auty which gre e ts us in th e,

s w e e t an d ki n dly fac e o f N a t ure .

Bu t thi s e xq ui s it e d rap e ry cov e ri ng th e e a rth

was al s o m e a n t fo r use as w e ll as fo r o rnam e n
ta tio n . The g rass e s a nd h e rb s w e re d e s ign e d
fo r th e s us t e na n c e o f the an im al t rib e s an d the ,

v e g e tabl e s and fruit tre e s w e re l a rge ly to m ak e

up th e food o f m a n The sa n imry uses o
.
f th e

ve eta ble hin dom a re als o o f th e high e s t o rd e r

g g .

Ma n liv e s by taki n g i n to his o rgan s o f re s pi ra

ti o n th e li fe givi n g o xyge n fro m th e a tmo s ph e re
-

a n d e xh ali n g fo rth the d e ath d e ali n g ca rb o n ic

-

ac id as W e re thi s l a tt e r to a ccu m ul at e o n th e
g .

e a rth the re s ult w o uld be th e a n n ihilati o n o f the

,

h u ma n rac e .

But pla n t s b re ath e a n d fee d up o n the air j us t

as do m e n d ri n ki ng it in fro m e v e ry o u ts tre tch e d
, ,

le afy h a n d But th e y a re s o m a rv e llo us ly co n

“

s ti tu t e d th at wh a t is p o i s o n to an im al s a n d m a n

is li fe to th e m An d s o th e y ab s o rb thi s d eath
.

d e ali ng c arbo n i c gas and g ro w an d fl o u ri s h o n

,

it an d giv e o ut in t u rn th e li fe ge n e ra ti ng o x y
,
-

g e n re q u i re d by m a n Th u s a re th e y a migh ty
.

s y s t e m o f s a n i ta tio n by m e a n s o f whi c h th e a t

m o s ph e re is p u rifi e d o f n oxi o us e l e m e n ts a n d ,

its o th e rwi s e d e adly i ng re di e n t s t ra n s fo rm e d

 28 SI X DAY S OF C RE ATI ON .

i n to h ealthy and b e nefi ci al age n ci e s Th us S ays .

th e e mi n e n t g e ologi s t P ro f D an a : ,
“
The o rd e r.

o f th e c re a tio n m u s t fo r sc i e n tifi c re as o n s h av e
, ,

tak e n pl ace as d e scrib e d in the Bibl e S ci e n ce .

ac c o rd s wi th G e n e s i s in th a t light m us t h av e fi rs t

e xi s te d a n d pl a n ts m us t h av e e xi s t e d b e fo re
,

an im al s to fe d th e m a n d to a bsor b th e ca r bonic
,
e
a cid in th e air .

An d so
f the vitally c o n n e cte d with
or es ts a re

th e p re c ipi ta ti o n o f rai n The e n ti re d e s truc tio n

.

o f fo re s t s wo uld a rre s t the fall o f ra i n a n d tu rn

a ga rd e n co u n t ry i n to a d e s e rt So impo rta n t . ,

th e re fo re is th e i r p re s e rva tio n to agri cultu ral

,

i n te re s t s that as a tim e ly ill us t rati o n o f this fac t

, , ,

th e L e gi s l a tu re o f th e S ta t e o f Ne w Y o rk ,

warn e d by Sc i e n tific m e n has re ce n tly appoi n te d ,

a c o mmi tt e e to re p o rt m e as u re s to p re v e n t th e

fu rth e r d e s tructi o n o f the A di ro n d ack fo re s ts ,

whi ch co v e r a ti e r o f the no rth e rn co un ti e s l e s t ,

th e dimi n u ti o n o f th e rai n fall th ro ugh o u t th e

State s e ri o us ly e ridange r th e h arv e s ts .

A furth e r us e o f v e ge ta tio n is the production

o coa l In thi s p rimitiv e e ra to whi ch thi s thi rd
f .

c re a tiv e day re fe rs th e e a rth s C lim ate was

’

warm e r and m o re m o i s t and the v e ge ta tio n was,

ri ch e r and ra nk e r th an in succe e di ng p e riod s .

1 30 s1x DAYS OF C REATI O N .

fo r his li fe , fue l fo r his

m fo rt and e v e ry re
co ,

u is ite fo r his va ri e d ci rc um s ta n c e s a n d n e ce s
q
S th e y m ay a ri s e .

the s tudy o f th e v e ge tabl e ki ngd o m

d ev e lop s fac ts the mo s t c u rio us and i n te re s ti ng ,

be a ri ng endless tes tim ony to the Crea tor s wisdom ’

.

Each pl an t is a s tudy o f wi s d o m o f pow e r and , ,

o f —
wo n d e r a mi n i a tu re wo rld in itse l f Is it .

bli n d i n s ti n ct o r a divi n e comman d th at m ak e s

the ro o t i nvariably strik e dow n ward to th e
’
e a rth s d a rk da mp re c e s s e s a n d th e s t e m e x
, ,

r h
p and upwa d to t e wa rm lovi ng s uns hi n e ,
?

What an admi rabl e o rd e r too is the re in the ar

, ,

ra nge m e n t o f th e v ario us p a rt s ? The l e av e s

will ne v e r be fo und i n s e rte d by chan ce but ,

alw ay s b e a r a symm e t ri cal re l a tio n to e ach

o th e r The s ta m e n s o f th e fl o w e rs hav e a
.

re gul a r n u m e ri cal divi s io n — fiv e o r a m ul tipl e ,

o f it as te n o r fi fty runn i ng alm o s t th ro ugh th e

, ,

e n ti re fl o ra th e S i ngl e pi s til u n iv e rsa lly s ta n d

,

ing as a g rac e ful pill a r in the ce n tre .

A p e rfe ct s y s te m al s o e xi s ts fo r the reproduc

tion o f the pl a n t The s e e d is ca re fully e n clo s e d
.

in ca p s ul e s wh e re it ca n d e v e lop fre e from ha rm

un til rip e wh e n it b u rs ts its ca s e m e n t
, Da r .

wi n s re s ea rch e s h e re h av e th ro w n ne w ligh t
’
 TH I RD DAY : C R EATIO N OF NATURE . I 3 I

p
u o n the wo n d ro us arra nge m e n ts d evi s e d fo r th e
p ro pagati o n o f fl o we rs He fi n d s th at It Is ne c .

e s s a ry th a t the p o ll e n o r fin e d us t o n the to p ,

o f the s ta m e n m us t be c o n v e y e d to th e pi s til o f
,

a n o th e r fl o w e r a n d th a t thi s am azi ng tas k is

,

re g ul arly c a rri e d o n by co u n tl e s s i n s e c t s of ,

whi ch the p ri n c ip al o n e is th e be e Th e b e e s .
,

s ay s thi s g re a t n a tu ra li s t a re th e poll e n b e a re rs ,
-

-
th e re co g n iz e d l o cal ca rri e rs fro m m o m to ,

n ight s p e e di ng o n th e roa d — by m e a n s o f wh o m
thi s g re a t s y s te m o f n a tu re is m a i n ta i n e d .

Whil e s e e ki ng h o n e y fo r th e m s e lv e s th e y a re ,

un co n s c i o u s ly c o n v e yi n g th e p o ll e n whi c h ad

h e re s to th e i r h o rn e d h e a d s fro m o n e fl ow e r to
an oth e r and th e re by fe rtilizi ng the pl an t an d
,

s owi n g th e s e e d o f o u r fut u re h a rv e s t s .

The e xti n cti o n o f the be e th us in c e rtai n local

iti e s has b e e n follow e d by th e s te rili ty and e x
ti nc tio n o f pl an ts *
Wh at un bo un d e d variety
.
,

too do we fin d in th e ki n gdom o f v e g e tabl e n a

,

ture ? C o un tl e s s a re the vari o us g ro up s a nd

typ e s ; p o l a r t e mp e ra t e a n d tropic al clim a t e s
,

havi ng th e i r di s ti n c t fl o ra ; and e v e ry trav e l e r to

If th e g e n us of h um bl b e -
ees b ec am e ex ti t v y nc or er rare

l
in En g an d th e , h e arts e ase an d re d c o
-
l v w uld b m
er o ec o e v er y
rare or
, o wh ll y i
d sapp e ar .
— D arwi n ’
s Origi n o
f Sp ecies p 71 ,
. .
I 3 2 SI X DAYS OF C REATION .

di s ta nt pa rts m ak e s ne w di scov e ri es And what .

s ymm e t ry in th e bra n ch e s o f the t re e ; wha t e nd

l e s s S h ap e s a nd fo rm s an d co n tou rs o f g race in
th e l e a f ; wh a t go rg e o u s and i ncomp a rabl e dy e s
in the c ol o r o f the fl o w e rs ! An d ye t un limite d ,

as is th e div e rs ity a p ri n cipl e o f un i t bi n d s a l l

,
y
toge the r so that the h un d re d s o f th o usan d s of
,

i n divid ual s can be cl ass ifi e d und e r ma ny v ari

e tie s a n d th e se va ri e ti e s u n d e r fe w e r s p e ci e s
, ,

an d the s p e ci e s un d e r s till fe w e r ge n e ra a n d

o rd e rs whi ch w e a ri ng the sam e l e adi ng cha r

, ,

ac te ris tic s i ndi cate o ne ne ss o f pl an un i ty in

, ,

the c re a tiv e age n t a n d acco rdi ngly poi n t to o n e

,

e t e rn al M i n d a s th e i r autho r .

The e vid e n ce o f desi g n in m any pl a n ts is

v e ry s t riki ng No cl e a re r p roo fs o f i n te llige n t
.

purp o s e co uld be no ti ce d in the m o s t e laborate

e difi ce co n s t ruc t e d by a m a s te r a rchite c t tha n ,

a re s e e n in th e co n t riv a n c e s fo u n d in ma n y

pl an ts O ne o f the mo s t s urp ri s i ng o f th e s e is
.

th e N e p e n the s o r P itcher P la n t o f the Ea s t

, ,

I n di e s som e tim e s se e n in our g re e n ho use s

, .

By a wo n d e rful p rovi s io n th e l arge b ro a d l e af

,

is c u rv e d a n d s w e ll s o u t at the middl e an d
,

d raw s tog e th e r at the top s o as to fo rm a com

,

p le te pit c h e r s h a
-
p e d v a se holdi ng
,
a bo u t a h a l f
 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

ma rk s o f an i n te llige n t d e s ign o f in tention on,

the p art o f th e i r M ak e r as th e y a re al s o p roo fs

,

o f s up e rna tu ral wi s d o m .

As D a rwi n clo s e ly ob se rv e s th e se wo n d e rs o f
n a tu re s o p ro fo u n dly is he imp re s s e d with the
,

curi o us fitne s s e s and s urp ri s i ng ma rk s o f d e s ign

di s cl o s e d in the v e ge tabl e k i ngdom tha t he ,

s um s u th re s ul t o f h is li fe l o ng i n v e s tiga
p e -

ti o n s wi th thi s tacit c o n fe s s io n o f a s up e ri n te n d

ing i n te llige n c e o f i nfi n i te s kill He s ays : The

.
“

mo re I s tudy natu re th e m o re I b e co m e im
,

p re s s e d with e v e r i nc re as i ng fo rce th a t th e co n
-

triv a n c e s a n d b e a uti ful ad apta tio ns a nd th e ,

c o mpl e x an d e v e r v aryi ng o rga n i s m s o f pl an ts

-

all fit te d to p e rp e t ua te li fe tra n s c e nd in an ih
,

c o mpa rabl e m an ne r the co n triv an c e s and adap

ta tio n s whi c h th e mo s t fe rtil e im agi na tio n o f

m a n co uld An d gazi n g at all th ese

i n tri cate co n trivance s and w o nd rous d e s igns o f
N at ure s o e l oqu e n t of divi n e good n es s and
,

s kill
,
m ay we n o t e xcl aim in u n i s o n with th e
,

pio us e m o ti o n s o f the P s almi s t : O Lo rd how

“
,

m an i fo ld a re thy wo rk s : in wi s dom has t tho u

m ad e th e m all ( P S c iv
. . .

F i nally : A c lo s e o b se rvati o n re v eal s the s trik

On F ertiliz a tion , p .
7.
1
 TH I RD DAY : C REATI O N OF A
N TU E R . 1 35

ing fac t th at th e v ege tabl e ki ngdom is a typ e o f

th e mo ral ki ngdom o r th a t N a ture is a pa ra ble
,

o th e h um a n s oul E a ch g rowth o f th e fi e ld is
f .

a s ymbol o f s o m e q uali ty o f th e h um an mi n d o r

h e a rt Thi s featu re is unq ue s ti o nably a tho ugh t

.
,

a d e fi n i te id ea o f G o d ; an d h e who s tudi e s
na tu re witho u t b e a ri ng thi s in mi n d mi s s e s its ,

high e s t l e s s o n The g narl e d oak is th us the

.

s ymb o l o f s t u rdy s t re ngth o f will ; the g ra c e ful

palm s we rvi ng n e ith e r to the righ t no r l e ft is a

, ,

figure o f the re cti tud e o f the righ te o us m a n ;

the d roo pi ng will o w is a n e mbl e m o f mo u rn i ng ;

whil e th e flowe rs re p re s e n t th e s e n tim e n ts and

grac e s o f charac te r as th e ro s e is the s ymbo l o f
l ov e the lily o f purIty a nd the s w ee t vi o l e t lo w
, , ,

h angi ng its h e ad o f m o d e s ty
, .

The S c rip tu re s ac c o rdi ngly m ak e co n s ta n t

us e o f th e s e v e g e tabl e tribe s to s e t fo rth th e

l e s so ns an d t ruth s o f vi rt ue an d re ligio n In .

th e i r p ag e s Ch ri s t is th e n o uri s hi ng vi n e o f

m a n s s pi ritual li fe ; ( Joh n th e Ch urc h is

’

the p e e rl e s s ro s e o f mo ral g rac e ; S o ng s o f

(
Solom o n ii . th e p alm t re e by th e e v e r
-

fl o wi ng riv e r typifi e s th e flo uri s hi ng o f th e e l e c t ;

( P S
. xcii . th e fa di n g g ra s s pi c tu re s th e

s to ry o f th e v a n i ty o f li fe ; P S xc an d the
( . .
I 3 6 s1x D AYS OF C R E A TI O N .

o liv e t re e symb o liz e s a p e ac e ful h appy hom e

-

, .

P S cxxviii
( . .

O u r bl e s s e d L o rd al s o b ase d m an y o f his
mo s t s triki ng S e rm o n s o n p a rabl e s d raw n fro m
n a tu re With him the go rge o us lily s h am e s
.

th e e mpti n e s s o f ea rthly glo ry ; ( M a tt vi . .

a n d the gold e n wh e at p o i n ts u s to th e b re a d o f

li fe ; whil e the w e e d the tare an d the thi s tl e , , ,

wa rn us to be wa re o f the i n s idio us i nfl ue n ce s o f
vic e an d th e e vil O n e ( M att xiii 2 In th e
. . .

m us ta rd s e e d s g ro wth He i ns t ruc ts us to s e e a
typ e o f the rapid p rog re s s o f G od s ki n gdo m
’

o n ea rth ; M a rk iv whil e th e e a rly pu t ti ng

( .

fo rth o f th e fig t ree s foli ag e is a S ig n o f th e

’
-

n e a rn e s s o f His s e co n d comi n g
( M a rk xiii . .

And St Pa ul S how s us in the b urial and d e cay

.

o f a s e e d o f g ra i n a n d a n e w pl an t a ri s i n g
,

th e re fro m a fig ure o f the mighty mi ra c l e o f th e

,

re s urre cti o n o f th e b o dy a n d th e n e w a n d glo ri ,

fie d fo rm re s ulti ng from th e d e ath and d e cay o f

the old I C o r xv
.
) . .

An d th e m o s t impo rta n t o f all th e s e l e s s o n s

is th a t to be d raw n from the g re at natu ral law
la id dow n by God in thi s thi rd cre ativ e w o rd ,

v iz .
,
L e t the fru it t ree yield f r uit after h is
G whi c h St P aul s h o w s is th e
hin d ( ,
en 1 I . . .
 LECTURE VII .

FOURTH D AY : C R EATI O N O F THE S U N, MOO N , AN I)

STAR S .

An d God sa id l ight in th e fi m m ent of th

, L et t h ere be s r a e

h e ve t di v ide th e d y f om th e ight ; nd l t th em be f
a n o a r n a e or

s ig n s, and f n nd f
or se aso d y nd ye s, a or a s a ars .

“
An d let th m b e f l igh t in th e fi m m e n t f th e h v e n t
e or s r a o ea o

g iv e ligh t up n th e e tho d it w A
ar n d G o d m dan
e tw as so . a o

gre a t ligh t ; th e g se te l i gh t t u l e th
r a e d y‘ n d
r th l e e o r a a e ss r

light t ul th e n ight h e m d th e t
o r e l : a e s ars a so .

An d G d et th em in th e fi m m n t f th e h e v e n t gi v
o s r a e o a o e

light up n th e e th n d t ul e v e th d y n d v e th
o ar , a o. r o r e a a o r e

n i gh t nd t, di v ide th e light f m th e d k n
a o nd G d wro ar ess a o sa

th t it w
a g d as A n d th
oo e v e.n i n g n d th e m n i n g w e e e th a or r e

f urth d y — G e n i
o a .
—
4 19 . .
,
1 .

AS fi rs t cre ativ e wo rd o f G o d
not th e ,

L e t th e re be ligh t ? — a n d if t h e n ligh t

was c re ate d o n th e fi rs t day ho w is it th at th e ,

wo rk o f thi s fo urth day is the c re a ti o n o f the

s u n mo o n a n d s ta rs whi c h th e re fo re c o uld n o t
, ,

hav e e xi s te d a n te ri o r to thi s tim e ? The diffi

c ul ty is o n ly a pp a re n t It is expl ai n e d by the .

H e b re w te rm s e mpl oy e d .

O n the fi rs t day G od s a id “
L e t th e re be ,

”
Or light ,
i e light g e n e ric p rim al e s s e n
, . .
, , ,

( 1 38 )
 FOU RTH DAY: C R EATI O N O F SU N MOO N STAR S , , . I 39

tia l origi nal But on thi s fo urth day He say s

, .
,

L e t th e re be M oroth light s i e light b e a re rs

”
-
. .
, , , ,

l umi nari e s re c e ptacl es and v e hi cl e s o f light

, .

The re was light be fo re the fo urth day but it ,

did not p roc e e d fro m th e s un m o o n or s ta rs , .

Th e re is a light in th e Godh e ad wholly i nd e

p e n d e n t o f His c re ature s A pilla r o f light
.

we nt be fo re the I s rae li te s in the wild e rn e s s but ,

it was no t bo rrowe d from the s un The light .

that sho ne a ro un d J e s us in His tran s figuratio n

was o ne o f s urpa ss i ng s pl e n dor, but it was q uite
i n de p e n d e n t o f our o rb o f fire And the tim e .

is comi ng wh e n G od will lighte n His p e opl e

witho ut the light o f the s un in the h e av e nly
ci ty for it is w ritte n tha t it has no n e e d o f the
, ,
“

s un ne ith e r o f the mo o n to s hi n e in it ; fo r the

, ,

gl o ry o f G o d doth ligh te n it and the Lamb is ,

the light th e re o f .
( R e v xxi 2 . .

If th e n th e mo re b rilli a n t radia n c e o f h eav e n

, ,

a n d th e e n dl e s s day o f e te rn i ty will be p rod uc e d

without th e aid o f the s un we n ee d no t be ,

t roubl e d by the di fficul ti e s o f s k e ptical scie n

tis ts to k n ow wh e n c e light a ro se d u ri ng the

th re e c re a tiv e day s p re ce di ng the s u n s app e a r

’

a n ce in the firm am e nt Ev e n natural s ci e n ce

.

s how s th a t light is e volv e d by ma n y an d v a r

 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

io us m e an s e n ti re ly ap a rt from the s un as ,

e l e ct ri cal pho s ph o re s c e nt and ch e mical light

, , ,

o r th at from m o tio n an d h e a t .

The light th e n with whi ch God ba th e d the

, ,

n e w m ad e U n iv e rs e o n th e fi rs t da
-

y w a s the ,

e l e m e n tary light the light mate ri al th e s o urc e

, ,

a n d fo u n ta i n o ut o f whi c h all s ub s e q ue n t light

cam e Thi s ge ne ral di s p e rs io n o f light was

.

s uffi c i e n t fo r th e s till i n compl e te d globe an d ,

fo r th e g row th o f the prim al g ra s s e s pl an ts an d ,

t re e s .

But wh e n the e a rth wa s now ready fo r the

app e a ra nc e o f livi ng b e i ng s it was n e c e ss a ry ,

that light be p rovid e d in a m o re re gul ar and

s p e c ifi c fo rm a n d th e n thi s fo u rth day was s e t
,

ap art fo r th e c re a tio n o f th e s un m o o n a nd , ,

s ta rs call e d h e re p a rti c ul a rly light bea rers in dis

,
-

ti nctio n fro m lightf oun ta ins Tha t is th ey w e re

-
.
,

to be the re s e rvoi rs a nd di s t rib u to rs o f the ele

m e nta ry o rigi nal light p ro c e e di ng from the
,

p e rs o n and th ro n e o f D e i ty And th at thi s pre .

val e nc e o f light in a p rim ary fo rm e xi s te d ah

te rio r to the S hi n i ng o f the s u n s ray s fi n d s
’

,
'

e v e n a sc i e ntifi c b as i s in the di ffe re n t o rd e r o f

v e ge tatio n whi ch app e a rs to h av e flo uri s h e d

o n th e glob e in th e e a rli e r as di s ti n gui s h e d
,
1 42 SI x DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

bl ush o f colo r and e v e ry blade of gra ss be co m e s

,

a s himm e ri ng s p e a r o f s u n s hi ne .

The wo rld now fo r th e fi rs t tim e s ta n d s re

, ,

v e al e d to vi e w and all nature rejoic e s to gre e t

,

h e r ki n g Tha n the bi rth o f th e sun th e re is no

.

m ore maj e s tic and gl o ri o us phys ical ev e n t in

c re a ti o n s drama
’
.

But yon d er com e s th e powerful ki ng of day

Rej oi c i n g in th e e ast Th e les sen i n g cl oud
.
,

Th e ki n d li ng az ure an d th e m oun tai n s b row

’

Ill um e d with fl uid gol d h is n ear approach ,

Betok en gl ad Lo !n ow apparent all

.
,

Asl ant th e dew brigh t e arth an d colore d air

-
,

He l ook s in b oun dless m aj e sty abroad ,

An d shed s th e S hi n i ng day th at burn i sh ed play s

On k roc s , an dhill s , an d to w ers, an d wan d ring stre am s
’

High gl ea mi g fn rom a far .

The di s cov e rie s o f as tro nomy hav e re v e al e d

in the s ta rry h eav e n s th e mo s t impo s i ng s ub
lim itie s k now n to s c i e nce Nowh e re d o e s the
.

h um an i n te ll e ct find i ts e l f so as to und e d a nd
o v e rcom e with awe a s in th e s e s tup e n d o u s re v

e l a tio n s
.

Th e a n ci e n ts d e vo te d th e m s e lv e s wi th m uc h
a rd o r to the s tudy o f a s tro n omy It was a fav .

orite s ci e n c e o f the Ch ald e a n s Egy ptia n s Phoe , ,

nician s an d G r e e k s N e v e rth el e ss it has o n l y

.
,
 FOURTH DAY : C REATI ON OF SU N M OO N STAR S , , . I 43

be e n in mod e rn tim e s th at th e re has b ee n a ny

n ota bl e p rog re ss .

It was n ot un til th e s ixte e n th ce n tury th at ,

alm o s t co n t e mp o ra ry with th e mo ral re v o l uti o n

by Luth e r C o p e rn i cus ov e rth re w the old

,

Ptol e m aic th eo ry an d di sco v e re d the true s ys

,

te m o f th e u n iv e rs e th e re by cau s i n g a re v o lu
,

ti o n in as t ro no mi cal s ci e nce .

Th e n cam e the l aw s of K e pl e r s h o wi ng the ; .

ru l e s go v e rn i ng th e m o tio n s o f th e pl a n e ta ry

bo di e s ; ne xt fo llow e d th e i nv e n ti o n o f th e te l e
s c o p e b ri n gi n g th e h e re to fo re i n vi s ibl e d e pth s
, ,

o f s p ac e withi n vi e w ; a n d fi n ally th e b rilli an t

di sco v e ry by N e wto n o f the law o f g ravi ta tio n ,

b ro ught as tro n omy to that d eg re e o f p e rfe cti o n

”

whi ch has m ad e p o ss ibl e the wo n de rs whi ch it

n o w u n fo ld s An i n q ui ry i n to th e s e s h o w s a
.

m arv e l o us acco rd wi th G e n e s i s a nd the te ach

,

i ngs o f the i ns pi re d vol um e .

A s t ro nomy th us d e cl are s the reig n of la w

th ro ugho ut the U n iv e rs e N 0 ch an ce o r bli n d
.

co n fus io n but o rd e r p e rv ad e s e v e rythi n g

, .

Th e re is a d e fi n ite s ys te m of the U n iv e rs e .

C re atio n is a symm e tri cal e difi ce fro m the

co rn e r s to n e to th e ap e x The so l ar s ys te m is
-
.

com po se d o f the su n s tati o n ary in the ce nt re ,

1 44 SM DAYS OF C REATI ON .

with the
plan e ts th e e arth and its m oo n rev olv
,

ing a ro un d it Th e s e re vo l u tio n s as K e pl e r dis

.
,

cov e re d are in e lliptic al o rbi ts gov e rn e d by fix e d

, ,

law s o f m ath e m atical e xactn e s s A bo v e an d ov e r .

all th e s e moti o n s is th e law o f g ravi ta ti o n th a t ,

law o f l aw s whi ch c o n t ro l s a n d re gul ate s all

, .

Thi s so v e re ign ty o f law is un iv e rsal Wh e n .

e v e r an n e w pl an e t o r s ta r has b e e n dis c o v
y
e re d it at o n c e fall s i n to li n e with th e e s tab
,

lis h e d o rd e r an d is fo un d to mov e in ob e di e n ce
,

to the l aw s al re ady di s cov e re d .

An d thi s acc o rd s with th e d e cl arati o n o f

S c ripture th at G o d is the Ki n g and Lawgiv e r
o f th e U n iv e rs e ; tha t He s it s u po n the th ro n e

an d g ras p s th e e v e rl as ti ng s c e p tre
“
It is He .

th a t S itt e th u po n th e c i rc l e o f the e a rth I

( s . .

xl.
“
Th e L o rd has p re p a re d his th ro n e In
”
th e h e av e n s ; an d his ki n gdom ru l e th ov e r all .

( P S c iii
. .

A s tro nomy lik e wi s e de mo n s trate s the wisdom

o f God .Ho w am azi n g is th e p e rfe cti o n o f thi s
s y s te m V as t an d complicate d as are the m an i
.

fo ld p a rts wh a t an admirabl e pl an ru n s th ro ugh

,

th e wh o l e ! Th e re is n o ja rri ng o r cl as hi ng bu t ,

e v e ry a rra ng e m e n t is s o d e xt e ro us ly adj us te d as

to wo rk in ab so l u t e harmo ny .
 4 6 s1 x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

b e hold them e chani s m o f the U niv e rse the ih ,

te llige nt d e s ig n u n iti ng th e s e po n d e ro us m e m
,

b e rs i n to a sy s te matic who l e the migh ty pl an ,

buildi ng th e s e my riad pa rts in tO an h armo nio us

e dific e o f c re a ti o n how m us t we n o t ado re the
,

a m azi ng s kill o f th e i r D ivi n e au t ho r an d e x ,

c l aim with th e ap o calyptic s o ng G re at and ,

“

m arv e l ous are thy wo rk s L o rd G o d A lmigh ty

, .

( R e v xv
. .

Agai n as t ro no my affi rm s the un ity o f G o d

, .

The s ys te m o f th e U n iv e rs e is d o mi n ate d by o n e
id e a : ov e r all thi s div e rs i ty re ign s a bea uti ful
s impli c i ty O n e fo rc e that of gravita tio n go v
.
, ,

e rn s th e wh o l e m a t e ri al c re a ti o n from the s m all

,

e s t p e bbl e falli ng o n the ea rth to the g re ate s t

w o rlds s we e pi ng th ro ugh s p ace Wh e n th e .

fi rs t gl eam o f thi s s ublim e p ri n c ipl e fl as h e d

u p o n th e mi n d o f N e wto n he was s o o v e rco m e
,

with its g ran d e ur tha t he was fo rc e d fo r th e

,

tim e to s u s p e n d h is ca l cul a tio n s .

No t o nly do e s it bi n d in un i ty a nd o rd e r o ur
s o l a r s y s te m bu t it e xte n ds to th e re mote s t
,

s p ace .It is n o w di sco v e re d tha t in s om e s pot

in the co n s te llati o n H e rc ul e s th e re is a c e n tral
s un, ab o ut whi ch o u r s un wi th its s y s te m an d

all th e fi x e d s ta rs are s lowl y re v o lvi ng Thi s .

 FOU RTH D AY: C REATI ON OF SU N MOON STARS , , . 1 47

th e n is the “
v e ry c en tre or mid n ight thro n e
o f the U n iv e rs e ; a n d th e fo rc e o f gravi tatio n

p rocee di ng from thi s s ta r bi nd s toge th e r an d

re g ulate s the ord e rly motio n s o f all th e s te ll a r

bodi e s througho ut s p ace .

An d what an amazi n g ill us t ratio n is thi s s ub

lim e fact of God the c e n t ral sun of the U ni
, ,

v e rs e ; and of that Sc riptural doctri n e which in ,

di re ct oppo s itio n to the Polyth e i s m o f the mo s t

adv an ce d p e opl e s o f a n tiq u ity de clare d the ,

D ivi n e U nity th us ; H e ar O I s rae l ; the Lo rd

,
“
,

“
o u r G o d is on e Lo rd D e u t vi Th
( . e re
. .

is on e G od and th e re is n o n e oth e r but He

”
.
,

( M a rk xii .

But th e mo s t as toun di n g re v e latio ns o f

s ci e n c e a re tho s e o f the va s t ne s s the im m en s it
y , ,

the bo un dl e s s n e s s o f th e mate rial U n iv e rs e

, .

The di s ta n c e s an d m agn itud e s in o ur s o l a r

s y s t e m are s o i n c alc ul abl e that our ea rth dim
,

in is he s to comp a rativ e in s ign ifican ce Whil e .

th e di s ta n c e o f th e e arth fro m the su n is

000 mil e s that o f th e pl a n e t N e ptun e is

,

mil e s ; J upite r is 1 2 3 3 tim e s the vo l um e

o f th e e a rth an d the s un its e l f is
, tim e s

th e e a rth s s iz e
’

An d ye t amazi ng as th ese are wh e n we l eave

, ,
1 48 SM DAYS OF C REATI ON .

ou r s ola r sys te m and tu rn our gaz e to the fixe d

,

s ta rs in th e fu rth e r d e pth s o f s pac e b e yo n d we ,

find that th e se wo n d e rs a re bu t a poi n t to wh at

is be h e ld . Whil e abo ut th re e tho usand s tars
a re vi s ibl e to the n ak e d e e th e n umb e r se e n
y ,

th ro ugh the te l e scop e is lite rally i nnu m e rabl e .

The a s t ro n o m e r H e rs ch e l o b s e rv e d in the M ilky

Way pass i ng the fi e ld o f his te l e scop e
in a q uart e r o f an h o u r An d n e bulm o r
.

c l us te rs an d cl o ud s o f s ta rs s o c rowd e d as to
,

s e e m but a l u mi n o us h az e n o t re s olv abl e by th e

,

m os t pow e rful te l e s c o p e are s e e n back o f all

,

th e s e The fix e d s tars th e n e ach o n e o f whi ch

.
, ,

is the c e nt re o f a s o l ar s y s te m app ea r to be in ,

n u mb e r i n cal cul abl e.

But ye t m o re am azi ng are th e i r di s ta n c e s .

Th e di s tan c e o f Si ri us the b righte s t o f the fix e d

,

s ta rs is 1 2 0 billio n s o f mil e s o r
, ,
tim e s
tha t o f the s un ; s o that light with th e v e l o ci ty ,

of 1 mil e s a mi n u te wo uld be twe n ty

,

y e ars in reachi ng ou r e arth w h il e th e light o f

,

th e s mall e s t s ta r vi s ibl e to the t e l e s cop e wo uld

re q uire 1 2 0 y e a rs to t rav e rs e th e di s ta n c e .

Wh e n we co n s id e r th ese facts an d th e n thi n k ,

wh at wo rld s an d di s tan ce s a nd wo n de rs e v i
de ntly lie b e yo n d the re ach of our s t ro nge s t
1 50 s1x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

glitte ri ng fi nge r the infin itude of God thus

, ,

C a n s t th o u by s earchi ng fin d out God ca ns t ?

th o u find ou t the A lmigh ty unto p e rfe cti o n ? It

is as high as h e av e n ; wha t ca n s t tho u do ?

d e e p e r than h e ll ; what cans t thou k now The ?

m e as u re th e re o f is l o nge r tha n th e e a rth and ,

”
b road e r tha n th e s e a .
(Jo b xi 7 .
,

With a re v e re n t ack nowl e dgm e n t o f thi s

t ru th which happily has ch aracte riz e d all th e
,

g re at as t ro no m e rs fro m C o p e rn i cus to N e w to n ,

th e g rea t Itali a n a s t ro n om e r S e c chi th us s u m s

, ,

u p th e re s u lt o f his co n cl us i o ns :
“
Ev e ry ne w
imp rove m e n t in a rt b ri ngs a n e w imp rov e m e n t
al s o to s ci e n c e an d th e as t ro n o m e r
, p rofiti ng ,

bo th by art a nd sc i e nc e is fi n di n g n e w re v e l a
,

ti o n s o f the gre atn e ss o f God an d givi ng n e w ,

cau s e to e xclaim with th e roy al p ro ph e t : O ‘

Lo rd how m an i fold a re thy wo rk s ! in wi s d o m

,

h as t th o u m ad e the m all ; an d th us as the

’

h e av e n s d e cla re His gl o ry and the firm am e n t

,

s ho we th fo rth His h an diw o rk s o if th e day as,

to u nd s us with its wo n d e rs th e n ight o p e n s up

,

to u s th e v e ry t re as ury o f s ci e n ce .

The fi rs t o f th e c re ativ e acts o f thi s fo u rth

day re l ate s to o u r s o l a r s y s t e m alo n e an d par ,

ticu larly to th at pl a n e t o n whi ch we liv e the ,

 FOURTH DAY : C REATI ON OF SU N MOON STARS
, , . I 5I

ea t r h It de s c ribe s the c re atio n of the s un and

.

moo n and s p e cifi e s the purposes which th e se

,

ce l e s tial l umi nari e s we re to s ub s e rv e Th e se .

le t us n o w co n s id e r .
“
And G o d said L e t th e re ,

be lights in the firm an e n t o f the h e av e n to divide

the day f rom the nig h t .
( G en . i . Th ey

w e re fi rs t th e n to re gulate th e i nte rval s be

, ,

twe e n light and dark n e s s s o th at th e re s h ou ld

,

be the d efi n ite p e ri o d s k n o w n a s day an d n ight .

An d what a bl e s se d re gul ati o n is thi s ho w —

n e c e ss a ry to m an s w e ll b e i ng a nd happi n e ss !
’
-

What b righte r co n ce ptio n th a n th at o f DAY ?

The i nc o mi ng o f the m o rn i ng ; th e awak e n i n g

o f al l N a tu re ; the ro s e ate fl us h o f the h e av e n s ;
th e v o ic e s o f a n im ate b e i ngs — ho w th e s e s ti r
withi n us th e j oyo us s e n se o f e xi s te n c e an d li ft ,

o u r so ul s in g ra te ful w o rs hip to H im who is th e

fo un ta i n o f all li fe !
An d th e n how the D ay ca ll s us to a ctivity
,
.

It re mi n d s us th a t li fe wa s m e a n t fo r the e x e r
c i s e o f ou r p o w e rs o f mi n d an d b o dy It ca ll s .

us to go a n d l ab o r to s e c u re o u r d aily b re ad .

It poi n ts us to ta s k s to be p e rfo rm e d and to ,

d uti e s which m us t be di sch arg e d It te ach e s .

us th a t n o t idl e n e ss but i n d us t ry is the fi rs t law

, ,

o f thi s wo rld ; that we a re h e re fo r a p u rp o s e ,

 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

an d th at we m us t s e t abo ut with an ard e n t

s pi rit to its accompli s hm e n t An d a bov e all it .
,

te ll s us that we a re se rv an ts o f ou r C re ato r ,

a n d th at in al o n g with an d ab o v e o u r s e cu l ar
, ,

occ up atio n we m us t do a w o rk fo r G o d a wo rk
, ,

fo r righte o us n e s s a w o rk fo r e te rn i ty
, .

An d ho w be n efic e n t to o is N I G H T Wh e n
, , .

o u r d a ily to il is e n d e d wh e n th e s pi rit is w o rn
,

with its chafings and s t ruggl e s an d wh e n the ,

vitaliti e s o f th e bo dy a re e xhaus te d ho w s oo th ,

ingly to w e ari e d n atu re gath e r ov e r us the

s h adow s o f e v e ? An d wh e n all is h us h e d an d
,

s till
, wh e n the b us tl e o f the no i s y s tree t has
ce as e d an d wh e n th e v o ic e o f th e reap e rs is
,

s il e n t in th e fi e ld m a n s e e k s h is be d fo r re po se
,
.

—
An d th e n c o m e s th a t my s te ry s l e e p and—
w rapp e d in s l umbe r s d e e p e mbrac e the p oo r
’

fo rg e ts his h ard s hip s ; the i nj ure d c e a se s to

s m art un d e r h is w ro ng s ; th e m o u rn e r fe e l s no

m o re his achi ng h e art ; and all thi s activ e s trug ,

gli ng clam o ri ng wo rld o b tai n s s w e e t re l e a s e

, ,

from fatigue v e x ati o n an d ca re

, .

But thi s re cup e rati o n o f li fe s d roo pi ng e n e r

’

gi e s is o nly o n e o f n ight s us e s Fo r n ight wi th ’

.
,

its d ark n e s s its s il e n ce its p aus e an d its un co n

, ,

c io us n e ss is a s t riki ng s ymbol o f dea th

, An d as .
I 54 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

will th e n be com e di s ti n ctly vi s ibl e As d ea th s .

’

d e e p s had e s s e ttl e ov e r ou r e ye s the glitte r ,

ing vi s i o n of the imm ate rial un ive rs e will Op e n

u po n u s .An d th at which we had feare d wo uld
be a w all to o u r s i ght will but p rov e a do o r to ,

s u ch s ublim e re aliti e s o f e xi s te n c e an d to s uch ,

S c e n e s o f i n fi n ite gl o ry an d to s uc h e xp e ri e n c e s
,

o f an e t e rna l s ta te a s s u rp as s a l l th at thi s li fe
,

ca n c o n ce iv e o r im agi n e B eau ti fully is thi s .

tru th e xp re s s e d in Bl a n co Whit e s n obl e s o n n e t :

’

My steri ous NI G HT !wh e n fi tp tk w our rs are n ne

Th f m p t divi
ee ro re d h or d th y m n e , an ear na e,

D id h t t m bl f
e no thi l v l y f m
re e or s o e ra e,

Thi gl i u
s n py f ligh t
or o s c a d bl u ?o o an e

th u t in f t n l u td w
’
Y t
e , n ea a c r a o ra s c en e ,

B th d in th
a e y f th g t tti g fl m
e ra s o e rea se n a e,

H p u wi th th e h t f h v
es er s me os o e a e n ca ,

A d1 ! ti n wid d in m iw ’
n 0 c rea o e ne an s V e .

Wh ul d h v th ugh t u h w
o co a d ly
e l d
o s c on ers a c on c e a e

Withi th y b m 0 Su
n wh
ea ul d fi d
s, n or o co n ,

Whil t f uit d l f d i
s r t t
an d v ld
ea an n se c s oo re ea e ,

Th t t u h untl
a o s cb th u m d t u bli d ?
co e ss or s o a
’
s s n

Wh y d w th Sh u d th wi th x i u t i f ?
o e en n ea an o s s r e

f
! L ife con cea ls s o m uch —wh erefore n ot L ife I

A furth e r p u rp o se to be s ub s e rv e d by the
h e av e n ly bo di e s is th us s p e cifi e d by the c reativ e
fiat : An d le t th e m be fo r sig n s
“
( G en i . . .

The re m ark abl e fact is h e re di s clo s e d tha t th e y

 FOU RTH D AY: C R EATI O N O F SU N MOO N STARS , , . I 55

a re to be us e d by God to i n di cate to m e n the

app ro ach o f g re at P ro vid e n ti a l act s Th e ah .

c i e n t w o rld as we k n o w was m uch giv e n to as

, ,

t ro lo gy . It was d ee m e d th at o n e o f th e o ccul t
s c i e n c e s m o s t i n tim at e ly c o nn e ct e d with re ligi o n .

A cco rdi ngly wi s e m e n phil o s oph e rs tho s e

, , ,

who w e re o f a g rav e tu rn an d who di s s a ti s fi e d

, ,

with th e p re s e n t li fte d th e i r e ye s to th e be yo nd
, ,

a n d s o ught to e t b ack s om e a n s w e r fro m th e

g
e te rn a l s ph e re gav e th e m se lv e s up to q ue s
,

tio n ing th e s un th e moo n a n d the s ta rs

,
Th e y .

s e e m e d to thi n k th at th e s e c e l e s ti al b o di e s w e re

tabl e ts o n whi ch the fi nge rs o f the I nvi s ibl e

wo uld s o m e tim e s w ri te p re s age s o f thi ngs which
He was abo ut to b ri ng to pas s .

An d h e re we l ea rn a s is s o o fte n the ca s e
, ,

th at a ray o f t ru th lay a t the b o tto m o f thi s

s up e rs titi o n M o s t lik e ly the an ci e n t s c i e n ce

.
,

of augu ry a s t rology
,
an d
, i n te rp re ta ti o n o f
m ark e d ch ange s in the s ta rs a ro s e fro m a ,

wid e ly ci rc ul ate d t ra di tio n o f thi s v e ry l anguag e

in G e n e s i s . A t all e v e n ts G o d d o e s h e re S ay
,

”
that th e s e c e l e s ti al o rb s s h all
“
be f or sig n s to
th e s o n s o f m e n ; th a t th e y s h all be b e ac o n s o f

wa rn i ng that th e y s hall s e rv e as po rte n ts o f

,

co mi ng e xt rao rdi n a ry e v e n t s .
 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

An d that G od at far d is ta nt se aso n s an d o n

, ,

the o c c urre n c e o f s ign a l hi s toric e poch s has s o ,

u s e d th e m is c e rtifi e d by Sc ript ure

, Th e s un .

th us s tood s till o v e r Gibe o n an d the moo n ,

c e as e d he r ci rc uit o v e r Aj al o n as S ig n s o f te rro r
,

an d d e ath to th e fo e s o f J os h ua J o sh x 1 2
( . . .
,

An d to re sc ue the j udge s D e bo rah an d

Ba rak the s ta rs in th e i r co urs e s fo ught agai n s t
“
,

Si s e ra ( J udge s v e vid e n tly t e rri fyi n g him

.

by aw ful p rodigi e s in the s k y .

An d s o agai n whe n the s e co n d e po ch of

, ,

h um an hi s to ry was to b egi n by the bi rth o f

J e sus a s tar app e a ri ng in the e a s te rn h e av e ns
,

i naugurate d th e n e w e ra And at the c rucifix

.

io n the sun was the g re at wit n e ss by the pall

, ,

o v e rca s ti n g his l us t re atte s ti ng th e wrath o f

,

G o d at th e da ri n g d e e d St Joh n too in his

. .
, ,

apocalyptic vi s io ns o f re vol utio n s o n the e a rth ,

co n s tan tl y s e e s th e m fo re anno un c e d by wo n
-

dro us port e n ts in th e c e l e s ti al bodi e s .

And altho ugh th e re has now b e e n a l o ng

p aus e ye t will m e n o n ce agai n s e e al armi ng
,

o m e n s breaki n g fo rth in th e s e s te lla r s ig n al s .

Fo r J e hovah s p e aki ng o f the las t d ay s dis

, ,

tin c tly s ay s in Jo e l :
“
And I will S how wonders
in the hea vens bl o od an d fire an d pilla rs o f
,
I 58 SI X DAYS OF R ATI ON
C E .

our day o f twe nty four ho urs S o it is by the

-
.

sun that faultl e ss ch ro nom e te r o f G od that we

, ,

re gulate our watch e s a nd clock s L e t th e m be .

con s tructe d with the u tmo s t p re ci s io n th e y are ,

s till all more or l e s s imp e rfe ct and s oo n va ry ,

from the true s ta n da rd and we m us t e v e r and

,

agai n b ri ng th e m to the s un a n d adj us t th e m by

that i n fallibl e k e e p e r o f tim e th rough all the

age s .

The sun too re gul a te s the s eas o ns ; and how

, ,

b e ne ficial his i nfl ue n ce thus upo n agriculture

an d all us e ful trad e s and a rts ! Whe n his
ki n dly be am s b e tok e n S p ri ng the farm e r go e s ,

fo rth to his plo ugh ; the icy ba n d s are loo s e d

o n th e ca nal s an d riv e rs ; the clo se d highway s

o f c o mm e rc e are re op e n e d ; the m e cha n ic with ,

ch e e ry han d an d plan e begi n s h is buildi ng ;

,

an d b us y li fe al ac ri ty an d i nd us try p revail
, , ,

e v e rywh e re .

And th e n wh e n his fi e ry s umm e r ray s ah

,

n o u n c e the s e a so n o f rip e n i ng fruit an d g rai n ,

with what sho uti ngs o f j oy the gold e n ha rve s ts

are gath e re d a n d l a id by to provid e a pl e n ti ful

s to re aga i n s t th e rigo rs o f comi ng wi n t e r .

An d o f i n di s p e n s abl e us e is the sun fo r the

re at art o f navigatio n By h is aid an d that o f
g .
,
 FOURTH DAY : C REATI O N OF SU N MOON STAR S , , . I 59

the s ta rs is the nobl e v e s s e l al o n e abl e to k e e p

,

he r s te ady co urs e up o n the p athl e s s s e a u n til ,

the b o un dl e s s d ee p is p as s e d a nd the s ho re o f

a n oth e r co n ti n e n t is s e e n The s to rm m ay
.

ca rry he r fa r from he r co urs e in the vici n i ty o f

fatal rock s an d re e fs but wh e n the s un re
,

app ea rs by m e an s o f o b s e rvatio ns tak e n wi th

,

n au tica l i n s t ru m e n t s the l o ngitud e a n d latitud e

,

may be accu rate ly as c e rtai n e d and th e v e ry

s pot o f the s hip s l o c a lity fix e d a n d e v e n the
’

n umb e r o f mil e s di s ta n t from th e l a n d cl o se ly

d e te rmi n e d .

A ltoge th e r ap a rt th e n fro m th e i r s up re m e
, ,

d e s ign viz to giv e light up o n th e e arth an d to

, .
, ,

be lamp s s e t in the h e av e n s fo r th e g uid an c e

of m e n is thi s th e i r fu rth e r be n e fice n t p u rp o s e
, .

”
to be fo r s e as o n s a n d fo r d ay s an d y e ars i e , . .

to s e rv e fo r th e true n o t ati o n o f tim e a n d to

p re s id e ov e r th e s ucc e s s i o n o f th e s e as o ns .

The cl o s e o f the narrativ e o f the w o rk o f th e

fo u rth c re ativ e day p ass e s at o n e b o un d fro m
th e solar s y s te m to the o utlyi ng U n iv e rs e .

He m ad e the s ta rs als o ”
“
But th e i r purpose
.
,

un lik e th at o f the s un an d m oo n is n o t s tat e d , .

Thi s l e av e s us to i n fe r th at b eyo nd the gl o ry o f

the i r n ightly vi e w and the re v e l ati o n s th e y
,
1 60 SI X DAYS OF R ATI O N
C E .

mak e to us o f the imm e n s i ty o f the crea tio n we ,

hav e n othi ng di re ctly to do with th e m Frac .

tically th e y do no t affe ct us That th e y w e re

, .

n o t m e an t S imply to giv e us light s e e m s b e y o n d

q ue sti o n ; fo r the m oo n so u tte rl y i ns ign ifica n t

,

b e s id e th e m giv e s us far m o re o f that than allo f

,

th e m a h un dre d tim e s put to e th e r Th e i r fa i n t

g .

light the re fore is altoge th e r too i nad e qua te a

, ,

u s e to acco un t fo r th e i r e xi s te n c e As far as we .

ca n j ud e G od n e v e r wo uld h av e mad e millio n s

g ,

o f s un s — i
fo r that s wh at the fix e d s tars a re an d —
s e t th e m at an i n fi n it e di s ta nc e to do l e ss tha n ,

o n e littl e moo n wo uld h av e s uffic e d fo r Th e n .

,

to o it is ob s e rv e d in the pl a
, n e t s n e a re s t u s ,

that th e y hav e s e aso n s and day and n ight and ,

a tmo s ph e re s an d hill s a n d vall eys ; a n d th re e o f

—
th e m hav e moo n s fo r ex ampl e J upite r which , ,

—
has fo ur to giv e th e m ligh t by n ight ; which fact
se e m s irratio nal to e xpl a i n in any oth e r way

than that th e y w e re m e an t fo r the us e o f th e

i n h abita n ts An d if th e n th e se i nnum e rabl e
.
, ,

s ta rs which God m ad e a re wo rld s pop ul a t e d by

ra ti o nal b e i ng s lik e o u r o wn how we s i n k i n t o ,

in s ign ifican ce ; an d t re mbli ng wi th awe we are

, ,

imp e ll e d to c ry out with the P salmi s t : Wh e n I “

co ns id e r Lo rd thy h eav e n s the moon an d th e

, , ,
1 62 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

st ill in ce rtai n re s p e cts do e s m an imm easu rably

.

tra n s c e n d th e s e all M o s t fi ne ly has Pas cal ex

.

pre s s e d thi s s e n tim e n t : Man is but a re e d the

“
,

w e ak e s t in nature but a t/ uukzug reed It is

’ ’

.
,

n o t n e c e s s a ry th a t th e e n ti re U n iv e rs e a rm it s e l f

to c rus h him . A b re a th o f air a d ro p o f wate r , ,

s u ffic e s to kill him But w e re th e U n iv e rs e to

.

c rus h him m an wo uld s till be m o re no bl e than

,

th at whi ch kill s him b e caus e h e k n ow s th at he

,

die s ; and th e un iv e rs e k n o w s nothi ng O f the

ad van tage it ha s o v e r O u r dign i ty is
n o t th e re fo re
, , to be m eas u re d by d urati o n o r
s p a ce . Whil e th e n aw e d by th e i n co nc e ivabl e
, ,

vas tne s s o f the U n iv e rs e le t us s till re m e mb e r

,

o u r s pi ritual re e mi n e n c e I n s ign ific an t i n d e e d

p
-

are o u r bodi es but o n e s o ul o utwe igh s th e

,

val ue o f a th o usa n d w o rld s And c ul tivati ng .

thi s d e v e l o pi ng mo ral q uali ti e s g ro wi ng in

, ,

charac te r and p ri n c ipl e an d i n c re as i ng in s pi rit

,

uality , m an can far tra n s c e n d th e a lmo s t

illimitabl e gl o ry o f the ma te rial c re a ti o n .

l oug fits , c h ap . u p . 170.

 LE CTU RE VIII .

F I FTH D AY : C R E ATI O N OF ANI MA LS .

An d God sab i g f th bu d tly th

id L t th w
, e e aters r n or a n an e

m vi g
o n tu crea d f w l th t th y m y fl y b ve
re th t h th l i f
a a e , an o a e a a o

th th i th
e ear p nfi m m n t f h
e o v en r a e o ea en .

A d GO d n t d g t wh l crea e d ve y li v i g ture a a e s , an e r n cre a re

th t m v th whi h th
a o e w te b ught f th b u d tly fte
, c e a rs ro or a n an , a r

th i ki d
e r d v y wi ged f wl ft h i ki d :
n , an e er d G d nw o a er s n an o sa

th t it w
a g d A d God b les d th em y i g B f uitful
as oo . n se , sa n , e r ,

an d m ulti pl y d fi ll th e w te i th
, an d l t f w l m ul a rs n e se as , an e o

tiply i th n th e e ar .

“
A d th n v i g d th m i g we e th e fi fth d y
e e en n an e orn n r a .

An d G d id L t th e e th b i g f th th livi g
o sa , e tu ar rn or e n cre a re

a ft h i ki d
er s ttl nd
n p i , g t
cahi g d b
e a t f th e th
cre e n n , an eas o e ar

a ft h i ki d
er s d it w
n : an as s o.

A d G d m de th b
“
n o t f th a th ft h i ki d e d e as o e ear a er s n , an

c ttl
a ft e th e i ki d
a er d e v e ythi g th t
r e p th up
n , an th e r n a cr e e on

ea th fte h i ki d w th t it w g d i "
r a r d G ds n : an G o sa a as oo . en . .

20 2 5. -

H E M o saic re co rd o f the F i fth D ay op e n s

with the c reatio n O f the i nhabita n ts o f the
“
oc e a n G re at whal e s as our v e rs i o n re nd e rs
.
,

it w e re fi rs t mad e The H e b re w wo rd is Ta u
, .

lite rally the lo ng s t re tch e d i e whal e s -

, . .
,

c rocodil e s and o th e r s ea mon s te rs The atm o -

s ph e re wa s ne xt giv e n its o c c up an t s B irds .

,

( 1 63 )
1 64 SI x DAYS OF R ATI ON
C E .

who we re to fly in the Op e n firm am e n t o f h e av e n ,

we re c re ate d Thi s Clo se d the fi fth day and

.
,

o n th e mo rn i ng O f th e S ixth Day ( which I h a v e ,

in cl ud e d b e caus e it co n ti n ue s and compl e te s

,

the s am e cl as s o f c re a tu re s ) livi ng i nhabita n ts ,

fo r the fi rs t tim e app ea re d upo n the s olid sur

fac e o f the e arth .

Th e se are divid e d i n to th re e class e s ( I ) ,

“ ”
cattl e ,
by which is d e n ote d dom e s tic quad ru
”
p e d s in ge n e ral ; ( 2 ) c re e pi ng thi ngs i e
“
, . .

s mall l an d a n im al s movi ng wi tho ut fee t o r,

rc e ptibl e o n e s ; a n d ( 3 )
“
s c a rc e ly b e as t s o f
p e

th e e a rth ,
”
the fre e ly ro vi ng wild anim al s We .

O b s e rv e the a s cen ding s cale o f th e c re atio n .

The fi s h e s the dw e ll e rs in the wate ry d e e p s

, ,

a re the low e s t fo rm o f o rgan ic b e i ng s and th e y ,

com e fi rs t Bi rd s e xhibi ti ng in th e i r o rga n i s m

.
,

a mo re fully de v e lope d s tructure c o m e s e co nd ;

‘

a nd l a n d a n im al s as th e y h av e th e m o s t com
,

pl e x s tructure and occupy the high e s t pl ac e in

,

the e c o n o my O f th e a n im al wo rld app ea r as th e ,

culm inati ng C l as s .

It is O f the utmo s t mom e n t to n ote the lia r

m ony o f tice M osa ic a n d scie n tifi c r ec or d s a s to

t/cis as cen ding order Fo r ge ol ogy whi ch has

.
, ,

re s urre cte d s p e ci e s o f fo s s il an imal s from

 1 66 SM DAYS OF C REATI ON .

t o an imal s pop ula ti ng th e primitiv e e ra be

s r us

fo re the app e ara n c e O f m an An d S o the fo s s il

.

re m ai n s O f th e s e re A dami c tim e s man y O f th e

p
-

bo n y S k e l e to n s o f whi ch a re C ompl e te ly put to

ge th e r in o ur m us e um s o f Natural H i s to ry ,

s h o w th e m to hav e b e e n o f e normo us s iz e ,

as c o mpa re d with pre s e n t livi ng s p e ci e s .

Th e re w e re in th o s e re m o te p e riod s fish m o n -

s te rs with the h e ad o f a liz a rd th e te e th o f th e ,

c ro codil e the v e rte b ra o f a fish and the pad

, ,

dl e s o f a wh al e m o vi ng with i n c re dibl e v e loci ty

, ,

an d with e y e s mo re th a n a foot in di am e te r .

So th e re w e re hid e ous bat lik e re ptil e s s oa ri ng

,
-
,

th ro ugh th e fo re s ts with wi n g s which m e as u re d ,

wh e n s p re ad tw e n ty fe e t ; and h uge m amm o th s

, ,

m as to do n s an d c o lo ssal e l e pha n t lik e an im al s

w
-

, , ,

no e xti n ct t rav e rs e d th e s oil

, Says a ge olog .

“
ical tre ati s e : With fl o ck s 0 f s uch imm e n se
.
’

c re a t ure s fly i ng In th e a ir a n d sh oal s o f n o l e s s

,

mo n s tro us s e a s e rp e n ts and h uge ichthyo sau ri

-

s w a rmi n g in th e o c e an an d gig an tic c ro c o d il e s

,

a n d t o rtoi s e s c rawli ng o n the S hore s o f the

p rim e val lak e s an d riv e rs ; air s e a an d l an d ,

m us t hav e b e e n s t ra ng e ly te na n te d in th e s e
e a rly p e riod s o f o u r i n fa n t

Brzdgewa ter Trea tise, V ol

’

I 22
.
p .
9 .
 F I FT H DAY : C REATI ON OF AN I MALS .

But how marve l o us is thi s harmo ny be twe e n

the M o s aic an d th e s ci e n t ific re co rd s o f c re a

tio n ? An d how s t ro ng an e vid e nc e is thi s of

th e au th e n tici ty an d i n s pi ra ti o n O f the book o f
Gene s i s ? “
M o s e s was n e ce s sa rily igno ra n t O f
ge o l ogy and its ki n d re d s ci e n c e s and ye t he
, ,

d e s cribe s wi th p re ci s io n and accuracy th e o rd e r

in which ou r pla n e t was fu rn i s h e d wi th light an d
li fe He w rote not fo r the p urpo s e o f i ns t ruct
.

ing th e I s rae lite s in th e s ci e n ce o f co s mogo ny ,

but to p rov e that the un iv e rs e was the wo rk o f

th e God who had le d th e m fo rth fro m th e la n d

o f E ypt But th e om n i s c i e n t S pi rit o f the Al

g .

migh ty who di re cte d his pe n did no t p e rmit it

, ,

to re co rd a fact tha t was i n co n s i s te n t wi th th o s e

phys ical tru th s tha t h av e now be e n d e v e lop e d
by h uman re s ea rch afte r the lap se o f mo re than
3 000 y e a rs Th e . M o s a ic re c o rd o f th e c re ati o n ,

in th us re v e ali ng th e hidd e n e v e n t s o f the pa s t ,

be com e s as it w e re a p roph e cy the fulfillm e n t

, , ,

o f which is b e fo re o u r e y e s s ati s fa cto ry a n d co n

cl us iv e ; an d it th us be c o m e s th e c o rn e r s to n e o f -

that e dific e O f the i n s pi re d S cripture s which co n ,

tai n s the k nowl e dge o f G od s will and o f his ’

divi ne p urpo s e s towa rd the child re n o f

D Mc C u l th C e ti n
at '
r. a s an a , on e r a o .
1 68 SI x DAY S OF C RE ATI O N .

In thi s wo rk O f the fi fth and the mo rn i ng o f the

s ixth day we b e h o ld a g re a t adv an c e s te p in th e
,

c re atio n With fi s h e s bi rd s an d a n im al s a totally

.
, ,

ne w fea tu re is in t ro d u c e d If the livi ng pla n t was

.

far re m ov e d fro m the d e ad rock g re ate r ye t is ,

th e cha s m b e twe e n pl a nts an d a n im al s No w ,

fo r the fi rs t tim e the mira cl e o f orga n ic life ap

p ea rs B e i ngs havi ng an i n dividual exi s te n ce
.
,

po s s e s s e d o f s e n satio n and the pow e r O f v ol

u n ta ry m o ti o n a n d e n dow e d with v a ri o us o r
,

ga n s an d app e tite s and fac ulti e s are mad e to

, , ,

pop ulate the globe If the s e c re t o f pl an t li fe

.

baffl e s ou r ac ute s t s e arch th at o f th e li fe in ani ,

m al s is ye t a m o re i n so l ubl e my s te ry an d wo n
de r . C o n t ras te d wi th the v e ge tabl e ki ngdom ,

th e a n im al has a l a rge r ra n g e an d a n i n te n s e r
ki n d o f li fe C o mp are fo r e xampl e a bi rd
.
, ,

with a t re e The t re e is aliv e to the m o i s ture

.

which it d ri n k s in ; to the s un ligh t whi ch bath e s

it ; to the b re e z e s whi ch ki s s its l e av e s But to .

how m any thi ngs is it d e ad which are e mb rac e d

in the l a rge r li fe o f th e bi rd ? It is fix e d in o n e
s pot whil e the bi rd c i rc l e s joy o u s ly th ro ugh the
,

s ki e s ; it h e a rs n o t th e rippl e o f th e s t re a m flow

ing by its ro ot whil e the bi rd an s w e rs in s o ng

,

to its m urm urs ; it k no ws no thi ng o f th e S we et

1 70 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

the glorio us v e n the livi ng plan ts an d

s k y, e

flow e rs are not bl e s s e d The y a re mo re und e r .

th e i ro n s way O f i n e vitabl e l aw s Th e y have no .

pow e r o f p ro pagati o n o r m ultiplicati o n in th e m

s e lv e s .Th e y hav e no co ns cio us ne s s O f favo r
o r di s pl e a s u re .

But wi th th e an im al s it is di ffe re n t H e re a .

high e r typ e o f li fe a v o l un ta ry powe r o f actio n

, ,

a n d a wid e r ra ng e o f lib e rty app e a rs Th e s e .

ca n i nj u re an d be i nj u re d Th e s e can lov e and

.

be l o v e d Th e s e can pi n e o r fl ouri s h Th e s e
. .
,

th e re fo re n e e d divi n e p rot e c ti o n an d bl e s s i ng
,
.

An d ac co rdi ngly G od l ooki ng d o w n up o n th e m

,

a n d s e e i ng th e m a n imat e piti e s th e m fe e l s fo r
, ,

a n d His divi n e g o od n e ss a n d lov e go o ut

th e m .

n d S O He bl e s s e s th e m a t the s a m e tim e ,

e njoi n i n g th e m to m ultiply a n d fulfill His will .

An d thi s bl e s s i ng is His e te rnal pl e dge that the

gi ft O f li fe s hall be s o o rd e re d as to p ro m o te
th e i r sa fe ty w e ll b e i ng an d happi n e s s
,
-

, O ut o f .

fre e good n e s s has He c reat e d th e m ,

s h all rejoic e in the light o f His co un te n

N o thi ng is a m o re i n te re s ti ng and i n s tructiv e

s tu dy tha n to n ot e a t l a rge the cha rac te ri s tic s
,

and feature s O f thi s a n im at e c re a tio n We .

 F I FT H D AY : C REATI ON OF ANI MA LS . I 7!

re ma rk fi rs t t/ze oas t ex ten t of t/ce a nim al king

,

dom . The o ce an th e air an d th e l an d are fill e d

, ,

with th e s e c re atu re s Th e y a re o f e v e ry co n .

ce iv able figu re s h ap e c ol o r,
a n d p e culi arity
, , .

N aturali s ts h av e e n um e rate d o f tOtally di s ti n c t

ki n d s 700 s p e ci e s o f re p til e s
,
s p ecie s O f ,

q uad rup e d s s p e c i e s o f bi rd s s e
, p ,

c i e s o f fis h a n d , s p e c i e s O f i n s e ct s .

An d v as t as a re th e i r n umb e rs n o l e s s g re a t ,

is the e xt e n t o f th e i r di ffe re n c e s Th e y rang e .

fro m the low e s t polypi c li n gi ng lik e s p o ng e s to

the ro c k to the a lm o s t h u ma n o rga n i s m o f the
,

a e ; fro m th e p o n d e ro u s wh a l e s om e tim e s a
p ,

h un d re d fe e t in l e ng th to the i nfi n ite s im al an i ,

m alcule , o f whi ch s wim s id e by s id e in a

s i ngl e d ro p O f wat e r ; fro m th e d e li ca t e h um

mi ng bi rd fl u tte ri ng o n the p e tal s O f a fl o w e r

-

, ,

to the ha rdy ib ex o f th e m o un tai n s ; an d fro m

the tig e r o f th e t ropi cs to th e w al rus o f A rc tic

ice . S o m e a re e n dow e d wi th p rodigio us

s t re n gth ; o th e rs a re p o ss e s s e d o f re ma rkabl e

c e l e rity o f m ov e m e n t ; o th e rs hav e a cu te pow e r

o f vi s io n ; a n d o th e rs agai n ravi s h u s wi th th e i r
, ,

m e l o di ous gi ft o f so ng .

And ye t v as t as is th e e xte n t o f the an im al

,

ki ngdom and endl e ss as are th ei r dive rsiti es

, ,
1 7
2 SI x DAYS OF C R E ATI O N .

the na u t rali s t C uvi e r s how s that th e se h undre d s

o f tho usa n d s o f s p e ci e s can al l be cla ss ifie d
un d e r fo ur g re at divi s i o n s o r p rim a ry typ e s in ,

which c e rtai n l e adi ng fe ature s co mmo n to all , ,

a re fo un d Th e se a re : Cla ss I M ammali a
. .
,

( an imal s that n urs e th e i r yo ung ;

) Cl a ss 1 1 .

Bi rds ; Clas s III Re ptil e s an d Clas s I V F i sh e s

.
, . .

H ow cl e ar a p roo f o f a pl an and sy s te m in th e i r
fo rmatio n an d o f a un i ty O f id e al in th e i r co n
,

s tru ctio n which i n dic ate a s i ngl e divi n e M i n d a s

,

th e i r Autho r !
A re m arkabl e as p e c t o f the a n imal s is the fac
l
u ty o f I N ST I NC T — a ce rtai n n atural i n t e llig e n c e
,

with whi ch th e y are e n dowe d S uch is the .

s e n s e o f direction as th e be e ta k e s the s traight

'

ro ut e to its hom e The pow e r o f mem ory is

.

di s play e d as th e e l e ph an t will re m e mb e r a
,

wro ng fo r ye a rs The fe e li ng o f a cq uain ta n ce

.

a n d fri e n d ship is ma n i fe s te d in th e i r h e rdi ng

a nd flocki n g tog e th e r The s e n se o f af ection

.

is plai n ly e vid e n t The b e a r has b e e n k no wn

.

to lo s e he r li fe in th e e ffo rt to p rote ct he r
y oung ; an d the affe cti o n o f the dog fo r h is
mas te r an d his fre q ue n t i n co n s olabili ty at his
lo s s a re we ll k now n The lov e o f pleasure is
, .

se e n in th e l amb s porti ng and fri s ki ng o n the

I 74 SIX DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

His s cal e s a re prid e In his n eck re main e th

his .

s tre ngth . Wh e n he raise th up him se l f the ,

migh ty a re afraid His bre ath ki n dl e th coal s

.
,

a nd a fl am e go e th o u t o f h is m o u th He m ak .

e th th e d e e p to b o il lik e a pot He laugh

e th at th e s haki ng o f a s p ea r U po n earth .

”
th e re is no t his lik e who is mad e wi th o ut fe ar
, .

( Job xli.
)
The b e e s are wo nd rou s ouilders In th e arch .

ite cture o f th e i r hom e s th e y hav e s how n th e

s kill o f g re a t e ngi n ee rs In the an gl e by whi c h
.

th e i r h ex ago nal c e ll s a re joi n e d toge th e r so as

to u tiliz e e v e ry pa rticl e o f s pac e th e y hav e age s
'

a o s olv e d a p robl e m o f the high e r m a th e m a t

g
ics which sc i e n c e has o n ly late ly di sc ov e re d .

Whol e vol um e s co uld thus be fill e d with in

c ide n ts ill us trati ng the s agacious traits and
habits o f an imal s Nothi ng in natu re is mo re
.

wo nd e rful th an thi s law of i n s ti nc t thi s bli n d ,

i n te llige nc e of the irra tio nal crea tu re s by whi ch ,

th e y co rre ctly and i ne vitably p e rform th e ir m is

s io n . And ye t a b ridg e l e s s cha s m s e pa rate s it
from h um an re a s o n It is s imp ly the in scru
.

tabl e wi s dom and the i nvi s ibl e han d o f th e

A lmigh ty p ro mpti ng th e ir unc o n s cious a cts .

An d wh e n we wo n d e r at th e ir so m e tim e s al
 FI FTH DAY : C REATI ON OF ANI MA LS . 1 75

mo s t h um an i n te llige n c e w ,e m us t th e re fo re

admi re th e i r M ak e r th e m arve l s o f who s e

,

gl o ry and s kill th ey s o pl ai n ly d e cl are .

The p ow e r and good n e s s o f God a re al s o

s t riki ngly s ee n in th e
fi tn es ses a nd a da ta tion s
p
o f th e m e mb e rs o f the a n im a l ki ngd o m to th e i r

vari ous c i rcum s ta nc e s Th us the finny t rib e s

.

o f th e s e a a re s uppli e d with s o p e c uliar a

b re a thi ng app aratus th at th e y d raw li fe fro m
th e w ate ry e l e m e n t whi c h is d e ath to e v e ry

o th e r c re a tu re
. An d s o th e fe ath e ry rac e by ,

th e i r h o ll o w e d bo n e s and e xp a n d e d wi ngs fly ,

with e as e and c e l e ri ty in the firm am e n t wh e re ,

th e q uad rup e d w o u ld fin d l o c o m o ti o n im po ss i

ble .

The bea s ts o f p rey are e ndowe d with e n ti re ly

diffe re n t te e th from ca ttl e who a re i n te nd e d to
,

fe e d up o n th e g rass e s Th e e ye o f the eagl e

.

has a re m ark abl e adj us tm e n t by whi ch he can

m ak e it act lik e a te l e s co p e an d re v e al the
mi nute s t obj e ct at a mil e s di s tan ce and th e n
’

i n s tan tly ch ange it to a mi c ro s co p e fo r in spe c

ti o n of clo s e obj e cts A n im al s m e an t fo r bur
.

ro wi n g in th e e a rth h av e a p rob o s ci s c u rv e d

dow nward ; wh e reas the gi raffe whi ch fe e d s

,

u p o n l e av e s ha s a lo fty n e ck th a t it m ay c ro p
,
1 76 s1 x DAY S OF C RE ATI ON .

th e fo li age from the tre e s

h am oi s goat
. Th e C

c a n l e ap with p e rfe ct s a fe ty fro m crag to c rag

o f his m o u n tai n fas t n e ss e s ba re ly l arge e n o ugh

,

fo r h is h o rny h oo f to re s t u p o n ; wh e reas th e
— f h —
cam e l th at fl e e t s hip o t e d e s e rt has a s o ft
fo ot fitt e d to t re ad the s an d s an d can go for ,

lo ng p e ri o d s wi tho ut wate r The bat ha ngs .

in a d o rm an t s tate d u ri ng the wi n te r whil e ,

m any bird s at the app roach o f thi s s e v e re

s e as o n mig ra te to wa rm e r s ki e s an d re m a i n

till s p ri ng wh e n th e y re turn
, .

It is a w e ll atte s te d fa ct th a t an im al s a n d fis h
-

in da rk cav e s are d e s titute o f e y e s as th e s e ,

o rga n s wo uld be u s e l e ss D a rwi n re m ark s that

.

th e c o lo rs o f l e af fe e di n g i n s e ct s a re g re e n o f
-

th e A lpi n e pta rmigan whi te lik e the s no w o f the ,

gro us e re d like th e h e ath e r amid whi ch it liv e s

, ,

a n d o f th e ph e as an t b row n lik e th e wood s it ,

—
i nh abits which fe a tu re is u nd o ubte dly m ean t to
p re s e rv e th e m fro m vi e w in th e i r nativ e h aun ts ,

an d th us to p ro te ct th e m fro m d a n ge r
*
.

The To rp e d o an e l e ct ric fis h is p ro vid e d

, ,

with a ba tte ry whi ch in the p e rfe cti o n o f its

,

s t ru cture an d in its i n ge n i o us applica ti o n o f th e

,

l aw s o f e l e ct rici ty is q uite the e q ual o f th e mo s t

,

Origi n f
o Speck s p 8 1, . .
1 78 SI X DAYS OF C E R ATI O N .

a nd a daptatio n s , ho w
pre s s o ur ad
c an we re

m iratio n at th e wi s d o m o f th e S up re m e A rti
fice r who has th us m a rv e l o us ly fi tte d th e m fo r
the p e c u li ar ci rc um s ta n c e s an d c o n di ti o n s s ur

ro un di ng th e m And e q ually are we m o v e d to

?

ad o re the be n e fic e nc e whi c h l e ad s th e C re ato r

th us to care fo r the n e e d s and to gua rd th e ,

w e l fare o f th e c o un tl e s s n umbe rs o f un thi nki ng

an im al s And wh a t a be a uti ful ill us tra ti o n we
.

hav e h e re o f that ki n dly and da ily P roviden ce

which Sc riptu re d e cla re s that He e x e rci s e s o v e r
th e m as it is writt e n :
,
“
He giv e th dri nk to
e v e ry be as t o f th e fi e ld : th e wild a s s e s q u e n ch

th e i r thi rs t ( P.s civ A.gai n:

.
“
T h e yo u ng

lio n s roa r a fte r th e i r p re y and se e k th e ir m e at ,

fro m G o d ( P.S civ A

. n d agai n :
.
“
S o is

thi s g re a t a n d wid e S e a wh e re i n a re thi n gs ,

c re e pi ng i n n um e rabl e bo th s m all an d g reat

,

beas ts Th e s e wait all upo n th e e : that thou

.

”
m ay e s t giv e th e m th e i r m e at in due s e as o n .

( P s civ
. .

An d h ow i rre s i s tibl e th e n is the argum e n t

whi ch the S avi ou r d raw s fro m thi s fac t th us : ,

“
C o n s id e r th e rav e n s fo r th e y n e ith e r s ow nor
,

re ap a n d G o d fe e d e th th e m ; h o w m uch m o r e
,

a re ye b e tt e r th a n th e fowl s ( L u k e x 11 . .
 F I F TH DAY : C R EATI O N OF ANI MA LS . 1 79

If thi s g re at h o s t o f an imal s filli ng s e a and

,

ea rth and s k y a nd s o div e rs e in th e i r n e ce s s i

,

ti e s are daily fe d an d s us tai ne d wi tho ut any

,

fo re th o ught o f th e i r o wn ; how i rrati o nal u nj u s t ,

an d u n w o rthy a re o u r th o ught s o f G o d wh e n ,

we e n te rtai n d o u bts o f h is p rovid e n t ca re o v e r

o u r liv e s ! But ra th e r le t us co n fid e n tly t ru s t

th at He wh o fe e d s th e wild b e a s t s a n d h ea rs

the rav e n s cry will gua rd aga i n s t di s t re ss an d

, ,

p ro vid e wi th food and ra im e nt an d guid e un til ,

th e e n d tho s e wh o m fa r abov e th e b rut e s He

, , ,

has mad e in His o wn im age .

What was th e m otive o f God in m aki ng th e

a imal ki ngd o m
n ? Evid e n tly to e mb e lli s h and
,

d e co ra te the cre ati o n to add fre s h li fe an d in

,

te re s t to the e a rth and th e re by to giv e gl o ry to

,

the wo rk o f His h an d s A no th e r m o tiv e ce r

.

tainly was th a t th e y might rej o ic e in th e p o s s e s

s i o n o f e xi s t e n c e
. The an im al t ri be s ta ught by ,

i n s ti nc t to ob e y th e l aw s o f nature ge n e rally ,

e njoy h e al th an d vigo r ; a n d we h av e bu t to

obs e rv e the fis h darting in the wate rs o r to

, ,

he a r th e m e rry warbl e rs o f the sk y o r to no te ,

th e d e e r b o u n di n g ov e r th e pl ai n or s ki rti ng

the fo re s t s e dg e o r to watch th e cl o ud s o f in
’

s e ct s s p o rti ng in the s un s hi n e to s e e the e x

,
1 80 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

ube ran c e o f a n im al s pi ri ts and to be hold what

,

a m e as u re l e s s s um o f i n no c e n t pl eas u re th e i r

e xi s te n c e has c o n fe rre d .

But th e s up re m e m o tiv e o f G o d in th e i r c re a
tio n un doubte dly was fo r th e service of man .

Thi s was a pa rt o f his divi n e c o mmi ss io n viz , .

,

“
To h av e d o mi n i o n o v e r th e fis h o f th e s ea ,

an d ov e r th e fowl o f th e a ir an d ov e r e v e ry ,

”
livi ng th i ng that m o v e th up o n th e e arth ( G e n . .

i. An d m o s t fai th fully do e s the a n imal

wo rld s e rv e m an and c o n tribute to his v ari ous
n e c e s s iti e s and c o m fo rts The toili ng be e
.

gath e rs his s to re o f h one y th e bi rd is the i n s e ct

,

s cav e ng e r by which t re e s an d cro p s a re s av e d ,

the ox p rovid e s his m e at th e do g watch e s

,

whil e he s l e e p s the h o rs e the as s the cam e l and

, , ,

th e e l e phan t b e a r his b urd e n s the fi s h e s s up p ly

, ,

his tabl e the s e al furn i s h e s him with fu rs the

, ,

o s t rich d e ck s him wi th fe ath e rs a n d the s h e e p ,

cl o th e s him with wool .

And in vi e w o f all th e s e p ric e l e s s o bliga ti o n s

to the a n imal s d o e s n o t m an al s o o we a d e bt o f
,

j us tic e an d ki n dli n e s s in re tu rn ? O ught we

no t to h av e a c o n s id e ra t e ca re an d re ga rd fo r

th os e who re n d e r u s s uch faithful , a n d c o n s ta n t

s e rvic e ? The S c rip tu re s th e re fore say “
Th ou :
 SI X DAYS O F C RE ATI O N .

be th e a e nv ge r o f th e i r m ute c ri e s agai n s t in
j us ti ce o pp re s s i o n an d crue l ty
, , .

An d n o m o re e n lighte n e d m a rk d o e s o ur
n i n e te e n th ce n tu ry giv e o f the re al p rog re ss o f

c iviliz a ti o n th an th a t it has wi tn e s s e d th e bi rth

,

o f a s o ci e ty fo r th e p re v e n tio n o f crue lty to

“

a n imal s . S uc h a s o ci e ty is in accord wi th the

m axim s o f the Bibl e an d b reath e s th e t rue ,

s pi rit o f Ch ri s ti an i ty an d e v e ry s i n c e re phil an
,

th ro pis t will rej o i ce a t its s ucc e s s an d wi s h fo r ,

it la rg e u s e ful n e s s in re d uci ng the e vil s which it

a im s to s u pp re s s L e t u s th e n S how ki n d n e s s
.

to the b ru te c re atio n no t i nfli c ti ng th o ughtl e ss

,

i nj ury ev e n up o n the w o rm that c rawl s be n e ath

o u r fe e t k no wi ng th at The L o rd s te n d e r
,
“ ’

m e rci e s are ov e r all his w o rk s ( P s cxlv . . .

He pray eth well wh l v eth w l l o o e

B th m
o d bi d
an , a n d b t r , an e as

H p y eth b t wh l v th b t
e ra es o o e es

All thi g b th g e t
n s, d m ll ;
o r a an s a

For th e d G d wh l v eth u
e ar o o o s,

H m d d l v th ll
”
e a e an o e a .

Th e re are characte ri s tic s o f th e a n im al wo rld ,

which giv e col o r to th e c o nj e cture th at it has

fe l t tli e s nack ( f the f all Th e re is a wail a
.
.
,

patho s an d a frightful un d e rton e in the v o i c e s

,
 F I FTH DAY : C REATI O N OF ANI MALS . 183

a nd c ri e s of im al s which s e e m s to be th e
th e a n ,

e ch o o f s o m e g rea t t rage dy The h o wl s o f the

.

be as ts o f the fo re s t s h ri e ki ng b e ll o wi ng and
, ,

ro a ri ng up o n th e s ta rtl e d n ight s e e m to th e c a r
,

lik e an aw ful di rge o f l o s t s oul s Th e i r savage .

fe ro ci ty to an d th e i r di s p o s itio n to p re y up o n
,

o n e a n o th e r th e i r liv e s o f blo o d
,
c rue l ty an d ,

rapi n e m ak e u s do ubt wh e th e r th e y w e re o rigi

,

nally s o cre at e d .

In thi s c o n n e ctio n it is a re m ark abl e fac t th a t

th e g re e n h e rb s al o n e a n d n o t o n e a no th e r s
’

fl e s h w e re o n the s ix th day p re sc rib e d as the

,

fo o d o f an im al s an d that it was n o t u n til afte r

,

th e fall th a t m a n d riv e n o ut o f th e ga rd e n was

, ,

all o w e d to e at a n im al fl e s h Si n ce th e n the
.
, ,

s e rp e n t wa s i n s t ru m e n tal in the fa ll an d wa s

curs e d it is p o s s ibl e th a t the an im al s fe ll al o ng

,

wi th m a n an d th at thi s wo rld wid e c ata s troph e

,
-

e ffe c te d th e p re s e n t rud e cha ng e we wit n e s s in

th e i r di s p o s i ti o n s and h abits .

Thi s o pi n i o n wo uld s e e m to be c o n fi rm e d by
th e s o ft e n i ng i n fl u e n c e whi c h c o n tact with C ivil

iz e d m an e x e rts upo n th e i r nativ e fe ro ci ty .

But th e s t ro ng e s t p ro o f o f it is fo un d in th e
p ro ph e ci e s o f the mi l l e n n ial e ra Fo r it is fo re .

to ld o f th a t age :
“
The wol f al s o s hall dw e ll wi th
1 84 s1x DAYS OF C REATI O N .

th e lamb and the l e opa rd s hall lie down with

,

th e kid ; and the cal f an d th e yo ung lio n an d the

fatli ng toge th e r and a li ttl e child s h all l e ad

,

th e m Is xi If th e n the a n imal s are to

.
( . .
, , ,

s h a re in th e bl e s s i n g s o f Chri s t s re d e mp ti o n
’

by thi s ge ntl e and ki n dly cha nge in th e ir sav

a e n a tu re s it is altog e th e r probabl e that th e y
g ,

had fe l t a s hare in the i nj u ri e s of the fall .

A mo s t i nte re s ti n g q u es tio n be lo ngi ng to thi s

s u bj e ct is wh e th e r the high e r a n imal s are en
,

do w ed wit/t imm or talit y Th a t th e y w e re c re at e d

.

o n th e s ixth day with m an ; that th e y hav e in

s tinc ts re s e mbli ng his affe cti o n s and m e n ta l po w

e rs ; and th a t the y a re s o i n timat e ly c o nn e ct e d

wi th h is d e s tin i e s and fo rtune s h e re hav e in ,

clin e d e v e n s om e e mi n e n t Chri s t ia n thi n k e rs to

l e an toward th e i r pos s ibl e immortali ty Th e i r .

participatio n in the fall and the ir part in th e re n

,

ovatio n O f the earth wo uld look th e sam e way

, .

S upport is also giv e n to thi s hypoth e s i s by

the Ch e rubim de s c rib e d in S crip ture
,
Th e s e .

mys te rio us creature s we re plac e d at the ga rd e n

o f Ed e n to k ee p th e way o f the tre e o f li fe .

The y w e re al so carv e d in gold se t ov e r the a rk ,

o f the m e rc y s e at an d J e hovah app e a re d ov e r

,

th e i r ex te nde d wi ngs A gai n Ez e kie l see s a

.
,
186 S1x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

th e thi ngs o f th e m o ral and e te rnal wo rld ,

imply alm o s t with th e fo rc e o f an imp e ra tiv e

, ,

n o n e xi s te n c e afte r d e a th
-
M ad e altoge th e r fo r
.

e a rthly ra tifica tio n s a n d u s e s wh e n d e a d to

g ,

th e s e the y can be aliv e to noth i ng e l s e

, .

The Sc ripture s m o re o v e r cl e a rly teach that

, ,

a n im al s l ack s o ul s an d ceas e to be in d e ath

, .

”
Thus th e y s p eak o f the b e as t s th at p e ri s h
“
.

An d agai n the p o i n te d co n t ras t b e tw e e n th e i r

an d m a n s d e s ti ny is th us m a d e :
“
’
Who k n o w
e th the s pi rit o f m an th a t g oeth upwa rd a n d th e ,

s pi ri t o f th e b e as t th at go e th down wa r d to the

ea r th E c c iii W o n d e rful a n d div e rs i

.
( . .
,

fie d as a re the i n s ti n c ts a n d b e a u ti e s an d h abit s
, , ,

a n d liv e s o f a n im al s y e t ,
th e y d o n o t k n o w
th a t th e y e xi s t ; th e y do no t app re h e n d th e

glo ry o f Him who m ad e th e m ; th e y do n o t

as pi re a ft e r a fu t u re s ta t e ; a n d s o fo r th e m in
'

’
th e C re at o r s wi s d o m th e re is re s e rv e d n o
,

fad e l e s s b o o n o f imm o rtali ty .

 LECTURE IX .

SI X TH D AY : C R EATI O N OF MAN — FA LLAC Y OF

E VO LU TI O N .

An d God sa id , L et us ma k e m an in our im g a e , after our

lik e n e ss : an d let t h em h v d
a e om n o n o i i v er th e fish of th e se a ,

an d ov er th e fo wl f th o e air, an d o v e th e ttl d v
r ca e , an o e r all

th e e art h , an d o v e ev y r er cre e p i g
n thi g th t e pe
nth up a cre o n th e

e art h .

S o God create dm an in h is o wn i m age ; in th e i m age of God

cre ate d h e h im ; m l
d h th m A d G d
a e an d fem a l e cre ate e e . n o

bl e sse d th m d G
d id u t th m B f uitful d m ulti
e , an o sa n o e , e r an

pyl ,
an d pl i h th
ret h d ubd
en s ue it d h v d m i
e e ar i ,
an s : an a e o n on

ov er th e fi h f th e d vs th e f wl f th
o i
e s a, an d v o er o o e a r, an o er

e ve y li v i g thi g th t m v th p th
r n n th a o e U on e ear .

A d G d n id B h l d I h v giv y u v e y h b b
o sa , e o , a e en o e r er e ar

i g e d whi h i up
n s e , th e f f ll th e e th
c s d ev y t
on ac e o a ar , an er re e .

i th whi h i th f ui t f t
n e c y i l di g d t y u it h ll b
s e r o a re e e n se e , o o s a e

f me t
or A d t ev y b
a . t f thn tho d t v e y f wl f
er eas o e ear , an o e r o o

th i
e a r, a ndt v ythi g th t o e
p th u p t
erh th wh n
e i a cree e on e e ar , re n

th i li f I h v gi v
ere s -
v yg
e, h b f m t d it w
a e en e er reen er or ea : an as s o .

A dG d
“
n w e v y thi g th t H h d m d
o sa d b eh l d
er n a e a a e , an , o ,

it w v y g d
as A d th e v i g
er oo d th e m
. i g we e th
n e en n an orn n r e

sixth d y —G i 26 3 1
a .
”
en . .
-
.

H I S na rrativ e is the m os t m e m o rabl e o f

w ritte n a nnal s It te ll s o f that e v e n t upo n .

which all h um an j oy s h o p e s as pi rati o n s an d , , ,

e v e n e xi s te n c e d e p e n d It is a hi s to ry and th e, .
,

( 1 87 )
188 SI x DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

on ly o ne , -
fo r we hav e n o t th e fai n te s t hi s to ri c
r —
t ac e b e s id e O f the o rigi n o f m an The doo r
, .

o f an tiq uity is h e re p us h e d aj a r a n d we a re
,

p e rmitte d to l o ok far back i n to prim e val tim e .

We h e re see how it was th at m an cam e to be .

We h e re fin d the s ol utio n o f that mo s t th rilli ng

o f all q ue s ti o n s which a thi nki n g b e i n g ca n u t
p
to him s e l f : Wh e nc e s p rang I how h av e I
?

co m e to e xi s t ? from wh at ha s th e h uma n rac e

had its o rigi n ho w has thi s gl o b e b e e n p e opl e d
?

with all th e s e ge n e ratio ns o f i nhabita nts flour ,

ish ing o n its s u rfac e fo r awhil e an d th e n s t re w

,

ing it with th e i r b o di e s lik e the falli ng l e av e s o f

,

a utum n ?

The m o s t wo nd e rful o f all b e i n g s is m an ; the

mo s t i n tricate in s t ruct ure ; the m os t admi rabl e
in h is fac ul ti e s ; th e mo s t s t riki n g and b e auti ful
in his app e a ran c e ; th e mighti e s t in h is un d e r
taki ng s an d achi e v e m e n ts ; the m os t i n s tructiv e
in his hi s to ry ; th e mo s t e x alt e d in h is joys ; the
m o s t grand and imm e as urabl e in the tragic
d e pth o f his s o rrow s ; the wild e s t in h is fears ,

a n d the m o s t d a ri n g an d u n b o u n d e d in h is

d e ath m as te ri n g hop e s C an th e re th e n be a
-
.

s tudy O f m o re s u rp as s i n g i n t e re s t th an th e orig in

a n e s p e ci ally wh e n we re m e mb e r how v a s t
of m ,
1 90 s1x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

And no w th e n al o n e wh e n all is
,
ady wh e n re ,

e v e rythi ng is s e t in o rd e r an d wh e n th e world .

has b e e n fu rn i s h e d wi th e v e ry p re re q ui s ite -

—
d o e s th e di s ti ngui sh e d gue s t app ear do e s that
w o nd ro us c re ature arriv e — fo r whom all thi s
c re ativ e e dific e o f be auty and glo ry ahd p o we r, , ,

has b e e n p re p a ri ng .

We noti ce al s o a peculia r solem n ity a t the

, ,

crea tion o Wh e n the oth e r w o rk s w e re

f m an .

mad e th e re was the s impl e comm a nd as fo r e x

, ,

”
ampl e : L e t th e re be light G en i B
(
“
ut
. . .

o n thi s occ as io n th e re is th e app e a ra nc e o f de lib

e ratio n a n d c o n s ultatio n a s if som e thi ng o f m o re

,

than o rdi nary imp o rtance was abo ut to be do n e .

And God sa id L e t us m ak e m ah
”
G en i
(
“
. .
, .

Thi s s e e m s lik e the calli ng o f a co un cil in e te r

n it
y ,b e fo re wh o m th e p ro po s itio n is l a id .

Th e re has bee n m uc h di s c us s io n as to who

”
a re m e a n t by the pl u ral u s e d h e re
“
us Is , .

God add re s s i ng the ang e l s aro un d him an d in ,

viti ng th e m to as s i s t him wh e n he S ay s : L e t ,
“

us m ak e m a n ! M o re p ro babl e is it that th e re
is h e re a re fe re nc e to th e t ri n ity o f p e rs o n s in
The U s who a re co n s u lti ng
”
the God h e ad -
“
.

toge th e r ov e r comi ng m an are th e Fath e r the , ,

So n an d the H o ly Gho s t
,
Th e ag e ncy o f the
.
 SI XTH DAY : C R EATI ON OF MAN . 191

Spi rit of
God de sc ribe d in the s e co n d v e rs e
, ,
‘
a n d th e ag e n cy o f th e S o n in th e wo rk o f c re a

ti o n as re co rd e d in the Ne w Te s tam e n t co nfi rm
,
’

thi s vie w .

A ll th e n l oo k s to th e adv e n t o f a mo s t e x
, ,

trao rdin a ry c re at u re Pi e ce bypi e c e and s to ne .

by s to ne has th e fa b ric o f c re a tio n b e e n ri s i ng

, ,

e v e ry s u cc e ss iv e s to ry s h o wi ng a m a rk e d ad

v anc e in b e auty wo n d e r and i nv e ntiv e s kill , , .

But n ow divi n i ty is to m ak e its s up re m e e ffo rt .

Th e cap s to n e is to be l aid upo n c re atio n s col

’
~

um n A ll fo rm e r wo rk s are to be s u rp as s e d ;
.

e a ! th a t which is to be th e c ulmi n a ti o n th e
y ,

e pitom e a nd th e compl e ti o n o f al l tha t has p re

ce d e d is no w to be m ad e God is to put forth
, .

th e l a s t a n d c ro w n i ng e x e rci s e o f i n fi n i te wis

do m an d th e n to re s t fro m His c re ativ e labo r

, ,

rejoi c i n g in th e p e rfe ctio n o f His w o rk s

*
.

“
L e t us MA KE m an ( v 26
) a re th e w o rd s , .

* “
G d h d m i i W wh H t d th w ld It '

o a an n v e en e c re a e e or .

w as n otf th p l
or t i m l
e b ut f
an s m th t G
or a n d w a s, or an , a o as

c on c e rn ed Th i . ti i xp sd b y S iptu wh it
no on s e re ss e cr re en

re p t
rese n sG d t ki g ou l w
asi th H i
a m l f d
n thi
co u n sel se , an s co n se

as res ul ti g i th n ti fmn H i i l i v lv d th
e c re a on O an . e re n s a so n o e e

f t th t
ac m thi g
a so w w i t du d wi th m
e n ne ; th t has p n ro ce an a e s e

cifi lly di ff
ca f m th ersth p ro l b i g b y wh
e o m h i
er cor ore a e n s o e s

su u d d ; th t th y
rro n e but p li m i
a y t h im
e are Fu d re n ar o .
”
n a

m en ta l Truth s f
o Ch ristia n ity, p . 1 00 .
192 s1 x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

w
w ith whi ch D e i ty e nte rs upo n the ta s k That .

is th e o rigi n O f m an
,
a s by c re atio n The .

m od e rn doct ri ne o f evolution o f whi ch we h e a r ,

so m uch is di re ctly re p udi a t e d h e re

, What is .

thi s g re atly parad e d th e o ry o f e vol utio n ? Da r

win its g re a t autho r th us s tate s it : Th e re is
, ,
“
,

h e s ay s g ra n d e u r in thi s vi e w o f li fe with all

“
, ,

its p o w e rs h avi n g b e e n o rigi nally b re ath e d i n to

,

an d th a t whil e t hi s pl a ne t has go ne
f
on e or m ; ,

c ycli ng o n accordi ng to th e fix e d law o f gravi ty ,

fro m s o s impl e a b e gi n n i ng e ndl e s s fo rm s mo s t

,

b e auti ful and mo s t w o nd e rful hav e b e e n and , ,

a re b e i n g Tha t is from the lowe s t ,

po s s ibl e fo rm o f P ro to z o ic li fe by i n s e n s ibl e ,

c h a n ge s an d d e v e lopm e n t s a nd th ro ugh i n t e r
,

mi nabl e mill e nni um s and cy cl e s o f tim e at l e ngth ,

c a m e a high e r a n im al th e re fro m al l the a n im al

,

trib e s a nd fi nally m an him s e l f

, .

That thi s th e o ry is di re ctly i n te nd e d to ov e r

th row the s c riptural doctri n e o f God s c re atio n ’

o f m an is cl e a rly e vid e n t from th e an im us o f its

,

C hi e f e xpo n e n t s Th us say s P ro f Ty n dall : It“

. .

is no w g e n e rally admitt e d th a t th e m an o f to
day is th e child an d p ro d uct o f i ncalc ulably a n
te ce de n t tim e If to a ny o ne O f us w e re giv e n
.

Origin f
o Sp ecies , p 42 5
. .
1 94 SI X DAYS OF C RE ATION .

th e i r fo rm and to cause th e m to p rod uc e the

,

p artic ul a r colo r and rich n e s s o f hue th e y m ay

d e s i re Pige o n fan ci e rs by s tudyi ng the law s
.
,

o f p rod u ctio n a n d by s e l e cti n g p a i rs with lik e

,

ch arac teris tic s and avoidi ng o th e r cha racte ris

tic s can succ e e d in d e v e l o pi ng an d m aki ng
,

p romi ne n t c e rtai n fe at ure s un til a v a ri e ty is ,

p ro d uc e d which di ffe rs by m a rk e d p e c uliariti e s

from the o rigi nal typ e Thi s m uch is fre e ly ad
.

m itte d a n d thi s is th e whol e th e o ry

, Now the .
,

q ue s tio n is wh e th e r thi s is s ufficie n t to a c coun t

,

fo r the fo rm atio n o f m an ?
The an s w e r is th at two g re at l aw s s o q uali fy
the p ri n cipl e o f e v o l u ti o n a n d c o n fi n e it withi n

s u ch n a rrow limi ts a s to m ak e it q u i te impo s s ibl e

,

th at it c o uld h av e th e l e as t b e a ri ng upo n m an s
’

o rigi n o r na t u re The fi rs t o f th e s e l aw s is th at
.

evolu tion ca n not roduce l fe It c a n n ot c ro s s th e

p i .

barrie r s e pa rati ng i n e rt m atte r fro m vitali ty It .

ca n no t p ro d uc e a s i ngl e livi n g ge rm wh e re th e re
was no n e b e fo re Thi s fac t has b e e n so com
.

le te ly d e mo n s tra t e d by i n c o n t e s tabl e e x p e ri
p
m e n t as to l eav e n o furth e r g ro u n d fo r a rgu
,

m e n t P ro f H uxl e y p o s itiv e ly s ta te s that the

. .

d o ct ri n e o f Bi oge n e s i s o r li fe o nly fro m an te ced

,

e n t li fe is
“
,
victo rio us alo ng th e whol e li n e at the
 SI X TH DAY : C REATI O N OF MAN . 1 95

p re s e n t And V i rch o w the g re a t G e rma n ,

s ci e n ti s t who s e na m e is re cog n iz e d a s a n au tho r

,
,

ity in s ci e n tifi c ci rcl e s e v e rywh e re s p e aki n g o f ,

the l am e n tabl e fail u re o f a ll re c e n t e ffo rt s to e s

tablis h the po s s ibili ty o f s p o n tan e o u s ge n e rati o n ,

“
d e cl are s it p re p o s te ro us to as s um e th at thi s
th e o ry so utterly discr edited s h o uld in any way
, ,

”
be a cc e pte d as the bas i s o f allo ur vi e w s o f li fe 1 .
‘

Now S i n c e we canno t acco un t fo r the o rigi n

,

of m a n by e vol uti o n wi th o ut b ri ngi n g him

,

a c ro s s thi s g ul f b e tw e e n m atte r a nd o rga n ic

li fe a nd s i n ce thi s is a p o s s ibili ty utte rly dis
,
“

”
th e s cie n
“
c re dit e d o r a s H u mb o ldt c all s it
, , ,

tific l e vi ty o f l e adi ng th e o rga n ic fro m th e i n o r

”
a n ic a n d m a n him s e l f fro m Ch a ld e an m ud
g , 1 ,

we s e e how thi s fi rs t bas i s o f e v o l utio n fall s .

The s e co n d g re a t law s ta n di ng a thwart the ,

path o f e vol utio n is th e impo s s ibility o f the

,

tr a n sm uta tion o f p
s ecies Ev e n if th e b.a rri e r o f
the o rigi n o f li fe w e re s u rm o un t e d thi s w o uld ,

s till re m a i n an i n s up e rabl e O b s tacl e Thi s law .

fiX e s th e p re ci s e bo un d s to th e ch a nge s th at ca n
be cau s e d by e xt ra n e o us a n d s u rro u n di n g ih

Cri tiq ues and A d dresses p, . 2 39 .

TTh e F reedom f
o S cien ce in th e M od ern S ta te , p 39
. .

I L etters to Varn h agen , p . 1 17 .

 SI X DAYS OF C E R ATI O N .

fl ue nce s . Th e s e m ay ca use s uc h modifi catio ns

as to p ro d uc e va ri e ti e s o f th e s am e s p e ci e s but ,

th e y can ne v e r p rod uc e a ne w s p e cie s i e an , . .

,

e s s e n ti ally di s ti n ct pl an t o r a n e w ki n d o f an i
,

m al N ow if all th e di ffe re n t s p e ci e s ca m e
.
,

fro m o n e pa re n t form and if ne w s p e ci e s w e re

,

c o n ti n ually b e i ng e volv e d fro m the Old the ,

s p e c i e s wo uld no t be se p a ra te d from e ac h oth e r

by sudd e n wid e ; totally di s ti nct ch a ract e ri s tic s

, ,

a s th e oak from th e ro s e th e d o v e fro m the o wl

, ,

o r th e do from the ho rs e ; bu t th e y w o uld be

g
diffe re n tiate d by imp e rc e ptibl e g radatio n s A ll .

wo uld be c l o s e ly co nn ecte d and p as s by in s e n s i

,

ble s t e p s i n to on e a n oth e r .

But wh a t a re th e facts ? The s e v e ral hun

d re d th ousan d s p e ci e s are s e p a rate d by wi de
d raw n ba rs S udd e n and totally di s ti n ct pe cu
.

lia ritie s s h arply di s ti ng ui s h the m ap a rt And .

hi s to ry s hows thi s has alw ay s b e e n th e ca se ;

fo r o n th e an ci e n t m o num e n t s o f Egypt we find
the id e n ti c al un ch a nge d an imal s that e xi s t to
,

day The Egypti an lio n b ull c ro codil e dog

.
, , , ,

c at, ibi s and h awk O f

, ye a rs ago are ,

p re ci s e ly id e n tical with o ur p re s e n t s p e ci e s .

But goi ng back o f w ritte n hi s to ry an d re adi ng

th e ro ck s the re co rd is j us t th e s am e In all
“
,
1 98 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

the e xi s te nc e o f the th e o ry o f e vol utio n is ad ,

m itte d by th e adv o c ate s o f the d o c t ri n e to be

u n s ub s ta n ti a t e d by a s i n l e un do ubt e d fact
g ,

a lth o ugh th e y h av e s e a rch e d e v e ry n ook a n d

c o rn e r o f natu re to fin d it No o n e mo re fe lt.

th e n e e d o f th e fact to vi ndic at e th e th eo ry a n d ,

n o o n e was m o re u n tirln In i n d u s t ry a s an
g
Obse rv e r th an D a rwi n him s e l f and ye t it is he
, ,

fro m whom th e fa tal admi s s i o n is fo rc e d .

An d h e re agai n the ro ck s h av e th e i r s to ry to
te ll Fo r fo s s il h um a n S k e l e to n s whi ch in full
.
, ,

ac c o rd a n c e with thi s M o s a i c re co r d are o nly ,

fo u n d in the m o s t re c e n t all uvi al fo rm a tio n s are ,

j us t as p e rfe ct in e v e ry re s p e c t a s m an at p re s e n t ,

s h o wi n g n o g ro u n d fo r th e d e v e lopm e n t th e o ry .

An d n ow th a t a ll th e t rib e s O f ap e s mo n k e ys
, , ,

a n d g o rill a s fro m th e m o s t di s ta n t q ua rte rs o f

,

th e gl o b e h av e b e e n ra n s a c k e d s till n o t th e re
,

m o te s t t ra c e s hav e b e e n fo u n d o f th e mi s s i ng
,
w
li nk hich P ro f Max M ull e r s ays we can w e ll
.
“

affo rd to mi s s th e li n k b e tw e e n a pe a n d
,

S uch b e i ng th e i n co n t rov e rtibl e facts o n wh at ,

g ro und s do th e s e g re a t s k e pti cal s ci e n ti s ts un

de rtak e to as s e rt ma n s o rigi n by a p ro ce s s o f
’

e v o l u ti o n ? Simply o n th e gro un d o f unwa r

I n d ia Wha t ca n it tea ch us p 39. .
 SI X TH DAY : C R E AT I O N -

OF MAN . 1 99

rante d i nfe re n c e Not da ri ng to di s p ute the te s

.

tim o n y whi c h c o n t radi c ts th e i r th e o ry by m e re ,

-

s u ppo s itio n s gu e s s e s an d hypoth e s e s ; by brid

, g,

ing ov e r impas s abl e ch a s m s with b as e l e s s con

e c tu re s ; by filli n g u g ap s with im agina ry facts ;
j p
by s ubs tituti ng at capric e the m is s i ng li n k s that
a re no t fo rthcomi n g ; a n d by maki ng th e mo s t

a s to un di ng i n fe re nc e s fro m utt e rly u n p ro v e d

a n d un te n a bl e p re mi s e s to ab s ol u te ly un wa r
‘

ra n t e d c o n c l
us i o n s th e y a rriv e a t a fo re go ne and
,

p rej udge d re s ult .

A ny un p rej udi ce d re ad e r who e xami ne s the ,

lite rature o f the s ubj e ct we b e li e v e will reach , ,

thi s sam e c o n vi c tio n An d that we are n o t too .

s tro ng in o u r c o n d e m na ti o n is s how n by thi s ,

v e rdict o f o n e o f the fo re m os t E uro p ean s cie n

tis ts Miv a rt : With rega rd to the co n ce pti o n as
“
,

n o w ut fo rwa rd by Mr D a rwi n I c a nno t truly

p .
,

c h a ract e riz e it but by an e pi th e t whi c h I e mploy

o n ly with m u c h re l ucta n c e I w e igh my wo rd s .

,

an d hav e p re se n t to my mi n d the m a n y di s ti n

g u is he d na t u rali s t s w h o hav e ac c e pt e d th e

n o tio n an d ye t I ca n n o t h e s itate to c all it a

,

uerile hypothesis
’

p .

L esson s f rom N a ture , as m a n ifested in I llin d an d Ma tter ,

C h ap . ix , p .
30 0 .
2 00 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

Thus thi s impo s i ng s tructure o f e vol utio n ,

”
lik e th e bas e l e s s fab ri c o f a d ream fall s to
“
,

the g ro un d N ature and s cie n c e law and e x

.
,

e rim e n t th e ry and fact hi s to ry a n d re v e l a

p , o ,

tio n and no t the l e as t comm o n s e n s e are

, , , ,

agai n s t it . The re futati o n o f no e dific e re are d ,

by sk e ptici s m in anci e n t o r mod e rn tim e s is ,

mo re c rus hi ng and c o mpl e te And th us are .

we le d back agai n With mo re tha n e v e r re ne w e d

,

as s u ra n c e to the S c rip tu re a c c o u n t that m an

,

e xi s t s alo n e by divi ne c re a tio n Evol utio n has .

bu t d o ne u s thi s goo d s e rvic e to m ak e more in

co n te s tabl e th an e v e r the fact tha t matte r can
no t p rod uc e mi n d th a t tho ught ca nn ot be de
,

duce d fro m C h e mic al actio n an d that re as o n and

,

the m o ral se n tim e n t s c an n o t be e volv e d fro m

the fl as h o f e l e ct ricity Evol u tio n withi n its

.

right ful limitatio n s m a be a n bl e th e ry a n d

y o o ,

m ay e xpl a i n m any s e co n d a ry n at ural div e rs iti es ,

in s uch a m an ne r as to e x c i te a de e p e r re v e re n c e
fo r the wo n d e rs o f God in na tural law ; but as a
te n tativ e e xpl a natio n o f th e p re s e n ce o f m an o n
th e glob e we m ay di s mi s s it with Ca rlyl e s ign o
’

”
mi n i o us e pig ram The Go s p e l o f D i rt
“
, .

An d we se e h e re th e n ho w m uch ba s i s th e re
is fo r the attitud e o f s om e mod e rn ra ti o nali s tic
20 2 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

L et tte nd now to the p arti c ul a r de s c rip

us a , ,

tio n whi ch the bibli cal re co rd giv e s o f the c re a

tio n of m an And G o d s aid L e t us m ak e m an
“
.
,

in ou r i m ag e a fte r ou r lik e n e s s A nd th e L o rd
, .

God fo rm e d m an o f the d u s t o f the g ro un d and ,

bre a th e d i n to his n o s tril s the b re ath o f li fe ; an d

m a n b e cam e a livi n g s o ul S o G o d c re a te d .

m an in His o wn im age in th e im ag e o f God ,

c reate d He him ( G en .i 2 6 2 7 a n d ii . .
, , .

We n o te h e re s ev e ral p a rtic ul ars F i rs t that .

,

God fo rm s m an ou t of the dus t of the g roun d ,

that is m ak e s him o ut o f cl ay o r e a rth Thi s

, , .

”
i nd ee d is the so u rc e o f h is nam e “
A d am is .

the H e b re w fo r re d ruddy o r e a rth c o l o re d in

, , ,

all us i o n to th e re ddi s h h u e o f th e s oil The .

A s i atic rac e s wh e re m an ki n d was c radl e d are

, ,

ru ddy o r c opp e r colo re d o r th e fa i r o r whi te

-

rac e s,
in co n t ra di s ti n c tio n from the bl ack o r
-

n eg ro o n e s .

The m aki ng o f m an o u t o f e a rth re fe rs to th e

bodily s id e o f h is b e i ng Thi s fe a tu re h e was
.

to h av e in co mm o n wi th th e a n im al s Ye t e v e n .

h e re b ro ad di s ti n c ti o n s m a rk e d him a s q uite a
s e p a ra te b e i ng Th e a b s e n c e o f th e n a tu ral
.

c o v e ri n g o f h a i r o r fe a th e rs had by o th e r c re a

t ure s ; th at in e x tinguis fi able m a rk o f s up e rio ri ty

 SI X TH DAY : C REATI O N OF MAN . 20 3

s how n in the e re c t n e s s o f the fo rm ; the S i ng ul ar

e xp re s s iv e n e ss o f th e mo u th ; th e m aj e s ty o f th e

ov e r a rchi ng b row ; the att rac tiv e be auty o f the

-

fe ature s ; a n d the e n dl e ss v a ri e ty a n d ad aptiv e ,

n e s s a n d c u n n i n g a n d d e li ca cy
, , o f th e mov e ,

m e nts o f the han d— tha t m e mb e r which 18 pe

culia r
‘

—
to th e h um a n fram e a re co ncl us iv e
p roo fs th a t m an is q uite re mov e d from o n e o f
th e o rdi n a ry an im al s Ye a ! co n te mpl a ti ng the
.

hum an fo rm divi n e we m ay s ay wi th D avid : I

,
“

”
am fe a rfully a nd wo n d e rfully m ad e ( P S . .

c xxxix .

S till the body was the i n fe rio r e l e m e n t the

, ,

li n k o f co n ne ctio n wi th the an im al wo rld a nd ,

th e re fo re the ea sy s e at o f s in an d o f a p e ri s h abl e
,

mo uld To thi s its i n fe ri o ri ty th e re is cl e ar

.
, ,

re fe re n ce in tho s e s u b se q u e n t w o rd s o f God to

A dam : O ut o f the g rou n d was t tho u tak e n ;

“

fo r d us t tho u a rt an d u n to d us t tho u s h alt

,

e n iii
re tu rn .
( G . .

A noth e r s ign ifica n t p artic ul ar is fo un d in the

wo rd s : An d the Lo rd G o d brea thed in to his
“

n ostr ils th e brea th f l fe ; d n b e ca m e a

o i a n m a

livi ng so ul ( G en
.
ii U p to
. thi.s poi n t

m an had b e e n but un co n sc io u s c l ay o f m arv e l ,

o u s w o rkma n s hip i n d e e d but lik e a n e xq u i s it e

,
20 4 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

m us ical i n s tru m e n t as ye t s il e n t but now the ,

b re ath o f G od com e s fo rth an d s ti rs the s tri ng s

i n to livi ng s we e tne ss and ha rmo ny God had .

i nd e e d giv e n li fe to th e pla n ts and li fe to the ,

a n im al s— but how di ffe re n t is thi s h um an li fe ?

We hav e in a p re vio us l e ctu re by the ill us tra ,

tio n o f the bi rd and the t re e s e e n how m uch l a rge r

,

was the s cop e o f li fe o r how m uch mo re livi ng

,

the a n im al was th an the pl an t Exte n di ng the

.

s am e ill u s t ra ti o n we s e e how m uc h l a rg e r ri ch e r
, , ,

a n d d e e p e r h um an is th a n an im al li fe
, To how .

m an y thi ngs an d to what a bo un dl e s s wo rld o f

,

tho ught b e i ng a nd reali ty m an is aliv e with

, , , ,

re s p e ct to which the a n im a l is totally bla n k o r ,

d ead ! S O compl e x and i n t ri cate is his o rgan i s m ,

s o e l abo ra te h is phy s ical a n d m e n tal s t ructu re ,

s o m uch high e r is h e in th e s c al e o f b e i ng that ,

m an has a h un d re d faculti e s wa n ti ng to the an i

mal by which to e n te r i n to livi ng co m m un ica
,

tio n with the wo rld aro u nd him .

A cco rdi ngly nothi ng e s cap e s him ; e v e ry ob

,

e ct in n atu re mi n i s te rs to his de light o r u s e A

j .

tho usan d thi ng s whi ch th e bi rd ne v e r s e e s in

th e s k y o r s t rea m o r flow e r are vi s ibl e to him
, , , ,

and to uc h with a re s po n s iv e th rill o f pl e a s u re

, ,

th e vital s p ri ng withi n his bo s om In fact so .

,
20 6 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

ic al o ne , which will altoge th e r van i sh in d e ath ,

as o n e blow s o ut th e light o f a ca n dl e .

But the s o ul b e i ng an e ma na tio n from the

,

fo un tai n o f divi ni ty will liv e fo re v e r

,
A b e gi n
.

n i ng has it had bu t an e n d it s hall n e v e r hav e

,
.

To m an is giv e n the p e e rl e ss boo n o f im m o r

tality Tim e may grow hoa ry wi th age ; nature
.

m ay fad e i n to a s pri ngl e ss au tum n and re n e w

he r bloom n o t agai n ; ye a ! c reatio n its e l f m ay
die and p rim e val ch ao s re ig n aga i n ov e r the
,

s ho re l e s s w a s t e ; bu t n e v e r s h all the s o ul o f m an

e xpi re . I n s ti n c t with th e b re ath o f i nfi n i ty in ,

co rpo real and th e re fo re i nd e s tructibl e no ma ,

te rial co n v ul s io n s ca n to uc h its imm o rtal p ri nci

l nd whil e God Him s e l f s u rviv e s it will no t
p e
, a ,

c e as e to be !
The thi rd and mo s t s t riki ng p a rtic ula r is co n
tain e d in th e s e wo rd s :
“
And God said L e t us ,

m ak e m an in our im age afte r o ur like ne s s So

, .

God c re at e d m an in His own im age in the —

im ag e of God cre at e d He him
”
G en i
.
( . .

Thi s is m an s true pre e mi ne nc e that which

’
-

mak e s him th e top and c row n o f the c reatio n

th at he b e ars th e image O f his M ak e r .

Thi s divi n e im age o r lik e ne s s to D e i ty co n

s i s ts in the gi ft o f un ders ta n din th e pow e r of
g ,
 SI XTH DAY L C REATI O N OF MAN . 20 7

k nowi ng the fac ulty o f re aso n A n imal s hav e

, .

i ns ti nct bu t th e y are i nc apabl e o f any ratio nal

,

p ro ce s s Th e y n e ith e r th e re fo re m ak e m is
.
, ,

tak e s no r achi e v e suc ce s s e s ; th e y ne ith e r re

trograde n o r p rog re s s The bird build s he r
.

ne s t
, the s pid e r s pi n s his we b the b e av e r ,

co ns tructs his dam to day j us t as did th e i r

-
,

proge n ito rs 6000 ye a rs ago But civiliz e d m an

.

in thi s age is far re mov e d from his b roth e r o f

an tiq ui ty ; a n d thi s b e c ause m a n is e n dow e d

with i n te llige nc e He k now s him se l f ; he l e a rn s

.

fac ts ; h e l oo k s i n to cau s e s ; he d e d uc e s l aw s
and g e n e ral p rin cipl e s ; he acq ui re s aptit ud e s ;

he p uts forth e ffo rt a n d c a re ; h e has the art o f

m a nip ul atio n and can tu rn him se l f to thi s and
,

th at e nd e avo r ; an d th us l e arn i ng by e x pe r
,

ie nce a n d p rofiti ng by the p as t h e i n c r

,
e a s e s h is
,

wi s dom pil e s up a rts and sc i e n c e s and e v e r ad

, ,

v ance s in k nowl e dge and powe r .

R e aso n i nd e e d is a G o d lik e fac ul ty ; and

-

wh e n we s e e it in a g re at thi nk e r like N e wto n ,

s w e e pi ng th e v e ry ra n g e o f imm e n s ity an d dis ,

c o v e ri n g th e hidd e n l aw s o f n ature an d m ap ,

pi ng o ut the furth e s t cycl e s o f s p ac e ; o r in a

c o lo ssal ge n i us lik e D e sca rte s looki ng i n to the
,

d e e p e s t i ntri cac i e s o f m e taphys i cs and unrav ,

20 8 SI X DAYS OF C R EATI O N .

lli ng th e p ro fo und e s t s e cre ts O f mi nd we

‘

e ,

tre mbl e be fo re thi s sublim e mi rro r o f the I nfin ite

R e as o n .

And ye t no t e v e n in thi s is fo un d man s

’

high e s t re s e mbl an ce to his M ak e r Fo r th e .

mo s t p e rfe ct typ e of th e divi ne is th e m oral/ ac

ulty . H oli n e ss abov e all is the impri n t o f th e
image of God The m o ral a tt ribute is th e
.

D e i ty s high e s t p e rfe ctio n an d glory An d s o

’
.

m a n th e n o n ly w e a rs th e lik e n e s s of G od wh e n
he di s ce rn s be twe e n right and w ro ng ; wh e n h e
e vi n c e s re cti tud e o f will ; wh e n h e subj e cts his

bodily pas s io ns to the we l fa re o f his s o ul ; whe n

h e ob e ys the s e n tim e n t o f d u ty ra th e r tha n th e
ca p ric e o f pl e a s u re ; wh e n h e c a re s n ot fo r him

s e l f alo n e bu t s e e k s th e g o od o f o th e rs ; an d
,

wh e n he lov e s an d s e rv e s and glo rifie s his

Creato r as Sup re m e V irtue and pi e ty a re
.

m a n s chi e f e xce lle nce th e n obl e s t ornam e n t o f

’

h is n at ure The fi e ry s pl e n do r o f m e n tal ge n i us

.

pal e s be fo re the p u re gl o ry o f good ne s s e v e n ,

as th e fitful com e t s gla re di e s o ut b e fo re the

’

gold e n ligh t o f day .

Wh e n we s e e an E n och walki ng with God ;

wh e n we vi e w a D avid s oari ng h eav e nwa rd upo n
th e pi n io n s O f s piritual s o ng ; wh e n we c o n t e m
2 10 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

m ay fitly e x c l aim with th e Psalmi s t : For Thou “

has t mad e him a little low e r tha n th e a nge l s

w
,

a n d ha s t c ro n e d h im with glo ry an d ho n o r .

S viii
( P . .

H avi ng th us wo nd ro us ly e q uipp e d m an the ,

C re ato r now giv es him a co rres po ndi ngly no

ta ble com m ission e mbodyi ng the p u rpo s e he is
,

to fulfill It ru n s thus : An d God bl e s s e d

.
“

th e m a nd s aid Be fruitful and m ul tiply and

, , . ,

re pl e n i s h th e e a rth a n d s u bd ue it : a n d hav e

d o mi n io n ov e r the fis h o f th e s ea and ov e r the ,

fowl o f the air a n d ov e r e v e ry livi ng thi ng that

,
”
m o v e th up o n the ea rth ( G en i T.o . .

s ubd u e th e n th e fo rc e s o f na tu re a n d to rul e
, , ,

o v e r th e a n im al t rib e s i e to be ki ng o f all thi s

, . .
,

vi s ibl e c reatio n and to wi e ld thi s vas t domi nio n

,

fo r his o wn w e ll b e i ng a nd to the glo ry o f his

-

M ake r was th e s ublim e s ce pt re whi c h God

,

pla ce d in the han d s o f m an And altho ugh th e .

wild beas ts we re s o ungov e rnabl e and al tho ugh ,

the pow e rs o f nat u re a re s o fi e rc e an d a pp a r

e n tly i rre s i s tibl e a n d m an s o s e e mi ngly in s ign ifi

,

can t b e s id e th e m ye t wh at i n s urm o u n tabl e

,

o b s ta c l e s h av e n o t the s up e rio rity o f mi n d an d ,

h um an i nge n ui ty a nd unflagging i n d us t ry tri

, ,

umph e d o v e r ?
 SI X TH D AY : C REATI ON OF M AN . 21 1

The im al s h av e be e n tam e d o f th e i r nativ e

an

fe ro c i ty an d m ad e do cil e s e rv an ts an d a ss i s tan ts
in th e e x e cu ti o n o f h is achi e v e m e n ts .

Sl o w to il so m e and pai n ful i nd e e d has b e e n

,

the co u rs e O f di s cov e ry an d th e m a rch O f im

p rov e m e n t but wh at m arv e l s o f p rog re s s do

,

n o t the ag e s s how ? The e arth was giv e n i nto

m an s h and s a wid e wild e rne s s a bo undl e s s
’

s olit ud e an u n p e o pl e d fo re s t re s o un di n g wi th
, ,

th e howl s o f wild b e a s t s se e ki ng th e i r p re y .

But h e has m ad e its c re s te d o ce an s the high

ways o f h is white wi nge d s hip s h e has h e w n
-
,

dow n its p rim e v al fo re s ts and b u ilt th e re o n

pop ulo us citi es the abod e s o f w ealth an d a rt
,

a n d c ul tu re ; h e ha s h ung s u s p e n s io n b ridge s

ove r its b road riv e rs and s cal e d with railw ay s,

its A lpi n e s ummits ; he has appli e d the m e

chan ical pow e rs and d e lv e d d e e p i n to its
,

mo un tai n b e d s and b ro ught o ut s hi n i ng coal s

-

ge m s and m e tal s He has m ad e l e v e rs m ov e

,
“
.

his lo ad s wh e e l s an d axl e s w e igh his an cho rs

, ,

p ull e ys rai s e his w e ights i ncli ne d pl ane s mov e ,

his blo ck s w e dg e s s plit h is l e dge s s c re w s p ro p e l ,

h is s hip s w a te r run h is mill s s t e am mov e h is

, ,

e ngi n e s e l e c t ri c i ty s p e e d h is m e ss ag e s and th e
, ,

te l e pho n e t ran s mit the v e ry so un d s o f h is voic e .

212 SI X DAY S OF C REATI O N .

On e v e ry s id e now do b rilli an t i nv e n ti o n s
, ,

a n d whi rri ng m a chi n e ri e s a n d b u s y l a b o ra to ri e s

, ,

a n d migh ty c iviliz a ti o n s a n d fe rtil e a n d bloom

,

in g l a n d s cap e s p ro v e th at m a n is t ruly m aki ng

,

him s e l f l o rd a n d m as te r o f that d o m ain o f c re a

ti o n whi ch wa s c o mmit te d to h is s o v e re ig n ty .

—
S uch th e n is the or igin of m a n the s o u rc e o f
o u r hu m a n rac e — no t by e v o l u tio n fro m u n co n

s c i o us n atu re bu t by c re a tio n th ro ugh a pe r

,

s o n al G o d . S uch too is the cha ra cter o f m an

, ,

n o t a m e re p e ri s hi ng a n im al bu t a livi n g s o u l , ,

i n s pi re d wi th the b re ath o f divi n i ty an d im

p ri n te d wi th the im age o f G o d And s uch too .
, ,

is the high b o rn com m ission o f m an to be a

-
,

w o rk e r an achi e v e r a s o v e re ig n wi e ldi ng a
, , ,

sc e p tre o v e r th e an im a l t rib e s s u bj e c ti ng to h is ,

s w ay th e hidd e n l aw s o f n a tu re a n d re ig n i ng o n ,

th e e a rth as th e vi c e ge re n t o f th e A lmigh ty .

A ll h um an b e i ngs a re o f thi s l as t a n d high e s t

wo rkm an s hip o f D e i ty To e v e ry s o ul as o n e
.
,

m ad e in the lik e n e ss o f G o d p e rta i n all th e s e ,

w o nd ro us p o we rs an d all th e se v as t re s po ns i
,

bilitie s. The D ivi n e im age has i n d e e d b e e n

s e ri o u s ly bl urre d by th e fall But tho ugh .

m arre d it is n o t e fface d ; an d e v e ry h um an be
,

ing fe e l s tho s e s t rang e an d bo un dl e ss s ti rri n g s

2I4 SI X DAYS OF C E R ATI ON .

moral man hood h e ro is m and be auty no t disap

, ,

poi n ti ng the high d e s ti ny to which we we re born .

Man is at o n c e the e nd o f the crea tio n and

the s umm a ry o f na t ure A ll thi ngs we re mad e
.

fo r him an d all c rea te d obj e c ts fin d th e i r highe s t

,

exp re s s io n in him In m an c rea tio n bo th at

.

tain e d its p e rfe c ti o n a n d fo un d its rul e r And .

with him acco rdi ngly cl o s e s the c re ativ e s e ri e s .

Th e e n d to whi ch God ha s l abo re d is reac he d .

The e difi c e o f c re a tio n s ta n d s fo rth compl e te

fro m fo u n datio n to tu rre t And it is wo rthy o f .

its D ivi n e A rchite c t .

The C re ato r him s e l f as he look e d upo n it as ,

a wh o l e a nd up o n m an its crow n i ng wo rk fe lt
, ,

e n ki n dl e d withi n h is s pi ri t the s e n tim e n t o f ad

m ira tio n : “
An d God s a w e v e rythi ng th a t he
had m ad e an d be hold it wa s v e ry good
, , ,
( G en . .

i. An d the ange l s who w e re p robably ,

c re a te d a s h o rt tim e a n te rio r to thi s p e riod

be h e ld it with a n o utbu rs t o f e n th us ias m Fo r .

wh e n j e h o vah is s p e aki ng O f the tim e wh e n He

“
l aid the co rne r s to n e o f the c re atio n He says
-
”
,

o f the witn e s s e s with o ut do ubt m e a ni ng the

,
~

a ng e l s :
“
Wh e n the mo rn i ng s ta rs sang to
ge th e r and all the s o ns o f God s ho ute d for
,

”
j y
o ! ( Job xxxvii
. .
 SI XTH D AY : C R EA T I O N OF M AN . ZI 5

L et m e n th e n gaz e upo n the glo ry o f c reatio n

with re v e re n ce s tudy its wo n d e rs with a d e v out
,

s pi ri t a n d the m o re s c i e n c e re v eal s o f its m y

,

ri ad ph e n om e n a an d augus t l aw s the m o re be ,

le d to bow in lowly h o m age to th e A uth o r o f its

wo nd ro us fram e a n d at th e s am e tim e th e mo re
,

re aliz e the g ra n d e u r o f th a t b e i n g who is a t

o nce th e e pitom e o f the c reatio n and the im age

o f the C re a to r .

Fro m arm on y from

h h v e ly h m n y
, ea n ar o ,

T s un ersal fram e
hi iv bg ; e an

Wh e tu e un d n
n na thr h p er e a a ea

Of j i g t m ly
arr n a o s a ,

A d
n ul d
co th v h h dno ea e er ea ,

Th tu ful v i
e ne w h d f m high
o ce as e ar ro ,

A i
r se ,
y m eeth d dor an ea ,

Th en cold d h t d m i t d d y
an o , an o s an r ,

I d t th i t ti l p
n or er o e r s a on s ea ,

A d mu i
n p w
s c s
e O b
’
y o r e ,

F m h m
ro ar y f m h v ly h m y
on , ro ea en ar on ,

Thi u i v
s n lf m b g ;
ersa ra e e an

F m h m
ro aryt h m y on o ar on

Th ugh ll th e
ro amp f th e n te it
co ass o o s ran

D R YD E N
”
Th di p
e a n l i g f ull in m n
aso c os n a .
-
.
 LE CTU R E X .

C REATI O N AN D SP HERE OF WOMA N .

d G d id It i t g d th t th e m h ul d
An d th e L or o sa , s no oo a an s o

b l ; I will m k h im h lp m e t f h im
e a on e a e a e -
e or .

A d th e L d G d
‘
n u d d p l p t f ll up Ad m
or o ca se a ee s ee o a on a ,

andh l pt ; d h t k
e s e f hi ib
an d l d up th e
e oo on e o s r s , an c ose

fl h i t d th f
es ns ea e re o .

A d th ib whi h th L d G d h d t k
n e r f m m m d
c e or o a a en ro an , a e

h wm
e a d b ugh t h
o u t th
an , a n m ro er n o e an .

A d Ad m n id thi i n w b
a f my b
sa d fl h f
, s s o on e o o ne s , a n es o

my fl h h
es h ll b ll d W m b u h w t k
: s e s a e ca e o an , ec a se s e as a en

o ut o f m an .

h fT h l l m l v h i f th
e re o re s a d h i m th
a nd
an ea e s a e r an s o e r, a

sh ll l v u t h i wi f ;
a C ea e d th y h ll b
n o sfl h e an e S a e on e es .

A d th y w
“
n b th k d th m
e e re d h i wi fo d w na e , e an a n s e , an e re

not h m d
as a e .

A d Ad m
“
n l l d h i wi f
a m E
ca b u h w th
e s
’
e s na e ve, e ca se s e as e

m tho f ll livi g
er o G a ii 8 — 5 d iii
n . en . . 1 2 , an . 20 .

N fi rs t ch apter o f G e ne s i s th e re is giv e n
th e ,

a en er al ac c o u n t o f th e c re a tio n e n di ng
g ,

wi th th at o f m an o n the s ix th day What is .

th ere wri tt e n appli e s to both s e x e s i e to m an , . .

ki n d ih commo n v iz : SO God c re ate d m an in

“
, .

h is o wn im ag e in th e im ag e o f God c re ate d he
,

”
him m al e a nd fe m al e cre ate d he th e m ( G e n i
, . . .

In the s e c o n d ch a te r is re co rd e d a par
21 p
2 18 SI X DAYS OF C REA I T ON .

on e a m an an d the
o th e r a wo man The na .
“

ture o f m an havi ng bee n th us divide d i n to two ,

each h al f fe e l s a l o ngi ng fo r its c o rre s po n di ng

The h arm o ny o f thi s narra tiv e wi th the

Sc riptural on e is at o n c e appa re n t B e yo nd .

do ubt it was d e riv e d by t raditio n fro m the c re

atio n and th us co rrobo ra te s th e hi s torical a c
,

curacy o f the M osaic re co rd .

F rom thi s acco un t o f the p roc e s s o f woma n s ’

cre atio n we l e arn fi rs t M a n s headship as re

,
’

la ted to Wom a n In a c e rtai n s e n s e his po s i

.
,

tio n is s up e rio r and h e rs is s ubo rdi na te God

, .

mak e s m an as a n i nd e p e nd e n t c reatio n but ,

woma n he m ak e s out o f m an
“
( G e n ii 2 . . .

W o ma n is al so mad e fo r m a n a nd b ro ught to
his s id e to p rom o te his h appi n e ss Th us th e re
, .
,

fo re say s S t Paul :
, .
“
Man is the image and
glo ry o f G o d ; but the w o ma n is the glo ry of
th e m a n ; fo r th e m an is no t o f the woma n but ,

th e woma n o f th e m an N e ith e r was the m a n

.

c re ate d fo r th e wom a n bu t the wo ma n fo r th e

,

1 C o r xi 8
m an (. . .
,

Thi s is the uni fo rm Biblical vi e w o f the re la

tio n o f the s e xe s a s wh e re G od says to Ev e
,

afte r the fall : And thy de sire s hall be to thy

“

*
P 1a to, Symposium , 1 4.
 C R E AT I O N AND SP H ER E OF WOMAN .

h usba n d ,
and he
hall rul e o v e r th e e
s
-

( G en . .

iii
. And in ill us t rati o n o f th e s am e pri n
ci le it is writt e n in the N e w T e s tam e n t :
“
p L et

yo ur wo m e n k e e p s il e nce in the ch urch e s .

1 C o r xiv Th a t is m an is to s ta n d fo rth
( . .
,

as th e re p re s e n tativ e h e a d o f the h uma n rac e .

His p o s i ti o n is the m o re p ublic ; that O f wom an

th e mo re re ti ri ng And in a cc o rdanc e wi th thi s
.
,

m an ha s b e e n giv e n a rugge d n e s s o f na ture

which the b e tte r b efits him to bea r the brun t o f
li fe s s truggl e
’
.

He is th e phy s ically s t ro nge r s he o f the fi ne r ,

m ould as witn e s s e d by he r gre a te r a ttractiv e

,

n e s s o f p e rs o n an d h e r ra re r gi ft o f s o ng Ma n .

is e n dow e d a l s o with th e m o re ma s s iv e i n t e l
l e ctual powe rs he b e i ng a s t ro ng e r thi nk e r a
, ,

p ro fo un d e r re a s o n e r an d a m o re o rigi nal c rea

,

tiv e ge n i us Wh e re as the m e n tal p o w e rs o f

.
,

wom an a re o f the m o re re ce ptiv e and d elicate

ki nd ; s he e xc e lli ng in fa n cy in im agi nati o n In , ,

liv e ly d e s c riptio n and in gl owi ng imag e ry

, .

Me n are m o re i n cli n e d to s ci e n tific l abo rs ;

wom e n tak e a liv e li e r i n te re s t in the a rts F e e l .

ing s e n tim e n t and roma n c e p re p o n d e rate in

, , ,

th e w o ma n ; i n t e ll e ct a rgu m e n t an d b us i ne s s
, , ,

in the m an Me n are s tro nge r in logic ; but

.
2 20 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

wom e n s u rpass in prac tlcal i ns ight Me n arriv e .

at a co ncl us io n by labo rio us s tep s of re aso n ;

w o me n reach it by a fla s h o f i n tuiti o n “
We .

h av e the s tro nge r mi n d th e y the be tte r di s p o s e d

,

s o ul . O u r m e n tal co n s ti tutio n e xhibits g re ate r ,

but co a rs e r fe a tu r e s ; th e s pi rit ual li fe o f w o ma n

is m o re fi n e ly wo rk e d o ut We e mploy o ur .

s e lv e s with the thi ng s o f the o ut e r w o rld ; w o ma n

liv e s m o re with i n h e rs e l f in the i nn e r wo rld of,

he r o wn s pi rit an d its m a n i fold an d ge n tl e s e n

tim e n ts Fo r thi s re a s o n the i n mo s t n a tu re o f
.
,

wo m a n is far mo re d iffic ult to p e n e t ra te ; whil e

we m e n are s o o n s ee n th ro ugh by a wom an and ,

lie Op e n fro m the v e ry fi rs t to h e r

, ,

S o the vi rtue s o f m an are o f the po s itiv e

ki nd ; co urage e n te rp ri s e s t re ngth o f will e n
, , ,

e r y o f c o mma n d Wh e re a s th e vi rtu e s o f
g .
,

wo m an are mo re o f the pa s s iv e te mp e r ; as lov e ,

fai th ful n e s s fo rti tu d e an d pi e ty

,
The te m pta .

ti o n s o f m e n are lik e wi s e o f a s t ro n g e r an d

m o re da ng e ro us ki nd to do ubt to a mbitio n to , , ,

tum ultuo us pa s s io n s ; wh e re a s th o s e o f wom an

a re to the lighte r an d mor e s ubtl e vic e s ; to

va n ity w eak ne s s and the s nare s o f p rid e and

, ,

fas hio n .

L uth ardt Mora l Truth s of

’
*
s Ch ri stia n ity, p 39
. .
222 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

tific mov e m e n ts and s e t the wo rld fo rwa rd o n

,

its co urs e .

But we l e arn no ne th e l e ss from the biblical ,

narrativ e o f the c re ati o n o f woma n that s he is ,

essen tiall
y th e e ual f m a n
q o A l tho u gh h is is a
.

po s itio n of re lativ e s up e riori ty a n d h e rs o f re l ,

ativ e d e p e n d e n c e y e t in, e s s e n ti a l
, re s p e ct s ,

the re is a fte r all a t rue e q uali ty Thi s is

, , .

s how n by the ma nn e r o f he r fo rm a tio n S he .

was tak e n f rom m a n bo ne o f his bo n e s an d

“
,
”
fl e s h o f his fl e sh i e mad e o f the sam e s ub
, . .
,

s ta n c e a n d m a te ria l with him AS ha s b e e n .

we ll said : Woma n was no t mad e o ut o f m an s

“ ’

h ead to be h is rul e r ; n o r was s he ma d e fro m

his fe e t to be his s l av e ; bu t o ut o f his s id e to
as s i s t him ; an d fro m u n d e r h is a rm an d from ,

ne a r h is h e a rt to be d e fe n d e d a nd b e l o v e d by
,

him . Plato we ll o bs e rv e d th at whil e mai n tai n

ing the ge ne ral i n fe ri o ri ty o f w o m e n ye t we ,

m ust admit th at in m a ny thi ngs ma ny wom e n

“

we re s up e ri o r to m a ny An d h e re i n
li e s th e s e c re t o f th e i r t rue re latio n to e ach
o the r It is no t that th ey a re p re ci se ly alik e
.
,

but tha t th e y a re O pp o s ite s .

Each o ne e x c e l s in that in whi ch the o th e r is

R ep ublic , 11, 2 8 0 .
 C R EA TI ON AN D SP H E RE OF WOM AN .

d efici e n t Th e re are fac ulti e s and vi rtue s th at

.

are p e c ulia r to e a ch a n d di s ti n ct iv e o f e ach .

And th us th e y a re the c o mpl e m e n t O f o n e an

o th e r to g e th e r fo rmi n g th e p e rfe ctio n o f h uma n
,

natu re . If m a n h as gre at e r re as o n wom an has ,

s t ro ng e r fa ith ; if h e fight s ba ttl e s in th e fi e ld ,

s he o rd e rs an d ad o rn s th e h o m e ci rc l e ; if he has

the ac ut e r i n te ll e ct s h e has th e mo re ac c u rate

,

j udgm e n t ; if h e ru l e s he r by fo rc e o f will she

s way s him by the g e n tl e s c e pt re o f lov e .

S o that whil e m a n by divi n e o rdi nan ce hold s

,

n o mi n al l o rd s hip o v e r c re ati o n who d o e s no t ,

k no w that wo m an is the s il e nt pow e r behi n d

the th ro n e ? E a ch on e th e n s urp as s e s in an
app o i n te d s ph e re The o n e e xc e l s in m an ly
.

vi rtue s the o th e r in w o m a n ly g rac e s ; an d

,

m ay we n o t S ay that th e g rac e s a re divi n e r

than the vi rtue s ? Th e diffe re n c e s o f th e s e x e s
are n o t th e n th o s e o f a ra dic al i n e q uali ty bu t
, ,

o n ly o f a m u tual fi tne s s an d ad a pt e d n e s s It is
“
.

wo ma n s phy s ical we ak ne s s whi ch co n s ti tu te s he r

’

’
cl aim o n m a n s phys ical s t re ng th It is woma n s .
’

p uri ty whic h co ns titute s h e r cl a im o n m an s re v ’

e re n c e . It is wom a n s w o ma nli ne s s which co n

’ '

”
s titu te s he r cl a im o n m a n s m a n li n e s s
’
.

*
S tud i in th C
es tie W h B dm
rea ve p
ee 33, oar an , . 2 .
2 24 SIX DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

O ne th e re fo re m us t l e an upo n an d at the ,

s am e tim e uphold the oth e r As D o ugl as Je r .

ro ld fi n e ly say s :
“
The s oul s a rm o r is n e v e r
’

w e ll s e t to th e‘ h ea rt un l e s s a w o m an s han d has ’

brac e d it ; an d it is o n ly wh e n s he braces it
loo se ly tha t the ho n o r o f m anho od fall s And .

St Pa ul th us cl e a rly d e fi n e s thi s m utual re la tio n

.

an d i n te r d e p e n d e n c e -
N e i th e r is the m an “

wi th o ut the wo m a n no r the wo man with ou t the ,

m a n in th e L o rd ; fo r as the woma n is o f th e
m a n s o is th e m an al s o by the wo m a n but all
, ,

thi n g s o f G o d 1 Cor X i 1 1
( . . .
,

We l e a rn fu rth e r from thi s sac re d narra tiv e , ,

that the p u rpo s e o f the c reatio n o f wo ma n was

fo r the holy es ta te ( f m a rriage “
And th e Lo rd .

Go d s aid It is n o t g oo d that the m a n s h o uld be

,

a lo n e ; I will m a k e him an h e lp m e e t fo r him -

.

e n ii
( G . .

*
Go th em k
'
e s re w m ar s on g i u th y o an are as s a ac o s as e are

c h t i ti H y
ara c er s W m
c. Sil di h i t whi h
e sa s: o e n are v er s es n o c

w put g ld
e pp l
o A g i
en a p ki ges. f l vi g tu a n, s ea n o a o n na re as

m ore tt tiv a i w m ra c th e t
n g u d t di g h
o an an a s ron n e rs an n , e

sa y Th q u li ti
s:
“
th t w l v i w m
e a es v y di ff t
a e o e n o a n are er ere n

f m th u d
ro t e di g We l v i h b uty t u ti g
n ers a n n . o e n er ea , r s n n es s ,

p l a y ful h h
n ess , t p i er c t b ut w d
arac er, c a t l h r ces , e c . , e o no ov e er

u d n t di g W
ers a n p t
n h . u d t di
e res g wh i
ect i b i ler n e rs an n en s r

li t d b y it h
an , an b i fi it ly S h
e ca n d i u y ; but
e n n e en an c e n o r e es

it i t
s no p bl f w
ca k i
a g u l
e ov a C n
a en nti n f o r o e . o v ersa o s o

G thoe E k m e,
pp 5 c
0 d
er34 2 an n , . an .
2 26 SI X DAY S OF C RE A TI O N .

ange l s and God comp anio n s hip an d l ov e fill

, ,

th e i r cup O f happi n e s s to the b rim As M ilto n .

de picts the s c e n e
h i l k di v i
In t e r oo s ne

Th i m ge f th i gl i u M k
a e o h e r or o s a er s on e ,

He f , t m pl ti
or co n e d f v l f m d a on an or a or or e ,

F ftn
or so h d w t tt cti v g
ess s e , an s ee a ra e race ,

S h o d i h d th y p d th l v li t p i
an n an e ass e e o e es a r

Th t ev e i w li k d i l v mb
’
a r s n ce ere n e n o e s e race ,

Ad m th g dli t m
a e f me
oo i b es an O n s n ce orn

Th f i e t fh
a re s d ught — E
o er a e rs ve .

The S c rip tu ral vi e w o f wo m an th e n is th at

h e r s ph e re in thi s w o rld wa s d e s ig n e d to be
tha t o f ma rri age S h e wa s i n te n d e d to be
.

”
th e c o mpl e m e n t o f his de
“
m an s help m eet
’
-

fic ie ncie s ; th e j oy an d c ro w n o f his hom e ; the

S h a re r O f h is b u rd e n s a n d pl e a s u re s ; th e p a rti c i

p an t in his fail ure s a nd s ucce s s e s ; and the co m

p an io n o f h is h ea rt in th at my s te ry o f w e dd e d
o ne n e s s , which e v e n d e a th its e l f canno t re nd
a s un d e r . It is as wi fe an d m o th e r as q ue e n ,

o f th e hom e c i rcl e th a t w o m a n fill s o ut th e tru

,

e s t m e a s u re o f h e r b e i n g ; th a t s h e fi nd s the

full e s t ra n ge fo r th e w e a l th an d tre a s u re o f h e r
a ffe c ti o n s ; a n d th a t S h e s hi n e s fo rth a s th e m o s t

be n e fice n t o rb o f o u r h u m a n rac e H o m e is .

wo m an s t rue e mpi re H e re wh e re s p ri ng the

’
.
,
 C REATI ON AN D SP H ERE OF WO MAN . 227

be gi nn i n gs o f C ha ra cte r and pow e r as the ,

mo uld e r o f th ought a nd th e fo s te re r o f mo ral s ,

s h e ca n m a k e o r un mak e the d e s ti n i e s o f th e

wo rld .

In that ch apte r of P rov e rb s wh e re the g ra c e s

an d v a l ue s o f a true wi fe a re s o aptly s umm ar

iz e d Ki ng L e m ue l e x claim s : Who ca n fin d
,
“

a vi rt uo us w o ma n fo r he r p ric e is far abo v e

,

”
ru bi e s P rov xxxi J e an Pa ul R i cht e r
.
( . .

w ri te s : U n happy is the m an fo r whom his o wn

“

m o th e r has no t m ad e all o th e r moth e rs v e n

An d as th us woma n was o rigi nally
”
c ra bl e .

d e s ig n e d to be a wi fe a nd m o th e r e v e n s o is ,

ma rriage he r true po s i ti o n n ow Th e v e ry .

e q ua lity in th e n umb e rs O f th e s e x e s th e m al e s ,

b e i ng s ligh tly in e xc e s s o f the fe m al e s p ro v e s ,

thi s to be s till h e av e n s law

,
’
.

A young m an ne e d s a wo m an at his s id e that

h e r fa ith an d p urity m ay e l e v a te him ; tha t th e
e n d e a rm e n ts o f h e r l o v e m a o ft n his rugge d
y s e

n e s s a nd C h e e r his d e p re s s i o n ; a n d that h e r

p ractical co mm o n s e n s e may be the e q uip o i s e

-

o f his cha ra c t e r An d s o too e v e ry w o m an

.
, ,

n e e d s the s t re n g th the p ro t e cti o n a nd th e d e vo

, ,

ti o n O f m an An d it is o n e o f the m o s t de plo r
.

abl e as p e ct s O f s o ci e ty
to day — t h e gia n t ca us e
‘
-
2 28 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

of more e vil m is tak e s vic e and mi s e ry than

, , , ,

any thi ng e l s e— that in obe die n c e to m e re ly co n

v e n tio nal re a s o n s a nd co ns id e rati o ns s o ma ny ,

e v ad e thi s high h o ly o ri gi n al,

an d e te rnal law
, ,

o f th e Cre ator that m a n an d wom a n w e re mad e

,

to liv e toge th e r in the e s tate o f ma rriage .

F ro m th e acco un t o f Ev e s c rea tio n as we ll as ’

from th e i r te s timo ny th ro ugho u t it can be s e e n ,

that the Sc riptu re s giv e no co un te na nce to that

mod e rn s ocial mov e m e n t e n titl e d Wom an s ’

Righ ts . Fo r it p roc ee d s o n th e th e ory th a t

,

the tal e n ts and fitne ss e s a n d s ph e re s O f m e n

, , ,

a d wom e n a re ide n tic al

n — a vi e w di re c tly o p

po s e d to that o f the Bibl e D r B us h ne ll th e re . .

,

re fo rm
“
fo re aptly te rm s thi s mov e m e n t a
,

”
agai n s t na tu re Its n oi s y an d fanatical adv o
.

cate s are really wom an s wo rs t e ne mi e s Gl ad ’

.

s to n e truly s ay s : W o ma n is mo s t p e rfe c t wh e n
“

”
mo s t woma nly The e ffo rt th e re fo re to co n
.
, ,

fo un d he r p o s i tio n with m a n s to i n v e s t he r
’

with th e ball o t to s e nd he r to th e plo ugh an d

,

wo rk s h o p a n d to arm he r with the s w o rd that

, ,

s h e m ay c o n te n d wi th m an fo r he r right s by

fo rc e o n th e h u s ti ng s a n d in the ba ttl e fie ld is -

C e rtai n ly a n a tte mpt to u n s e x he r to i n v e rt h e r ,

n at u ral s ph e re an d to w re s t
, from he r th e
2 30 SI X DAYS OF C REATION .

a nd occ upatio ns too hav e in the course of

, ,

t rad e be e n o p e ne d up to fe mal e s kill which are ,

s uite d to th e i r d e licate tas te and han diwork .

And c e rtai nly e v e ry woma n has as good a

, ,

right to e n gage in th e s e e mpl o ym e n t s as he r

mal e compa n io n Bu t it is a gro ss inj us tice that

.

wh e n sh e p e rform s th e s am e amo un t of labo r ,

a n d do e s it a s w e ll in te achi ng o r an p urs u i t
y ,

as a m an do e s s he s ho uld as is s o o fte n th e
, ,

ca se hav e to do it at far l e s s wage s H uman

, .

s e lfi s h n e s s a n d av a ric e th us e v e n in thi s e n
, ,

lighte n e d age are s till guil ty o f cryi ng wro ngs

,

to tho s e ge n tl e r o ne s who m it is s ocie ty s,

’

bo un d e n d uty to de fe n d p rote ct an d ho n o r , , .

Th e his tory of wom a n is o n e o f the s add e s t in

h u ma n a n nal s As s i nce the fall the se n s e of
.
,

right c ea se d to guard he r m an us e d his phys ,

‘

ical s t re ngth fo r he r Opp re s s io n A cco rdi ngly .

,

in s av age a nd s e mi civiliz e d co un tri e s wo m e n

-

always hav e be e n and s till are but th e s lav e s o f

, ,

m e n ; s e rv i ng the p u rpo s e s o f s e ns uality an d

doi ng all th e ha rd bo dily l abor whil e the i r ,

bru tal ma s t e rs liv e in idl e n e s s o r am us e m en t .

A m o ng all savage s m e n are s imply the tyra n ts

,

o f the fe m a l e s e x Th e i r co n ditio n too has

.
, ,

be e n li ttl e be tte r in civiliz e d Pagan natio ns .

 C RE ATI ON AND SP HE E OF R WOMAN .

Egypt was a lm os t ex ce ptio n al in thi s res pe c t ,

as the in fl ue n c e of The rm utis , the daughte r o f

Pha raoh and fo s te r moth e r of M o s e s an d as the
-

far fam e d b ea ut iful q ue e n Cl e opatra attes t

-

, , , .

But in an ci ent A ssyria as H e rodotus re late s , ,

da m se l s we re a l egitimate p re y to the stron ge r

sex ; an d onc e in a y e a r w e re s e v e rally di s po s e d

of in the ma rk e t plac e to th e high e s t bidd e r I n .

P ersia in all age s wo m e n w e re r e gard e d s im ply

, ,

as c hatte l s witho ut rights or n atu ral s ympathi e s ;

the ha re m was the ir pri s o n an d the a nn ual ,

tribu te o f the va n q ui s h e d in war was o ft e n pa i d

to the victor by a tho usa n d vi rgi n s .

Ev e n in cultivate d Greece he r s ituatio n was ,

littl e b e tte r Says S ir William Le cky in his

. ,

“
H is to ry o f E uro p ea n M o ral s : In ge ne ral the
o itio n o f a virtuo u s Gre e k woma n was a v e ry
p s

low o n e S he liv e d in a s e cl ud e d part o f the

hous e had not e v e n a s eat at the tabl e wh e n
,

m al e gu es ts w e re the re and was un d e r a li fe ,

l ong tute lage firs t to he r pa re n ts who di s p o s e d

,

o f he r wi tho ut he r co n s e n t th e n to h e r h u s ba n d , ,

an d in he r widowhoo d to he r

In gla rin g co n tras t to the wi fe was the co ur ,

te sa n who was the fre e wom a n o f A th e ns Sh e

, .

*
V ol . 1 1, p . 2 76 .
23 2 S IX D AYS OF C RE ATI O N .

was the pries te ss in the te mpl e and the ce n tre ,

of G re e k s ocial li fe ; artis ts po e ts hi s to ria n s and

, ,

philo s oph e rs gath e ri ng to do he r homage ev e n

, ,

Pe ricl e s th us payi ng homage to the b ri llian t

A s pas ia an d S ocrate s to the be autiful but in
, ,

fam o us Theodota
v
.

It was no be tte r in R ome wh e re the hus ban d ,

had a bsol ute powe r ov e r his wi fe wh e re moral s ,

we re noto rious ly v ile and whe re the hus ban d

,

could divorce his wife at will ; as Cic e ro th e ,

be s t by far of the Romans di s mi s s e d Te re n tia , ,

s imply th at he might re c e iv e a l a rg e r dow ry

“
with a noth e r wife Says G ibbo n : A Roman
.

fathe r might s e ll his ch ildre n a nd his wi fe was ,

re cko n e d in the num be r o f his childre n ; th e do

m e s tic j udge might pro no un ce the d eath of the
offe n d e r or his m e rcy might ex p e l he r from his
,

be d and ho us e ; but th e s lav e ry o f the wre tche d

fe m al e was hop e l e ss and p e rp e tual B y his .

j udgm e n t or cap ric e he r be havior was approv ed ,

o r c e n su re d or c ha s ti s e d
, She acq ui re d and in
.

he rite d fo r the so l e profit of he r lord ; and s o

cl ea rly was woma n de fi ne d not as a person but ,

as a th ing that if the o ri in al titl e w e r e de h

, g
ci e n t s he might be claim e d l ik e o th e r movabl e s
, , ,

by the use and po ss e s s io n of an e n tire

*
D ecline a nd F a ll of th e Roma n E mp m , V ol iv , pp 343,
. . .
2 34 SI X D AYS OF C REATI ON .

the wife of
A braham ; M iriam the prophe tess ,

an d s i s t e r o f M o s e s D e borah the j udge ; Han

,

nah th e moth e r o f S am ue l
, th e be au tiful id y l s

o f E s th e r and R uth ; th e d e fe re nce o f ki ng So l o

m o n to h is moth e r Bath S h e ba rising from his

-

th ro ne and bo wi ng low be fo re he r as she ,

e n t e rs ; th e m odes t and love l y e r s o nality o f

p
M ary the vi rgi n ; a nd the M agdal e ne s and ,

E un ice s and Lydias and Do rcas e s a po s tol ic

, , ,

“
co labore rs
-

,who se nam e s are in th e book o f

”
li fe and abov e all o ur L ord s ma rv e lo us ly
’

d e l i cate and app re ciative t re a tm e n t of woma n ,

gazi ng upo n he r la s t o n the c ro ss and app ea r ,

ing to he fi s tr r in H r r —
is e s u re c tio n maj e s ty th is
e x alte d e s timate o f woma n in the Bibl e God s
’

autho ritativ e wo rd and in Ch ris tiani ty the one

, ,

o nly pure and i n fallibl e re ligio n is that age ncy ,

alo ne to which she owe s the fre e dom th e ele ,

vate d po s itio n and the de licate an d un ive rsa l

,

ho no r which civilizatio n to day gladl y acco rd s

,
-

a s he r right ful c row n .

But how wo n d e rfull y al s o thi s attitud e o f th e

Bibl e toward woma n corrobo rate s its claim to
,

ins piratio n ! H ow are s ci e n tific s k eptic s to ex

plai n the t rue and ho norabl e v i e w O f woma n
which M os e s in the m id s t of all the i nj us tice
,
 C REATI ON AN D SP H ERE OF WOMAN . 235

and d egradatio n and horrors cha racte rizi ng h e r

co n ditio n amo n g the s urro un di ng natio n s ta k e s ,

“ ”
o f he r as ma n s
“
h e lpm e e t as bo ne o f his
’

”
bo ne and as o ne fl e s h i e o f e ss e n tial
,
“
, . .

e q uali ty a nd claim to c ommo n rights with him .

C e rtai nly that the fi rs t chapte r o f G e n e s i s

, ,

writte n 3000 ye a rs ago S ho uld giv e wo m a n th a t

,

rightful pla ce by th e s id e o f m an which th e m o s t ,

re fi ne d civilizatio n s of e a rth a re o n ly to day ac -

cordi ng he r as the la s t achi e v e m e n t o f mod e rn

progre ss is to be accoun te d fo r o n no oth e r
,

hypothe s i s tha n that its word s w e re i ndi te d

by the S pi rit of th e A lmigh ty .

O nc e mo re : The devotion of woman to Christi

a nit is o ne o f he r mo s t be a u ti fu l t raits an d has
y ,

s h e d l us t re upo n h uma n i ty whil e it has had a

,

mo s t impo rta n t pa rt in pl aci ng the s ce pt re o f

the world in the ha n d s o f the lowly Naza re n e .

The nobl e Rom an l ady Pe rp e tua gav e the fi rs t

, ,

i ns ta n c e o f thi s pi e ty wh e n in the beauty o f he r

,

yo uth she was th row n to the lio ns rath e r tha n

de ny that J e s us was God Th e e mp re s s .

H e l e na who as both the hi s to ri ans Eus e buis

, ,

and The o do re t a ffi rm was th e m e a n s o f th e co n

,

v e rs io n of he r imp e rial son Co n s ta n ti n e was th e ,

a e n t o f the ch a ng e o f th e Paga n wo rld to

g
Chri s ti ani ty .
236 SI X DAYS OF C REATI O N .

A c e n tury l ate r the weal thy and accom

,

p lish e d P a u l a by ,
h e r d e votio n to St J e rom e .
,

e n abl e d the Bibl e to be tra n s late d i n to Lati n

the u n iv e s al l a n guag e o f E u rop e
r — which be
cam e o ne o f the mo s t p o w e rful m e ans fo r the
p ropagatio n Of the faith In the op e n i ng o f the
.

s th c e n t ur y M
, o n ic a th ro ugh, h e r fa ith a n d
p raye rs co nv e rte d he r s o n Augus ti ne the l o fti
, ,

e s t p e rs o n ali ty o f the ea rly ag e s ; and th e re by

Catholic Ch ri s tian i ty be cam e as c e n da n t ov e r

h e re tical A rian is m in the we s t And in the cl o s e .

o f th e sth c e n t ury the yo u ng an d b e auti ful

,

Cl o tilda q ue e n o f F ran c e afte r ye a rs o f pati e nt

, ,

e n d e avo r ga i n e d the bapti s m o f h e r h us ban d

, ,

th e b rav e an d pow e rful Cl o vi s by which e v e n t ,

the c o n q u e ri n g G e rm an rac e s a n d th e migh ty

G e rm an e mpi re bo w e d to the s ta ndard o f the

c ro s s
.

An d s o is woma n s till the firm b e li e v e r in

th e Bibl e the faith ful di s c ipl e o f Ch ri s t a nd the
, ,

d e vote d fri e n d o f the h o ly Ch ri s ti an Chu rch .

Thi s is l a rge ly o wi ng to wom an s natu re ’

whi ch with its q ui e t i nw ard te n d e n cy its t ran s ,

p are n t d e pth and its i n tuitiv e S agacity m o re

, ,

u n e rri n gly p e rc e iv e s God as the F i rs t c a u s e

, ,

than do e s m an who wi th his ploddi ng re a s o n

,
 LECTURE X I .

C REATI ON OF P ARAD I SE .

An d th e L God p O RD
lanted a g rden eastw d in Eden ; a ar

h
a nd t ere h e put th e m a n whom h e h d form ed a .

“
An d out of th e groun d m d e th e L O RD God to g ow e ery a r v

t e th t is pleasant to th e sight an d good for food ; th e tree of

re a ,

li fe also in th e m idst f th e g den nd th e tree of know ledge

o ar , a

o f g od nd evil
o a .

An d a riv er we nt out of E den to water the gard e n an d

f om th e nce it was parted an d bec am e i nto four h eads

r , Th e .

n m e of th e first is Pison
a th t is it whi ch com pas seth th e wh ol e
a

l nd of Havilah wh e e the e is gold

a , r r .

An d th e gol d of th at lan d is good th ere is bd ellium and th e :

on y xton e
s .

“
An d th e n am e of th e sec on d riv e is Gih on th e sam e is it r :

th t com pas seth th e wh l e lan d of Ethi opi a

a o .

And th e nam e of th e thi d riv e is Hiddek el th at is it w

r h i ch r

goeth tow d th e east of Assy ia And th e fourth rive is Eu

ar r . r

An d th e LOR God D took th e m n an d put h im i n to th e g a ,

ar

d d
den of E en to ress it a n d to kee p it .

An d th e LO RD God c m m an de d th e m an say in g Of e v e y
“
o , . r

t ee of th e gard en th ou m ye t f ee l y eat
r a s r

But of th e tree of th e k now ledge of good n d evil thou

“
a ,

s halt n ot eat of it : fo in th e day th a t th ou eatest thereof th u

r o

sh alt s urel y die — Ge n .

—
ii 8 1 7
”
.
, .

H AT sacre d ass ociations wha t pl easing ,

thoughts and what touching m emo rie s

, ,

( 2 38 )
 C REATI O N OF P ARAD I SE . 2 39

clus et r abo ut the s pot and s c e ne h e re d e s c ribe d !

—
Th e ga rd e n of i nnoc e n c e the a rbo r o f p eac e
the bo w e r o f bli s s — the o n ly Paradi s e e v e r fo u n d
o n e a rth ! And how s oothi ng fro m th e n oi s e s , ,

and s t ri fe s an d s hadow s an d s i n s o f the wo rld s

’

, , ,

re s tle s s s tage to tu rn back to thi s bright o as i s

,

o f prim e val happi n e s s ! H e re re s ts th e s mil e o f

th e Cre ato r h e re li e s the gold e n age o f m an

,

ki nd h e re the h e a rt s d re am s gl o w i n to livi ng
,
’

re aliti e s imagi na tio n fi n d s the e mbo dim e n t o f

,

its faire s t vi s io ns o f fa n cy and h o p e at la s t a t ,

tai n s its bl e s t i n ca rnatio n .

Aye ! w e ll is it for us all to re m e mbe r that

th e re was an Ed e n that it is no ta un ti ng myth
,

o f O ld bu t an a c tual hi s to rical fact a v e ritabl e

, .

e xp e ri e n c e in th e li fe o f the rac e And whil e it .

is s o pl e a s i ng a ta s k n o n e the l e ss fraught with

,

p ric e l e s s l e ss on s s tim ulati ng to th e moral s e n s e

, ,

and imbue d alik e with w a rn i n g an d e n c o u rage

m e n t is it to l o ok back to the w o rld s b right

,
’

mo rn i ng and s tudy thi s primitiv e s c e ne .

TH E N AM E OF P ARAD I SE .

And th e Lo rd God plan te d a ga rd e n in

”
Ed e n .
( v . H e re it is e vid e n t that Ed e n is
the n am e of the di s trict o f co u n try in who s e
2 40 SIX DAYS OF C REATI ON .

bo und s lay the sac re d s pot I t is n o t the re fo re .

the partic u l a r but th e ge n e ra l app e llatio n

,
But .

th e imm e diate p rop e r n am e is fo un d in the te rm

,

”
“
ga rde n The o rigi nal H e b re w is Gan s ig
. .

n ifyin
g m o re th an a ga rd e n V IZ
“
a p a rk , ,

o rc h a rd plac e pl a n te d wi th t re e s ; a pl ac e s u r
,

ro u nd e d an d pro te c te d by a fe n c e o r

Wh e n th e s e v e n ty tra n s l ate d the H e bre w s c rip

“ ”
ture s i n to G re e k th e y re n d e re d th e , garde n
o f o u r E n gli s h v e rs io n by th e G re e k H pé d w a e oc ,

wh e n ce we hav e the commo n E ngli s h nam e

Pa radi s e Thi s te rm the G re e k s had impo rte d
.

from P e rs ia wh e re it was us e d to d e s c rib e th e

,
“

pl e asure garde ns an d pa rk s with wild a n imal s

-

”
a ro un d the p alac e s o f the P e rs ia n mo na rc h s
1
'

Thi s giv e s u s the k e y to the real m ean i ng o f

“ ”
the n am e ga rd e n as h e re us e d in G e n e s is
, .

It d e n o te s what we wo uld chara cte riz e in m od

,

”
e rn ph ra s e by p a rk an a rb o re s c e n t fl o w e ry
“ -

, ,

e n clo s ure Pa radi s e th e n a plac e o f s urp ass i ng

.
, ,

beauty and a m e tapho r fo r p ure and e xqui s ite

,

—
pl e as ure the re n d e ri ng mad e in th e S e ptua
,

gi n t th re e h und re d y e a rs be fo re Ch ri s t — is ,

the t ru e p rop e r na m e o f the abod e i n h abit e d by

,

o ur fi rs t p a re n ts .

Gese nius Hebrew L e x icon

’
*
.

TR os e n m u ll er ,
B iblica l A rch a ology, v ol. i , p . 17
4 .
2 42 SI X DAYS OF c m n on .

When , no w we , re m em be r the ph y s ical

chan ge s that hav e take n p l
a ce in this lo ng

pe riod , th e we ll -
k nown e lev atio n an d
de pres sion
o f co ntin e n ts a nd e s pec ial ,ly the v iol e n t disrup
tio n brought abo ut by the d e l uge it s ee m s ,

highly p ro babl e that the s e fo u r ri v e rs who se ,

sou rce s e v e n n ow are s o clo s e toge the r an d ,

which a re the o n ly im portan t s tream s in the

vicinity w e re origi nally joine d in o n e and are
, ,

th e id e n tical riv e rs h e re d e s cribe d .

Altho ugh the n the prec i se s po t in all pro ba

, , ,

bility can n ev e r be po s itiv e ly ide n tifie d ye t the

, ,

e n e ral locali ty th us be co m e s k no w n with S U IT !

g
cie n t ce rtai n ty Para di s e was in a we ll wa te re d
.
-

re io n o f c e n tra l A s ia in the n e igh bo rh oo d o f

g ,

the Caucas us not far from the s ce ne o f the

,

cre atio n be twee n the 3 5th and 40 th parall e l s o f

,
.

latitude co rre s po nd ing to the N o rth of Pales

,

tin e and th e So uth o f Italy The te m pe rature .

was e q uabl e the cl im ate mild the s oil fe rtile

, , ,

and the locali ty w e ll adapt e d fo r the di ffus i o n o f

m an to the fo ur q uarte rs o f the h a bita bl e globe .

THE N ATU RE OF P ARAD I SE .

The charac te r o f the place is to be infe rre d

from the particular desc riptio n give n of it he re ,
 R ATI O N OF P ARAD I SE
C E . 2 43

as we ll as i n spire d re fe re n c e s to it s catte re d
th ro ugho ut the S criptu re s The v e ry n am e s .

a re highly s ig n ifica n t o f its na t ure It is in the .

lan d o f Ed e n the G re e k
, s ig n i fyi ng pl e a s

ure d e light
, . And it is no t m e re ly a fie ld or ,

“ ”
o rdi nary part o f thi s co un t ry but a ga rde n , ,

a pa rk a lov e ly bow e r a Pa ra di se in it The

, , .

lite ral m e a ni ng o f its n am e s th e n is v e ry ex,

p re ss iv e o f its characte r viz a pa radi se o f

, .
,

”
de light .

And s uch is the particula r de s c riptio n o f it .

An d out o f the g ro u n d mad e the Lord God to

grow e v e ry tre e that is pl e as a n t to the s ight ,
”
and good fo r food v That i h
(
. . s t e e ye ,

was to be cha rm e d by grace ful fo rm s and at

trac tiv e colo rs and the ta s te was to be re gal e d
,

by the mo s t pala tabl e o f foods A cco rdi ngly .

th e phy s ica l s e n s e s w e re to be gratifi e d by th e

i ndulge nce o f e v e ry p ure and p rop e r d es i re .

Pa adi se wa s the n a plac e o f pl ea s ure o f e n

r —
j y
o m e n t— O f happi n e ss .

The va rious s c ripture re fe re n c e s to it S how

that s uch was the hi s to rical traditio n o f it cur
re n t a mo n g the J e w s Th us it is fre q ue n tly
.

“
call e d p erfe ct in b eauty the ga rd e n of G od
, ,

Ez e k x x viii 1 2 1 3
.
, , 50 Lot li fti ng up his e ye s
.
2 44 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

an d captiva te d by the beauty a nd fe rtili ty of the

vall e y be fo re him with the J o rdan wi n di ng like
,

a ban d o f s ilv e r th rough it says it is e v e n as“

,

”
the ga rd e n o f the Lo rd
( G e n xiii , A nd . .

thus aga i n the magn ific e n t foliage and sym

, ,

m e t rical be auty O f the t re e s o f Paradi s e are

u s e d as s imil e s o f glo ry an d m aj e s ty th us : To
“
,

who m art thou lik e in glory and in gre atn e s s

”
a mo ng th e t ree s o f Ed e n ? Ez e k xxxi
( . .

W he n th e n we co n s id e r the Ede n o r de
, , ,

lights om e l an d in which it lay; th e maj e s tic

tre e s a nd pl easan t fruits and e xq ui s i te flowe rs
which d e corate d its lov e ly e nclo s ure ; the fo ur
pa rte d riv e r which wa te re d it and its e as tward ,

ou tlook so that its l and s cap e was i rradiate d by

,

th e ray s o f th e ri s i n g s u n— we se e that Pa radi s e

'

l e ft n othi ng to be d e s i re d to fill the cup o f the

s o u l s s up re m e d e light In thi s is s ee n the
’
.

wo n d rous good n e s s an d lov e o f the C reato r

toward His c re a tures an d al s o that happi ne s s
, ,

is m an s n atu ral e s tate an d that it is o n e of the

’

s up re m e e n d s o f h is b e i n g ; the aim fo r which ,

wh e n mod e rate d by vi rtu e and no t p u rsue d to

th e d e t rim e n t o f oth e r e n d s is n o t to be ce n ,

s ure d but co m me nd e d
, .
2 46 SI X DA S Y OF C REA I T ON .

Th e wo rd d re s s ébad is the H e bre w

“
to , ,

ge ne ric te rm fo r work and co upl ed with the ,

accusativ e o f la nd as h e re m e a ns to till to
, , ,

c ul tivate the s oil That is the particula r e m ploy

.
,

m e n t o f A dam was agriculture The c ulture o f .

the gro un d th us was th e fi rs t and n obl e s t o f

, ,

all the arts The A l m igh ty th e n by his appo in t

.
, ,

m e n t and A dam the fo und e r o f the race by his

, , ,

practic e hav e giv e n an e nno bl e m e n t to ma nual

,

la bor to bodily toil to wo rki ng with our hand s

, , ,

that no fal s e s e n tim e n tality O r frivolous co n ce it .

ca n e v e r tak e from it .

In o ur ta s k s an d re s po ns ibiliti e s we how e v e r , , ,

n ee d s om e o n e with whom to c o n s u lt an d to ,

joi n in s ocial rec re atio n ; and so the Lo rd

b ro ught Ev e to A d am to be a h e lp m e e t for
“ -

”
him ( v . And wh e n the s e tti ng s un C lo s e d
th e ir m ut ual labo rs and care s in the cool “
, ,

lite rally bre e z e o f the day i e in the e v e ni ng , . .

, ,

”
the C re a to r H im s e l f
“
walk e d in the ga rde n .

Thi s e x pre s s io n s hows the de lightful ease and

familia ri ty atte n di ng th e s e vi s it s In a ge n tl e .
,

fri e ndl y ma nn e r the Et e rnal O ne cam e walki ng

,

with A dam and Ev e th ro ugh the ro s e e m -

bo we re d path s o f Paradi s e h e lpi ng an d co un ,

s e lli ng th e m in th e ir ta s k s and tra n s porting ,

 C REATI ON OF P ARAD I SE . 2 47

the ir tho ughts with co nv e rs e o u the glories of

h e av e nl y thi ngs And th us pre pa re d by the
.
,

activ e o cc upatio ns o f the day an d the pious ,

comm un i ngs and h e av e nl y compan io nships of

e v e n tid e th e y w e re re ad y fo r p u re pe ac e ful re
, , ,

fre shin g s l e e p .

Thus h y th e ep e e t tives f m
t e r r s n a o an ,

—
,

We e pr l d in E d e n
ac e c h i ce t p t e th o s s o on ar

With y l h ro a d with gl y wn ed
on or an or cro ,

Ad m th l d f ll m j esti w l k e d
a , e or o a , a c a ,

With g d l ik e u te n n e ubl im e
o co d f m
n a c s , an or

Of l fl y t we i g st en gth ; n d b y h i id
o o rn r a s s e

E e f i
v , m ni ng t
a r as with m desty
or s ar, o

A rrayed with i tue g e nd pe f ct l e ;

, v r , rac , a r e ov

I h ly m
n o i g wed d l q u t
arr a e , an e o en

Of th ugh t
o d m ly w d t w an hip God
co e or s , o ors ,

A d i ng Hi p i se
n s s ra .

TH E P RO BATI O N OF P ARAD I SE .

In the mids t o f the ga rd e n God had plac e d ,

the
“
tree o f li fe and he put th e re al s o th e
,

”
“
t re e of k nowl e dge o f good and e vil P er .

mi s sio n th e n was gra n te d to A dam an d Ev e to

e at o f e v e ry t re e with the o ne e xc e ptio n :
“
, But
o f the t re e o f th e k n owl e dge o f good an d e vil ,

th o u shalt not eat of it ; fo r in the day that thou

”
eat e s t th e re o f tho u s halt s ure ly die
( v .

The Chri s tian fath e rs saw in th e se tree s a sac

2 48 SIX DAYS OF C REATI O N .

ra m en ta l c h a rac te r an d pa rall e l Th us s ays St . .

A ugus ti n e : The T re e o f Li fe was a sac ram e n

“

be ca us e e xte rnal eati ng o f it was to be

a m ea n s o f li fe to th e s o u l And s o the oth e r
.

was a sacram e n t o f d e ath fo r th e ta s ti n g o f its

,

frui t was to be a m e a n s o f s pi ritual d e ath .

C e rta i n ly h e re is a mo s t i n te re s ti ng parall e l to
the s ac ra m e n tal e a ti n g a nd dri n ki n g in the

Lo rd s S upp e r wh e re the ea rthly e l e m e n ts ac

’

, ,

co rdi ng to th e i r re c e pti o n viz with or withou t

,

fa ith are mad e a m e a n s e ith e r o f li fe o r d e ath

, .

And th at G o d forbad e ta s ting th e t re e o f

d e ath s hows th at h e had m ad e m an immortal ,

a nd that he w o uld n o t hav e di e d had h e re

m ai n e d in a s tate o f i nn oc e n ce but a fte r a tim e ,

would m os t p ro bably h av e b e e n tran s l a te d to

h e av e n S O we read in the A p o c ryphal Book
.

o f Wi s d o m :
“
G o d mad e n o t d e a th : and He
c re ate d m an to be imm o rtal and m ad e him in ,

the im ag e o f His o wn e ss e nc e N e v e rth e l e s s .

,

th ro ugh e n vy o f the d e vil d e a th cam e i n to the

,

”
wo rld (
. i 13 2
, ,

But why did G o d place th e re thi s t re e o f th e

“

”
k no wl e dge o f goo d an d e vil and attach s uch ,

a p e na l ty to to uchi n g it ? “
If th e t re e is go o d ,

D G viiie en . .
2 50 SI X D AY S OF C E R ATI ON .

that v e ry d e n ial to be a m e a n s o f p robatio n to

e v e ry m an that h e may attai n s e l f c o n tro l and
,
-

win that pe e rl e ss cro wn o f s piritual free do m by ,

which the so ul ri se s s upe rior to all ca rnal fe tte rs .

TYP O LO G Y OF P ARAD I SE
THE .

The G a rd e n o f Ed e n abov e and b e yo nd ,

its imm e di a te d e s ig n was u ndo u b te dly m ean t

,

by th e Creato r as a typ e As s uch it has far .

,

re a chi n g l e s s o n s fo r al l tim e and fo r the whol e

h um an rac e L e t us th e n look at its typical
.

s ig n ifica n c e .

Pa radi se was th e typ e of a happy home It .

was the id eal o f all that c e n tre s in thi s e x q ui

s ite co nc e p tio n Th e re was M a rriage which
.
,

li e s at the ba s i s o f the dom e s tic i n s titu tio n .

The Lo rd him se l f b ro ught Ev e to A dam ; and

th e twai n s ta n di ng b e fo re Ed e n s matrimo n ia l
’

alta r re a re d be n e ath archi ng t re e s and be n di ng

,

blo ss om s w e re joi n e d by His A lmigh ty h and in

,

the i n di s s o l ubl e ti e s o f h o ly w e dlock .

Th e re was Lov e “
And A dam sa id Th e re
.
,

fo re s hall a m a n l e av e his fath e r a n d his

mo th e r and s hall cl eav e un to his Wi fe ( v
, .

H e re is that fo nd n e ss de v o tio n and m utual , ,

cli ngi ng th e o ne to the oth e r which is the ,

bl e s s e d se cre t o f we dde d blis s .

 R A ON OF P ARAD I SE
C E TI . 2 51

Th e re was I nnoce nc e No blight o f sin had

.

as ye t m arr e d the div i n e Im age which s ho ne in ,

m a nly m aj e s ty on A dam s fore he ad and in win

’

n ing wo m n ly b e a u ty o n th e b row o f Ev e
a .

No t a s had e s tai ne d the s po tl e ss p uri ty of th e i r

bodi e s o r soul s Th e y k n e w no guil e and
.
,

w e re c o n s cious o f no s h am e ( v .

Th e re was I ndus try The garde n m us t be

.

d re s s e d an d k e pt O rde r and n eatne s s

.

re ig n e d in Ede n An d in th e se daily d uti e s

.

ea ch bo re a m u tual s ha re O n A dam lay the re

.

s p o n s ibili ty but Ev e was his lovi ng

“ ”
, he lp m ee t -

his willi ng advi s e r an d as s i s ta n t .

S uch was th e hom e o f Pa radi s e ! O n it lay

the s mil e o f h appi ne s s o v e r it ro s e th e ra i nbow

o f pe a c e an d a ro un d It s to od the e n clo sure o f

,

th e p rot e ctio n o f God .

Exq u i s ite s ymbo l o f a Ch ri s tia n hom e and o f ,

th e p u re an d h o ly joy s to be re aliz e d at th e do
m e s tic fi re s id e ! S in i n fi rmi ty a nd e vil i nd e e d
, , ,

lie at the d o o r re ady to b re ak in u po n that

,

happy s c e n e ; a n d too O fte n we Op e n it with o ur

o wn wa n to n h a n d a n d admit th e s e m u rd e re rs o f

w e dd e d bli s s But e v e ry hom e can be m ade

.
,

an d s ho uld be ,a Pa radi s e wh e re the lovi n g

,

i n mate s walk han d in han d amid the fl o w e ry

2 52 SI X DAYS OF C RE AT I O N .

path s o f p eace with j oy di s chargi ng the ir m u

,

tual ta s k s and looki ng trus tfully to the Fath e r

,

o f all to gu id e li fe s pilgrim way

’
.

S weet i s th e sm il e of h om e ; th e m utua l look

Wh ere h earts are of e ac h th e u e
o r s r

S weet all th e j y th
o s at cro wd the h useh l d n k o o oo ,

Th e h aunt of all aff e ct on s i pure .

Pa radi s e agai n , ,
is
a typ e o f the fi tture era 4
the Chur ch The Ch u rch o f Ch ri s t has h e r tim e s
.

o f t rial an d h er s e a s o n s o f da rk n e s s a nd gloom .

O fte n the n ight is lo ng and tryi ng ; but th e re

break s b e fo re he r a light o f p romi s e And by .

thi s s he s e e s a comi ng gold e n age The Church .

will hav e he r blo s s o mi ng he r Ede n ic e ra , .

S to rm s a t las t will s p e n d th e i r fu ry and obs tacl e s ,

ce a se to e mbitte r he r p a th wh e n the s e t tim e

“
,

”
to favo r h e r is com e ( P s cii I . .

Thus do we read ; Fo r the Lo rd s hall com

“

fort Zio n h e will com fo rt all he r was te plac e s ;

,

and h e will m ak e her wildern ess lihe E den and ,

her deser t lihe the ga rden of the L ord ; jo y and

glad ne s s s hall be foun d th e re i n th ank sgivi ng ,

an d th e v o ice o f m e lody Is li 3 The pro . . . .

mi s e is v e ry s p e cific and th e id e a no ne the l e ss

,

bea utiful and com fo rti ng With all the bl e s s .

i ngs an d triumph s al re ady marki ng the caree r

2 54 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

an d the o the r A po calyps e is readily

in the ,

t ra c e abl e As the Tre e o f Li fe s tan ds in the

.

m ids t of the gard e n o f Ede n so are we told ,

o f the T re e o f Li fe which is in the mid s t o f

“
,

”
the Para di s e o f G od ( R ev ii . A s
“
th e .
,

”
Tre e of the K nowl e dge o f goo d and e vil in the ,

ard e n o f Ed e n bro ught d ea th to h im tas ti n g

g ,

its fo rbidd e n fruit ; so by co n tras t the ta s ting , ,

o f the h e av e n ly tre e s h all re mov e thi s d ea th ~

c urs e for th e l e av e s o f the tre e are for the

,
“

”
h e ali ng of the na tio n s ( R e v xxii . A n d as .
,

the b ea u te o u s riv e r o f Ed e n flow e d th ro ugh its

a p u re riv e r o f wate r o f l ife c l

“
e n cl o s u re s o
, ear ,

a s c ry s tal p roc e e d s o ut o f th e thro ne o f G od

,

a nd o f the Lamb
( R e v xxii
. A n d s o the .
,

”
“
gold and bd e lli um an d o n yx s to ne s ( G e n ii , .
,

e n rich i ng th e bo un dari e s o f Ed e n are ,

bright fore gl e am s o f the gl o ry o f the ce le s tial

ci ty o f p u re gold and ga rn i s h e d with all m an
,

”
ev x x i 1 8
n e r o f p re cio us s to n e s ( R . .
, ,

F rom e a rly tim es acco rdi ngly the de vout, ,

H e b re w saw in the gard e n of Ed e n an e m bl em

o f th e h e av e n ly para i dise Thus L e t his s o ul
“
.
,

”
be in Ed e n an d L e t him hav e his po rtion in
,
“

”
Pa radi s e a re form s o f praye r wo n t to be us e d
,

by pious J e w s be fo re the comi ng of C h ris t .

 C REATI ON OF P ARAD I SE . 2 55

And the Talm ud fre que n tly appli e s the te rm

Pa radi s e to that imm o rtal h eav e n to which the
s o u l e s c a p e s o n its re l e a s e fro m th e b o dy Bu t .

i n s pi ratio n di re c tly aflflrm s thi s a nal ogy wh e n ,

S t Paul te ll s u s tha t he was caught up i n to

.
“

Paradi s e ( 2 C o r xii .
,
a n d wh e n o u r Lo rd

him se l f e mploy s the sam e figu re o f e xp re s s io n ,

viz .
“
To day s halt th ou be with m e in Para
,
-

di se ( L u k e xxiii ,

A bov e all th e n do we s e e in th e ga rd e n o f
, ,

Ede n a typ e of the h e av e nly Pa radi s e th e h om e ,

o f th e s a i n ts the ga rd e n o f th e Lo rd the t e mpl e

, ,

and C i ty an d la n d o f the bl e ss e d In its va ri e d

.

s c e n e ry pl ea sa n t to th e e e a n d in its fruits
y ,

goodly to the ta s te we hav e an e mbl e m o f that

,

fad e l e s s Ed e n ic bloom which s hall rob e the

h eav e n ly h e ights and o f th o se joys o f which
,

the c e l e s tial i nh abita n ts s hall e v e r ta s t e and ,

y e t n e v e r g row s atia te A nd a s
. th e Lo rd

walk e d in the e a rthl y Paradi s e s o in the ‘

,

”
h e av e n ly th ey s hall s e e his face
“
( R e v xxii . .
,

And as l o v e an d p e ace and j oy re ig n e d in

the b o w e rs o f Ed e n which l o ok e d e as twa rd
,

towa rd the gl o rio us o rb o f day so will the s o ul , ,

“
in th e c e l e s ti al Pa radi s e e v e r b e holdi n g the
,

”
Sun o f R ighte o us n e ss d ri nk the full cup o f
,
2 56 SI X D AYS OF C REA TI O N .

ra ptu re th rough th e hours of a day ne ve r to

s et .

T h e re h ll w k e i gl d e
th e m o m s a a n a n ss ,

An d th e th j y p l
n oon g; e o ro on

Th e e th d y light liv
r e a i f g es n ra ran c e ,

Mid th e bu t of h ly rs
g o son .

Th e th b d i e v se ve d
er e on s n er re

P ti g
ar n l pi g b d m n
s , c as n s , so , an oa ,

Mid ight w ki g twil igh t w e p i g

n a n , e n ,

He v y a tid ll e d
n oo n —BO NAR
e, a ar on e .
”
.
2 58 SI X D AYS OF C RE ATI ON .

fo un d S cripture truth s no t to be fully fathom e d

by hum a n tho ught But we can s ee that it is a .

re s ulta n t o f th e fact that God is a s pirit that He ,

s h o uld bo th b ri ng His wo rk to an e nd a n d re s t .

As a spirit He wo rk s toward an e nd an d hav ,

ing a ttai ne d it re s ts b e ca us e His wo rk is com

,

p le te a n d th e re is n othi n
g mor e to be a dd e d .

P e rfe cti o n is no t to be imp rov e d upo n .

N ature i n d e e d ne v e r re s ts ; na ture n ev e r is
, ,

compl e te F ro m day to n ight fro m n ight to

.
,

day s wi fte r tha n a w e av e r s s h uttl e natu re

,
’

n e v e r fi n d s a b e gi n n i ng whi ch is n o t a n e n d ,

o r a n e nd whi c h is n o t a b e gi n n i ng It is .
,

th e n th e ann o un c e m e n t O f H im s e l f as s pi ritual
,

a n d s up e rn a t u ral wh e n the C re ato r o f the

,

h e av e n s and e a rth be hold s His w o rk th at it is

good an d re s ts in th e c o mpl e te ne s s o f what He
,

has do n e ; re s ts no t be ca us e He is w e ary but ,

be caus e His wo rk is wo rthy o f H im and n e e ds

n o fu rth e r re p e ti tio n
“
As a h u ma n a rtifice r
.

co mpl e te s his wo rk wh e n h e has b ro ught it up

to his id e al a n d c e a s e s to wo rk upo n it s o in , ,

an infin ite ly high e r s e ns e G o d havi n g cOm , ,

p le te d th e cre a tio n o f th e w o rld e n t e re d i n to ,

th e re s t o f His all s uflficie n t e te rn al

-

D lit h e P nt t u h
z sc l i p 68
on e a e c , vo .
, . .
 I NS I U T T TI ON OF THE S BB A ATH . 2 5O
I

But thi s J e hov ah was al s o that o f self

re s t of

g ra tz ica tion
y
‘
It w as th e p aus e o f re t ro s p e c t
.

and pl ea s urabl e c o n te mplatio n o f His w o rk .

H avi ng fi n i s h e d it He c e a s e d fro m activi ty and

,

gaz e d with complac e n t d e light up o n its pe rfe c

tio n And what an i n s ta nce we see h e re i n o f
.

o u r formatio n in the di vi n e im age ! The wo rk

o f m an is n o t to be a iml e s s pl a n l e s s o r in co m , ,

p le te B.u t it is to be o rd e re d acc o rdi n g to a

p urp o s e to k e e p a d e fi n i te e nd in vi e w And
,
.

wh e n that e nd is re ach e d and c o mpl e te n e s s

c row n s the e ffort how na tu ral to pause and
,

be h o ld our achi e v e m e n t with d e ligh t .

O ne o f th e sublim e s t p as s age s in lite ra tu re ,

th us is th e bri e f o n e at the Clo s e o f the D e

,
“

”
cli ne and F all o f the R oma n Empi re in ,

which the autho r de scribe s h is fe e li ngs at the

co mpl e ti o n o f his li fe l o ng labo r which al s o was
-

to s e c ure fo r him e a rthly immo rtali ty An d .

e v e ry e a rn e s t m an e v e ry th o ught ful w o rk e r
, ,

who has be e n e ngage d in s om e j udi cious wo rk ,

an d who has b e e n b uildi n g up s o m e u s e ful e di

fice wh e n fe e li ng th a t he has s uc c e s s fully com

, ,

p le te d it h e pa u s e s an d tak e s an e x ultan t re
,

tro s pe c t o f his achi e v e m e n t m o re o r l e ss fully ,

re p e at s thi s re s t o f J e h o vah .

V l vi p 54 o .
, . 2 .
2 60 SI X DAYS OF C R E TI A ON .

We are be a r in m i n d ho we v e r tha t thi s

to , ,

re s t was no t ab s ol u te It was o nly re lativ e

.
,

i e re s t from the p a rticul ar work o f c re atin g ;

. .
,

re s t a s co n tra s te d wi th th e ac tiv e e ne rgy whi c h

had j us t be e n e x e rci s e d God now re s ts from

.

maki ng the wo rld an d its i n habi tan ts o ut o f

n o thi n g but He do e s m o t res t from uph o ldi n g
,

wh a t He has mad e N a tu re and he r law s the

.
,

ha rm o n y and ord e r o f th e un iv e rse the food ,

a n d s us te n a n c e o f his c re a tu re s He ye t look s ,

a fte r That is He re s ts from cre ativ e but no t

.
, ,

from P rovid e n ti al ac tivi ty .

THE SABBATH OF C R EA TI ON .

And G od bl e ss e d th e s e v e n th day and sa n c

tifie d it ; b e ca us e th a t in it He had re s te d from all

His wo rk which God c reate d and mad e

”
Be .

caus e o f His beatific re s t in the compl e tio n and

,

p e rfe ctio n of the C re a tio n o n the s e v e n th day

, ,

God bl e s se d ( B arah) it and sancifie d ( K e

“ “

da sh ) it The firs t o f th e s e te rm s m e a n s an o ut
.

p ou ring of divi ne favo r and grace o n the day ,

a n d th e s e co n d is d e s ig n e d to draw a di s ti n ctio n

be twe e n it and the s ix c re a tiv e days Th e y are .

commo n and s e cul ar ; it is p u re sacre d holy , , .

And h e re i n we fin d the ge rmi nal pri n cipl e o f

th e Sabbath the origi nal bas i s O f its i n s titu tio n
, .
262 SIX D AYS O F C RE ATI ON .

th e se v ent h day o n the part O f the h eathen

,

na t io n s o f a n tiq u i ty H i s tory s how s tha t many

.

p e o pl e s wide ly re mote from e ach oth e r and in dif ,

fe re n t age s a nd s e parate d by cus tom s la n guage

, ,

a n d b arba ri s m o r C ivil iz a ti o n as th e Egyp , ,

tia ns A ss y ria n s R o m an s a nd H i n d us mai n

, , , ,

taine d thi s di s ti n c tio n o f th e s e v e n th day N ow .

it is th e o n ly re a s o nabl e i n fe re n c e to co n cl ude
that thi s un i fo rm p ractic e re s u lte d from a wid e ly

di ss e mi na te d traditi o n o f thi s divine s an c tio n

giv e n to i t a t the creatio n 2 In th e hi s tory o f. .

the H e b re w s we fin d th e m O b s e rvi n the day

,
g
in the gath e ri ng o f m anna ( G e n xvi As . .

thi s was be fo re its p a rtic ular i n s ti tutio n in the

D e cal og ue its O b s e rva nce m us t have b e e n
,

ba s e d upo n thi s its o rigi nal i n s titutio n at the

,
-

C re a tio n 3. Wh .e n t h e law w a s giv e n at S in ai ,

th e u s e o f th e w o rd R e m e mb e r in re fe re nc e
“
,

to th e S abbath p o i n t e d ba ck to a fo re goi ng in
,

s titu tio n an d impli e d a n al re a dy e xi s ti ng o bs e r

,

“
va nc e . R e m e mb e r p re s upp o s es an acq uain
tan ce with the Sabbath F rom th e hi s tory of .

”
the cre atio n that had b e e n ha nd e d down .

4. In E X x x. I 1 a
,n d xx x i 1 7 t h e inj un,c tio
, n to
k e e p the Sabbath is di re ctly d e cl a re d to hav e
D elitz sch on P en ta teuc h , p . 1 19 .
 I NS I U I T T T ON OF THE S BB A AT H 6
.

3
its p rimary bas i s in thi s o rigi nal i n s titu tio n ,

v .
3 1F or in six da
y s th e L or d m a de he a ven

a n d ea r th an d re s te d the s e v e n th da ; wh e re
, y
fo re the Lo rd bl e s se d the sabbath day and
”
hallow e d it ,

Whil e th e n th e re is no t fo un d h e re a ny
, ,

d e fi n ite i n s titutio n O f the Sabba th o r any ,

s p e c ific comm a n d fo r its Ob s e rva n c e e t th e re is

y ,

be yo n d all do ubt di s clo se d the p rimo rdial roo t

O f th e sa n cti ty o f the day And in thi s fea tu re .

we find a universal reason fo r its ge n e ral a n d

p e rp e tual obliga tio n ; a re as o n tha t m a i n tai n s
its fo rc e ov e r a n d abov e cha nging di s p e n sati o n s ,

an d a bid e s in fo rc e to th e e n d o f tim e S ubj e ct .

to modifica tio n s as b e fits the o rd e r O f re v e la

,

tio n and the occas io n s o f the rac e it may be , ,

but its e ss e n ti al au tho rity the c re atio n Sabba th

c a n not lo s e to the e n d o f tim e .

Th e Old Te stam e n t Sa bb th—

a as com m em orat n i g th m e co

p letion of th e g reat w k or of th e C reat on—wa s

i h l l wed i th
a o n e

fi rst p la ce an d f or a ll m en , by th e typ i c l a act o f G d e ti go

’
s r s n .
”

Guer c ik '
e s Ch ristia n A n tiq uities p ,
"
. 1 23 .

Th e C reation o f th e or c os e w ld l d with th e Sa bb th
a . If
ev e y se v th d y w
r en a as a pp o i t d
n e f it b se v or s o r an ce in Israe l ,

thi s p d wi t
corresh th on s e con s ti tution f
o h um a n n a ture , in
whi h th e p po ti f se v e
c ro r on o n to on e is foun dd e .
"
L uth ardt s
’

M oral Tru th s f
o C h ri stia ni t
y pp ,
. 1 0 1 an d 3 3
0 .

Th e o bse v r an ce of a Sa at , bb h or day of reli gi ou s re st, da tes

2 64 S IX DAY S OF C RE ATI O N .

J EWI SH SABBATH THE .

To the I s rae lite s at S i nai the S abba th was fi rs t ,

p ro cl aim e d as a d e fi n ite i n s titutio n The ge n .

e ra l c re a tio n Sa bba th h e re as s u m e s a p a rtic ula r

fo rm I n fe re nce no w giv e s way to s p e c ific com

.

”
m an dm e n t “
R e m e mbe r th e Sabbath day
. ,

w rit e s God with his fi nge r o n the tabl e o f s to ne .

“
to k e e p it holy Six day s s halt tho u l abo r and . .

do all thy wo rk : But the se v e n th day is the Sab

bath o f the Lo rd thy Go d ; in it tho u s halt n o t do
a n y wo rk th o u n o r thy s o n n o r th y d aughte r
, , , ,

thy ma n s e rva n t n o r thy maid s e rv an t n o r thy , ,

cattl e no r thy s trange r tha t is withi n thy gate s :

,

Fo r in s ix days the Lo rd m ad e h e av e n an d e arth ,

th e s e a an d all tha t in th e m is and re s te d th e

, ,

s e v e n th day : wh e re fo re th e Lord bl e ss e d the

Sabba th day and hallow e d it — EX xx 8 1 1 . . .

-
.

H e re we hav e a claim a comman dm e n t and , ,

its re aso n God claim s the S abbath as h is own :

.

f m
ro ti crea d i g u d d up
on , a n it ; it th e f s nro n e on re ore co n ce r s

a ll m en W d w th H ly Bi bl with N t p 1 1
.
”
or s or o e o es , . .

“
Th l w th t e d y i
a h ll be et p t f th
a o ne a n se v e n s a s a ar or e

se r vi e f G d h xi ted b y D i v i
c o o ,
mm as d f m th e s ne co an , ro e

f u d ti
o n a f th e w l don o d it blig ti i p t f th e o ig
or ,
an s o a on s a ar o r

i l l w f tu
na a It i o f p p tu l
na d u i
re . l blig s O er e a an n v ersa o a

ti on . C P K uth D D a A ug bu g C f
. . ra ion p 8 2
, . n s r on ess , . .

S Ch y
o t m Th eod t
r sos o d oth e ,
f th e C h i sti n ore ,
an r o r a

fath ers,
2 66 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

day,
’
G od s as o n con s e crate d to though t
a s ea s

a n d s tud y o n His p e rfe ctio n s and to His pra is e ,

by the rites o f p ublic wo rship was lik e wis e ,

des igne d to promote the i n te re s ts of m an s ’

high e r nature his s piritual be i ng B y turn ing

, .

aw ay from thi ngs e arthly and temporal to ,

thi ngs h eav e nly and e te rn al his s o ul wo uld ,

ba sk in that s piritual s un which wo uld n urture ,

wi thi n him the bud o f grac e and caus e it to ,

burs t i n to the flowe r o f holi ne s s Th us whil e .

,

the S abbath day was n omi n ally to be giv e n by

m an to his M ak e r it was re ally the C re ato r s

’

n obl es t
g i ft to h is cre atu re .

Thi s Sabbath was d e fi nitely 7ewish It was .

by mi nute sp e cificatio n s adapte d to the n atio n

an d the age It was fram e d to m e e t the fitne ss
.

an d nee d s o f m an in the e a rly e ra o f th e ra ce .

N um e ro us i ndiv id ual p re c e pts ex e mpl ifie d the

ge n e ral comman dm e n t It was to be ce l e .

brate d by p ublic rite s in the tabe rn acl e an d

late r in the te mpl e The law was to be read
.

and e xpo und e d to t he co n gre gatio n o f the pe o

p le. T h e r e w as to be a s p ff
e cial O e rin
g
— th e

wee k day O ffering be ing do ubl e d on the Sa b

-

bath Cooki ng baki ng and e v e n kin dling a

.
, ,

fire ( no t a ne ces s i ty in the mild cl imate of P al

 I NS I T TU TI ON OF THE S BB A ATH . 67

re forbidd e n e re wa s to be no
)
e s tin e w e , Th . .

trav e li n g o r i nte rchangi ng o f vi s its but all we re ,

to re mai n at hom e ( Ex xvi . Th e s e reg . .

ula tio n s too w e re to be e n fo rc e d by the s ha rp e s t

, ,

p e nalti e s The violatio n O f th e m was to be on

.

—
pa i n o f d e ath wit ne s s the s to n i ng O f the m an
ca ught at gath e ri ng s tick s to ki ndl e a fire o n
th e S abb a th ( N um xv . . .

TH E C HR I STI AN SABBATH OR LORD S DAY ’

.

C h ri s t the S o n of
God cam e with a utho rity to
e s tabli s h a ne w cov e na n t which s ho uld di s pl a c e

the O ld Not th at th e re was by thi s m ea n s to

.

be a mo ral re trog re s s i o n ; bu t its i n te n t was a

progre s s a d ev e lopm e n t an advanc e to a
, ,

high e r plan e both in re v e lati o n and in O be

die n ce .The new was to be a be tte r cov e
“

H
”
na n t
( eb viii 6 ) tha n tha t which it ab ro
. .

gated .

Is th e n the obligatio n to k e e p the S abba th

, ,

an n ull e d or w e ak e n e d by the Chri s tia n dis e n

p
s a do n ?

To an sw e r thi s in te re s ti ng q ue s tio n two ,

clas s e s o f pas sage s m us t be co rre lat e d O ne is .

re p re s e n te d by He b v ii 1 8 : “
F or th e re is
. .

v e rily a disannulling of th e co mm andme nt

2 68 SI X DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

goi ng be fo re fo r the w e ak n e s s an d unp rofita

”
ble ne ss th e re o f . H e re th e ab roga tio n o f the
J ud ai s tic l e gal cod e is p o s itiv e ly as s e rte d The .

oth e r cl as s o f pas sage s is re p re s e n te d by Gal .

iv 7: Whe re fo re tho u a rt no mo re a s e rvan t

.
“
,

bu t a s o n . H e re the p u rpo s e o f the a b ro ga

tio n o f the comman dm e n t is giv e n to wit n o t , ,

that we s hould be re li e v e d from Obligati o n bu t ,

that i n s te ad O f it be i ng the e nfo rce d an d te c hn i

”
ca l O b e di e n ce O f a
“
s e rv a n t it s ho uld be the
,

“
fre e an d lovi ng O ffe ri ng of a s o n A so n is
.

e x e mpt e d from the p re s c rib e d d uti e s O f a s e r

va n t He is allowe d l a rge r lib e rty to e x e rci s e

.

his i n d e p e n de n t j u dgm e n t but he is n o t in

,

te nd e d to ab us e th a t libe rty by di sob e di e n ce .

But re ally fa r mo re than a s e rv a n t is he to

o b e y to re ga rd an d to se e k to do h is fath e r s
’

will In Rom vii 6 we find both th e s e id e as

. . .
,

c o njoi n e d :
“
But no w we a re d e liv e re d from th e
law th a t be i ng dea d wh e re i n we w e re h e ld
, ,

th a t we s ho u ld serve in newn ess o f p s ir it an d ,

”
n o t in the old n e s s o f th e l e tte r .

F rom thi s it is cl e a r b e yo n d q ue s tio n th a t

, ,

th e J e wi s h S abbath is d e ad havi ng p as s e d away

,

with the c e re mo nial sy s te m o f which it is a part .

Bu t th e m ora l fo rc e o f th e S abba th th e u ni ,
270 SI X D AYS OF C REA I T ON .

ing : The So n of Man is Lo rd o f the S abbath

“
.

( Ma rk ii H e.al s o ridic ul e d the cas uis tic

Rabb inical traditio ns which had ov e rgro wn it ,

an d the
mic rologi cal te ch n icalitie s with which
its ob se rva n c e was e n forc e d He re p ro ache d
.

th e Pha ri saical sys te m re s p e cti ng it as s tra in in g ,

at a
g n at an d swa llowi ng a cam e l H e l ik e .

wi s e h ea l e d o n the Sabba th an n oun ci ng the law

,

“
Wh e re fo re it is law ful to do w e ll on the Sab
”
bath .
( M a tt x ii . A n d u
.n fold i ng the true

i n te n t of the i n s titutio n o f thi s day not to put a ,

yo ke of bo n dage o r a burd e n o f s e rvitude but ,

to co n fe r a b e nefit o n the rac e he a ffirm e d the ,

gre at law that The Sabbath was made fo r man

“
,

a nd no t m an fo r th e S abbath M a rk ii
( . .

In the light of th e s e t eachi ngs o f Ch ri s t th e ,

ea rly Chri s ti an s re s olv e d to cha nge th e day

from S a turday the s e v e n th to S un day the first

, , ,

day o f the we e k Th us th ey s howe d the ir ln

.

d e p e nd en ce O f l egal obligatio n to k e e p it and ,

e t th e ir b e li e f that its obs e rva n c e was fo und ed

y
u po n an e te rna l an d u n iv e rsal pri n cipl e o f pie ty

toward G od an d o f good to the rac e

, .

S U NDAY the D ies S olis o f the R oma n Cal e n

,

dar d e dicate d to th e wors hip o f the s un but

, ,

s a n cti fie d by Chris t s resu rre ctio n was n o w to

’

,
 TT T
I NS I U I ON O F THE S BB A AT H . 2 7I

be co m e wi p e Lo rd s D ay A cco rd
ms x vpcdv
, the
’
.

ingly we find the apo s tl e s m ee ting on thi s day

,

( Joh n xx th
.e H oly Gho s t o utpo ure d o n it at

th e P e n te co s tal fe as t A ct ii I ; the Lord s

)
(
’
s , .

Supp e r obse rv e d upo n it ( A cts X X and S t . .

J o h n ( Re v 1 1 0 ) di s ti nctly te rmi ng it the

. .
“

The e a rli e s t Chri s tia n l ite rature

’
Lord s day .

like w is e be a rs te s timo ny to its obse rvan ce .

Te rtullia n for e xampl e th us re cog n iz e s it : Bus

, ,

ine s s is to be put O ff o n thi s day l e s t we giv e ,

”
p la ce to the d e vil SO al s o Ba rnaba s TIre
.
,

and the R om a n gov e rn or P l iny !

nm us
I , .

But partic ularly J us ti n M a rtyr giv e s an ac

c o un t o f its ob s e rva n c e in an A pol o o r pl ea
gy
aga i n s t p e rs e c utio n in b e hal f o f the e arly Chris

tia ns p re s e n te d to the Roma n e mp e ror An

,

to n inus Pi us abo ut 1 50 A D The s tate m e n t . .

is o f such re ma rkabl e i n te re s t that we giv e it in

full . It is as follows :
On th e day ca lled Sun d y allwh o l i v e in cities or in th e coun
a ,

t y g th er togeth er in on e pl ac e
r a n d th e m em oirs of th e
, pos
a tles a

o th e writin g s of th e proph ets

r e d ; th en wh en th e e d er
are r a ,
r a

has ce ase d th e pres i d e nt v e b l ly i n t ucts an d exh ort to th e

, r a s r ,
s

i m i t tion of th ese good thi ng Th en wh en prayer is m de

a s. ,
a ,

b e d nd wine and water a e b ught and the e is di tribu

r a a r ro ,
r a s

On F a sting , c . 1 4. Tc . 1 5.

I A d v Ha n , 4,
. 1 6. éEp . x .
97 .
2 72 SI X DAYS OF C REATI ON .

i
t on to e ac h A . nd t e h y
w ll t d d willi g giv wh o are e o o an n e

wh at e a ch thi k fit ;
n d wh t i
s ll t d i u d f th u
an a s co ec e s se or e s c

c or of wid w o o s,p h t h
r or i k t g o t
an s , orh e s c , or s ra n ers , r ose

in pr son i . But S u d y i th d y n whi h w ll h old u

a s e a on c e a o r

c om m on asse m bl y b use it i th fi t d y n whi h God

, e ca s e rs a o c ,

h a v ing wroug h t a ch a n e
g in th e dark n ess a nd m a tter , m a de
th e world and j es us Ch ris t our S a v i our on th e sa m e d ay rose

th e d ea d
’
rom
f .

The ly Chri s ti an Chu rch the n k e pt a

ear , ,

Sabbath its Ob s e rvan ce by the se co n d ce n tu ry

,

be i ng univ e rsa lrl Bu t it was wid e ly di s c rim '

in ate d from th e J e wi s h Sabba th by the fo ll o w

ing mark e d p a rtic ul a rs : 1 The obligatio n to .

k e e p it was moral not l e gal 2 The man ne r , . .

O f its k e e pi ng was th e re fo re no t to b e regu , ,

la te d by d e fi n ite p re c e pt but to be l e ft to the ,

e x e rci s e o f i n di v id ual lib e rty e n ligh t e n e d by a ,

Ch ri s tia n co ns ci e nc e 3 No p e n alt ie s O f a . .

s tatu to ry ki n d o r o th e r th a n moral w e re to be , ,

vi s ite d upo n its no n Ob s e rva nc e 4 The day -

. .

a n d its nam e w e re cha n ge d 5 T h e ba s i s o f . .

its obligatio n was cha ng e d from a m e m o rial o f

the p rim e va l c re atio n to tha t o f the n e w mora l ,

c re ati o n w ro ught by th e re s u rre ctio n o f J e su s

Ch ri s t from th e d e ad 6 It was to be rath e r a . .

day o f joy th an a S abbath o f J udai s tic o r Pu ri ,

F i t Ap l gy h p lx v ii
rs o o , c a . .

i k Ch ris tia n A n tiq uities , p

’

I G ue c 1 2 9.
‘ '

r e s .
274 SI X DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

That the Lord s D ay be hallowe d is th e n a n ’

o bligatio n res tin g upo n a u n iv e rs al p ri n c ipl e an

n oun ce d at th e c re atio n co rrobo rate d at M t , .

S inai s us tai ne d by the practice O f the primitiv e

,

Chris tians and co nfirm e d as St A ug us ti ne e x

, , .

p res s ly a ffirm s by apo s tolic autho ri ty, And .

can we th e n ha v e fo r it a n high e s a n tio n ?

y r c

THE SA BBAT H I N ACC ORD WI TH NA TUR E AN D SC I ENCE .

The law s o f phys iology S how that m an n e e ds

his wo rki ng day s to be alte rnate d by a day O f
re s t In e v e ry tw e nty fo u r hours his s ys te m run
.
-

dow n by e x e rtio n re qui re s to be re fre sh e d by ,

s p e n di ng o n e thi rd o f the day in s l ee p

-
And so .
,

a t lo ng e r i n te rval s a ft e r a nu mb e r o f day s O f ,

toil he ne e d s a lo nge r p e riod fo r re cup e ratio n

, .

He re qui re s th e n a day in which his fatigue d

body shall be re i nvigo rat e d by re s t and re po s e ;
and in which his mi n d h ara s s e d by the w e a r ,

an d t e ar o f b us i n e s s an d fre tte d a n d out o f tu n e

,

by the s t ress O f o rdi nary ro uti ne s hall be di ,

Ep dJ u
. a li v ban ar. , . I .

S D K uth
o r. Aug b u g C f
ra , oni p 81 Th s r on e s s o n , . . e co n

fe
ss ors m i t i d th t th J wi h S bb th i
a n a ne a b g t d but e e s a a s a ro a e ,

th t
a so f it d d blig ti w
ar as s en igi n l nd g i
s an o a o ns ere or a a e n er c

th y
e u
areh g bl nc d th t t m t th
an ea d d b l ig
e , an a o ee ese e n s an o a

ti
on s th Ch i ti e Ch u h th ug h th Ap tl h d ppoi te d
r s an rc ro e os es a a n

the fi t d y f th e w k L d D y
rs a o ee as or
'
s a .
”
 T T T ON OF
I NS I U I A ATH
TH E S BB . 2 75

v e rte d by a diffe re nce O f occupatio n and giv e n

,

a cha ng e d b e n t o f tho ught an d e n e r y

g .

Thi s n e e d i n s tead o f dimi ni s hi ng o nly grow s

, ,

the g re at e r with a dva n ci ng civilizatio n an d with

,

the g re a t e r te n s io n o f mi n d and bo dy occa

s io n e d by th e ma rv e lo us advan c e s o f i n v e n tio n ,

a n d th e i n c re as i ng i n t ri ca cy O f machi n e ry and ,

the mo re compl e x an d hara s s i ng nature o f

wo rk and bus i n e s s in th e p rese n t tha n in th e

pa s t And un l e s s such reas o nabl e re s t an d re
.

laxa tio n are giv e n the sy s te m a pre mature ly

,

m pa ire d co n s titu tio n and a n e a rly d e a th w ill be

th e i n e vitabl e p e nal ty
.

Lo rd M acaulay th us e loque n tly e nforc e s

th e s e phys iol o gical re aso ns fo r Obse rvi ng the
Sabba th : The day is no t lo s t Wh ile i nd ustry
“
.

—
is s us p e n d e d whil e th e plo ugh li e s in th e
— —
furro w whil e the e xchange is s il e n t whil e n o
s mok e a s c e n d s fro m the facto ry—a p roc e ss is

go i ng on quite as impo rta n t to the w e alth o f

’

na ti o n s as a ny p roc e s s which is p e rform e d o n

more busy day s Man the machi n e o f m a

.
,

c hi n e s — the ma c hi n e comp a re d wi th which all

th e c o n triv an c e s o f the Watt s an d Ark wrights

are wo rth l e ss — is re pai ri ng an d wi n di ng up so ,

that he re tu rns to his labo rs o n the M o n day

2 76 S IX DAYS OF CREA I ON T .

with cl ea re r in te lle ct wi th l iv elie r

, s p irits wi th ,

re ne we d c o r o rea l
p
But mo re e s pe cially d oe s the soc ial moral , ,

an d re ligio us n atu re o f m an req uire the Sab

ba th . The wea ry s o ul n e eds it to re pai r its

was te d e ne rgie s and to re trim its ex haus te d -

lamp B us i ne s s and to il giv e no oppo rtun i ty

.

fo r the n o u ri s hm e n t and ca re o f th e h eart an d

co nsc i e nce Ign oran ce moral s tupo r an d th e
.
, ,

atrophy of all the fi ne r s e n tim e n ts of m an s ’

high e r and immortal be i ng a re the re s ult O f ,

s p e n di n g li fe in un re m itt i n g to il an d d rudge ry .

But the re tu rn o f thi s holy day is a b re ak in

thi s ploddi n g ro uti n e in wh ich th e s pi rit di
, ,

re c te d to tho ughts o f G od righte o us n e s s an d ,

e te rn i ty ,
re ga in s its m o ra l to n e an d e l as tici ty ,

an d giv e s due promi n e n c e to the wo rld to com e ,

an d to its future e te rnal s tat e .

How be a utiful th e n thi s day—in te rj e cte d

, ,

a mid e a rthly n oi s es di s tractio n s and ca re s

, ,

ou which pe ac e a nd lov e , an d p u rity b re a th e

, ,

the ir be ne dictio n s u po n th e s o ul and the s mile ,

o f G od hallow s al l n a tu re as th e wo rs hippe r ,

goe s to the s anctua ry to be hold on wings o f

faith th e op e n e d doo rs O f h e av e n !
S pee h in P li m
c tar a th T H u B ill
en on e en o rs .
278 SI X DAYS OF C RE ATION .

havi ng to regulate in a natio n the labor an d th e

d ays the toil s o f the body and th e e xe rcis e s o f
,

the s o ul th e i n te re s ts o f hygi e ne and o f mora l s

, ,

poli tical e co nomy and p e rso nal subs i s te n ce had ,

re co u rs e to a s ci e n c e O f n umb e rs to a tra n s ce n ,
i

d e n tal ha rmo ny whi ch e mb rac e d all s pace du

, ,

ratio n , mov e m e n ts s pi rits bo die s the sacre d

, , ,

a nd th e p ro fa n e Th e c e rtai n ty o f th e s ci e nce
.

is de mo n s t rate d by the re s u lt D imin i s h th e

.

w e e k by a s i ngl e day the labor is insuffici e n t

,

re lativ e ly to the re po s e ; a u m e n t it in the s am e

g
qua n tity it be com e s
,

H ow paradoxical are the po sitio ns to which

s ci e n tific Oppo n e n ts O f re v e latio n th us fin d th e m

s e lv e s driv e n ! Whil e co n te n di ng that m an has

be e n e volv e d from th e low e s t an imal form s o f

li fe to the high e s t human typ e ye t to e s cap e ,

from in co n trov e rtibl e hi s toric facts and to ac ,

co un t fo r the e xi s te nc e from im m e m o rI
o f the wi se s t i n s titu tio n s W i tho ut ack nowl e dgi n g

the i n te rv e n tio n o f a C re ato r th e y are forc e d to

,

as s um e fo r m an in h is e a rli e s t hi s to ric s tag e a

'
d egre e o f wi s dom and a he ight o f culture in
, ,

comparably in advan ce o f what he po s ses s e s

wh e n now he s ta n d s in th e fo re mo s t ra n k an d
“

D e la Celebra tion d u D imanch e, p 67 . .

 TT T
I NS I U I ON OF THE S BB A A TH . 279

fil e s o f tim e In o th e r i n s ta n c e s th e y hav e
.
,

re s ort e d to exp e rim e n ts to thwa rt thi s sab

ba ti c law o f divi ne wi s dom but in vai n In , .

fide l F ran c e th us o n c e re s o rte d to a d e v ic e fo r

e s capi n g th e S criptu ra l Sabbath by appoi n ti n g

e v e ry te n th day a s o n e o f res t but fo un d its e l f ,

n e c ess itate d by i n e xorabl e n at ural re a s o n s to

re turn to the anci e n t m od e .

The great philo s oph e r H umboldt be a rs thi s

, ,

re markabl e tes timo ny in rega rd to thi s e x pe ri

m e n t : l was in Pa ri s d u ri ng the p e riod o f the
“

re vol utio n wh e n thi s i ns titutio n was subordi n

,

ate d to the dry and wood e n d e cimal sys te m .

The te n th day was that which we w e re to call a

S unday and all ordi na ry occupatio ns we re to
,

be ca rri e d o n fo r n i ne days Wh e n it was .

fo un d that thi s was e vide n tly far too lo ng s e v ,

e ra l k e pt th e S un day as w e ll s o far as the l a w s,

wo uld allow and th e n th e re was too m uch

,

l e i s ure Th us we e v e r o s cillate be twe e n two

.

e xt re m e s wh e n we l e av e th e appoi n te d m e di u m
, .

I am co nvi nce d that the s ix days is j us t th e

right
Nature and s cie nce th e n joi n to atte s t the
, ,

n e c e ss i ty and th e p e rfe ctio n o f the i ns ti tutio n o f

B if n in F
r e e a u den 5 edi t p 28 2
e e re n , .
, . .
28 0 SI X DAYS OF C RE TION A .

the Sabbath . O nce more our s c red a vol ume

has a ntic ip ate d all the Co nc l us ion s
e rfe ct l
y
so
p
of ph il oso ph y and dis cov e ri e s of h um a n wisdorn
, ,

tha t im pro v e me nt U po n it is foun d im po ss ibl e .

And h e re again e v e ry fi nge r of te s ti mo ny

, ,

o int s to ins iration T h e S a bbath is no hu

p p .

m an inven ti o n no o utg rowth o f slo wly evol ving

,

n e e d s o f ma n ki n d but it d ate s fro m th e cre atio n

, ,

an d was pa rt o f ma n s o utfi t wh e n p l a ce d by
’

God in th e te mple o f the un iv e rse The ho ly .

day o f re s t a nd wo rship was i ns ti tute d by th e

—
C rea to r and is al toge th e r o f d iv ine o rigi n the
,

o utcom e alo ne of His wi s dom and be n efice nc e

to ma n ki nd H e re agai n th e B oo k o f God s
.
, ,
’

Wo rk s and the B oo k of Go d s Wo rd a re in
,
’

full e s t ac c o rd .

TH E MOD ER N AN D AM E R I CAN SU NDAY .

F ro m the
c re atio n to Si nai from Si nai to the ,

Re s urre cti on m o rn i ng an d fro m th e e a rly ,

C hu rc h to the mode rn tim e s thi s i n s titu tio n ,

of th e S abbath has fl oa te d dow n th e tid e of h is

to ry e s c api n g all th e ro ck s o f d e s t ruction u n til

, ,

we to day hav e it as o n e o f th e mo s t p re cio us

-

h eritage s of ou r Ch ri s tian c ivili z atio n S un day .

,

or the Lo rd s D ay is more o r l e s s d e vo utly

’

,
28 2 sxx DAYS R A
or C E TI ON .

itan S unday is s om e tim e s exagge rate d ; and

whil e the sy s te m had its un do ubte d e vil s th e y ,

w e re by no m e ans as g re at as the oth e r e xt re m e

o f i rre v e re n t lic e n s e .

Tak e n altoge th e r the Am e rican S unday is

,

more p rop e rly and d e voutly k e pt than any othe r

in the wo rld . Labor c e as e s and the re is re s t .

The factori e s a re s il e n t ; the s to re s a re clo se d ;

the g o ld e x c ha ng e turmoil is s tille d ; the b usi

ne s s s t re e ts a re d e s e rte d ; wo rkm e n an d s h o p

boys and gi rl s re l e ase d from toil e njoy th e ir

, ,

qu ie t hom e s ; and the wh e e l s of wo rldly b us i

n e s s paus e. Ch urch goi ng is we ll nigh un iv e r
-

s al
. O n e v e ry s id e ch u rch e s a re op e n S un day ,

s ch oo l s are fill e d with childre n l e a rn i n g o f t ru th

a nd h e av e n a n d mi s s io n wo rk is activ e ly p ro s e
,

c ute d am o ng the p o o re r c la s se s It is calcu .

la te d that wh e re a s in Paris B e rli n and V ie nna, , ,

o nly fo u r pe r c e n t o f the pop ulatio n atte n d

ch urch ; in Ne w Y ork C ity th e ratio is at l e a st
twe n ty pe r ce nt .

O n M o nday mo rni ng how ma rk e d the cha nge !

Th e s ac re d day o f re s t is ov e r “
F i re s are .

ablaz e in the fu r na c e s the s te am pre ss e s in the

,

boil e rs the wh e el s are pl ungi ng s wi ftly round

, ,

and th e va s t machi n e ry o f the b u s i e s t o f

p eo
 T T T ON OF
I NS I U I TH E S BB A ATH . 28 3

pl e s is in motio n fo r a no ther s ix days S uch .

i s th e typ ical A m e rica n S u n day Sadly e no ugh

.

m us t it be owne d that th e re are da rk ri fts o f

s had o w th ro ugh thi s s un s hi ne But le t us trus t
.

that thi s p re c i o us l e gacy of our fo re fa th e rs may

n e ith e r be lo s t n o r impai re d and that th ro ugh
,

all co mi ng tim e the be n e dictio n o f this ho ly day x

o f re s t an d wo rs hip may n o t c eas e to s mil e upo n

o u r b e lov e d la n d .

An d th e n i n s te ad o f i nc u rring tho se d re ad ful

,

nati o n al j udgm e n ts d e no u n c e d by j e hovah u po n

Sabbath b re aki ng thi s bl e s se d p romi se s o re

-

, ,

m ark ably ill us trate d in th e v a ryi ng fo rtu ne s o f

the cho se n n atio n will be fulfill e d in o ur hi s to ry
,

as a p e opl e
“
If th ou tu rn awaythy foo t fro m th e S abbath ,

from doi ng thy pl e as u re o n my holy day ; and

call the Sabbath a d e light the holy of the Lo rd
, ,

ho no rabl e ; and s hal t h o no r H im no t doi ng thi ne ,

o wn way s n o r fi n di ng thi n e o wn pl ea s ure no r

, ,

s p e aki n g thi n e o wn wo rd s
“
Th e n s halt thou d e light thy s e l f in the Lo rd ;
and I will c aus e th e e to rid e up o n the high plac e s

o f the e a rth an d fe e d th e e w ith the h e ritag e o f

,

J acob thy fath e r : fo r the m aul/z qf t/ze L om ita l/z ’

”
s oken it
p .
( I sa i ah lviii 1 3 I 4
.
,) .
28 4 SIX DAYS OF C REATI O N .

SU N DAY AN D TH!: su m : SUNDAY LAWS .

The A me rica n go v e rn m e nt rej e cts the un ion

’

of Ch urch an d S tate It by n o m e an s fo llo ws

.
,

ho we v e r as cla im e d by so m e th at th e state is
, ,

to re gard re ligi o n wi th absol ute in diffe re n ce o r , ,

what th i s am o un ts t o that we are to have a

,

o d l e ss s ta te Th at the re is a bo n d o f wow!
g .

union be twee n C hu rc h an d s tate is q uite und e

n iabl e . G od who is th e autho r o f bo th has

, ,

m ade the m by a nat ural n e ce s s ity to s tand in

Clos e s t re la tio n Ev e n the pagan Cic e ro de
.

clare s that re ligio n is the ch ie f p rop o f the

“

”
sta te . And ac co rd ingly the Ro m ans had a
n a tio n al r e lig 10 n an d u p h e ld t he p u bl ic w o r s hip
o f the D ivi n i ty by l e gal e n actm e n t .

O u r Lo rd in his famo us apo the gm ( Matt .

x x ii
, define d th e i r m utual re latio n s and St , .

Paul d e li n eate s the ir recip rocal s p he re s o f j uris

dic tio n in a maste rly m a nne r .
( R o m x iii
.
) A.

C hri s tian s tate c o uld no t e xi st without the m o ral

s uppo rt co n trib u te d b th e re l igio us co n v ic tions
y
o f the pe o pl e ; an d c e rtai nly th e re must be re

cipro cal obl igat io ns on the p a rt of the s tate to

ro t e c t at l e as t in so me ge ne ral w a y th at re
p , ,

ligion and wo rship whi ch a re th e ch ie f pill ars of

its own e xi s te nce “ The s ta te do e s s e rv ic e to
.
28 6 sxx DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

brate d dict o f Co ns ta nti ne the firs t Chri s tian

e ,

e mp e ro r da te d 3 2 1 A
, D “
re q u i re d th a t all. .
,

who we re e ngage d in the a rts s ho uld c eas e o n

the v e n e rabl e S u n day The e mp e ror Th e o .

do s ius in 3 8 6 A D p ro hibite d tra n s actio n s o f

, , . .
,

bus i ne s s s how s and s p e ctacl e s o n th e Lo rd s

, , ,
’

day . E ngl an d fo r a tho usa n d yea rs has e u

, ,

ac te d law s mo re o r l e s s rigid to mai n tai n the

, ,

s a n cti ty o f S un day An d e v e n wh e n in F ran c e

.
, ,

th e Chri s tia n S un day wa s s uppla n te d by the

d e cimal divi s io n of tim e the public o ffice s , ,

s choo l s an d wo rk s hop s w e re C lo s e d by the in

fide l law s o n th e te n th day .

That o ur Ch ri s tian U n i te d State s th e n , ,

s ho u ld i v e l e g al s a n c tio n to thi s da i bu t
g y s ,

in k e e pi ng with the un iv e rs al te n o r o f hi s to ry ,

a n d th e ge n e ral p rac ti c e o f ma n ki n d The ea rly .

l aw s of M as sa ch us e tts Co nn e cti cu t G eo rgI a , , ,

S ou th Ca roli na and V i rgi nia ac co rdi ngly e v en , ,

mad e obligato ry upo n the c itiz e n atte nda n c e

a t C h u rch Thi s of co urs e was an e xtre m e of
.
, ,

P urita n ic i n to l e rance But o ur high e s t A m e ri .

ca n co u rt s hav e re p e ate dly affirm e d the co n s ti

tutio nality o f S un day law s o n the g ro un d s

O f th e n atural n e c e s s i ty o f o ne day s re s t in
’
I.

seve n . 2 O f th e right o f p ubl ic wors hip to be

.
 TT T
I NS I U I ON OF TH E SABB ATH . 28 7

fre e from di s turba nc e 3 O f the re sp e ct due

. .

to re ligio n in ge ne ral And 4 O f the ne ce s s i ty

.
,

to th e s tat e o f that morali ty a n d i n te llige nc e

i n c ulcate d by re ligio n and without which fre e

.

i n s titutio n s ca nn ot e xi s t .

Th e S un day law s in the vari o us s tate s are

mo re o r l e s s s tri ng e n t Th e y sus p e nd o rdi
.

n a ry traffic a n d turmoil Th ey fo rbid noi s e or

.

in te rfe re nce wi th the q ui e t o f the wo rshipp e rs

atte n ding s e rvice in the va rio us ch urch es But .

’
th e y re s tri c t n o o ne s fre e dom No i n dividual .

is comp e ll e d to k ee p the day in any pa rtic ul a r

ma nn e r Th e s e laws e xc ite the bitte re s t e n
.

mity o f fre e thi nk e rs and infide ls but are too

-

s tro n gly i n tre n ch e d we thi n k in the natu re o f

, ,

gov e rn m e n t to be ov e rth row n But as ex pe ri .

e n c e s h o w s th a t all law s a re i n op e ra tiv e un l ess

s us tai n e d by p op ul a r s e n tim e n t s o if our citi ,

z e ns g row i n di ffe re n t to the pio us ob se rva nc e

o f L ord s D a h mo re a n d more will o ur l aw s
’

y t
, e

be com e an impote n t s tatute bo o k a m e re —

—
pi e ce o f parchm e nt a d e ad l e tte r .

S U NDAY AN D TH E WOR KI NG C LASSES .

O ne of th e pl eas m o s t fo rcibly g d in favo r

ur e

of large r lice nse on S undays , is that it would be

28 8 sxx D AYS OF C EA I R T ON .

in th e inte re s t of the worki ng class e s It is said .

h
t at as S u n d a y is th e o n ly d a y o n w h ic h th e y
h a v e le is u r e th e r ,e fo re libr a ri e s m u s e u m s art , ,

gall e ri e s e tc sho uld be op e n to affo rd th e m an

, .
, ,

oppo rtun ity fo r pl e as ure and c ulture Whil e thi s .

s o und s pl aus ible it is re a lly bu t th e a rt ful pre

,

te x t o f the e ne mi e s o f th e l abo ri ng m an to take

f ro m hi m h i s S u n ad y F o r if th.e s e pl a s w
c e , ere
ke pt op e n it woul d re q ui re the wo rk of a l arge
,

n mu b e r o f e mplo y e s a n d th e s,e w o u ld o f co u r s e

hav e to lo s e t h e ir S u n day a n d b e o pp ,r e s s ed r f o

th e m e r e pl e a s u r e o f t h e o th e r s B u t th is to o .
, ,

would o nly be th e be gi n n i ng O ne s te p would .

l ead to anoth e r Th e op e n i ng o f o ne C la s s of
.

place s wo uld s o o n be followe d by th e op e n ing

o f o th e rs .
A n d o n t hi s a n d th a t e xc u s e o f ne

ce s sity o r pl e as u re vario us b us in e s s e s wo ul d
, ,

s t e p by s t e p b e r,e s u m e d u n til S u n d a y
, w o u ld
have vi rtually di s app eare d An d wh at th e n .

woul d the wo rki ng man hav e gai n e d Only ?

thi s , that h e w o u ld hav e to l a bo r s e v e n d ay s ia

s t e ad o f s ix and that in all p roba b il ity fo r the

, , ,

v e ry sa m e wage s Joh n S tuart M ill o ne o f the

.
,

s h re wd e s t politi cal e co no mi s t s s tat e s as the re ,

sul t f
p h i i nq u i ri e s tha t “ O p ti
s , e r a v e s a r e p e r

e tl
f c y ight n h nk g that
r i t i i n if al w
l o rk d n
e o
2 90 SI X DAYS OF C E R ATION .

ce ss iv e h o urs d uri ng th e w ee k th e y m us t hav e

,

a da
y o f re s t if a n un re mi tti ng d rudge ry is n o t
,

pre matu re ly to e nd the ir live s With no l e i s ure

.

d u ri ng the w e e k Sun day is almo s t th e i r o n ly o p

,

t u n it to c u ltivat th i r h ea rt s an d to atte n d
p o r y e e ,

to th e i r e te rn al i n te re s t s . L e t the wo rki n g
C la s s e s th e n turn a d e a f ea r to th e mi s e ra bl e

d e magogue s who wo uld l ead th e m to so suicidal

an ac t a s th e d e s t ructio n o f th e i r o n ly day o f

re s t . We h ear la rge boas ts in our tim e that the

w o rki ng p e opl e a re be i ng divo rc e d from the
Ch u rch We be li e v e it to be o nly v e ry partiall y
.

t rue No gre ate r mi s take co uld th e y mak e

.

tha n thi s Chri s t and the go s p e l and re ligio us

.

ag e n ci e s hav e e v e r b ee n o n the s id e o f th e poo r ,

toili ng m as s e s And in no s i ngl e re s p e ct are

.

the i n te re s ts o f the wo rki n gma n m o re clo s e ly

id e n tifi e d with th e Ch u rch tha n j us t o n thi s que s

—
tio n o f S un day ob s e rvanc e than in thi s gre at
battl e which the Church is wagi ng to k e e p gras p
ing mo nopoli e s an d s oull e ss co rpo ratio n s fro m
e n c roachi ng u p o n th e poo r m a n s S un day and
’

th e re by e n s lavi ng his body maki ng se rfs o f his

,

w ife and C hildre n and d e privi ng him and th e m

, .

o f th e n e e d ful m e an s fo r c ult uri n g th e ir h e a rts

and s avi n th e ir imm ortal s o ul s

g .
 I NS I T TUTI ON O F TH E S BB A AT H . 29 1

THE DANG ERS O F SU NDAY D ESEC RATI ON .

A fe ature o f our tim e is the adva n c e of Sun

day d e s e cra ti o n O n e v e ry s id e we h e ar the
.

s o und s o f thi s mov e m e n t a n d the s te a dy fo r

wa rd tre ad o f the col um n s o f the i nvade rs .

M us e um s art gall e ri e s librari e s a nd plac e s o f

, , ,

public am us e m e n t salobn s e tc a re to be th row n

, , .
,

open . A ll the holy S a fe gua rd s o f the day o f

God are to be cas t a s id e and t raffic and lic e nse
,

an d s ac ril e g e a re to riot o n its s ac re d ho u rs .

The m e nac e to ou r fre e i n s titu ti o n s in all th i s is

n o t to be di s gu i s e d .

Som e o f th e g re ate s t livi ng s tat e s m e n hav e

s o und e d th e wa rn i n g Say s Glad s to ne in a
.
,

re c e n t s p e e ch in Pa rliam e n t agai n s t th e op e n i ng

o f S un d ay m us e u m s :
“
The re ligiou s ob se rva n c e
of S u n day is a m a i n p ro p o f th e re ligio u s c har

ac te r o f the c o un t ry F rom a mo ral s o cial and

.
,

political p o i n t o f vi e w th e ob se rvanc e o f Sun

,

”
day is a d uty o f ab s ol ute co n se q ue n c e And .

that c hampi o n o f h uman rights J oh n B right , ,

th us supports him : The s tab ili ty and characte r

“

of our co un try and th e adv an c e o f o u r ra c e de

, ,
'

p e nd v e ry la rge ly o n the mod e in which th e

”
s acre d day o f re s t is ob s e rv e d .

In a d e mocracy li ke o urs wh e re powe r is

, ,
39 ; SH: DAYS O F C REATI ON .

lodged in the hands o f the masse s . and wh e re

all de pe nd s o n th e i r in te llige nce and pie ty the ,

o v e rth ro w o f th e Lo rd s Da w a
’

y ith th e m or l ,

C h e c k s and re s trai n ts it impo s e s wo uld mo re , ,

than in any o th e r form o f gov e rn m e nt lead to ,

the u tt e r d e s truc tio n o f o ur fre e ins titutio n s and ,

ushe r in th e frightful re ign o f riot and a narc hy .

“
God is as ne ce s sary a s lib e rty to the Fre nch
”
p e opl e e x claim e d M irabe au And s o e v e ry
, .

patriotic Am e rican s hould be a rous e d to the

importa n ce o f thi s c o nflict Th e Sunday q ue s
.

tio n is immi n e n t : it is the burn i ng q ue s tio n o f

the tim e With no S unday wi th n o re ligio us

.
,

ins t ruc tio n and tra i ni ng with no fe a r o f G od

, ,

th e re can ne ith e r be law gov e rn m en t s a fe ty no r

, ,

p ro s p e rity to the natio ns o f the ea rth .

We do not ask th at the day S hall be obse rv e d

with Purita nic l egali s m a n d s e v e rity No r do .

we s ay tha t all s ho uld k e e p it p re ci s e ly alik e ,

for we do no t thi nk that the s am e rigid rul e

hold s for all O ur va ryi ng C irc um s ta nc e s and
.

p rivil ege s duri ng the w e e k m us t la rg e ly re gu

,
,

late our m e tho d o f k e e pi ng it To one co nfined .

al l the w e e k in dark unh e althy almo s t nause

, ,

o us room s an d pl ac e s o f wo rk a walk in the ,

fi e ld s
, a co m m un io n w ith n at u re, a b re at h of
2 94 SD: DAYS OF A
C RE TI ON .

e nforce d .That the clamors o f infide ls Social ,

i s ts and re ckl e s s agitators agai ns t Sunday he ,

u n h ee d e d And that thi s holy day be no t d e s e

.

crate d to the s e rvice of Sata n and the fu rthe r

a n c e o f vic e but that it be hallowe d accordi ng
,

to its true i n te n t s o as to mak e it what Em e r

,

s o n s o b e au ti fully d e s crib e s it viz :

“
Chri s tian
, .

ity has giv e n us th e Sabbath th e j ubil e e o f the,

whol e wo rld who s e light daw ns we lcom e alike

i n to the Clo se t o f th e philo soph e r i n to the ga rre t ,

o f toil an d i n to th e pri s o n c e ll s an d e v e rywh e re

,
-

s ugge s ts e v e n to the vil e the dign i t f ma ’

, , y o n s

s piritual b e i n g .

Finally the SabbathIS a

,

TYP E OF THE ETER NAL SA BBATH .

The Ch ri s tia n fath e rs call atte n tio n to the

fact tha t wh e re a s o f th e s ix day s o f c reatio n the
form ula is always us e d : An d the e v e n i ng and
“

th e mo rn i ng w e re the fi rs t day an d s o o n thi s , ,

phrase is omitte d with re s p e ct to the seven”:

,

day Th us s ays S t A ugus ti n e : The s e v e n th

. .
“

day was witho ut e v e n i ng and had no s uns e t be ,

caus e Thou h as t sa nctifi e d it to an e te rnal C on

A ccordi ng to thi s con c e ptio n m an ,

*
D e Ge n IV . 1 8 .
 TT T
I NS I U I ON OF THE S BB A AT H . 29 5

wa s d e s ign e d to liv e on a p e rp e tual Sabba th .

His whol e b e i ng was to be s p e n t amid th e

p e ac e bl e s s e d nes s o f the p e rfe ct wo rk and
an d

beatific re s t o f God “
And thi s day o f re s t o f
.

the new cre ate d wo rld which the fore fa the rs o f ,

ou r rac e ob s e rv e d in P a radi s e as lo n g as th e y

con ti nue d in a s tate of i nnoc e nc e and liv e d in

bl es se d p eac e with th e ir C re ator was the begi n ,

n in a nd t e o f th e re s t to which th e cr e atio n
g yp ,

afte r it had fall e n from God through sin re ,

c e iv e d a p romi s e that it s ho uld o n ce mo re be

re s to re d through re d e mptio n at its fi nal con ,

”
s ummatio n .

S t Paul accordi ngly poi n ts to thi s e te rn al

.
, ,

“
Sabba th in the pas sage : Th e re re maine th
th e re fo re a re s t ( S a bbatism ) to the p e opl e of
As th e n the Sabb ath or Lord s D ay has
”
G od .
’

a re t ro s p e ctiv e characte r poi nti ng ba ck to the ,

bl e s s e d re s t of cre atio n so it has al so a pro ,

p h e tic C harac t e r poi n ti ng forw ard to th e b li s s

,

ful re s t o f e t e rn i ty “
Bl e ss e d are the d e ad
.

which die in the Lord fo r th e y res t from th e ir ,

O n e ach Lord s Da
l abo rs ( R e v xiv I 3
)
’
. . . .
y
th e n as its s mil e o f p e ac e gre e ts ou r s oul s and
, ,

as e a rthly n oi s e s a n d di s co rd c e as e to
j ar o u r

D lit h P n t t u h l i p g 7
*
e z sc on e a e c , vo .
, a e 0.
296 SI x DAYS or C RE ATI O N .

s pirits we s h o uld turn backward in thought to th e

,

res t o f th e c re atio n S abba th to the n e w m oral ,

c reatio n o f Ch ris t s re s urre c ti o n m orn i ng ; an d

’

forwa rd in a n tici patio n to the e te rnal S abbath

o f God s p e opl e in the he av e n ly l an d an d t e mpl e
’
.

Whe n that lo ng loo k e d for Sabbath dawns

”
up on man th e n will he
“
, re s t from toi l and s in
and ca re — d i re e v il s o f th e fall ; the n will he
“ ”
res t from th e ch a nge s and un c e rta i n ty o f tim e ;
the n wil l he re s t fro m co nfli ct di s cord and
“
,

”
s tri fe ; th e n will h e from s o rrow t ro ub le
“
re s t , ,
”
and t ears ; th e n will he
“
re s t fro m unsati sfied
ye arn i ngs an d from i n compl e te e n d e avo rs ; and
,

in a p e rfe c t ac tivi ty a s potl e s s h o li n e s s and a

, ,

ful ne s s o f joy he will ba s k in th e light o f th e

,

e t e rn al Sabb a th a day wi tho u t e v e n i n g o r s u n

,

se t. It is in thi s typ e o f th e p e rfect re s t o f

e te rn i ty th a t th e S abba th s o bl e s s e d in its e l f , ,

find s its d e e p e s t m ea ni ng its mo s t hall owe d ,

sw e e t n e s s a nd its rich e s t c row n a n d glory

, .

Th e S u d y fm li f ’
n a s o an s e,

Th d d tog th n Ti m t ing ’
re a e e er o e s s r ,

M k b r l ets t d r th wif
a e ac e o a o n e e

O f th t l gl i u Ki g
e e ern a , or o s n .

O Su d y h v e gt t d p ’
n n a ea n s a e s an s O e

Ble i ng
ss p l ti
s arefu l end i f an r e,

M ore pl nt ifule th h p an o e.
29 8 SI X D Av s OF C RE AT I O N .

o f th e Bibl e s i ngs the s we e t s trai n of fl o we ry

E d e n s j o y s ; h e re al ready s igh s th e m e l an choly
’

di rge o f p ai n s o rrow mi s e ry and rui n

, , , .

In s ho rt the fi rs t p ag e O f re v e l atio n s how s us

,

th e fo rm a tiv e wo rk O f God ; the s e co n d the de

faci ng work o f th e D e vil It is a s tartli ng fact
.

how sudd e nly thi s te rribl e cha nge o cc urre d .

Ba re ly hav e th e two op e n i ng ch ap te rs C lo se d ,

and is th e acco un t o f th e cre atio n e n d e d u n til , ,

in th i s thi rd chapte r foll o w s the narrativ e o f the

,

fall .

In the i r e age rn e s s to div e s t the Bibl e of e ve ry

miraculo us an d re ma rk abl e fe ature the rati on ,

al is tic pa rty s e l e ct as a pa rtic ul a r ta rge t fo r

th e i r de s tructiv e c ritici s m thi s na rrativ e Ac .

c o rdi ng to th e i r re pre s e n tatio n s it is an in s tru c

tiv e all egory or e v e n n o more tha n a p le a s i ng

,
“

”
fabl e . Th e y wil l hav e it at be s t to be e n ti re ly
figurativ e wi th no pre te n s e e v e n to hi s torical
,

re ali ty O n wh at g ro un d s i n d e e d e xc e pt s uch
.
, ,

as wo uld i n valid a te all th e hi s t o ric al po rtio n s o f

S c ripture do e s not app ear

, .

The ac co un t is re l a te d wi th e v e ry air o f h is
to rical re ality ; the d e tail s as in k e e pi ng wi th the
,

g reat importan ce of the e v e n ts a re mi nute ly s e t ,

forth ; the p e rs o nal nam e s o f the l eadi ng acto rs

 THE FALL . 2 99

are giv e n ; an d the

id e n ti cal wo rd s o f the s p eak
e rs a re re co rd e d . M o re ov e r the fre q ue n t re f
,

e re n c e s mad e to it in th e followi ng Sc ript ure s

o f th e O ld a n d th e Ne w T e s tam e n t s s how th a t ,

both i n spi re d J e wi sh an d Ch ri s tian w rite rs re

a rd e d it in n o a ll e gorical light bu t as a li te ral
g ,

hi s to rical acco un t a s obe r re co rd o f facts Tha t

, .

o n e o f th e a ctors a s s u m e d a di s gu i s e was n e ce s

s a ry to th e accompli s hm e n t o f h is d e s ign an d ,

se rv es to s t re ngth e n the p robabili ty o f the re al

ity o f th e occ u r re n ce s e xc e pt to tho s e who rej e ct

,

e v e rythi ng mi rac u lo us in re v e latio n whi c h is the ,

sam e as rej e cti ng a ll po ss ibility O f a re v e latio n .

We hav e h e re the n a s impl e v e ri tabl e hi s tory

,

o f that da rk es t and s t ra ng e s t o f all probl e m s the ,

OR I G I N OF E VI L .

The e xi s te n ce O f phy s ica l and moral e vil with ,

th e i r nam e l e s s a tte ndan t wo e s allage s and race s

,

hav e bee n comp e ll e d to admit But whi le the .

fact was s e l f e vid e n t th e ca us e was w rapp e d in

-

mys te ry Could God co ns i s te n tly wi th His na

.

ture be the caus e o f e vil An d if He was no t its

?

caus e wh e nce did it com e ? The a n ci e n ts in th e i r

,

e ffo rts fo r a s ati s facto ry e xpl an atio n w e re d riv e n ,

h —
to e hypoth es i s O f d ual pow e rs a God O f good
t
goo srx DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

—
a nd a G od v il a Sp irit of ligh t and a spirit of
of e ,

dark ness engage d in d ead ly stmggle fo r the

mas te ry on th e stage of o ur worl d .

But he e we h av e t e ys te ry so lv ed and the

r h m f
,

diffic ult fac ts ex pl ai ned G od is net in any

.

se n se the a uthor o f e v il He has no causal rela

.

tion wha tev e r to its ori gi n He cre ates the .

world and m an good and holy and p u re He

‘

, , .

fo rb id s s in and s e ts h is e te rnal edict a th wart

,

the way Of its e ntra n c e But He wil l n o t de

.

s tro y th e free do m o f h —
t e wil l which Wo uld
amou nt to the d e s tructi o n of the n obl e s t moral

—
fa cul ty of His crea tion to prev e n t it An d tak .
,

ing a dva n tag e o f this lib e rty e vil origi n a te d in,

th e v o l un tary actio n of 3 Spirit w ho ha d b e en

c rea te d holy and powe rful ; and by lik e v olun
ta ry acq ui e s ce nc e o n the pa rt o f human be i ngs ,

it fo u n d e nt ranc e i n to th e ea rth Su ch is th e .

e xpla natio n o f thi s v e x e d q u e s tion w hi ch is

iv e n in th e bo o k of G e n es is and w h ich is in
g ,

te nd e d to be se t fo rth by th e hi s tory o f th e fall .

And to the un prej udice d re ade r th e re is no na r ,

rativ e mo re logic a l an d con s eq ue n ti al as re la te d

to c aus e and e ffect o r mo re b reathl e ss in i nter

,

e s t o r mo re w
, or thy the hand of i n spiration in ,

the who l e B ibl e .

3 0 2 SI x DAYS OF C R EATION .

h e athen m ythological accoun ts Th us in the .

s y s t e m o f Zoroa s te r it is re l at e d that A h rim a n ,

the chi e f o f wi c k e d s pi rits s e d uc e d the fi rs t ,

h uma n be i ngs to s in by p utting o n the form of

a s e rp e n t . An d say s the a ntiq uaria n s cholar ,

Van Bohl e n : “
A lm o s t all the A s iatic n atio n s
re p re s e n t the s e rp e n t as a wick e d be i ng who

has b ro ught e vi l i n to th e Thi s wide

s p re ad b e li e f an d th e w e ll k n ow n h e a th e n wo r
,

s hip O f the s e rp e n t in o rd e r to p ropitiate his

e n mi ty , a re u‘ bte dly traditio n s ga the re d

from thi s acc o un t in G e n es i s an d a cco rdi ngly ,

a re val ua b l e co n fi rm a tio ns O f th e Biblic al re c o rd .

Bu t was thi s s e rp e n t m e re ly a d u mb b ea s t ?
No ! thi s was S ata n in di s gu i s e Thi s fact is .

i nd e e d nowh e re s p e cifically s tate d in S c rip ture .

But it is re p e ate d ly as s um e d a n d impli e d .

Wh e n j e sus e vid e n tly h avi ng thi s act o f de

,

c e ptio n in mi n d c all s him the fath e r o f li e s

“
, ,

”
an d a m u rd e re r from th e b e gi n n i ng ( Joh n

viii. and wh e n S t P au l s p e a k s o f h is pow e r

.

to t ra n s fo rm him s e l f i n to oth e r s h ap e s a s h e

do e s h e re ; and p a rtic ul a rly wh e n in the A po c

aly s e h e is t e rm e d th at old S e rp e n t call e d the
“
p ,

d e vil ( Re v xii
, . th e re can be no do ubt that
.

I di n i p 248
n e , , . .
 THE F ALL .
3 3
0

it is S a tan who h e re di sgui se s him s e l f an d e m

loy s the s e rp e n t as his age n t

p .

Eith e r a n te rio r to th e cre a tio n o r abo ut thi s

tim e he had fall e n him s el f and n ow he s e ek s to ,

b ri ng th e h uma n race down with him It is .

s ign ifica n t too tha t h e app roach e d n o t A da m

, ,

di re ctly but Ev e j us t as he afte rwa rd s s o ught

, ,

to e n trap Job th ro ugh h is wi fe Thi s he did .

be caus e wom an is th e w eak e r an d has l e ss ,

s t re ngth o f will to re s i s t an d is mo re eas ily in ,

fl ue n ce d th a n the mo re d e te rm i n e d m an Th e .

will is n o t wi th wom an as with m a n the ruli n g , ,

fac ulty . A rt fully th e re fo re he pli e s he r wi th

, ,

th e q ue s tio n
“
Ye a ! h ath God s aid Ye s h all
, ,

n o t e at o f ever
y t re e O f th e ga rd e n ?
( v I
) . .

Thi s wa s u ntru e an d Ev e co rre cts him by re

,

plyi ng th at th e y a re p e rmitte d to e at o f e v e ry
tre e e xc e pti ng o n ly the o ne in the mid s t o f the
,

ga rd e n but O f th a t God h ath s aid Ye s hall n ot

,
“
,

e at o f it l e s t e die v To thi s th e s e r
y ( . .

p e n t m ak e s th e fal s e an d c u nn i ng ans w e r : Ye“

s h all n o t s ure ly die Fo r G o d doth k n ow tha t

.

in the day ye e at th e re o f th e n yo ur e y e s s hall ,

be O p e n e d a n d ye s h all be as god s k n owi n g

, ,

go od and e vil ( v s 4 . V e ry s ubtl e was

.

th is a ns we r F or it was an a pp ea l to Eve s
.
’
3 4
0 SI x DAYS OF C R EATI ON .

v an i ty and was cou pl e d wi th a hal f truth fo r

,
-

th e ir e ye s w e re re ally o p e n e d by the act .

And ye t why did n o t Ev e s ta rt ba ck in ho rror

at the p ro po s itio n ? Th e s e rp e n t was no w un
m as k e d ; s he k n ow s tha t no d umb b e a s t c o uld
th us s p eak ; s h e m ay w e ll s us p e ct that th i s is

the s tratage m O f a wick e d s pirit And h e has

.

da re d to cha rge he r holy M ak e r with fal se h o od ,

a nd to a s k he r to s in agai n s t His law an d go od

n es s ! W o u ld we n ot thi n k that s h e wo uld h u rl

back the da ri ng s ugge s tio n with s co rn fro m h e r

p ure bo s om ? But doubt th at s te al thy au thor of
,

all e vil that mom e n t cre e p s i nto he r s oul and

, ,

s in th e n a n d th e re is co n c e iv e d .

Was it right fo r G od to e xc e pt thi s t ree and

o rd a i n thi s t e mp tatio n ? D id He not th e re by
H im s e l f p re p are the v e ry Opportun i ty fo r A da m
an d Ev e to fall i n to s in ? Thi s is th e way many
a r ue to s ol ac e th e i r co n s ci e n c e s n o w pl e adi ng
g ,

the forc e O f th e i r t e mptatio n s as if th e y w e re

,

too s tro ng to be ov e rcom e We ans we r that

.

th e te mptatio n was u n do ubte dly right a nd good ,

b e caus e m o m!preda tion was essen tia l to m a n s ’

s in tual develo m en t Th re can be n o ex e r

'

p p . e

ci se o f fre e will wh e re th e re is no powe r of

-

choice be tw ee n right and wro ng The a nimal s .

3 0 6 SIx DAYS OF C REATI O N .

is abo ut to plunge he rse l f and all he r unhappy .

po s te ri ty and the n she doe s the fatal d e e d

, .

“
And wh e n th e wo m a n Sa w th at th e tre e was
o od fo r food a nd tha t it was pl e as an t to the
g ,

e y e s and a t re e to be d e s i re d to mak e o n e
,

wis e she took o f the fruit th e re o f and did e at

, , ,

and av e al s o un to he r h us ba n d with h e r ; and

g
he did eat An d the e y e s o f the m both we re
.

"
o p e n e d a n d th e y k n e w th a t th e y w e re n ak e d
,

v s 6 and
( .

Thus was committe d the firs t s in ; th us was

ad m itte d i n to o u r wo rld th at bal e ful s p e ctre
which has tu rne d all h uma n hi s tory i n to a t rag
dy Th u s did Sa ta n s o be gu il e the m o th e r o f
.

all livi n g th a t ,

Her rashh d in v il h u
an , e o r

F thor hi g t th f uit E pl u k d
-
re ac n o e r ,
ve c e , sh e ate !
E th f lt th w u d
ar e d e tu f m h
o n , an na re ro e r se at,

S ighi g th ugh ll h
n , w k g v ig
ro a er or s , a e s n s of woe
Th t ll w l t
a a as os .

Thi s fall o f ou r firs t pare n ts lik e all s in was , ,

u tte rly wi th o u t e xc u se Ye t in th e ir ca s e w e re .

va rious c i rcum s ta n c e s wh ich m ad e th e ir guilt

s p e cially i ne xc u sa bl e Th e y had in the gard e n
o f Ed e n an d in th e ir lo rd s hip o f th e a nim al
,

wo rld and in th eir lov e o f each o th e r e v ery

, ,
 THE FALL . 07

happi nes s and gratificatio n that the h uma n

h e art co uld lawfully d e s i re M o re ov e r as th e y
.
,

w e re as ye t un fall e n and p e rfe ctly p ure the i r ,

pow e r to re si s t te mpta tio n was un marre d and

compl e te B e s id e s th e i r di s c e rn m e n t was cl ear
.
, ,

a n d th e ir r e latio n an d i n t e rc o urs e wi th God

we re s o di re ct and p e rs o nal and the prohibi

,

tio n was so di s ti n c t a nd w e ll un de rs tood and ,

the p e nal ty thre ate n e d was s o po s itiv e an d

d re ad ful that th e ir co n d uc t was wi tho ut th e
,

s hado w o f e xt e n ua tio n .

S ur ro un d e d with a P aradi s e o f d e lights and ,

with e v e ry po s s ibl e motiv e n o t to viol at e the

p re c e pt th e i r m u tual act was the p re fe re n ce O f
,

a t rifli ng g ratificatio n to the will o f the supre m e

Lo rd o f the U niv e rs e ; it was an impli e d d e n ial
o f God s v e raci ty ; it e vi n c e d fl ag ran t i ng ra ti
’

tud e ; it di s pl aye d co n te mptuo us di s re ga rd o f

co n s e que n ce s ; and it was c rue lly se lfi s h i na s ,

m uch as it ov e rl ook e d the re s ults upo n th e ir

po s te ri ty th ro ugh all ge n e ratio ns In s ho rt it
.
,

was sin and as s uch utte rly o di o us fl agra n t an d

, , ,

wi tho ut excuse .

The mom e n t the fru it was ta s te d its e ffe cts ,

w e re fe lt Som e thi nk th e re fore that a n ox

.
, ,

io us powe r lay in th e fruit which at o n c e poi

,
3 08 SI x DAYS OF C RE ATI O N .

so ned the r
i bo di e s and H owe v e r that
s o ul s .

m igh t hav e be e n the i r e ye s as the s e rpe n t pre

, ,

dicte d we re op e n e d and th e y k ne w that th e y

, ,

we re nake d in body and that th e y we re guil ty

,

a n d un cov e re d in s o ul That is th e y had lo s t

.
,

that bl e sse d bli n d n e s s the ign o ra n c e o f i n n o

“
,

—
ce n ce th e y we re d e s poil e d O f that bright robe
o f origi n al righte o us n e s s an d childlik e i nn oce n cy ,

with which G od had cloth e d th e m Th e y had .

yi e lde d to the l us t of the eye and the cravi ng

‘

fo r unlaw ful k n owl e dge an d thi s ala s ! was the

—
, ,

re lt o nly good had th e y k n ow n be fo re but

s u ,

now th e i r e y e s w e re O p e n e d to th e bal e ful

k n owl e dge o f e vil .

Such is th e s imilar unhappy awak e n i ng o f a

o u ng m a n o r woma n wh e n s t rayi ng from the
y , ,

p uri ty o f lovi ng pa re n ts and a happy ho us e hold ,

th ey beco m e acquai n te d with the ways o f the

e v il wo rld a nd th e path s o f vi c e
, Th e y hav e .

lu ck e d th e fru it o f th e fo rbi dd e n tre e and

p ,

th e i r e ye s a re i nd ee d O p e n e d ; th e i r s ph e re o f
k nowl e dge is e n large d ; but th e i r rob e o f
i nnoce n c e too is go n e th e ir p e ace is b rok e n
, ,

and th e diad e m o f th e i r true m a n hood and

woma nhood is da rkene d wi th s in and s ham e .

3 m 3m DAYS O F C RE ATI O N .

and I did eat ( v . .And th e n as the Lo rd

tu rn ed to the tre m bli ng we e ping woma n say , ,

“ ”
ing : What is this that thou ha s t do n e ? she
re pli es :
“
Th e se rpe n t b e guil e d m e and I did ,

”
v Th s na tural is it fo r tra n s
ea t .
( . I u

g re s s o rs to s e e k to
pu t th e blam e fo r th e i r

s i n s up o n so m e oth e r p e rso n o r c i rcu m s tan ce .

Ev e rythi ng and e v e ry o ne is re s po ns i bl e ex c e pt
o urs e lv e s who alo n e a re the true Offe n d e rs
, .

And now com e s the curs e It is fi rs t in d e e d

.

launc h e d upo n the s e rp e n t He is do om e d to .

be c urs e d abov e all ca ttl e and to go on his be lly ,

an d e at d us t a s a s ig n o f d e e p e s t d eg ra datio n .

( v
. Y e t th e s e rp e n t had n o m o ral n ature ,

an d had committ e d no c o n s ci o us w ro ng But .

thi s was do n e j us t as with th e ba rre n fig t ree -

tha t the s e rp e n t might be a s ymbol a p e rp e tual ,

re mi n d e r O f God s j u dgm e n t s in th e m o ra l a nd
’

s pi ri tual w o rld a typ e o f the fact th a t e vil e v e r

,

re c o il s upo n S ata n its a utho r , .

N e xt com e s Ev e s p e n al ty as the chi e f re spo n

’

s ibl e o ffe n d e r :
“
U n to the wo m an he said I wil l
, ,

g re atly m ul tiply thy s o rrow an d thy co n c e p ti o n ;

in s o rro w th ou s h al t b ri ng fo rth child re n and ,

thy d e s i re s h all be to th y h us ban d an d he sha ll ,

rul e ov er th ee ( v . A j udgm e n t that has

.
 THE FALL .
3 I I

had and is s till havi ng its s te rn fulfilm e nt not ,

o nly in the p angs o f ma te rni ty but in woman s ,

’

tho us an d p ai n s a n d s o rro w s an d in th e w ro ngs

,

an d opp re s s io ns whi ch he r o ft e n ty rann ical

ma s te r has h e ap e d up o n he r But thi s s up re m.

acy o v e r wom an h e re giv e n to m a n was n o t

m ea n t by G o d to be a d e s p o ti c rul e crushi ng ,

h e r i n to a co n diti o n O f s l av e ry as was th e prac

,

tic e of Pagan an tiq u i ty an d as is ye t the ca s e in

,

th e h e ath e n an d M o h a mm e da n w o rld But it .

was d e s ign e d to be a ru l e o n th e o n e h an d an d
a s ubj e cti o n o n th e o th e r h avi ng th e i r roo ts in
,

a m u tual e s te e m and l o v e .

An d th e n th e O m n ip o t e n t tu rn s to A dam ,

th e m an wh o m h e had m ad e l o rd O f th e c rea

tio n A d am had e vid e n tly be e n p re s e n t wh e n

.

Ev e pl uck e d th e fo rbidd e n frui t a n d ate with ,

he r ri s ki ng all h is h appi n e s s in s h a ri ng h e r fate

, ,

ra th e r th an to be h appy wi th G o d whil e s h e

was mi s e rabl e . But b e caus e h e havi ng the ,

s tro ng e r na tu re did n o t re m o n s tra t e w ith h e r

, ,

but all o w e d he r to mi sgu id e him the Lo rd h o ld s ,

him no twith s tan di n g h is a tte mpt to shi e ld him

,

s e l f th ro ugh Ev e as b e i ng th e o n e p ri ncipall y
,

re s p o n s ibl e
. S O S t P aul in R o m an s call s it in
.

” ”
e n e ra l
“
A dam s s in
“
A d am s t ran s g re s s io n
’ ’

g , ,
3 1 z SI x D AYS OF C REATI ON .

as if he al ne comm itte d the offen ce Ac

o had .

cordingl y th e gro
, u n d is c urs e d fo r his s a k e ;

th o rn s and this tl e s it is to bring forth and in ,

s orro w s hall he eat o f it v s 1 7 and I S

( ) . . .

Thus the crea tio n with which m an is so clo s e l y

li n k e d is drawn alo ng with him un d e r the s hadow
“
o f the c u rse Ev e rythi ng i nj urio us to m an in
.

th e o rga nic v ege ta bl e an d a n imal ki ngdom s is

, , ,

the e ffe ct o f the c urs e p ro no un c e d upo n the

”
e arth fo r A dam s s in And the whol e c re a
’
.

tio n by its thorn s an d thi s tl e s its blights a nd

, ,

mild e ws its flood s and e arthq uak e s and the

, ,

e vil obs tinate a n d bitte r s pirit that s e e m s to

, ,

dwe ll in it so that o nly p e rs i s te n t toil can so fte n

,

its rugge d wild s p re a ch e s a p e rp e tual s e rmo n

,

o n the ex c e e di ng s i nful n e s s woe an d cal amity , ,

o f sin .

But we ightie s t burde n of all to A dam is an ,

n o unce d the aw ful p e nal ty O f dea l/z : Till thou

“

re tu rn un to the g ro un d fo r d us t tho u a rt an d , ,

”
un to d us t s halt tho u re turn ( v In thi s . .

te rribl e word which m us t h av e pi e rc e d A dam s

’
,

v e ry s o ul to th e core h e re al iz e s that afte r all

,

Satan has d e c e iv e d th e m with a fal s e hood and ,

that G od s dire th rea t was v e ril y true :

’
“
In the
day that tho u e ate s t th e re o f th o u s halt s u re ly
3 4
1 SI x DAYS OF C RE TI ON A .

Earth to earth , and dust to dust!

He re th e ev il an d th e j ust ,

He re th e youth ful an d th e old ,

Here th e fearfii l an d th e bold ,

Here th e m atron and th e maid ,

In on e s e n t il l aid ; b ed are

Here th e v ass al and th e ki n g ,

S id e by sid e lie withe ri n g :

Here th e word an d sc e ptre ust

s r

Earth to earth and d ust to d ust

’
.
,

Age h ll ll l g
on age s a ro a on ,

O thi p l e d m igh ty th n g
’

er s a an ro

Th e th t w e pt the m th e th t wee p
os a , os a ,

All hall with th es e l eepe

s lee p s rs s .

B th
ro i te f th w m
e rs , s s rs o e or ,

S um m u wi t
er s s
'
t m n , or n er s s or
’

S g f pe ce
on o b ttle a or a
'
s roar,

N e h ll b e k th i l um be m e
'
e rs a r a e r s rs or

D th h l l k e p h i ul l
ea s a t u t
e s s en r s

E th t th d du t t d u t
’
ar o e ar , an s o s .

SO he d ro v e o ut the m an, a nd
place d at he
th e e a s t o f th e ga rd e n o f Ed e n c he ru bim an d ,

a flami ng s wo rd whi ch turn e d e v e ry way to ,

k ee p the way o f the tre e o f life ( v 2 In . .

additio n to th e i r oth e r p e nalti e s A d am and ,

Ev e m us t al s o l eav e Ed e n It is no t re co rd e d .

wh e th e r o r no t th ey p ray e d to re m ai n If the y .

did s o th e i r i n te rc e s s i o n was fruitl e ss With

, .

wh at fe e li ng s th e y l e ft th e i r happ y h o m e we
m ay w e ll im agi n e With h ead s bowe d in gri e f
.
 THE FA LL .
3 1 5

and s ham e the pangs o f se l f acc us atio n ove r

,
-

whe lming th e m th e y d e parte d tho s e bli ss ful

,

bowe rs wh e re they had fo und th e m s e lv es o n

,

cre atio n s joyo us m orn n e v e r to re tu rn

’

, .

NO mo re fo r th e m now the flow e rs and s e l f

ripe n i ng fruits and th e a nge l ic gue s ts o f Para
di se ; but to il and co n fli c t and ca re and S weat
, , ,

o f b row and un c ea s i ng s truggl e with wild and

,

turbul e n t n a t ure an d i n fi rmity and p ai n unti l

, , ,

th e i r wo m out bod i e s s ho uld re turn to the

-

g ro und wh e n c e the y w e re tak e n Thus e v e r .

,

n o t c o n te n t with vi rtue s j o y s an d s e e ki ng fo r
’

bidd e n o n e s we l o s e e v e n tho se we hav e

, .

A v e ngi ng nature driv e s the transg re s so r from

th e e a rly Ed e n o f his h e alth happi n e ss and , ,

p eac e .

The fall has e v e r be e n o ne o f th e d e e p e s t

a n d s ub tl e s t q u e s tio n s O f th e ology Its p re c is e .

d o c tri nal s tate m e n t has e x e rci s e d the p o we rs o f

the a c ute s t thi n k e rs a n d its di s c us s i o n has giv e n
,

ri s e to th e s h arp e s t c o n tro v e rs i e s th a t h av e dis

tu rbe d C h ri s te n dom N0 vi e w has an y au tho r

.

ity whi ch is n ot di re c tly d e d uc e d from th e S c ri p

ture s Th e s e teach that the co n s e q u e nce o f the
.

fall was a c o nditio n o f tota l depravity “

F rom
the s ol e o f the foot to th e h e ad th e re is no
3 1 6 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

s oundne ss in us : but wound s

b ruises and an d

p utre fyi ng s o res ( Is i “

Ev e ry im agin a
. . .

tion of the tho ughts o f his h e art was o nl y e vil

Is h is whol e
co n ti nuall y ( G e n vi
. T hat . .
,

na ture — ,
—
mi nd h ea rt and will was co rrupte d , ,

his s tate o f original righte o us ne s s lo s t and the

.
,

image of G od e ffac e d .

And th e y s how fu rth e r that all mankind f ell , ,

in A da m h is d e e d b e comi n g th e irs thro ugh his

, ,

o itio n a h ad and re p re s e n tativ e o f the h uma n

p s s e

race S uch is the Pa uli ne th e ol ogy as d e fi ne d

.
,

in R oma ns viz : Wh e re fo re as by o ne m an
“
, .
,

s in e n t e re d i n to th e wo rld and d e ath by s in ; ,

an d s o d e ath pa s s e d upo n all m e n fo r that all ,

The s tate o f mora l de

”
hav e s i n ne d ( v . .

p ravity too or o rigi nal s in i n to which th e fi rs t

, , ,

pai r fe ll is tra nsm itted by na tura l h e re dity to

, , ,

th e ir po s te ri ty S o th at no w all are born in

.

s in th e s e e d s o f mo ral e vil b e i n g impla n te d in

,

birth and d e v e lopi ng at the fi rs t co ns cio us in

,

te llige n ce i n to actual s in Thus says D avid .

“
B e hold I was s h ap e n in i n iquity and in s in did ,

”
m y m oth e r co n ce iv e m e ( P S li S o St . . . .

Paul : We all we re by nature the child re n of

“

wrath .
( Eph es ii A nd thi s d e prav e d
. .

s tate is one o f moral h el pl e s s ness o f spi ritua l ,

 S IX DAYS O F C RE ATI ON .

to the j us tic e of the Creator ahd th e y a re like ,

wi s e in ha rmo ny wi th the un iv e rsal facts o f e x

rie n ce
pe .

The Sc riptural na rrativ e o f the fall in ge n

e ra! th a t is o f ma n be i n g c re ate d o ri gi nally
, ,

p ure and th e n falli ng from thi s high e s tate to a

lo we r is in a ccord with tice teat /tings of science
, .

If accordi ng to the s k e ptical an d e vol uti o na ry

,

co nj e cture m an had origi nate d in a globul e o f

,

album e n o r a parti cl e o f proto pl as m ; if accord

, ,

ing to P ro f Ty n dall .
“
all th e high e r typ e s o f
,

li fe with whi ch the e a rth te e m s h av e b e e n d e v el

op e d by the pati e nt p roc e ss o f e v o l ut i o n from
lowe r o rga n i s m s an d we a re bo un d to t race
,

back the h um an se ri e s to the s impl e s t fo rm s o f

p ro topl as m whi ch the mi c ro s co p e re v e al s if
th us ou r m o re di s ta n t p ro ge n ito rs w e re
”
“
wo rm s a nd o ur imm e di ate anc e s to rs the
,

ap e s— i e if the h um an race s ta rte d fro m the

. .
,

l o w e s t p o i n t an d a s c e nd e d by an e v e r ri s i ng
,
-

s ca l e to its p re s e n t a p e x o f d e v e lopm e t n — th e n ,

i nco nte s tably s uch fo s s il h um an re m ai n s as are

,

fo un d in the e a rth w o uld b e ar witn e ss to th e

fact .

But p re ci s e ly the re v e rs e is th e ca se The .

C n t mpo y R ei w l xxix
ora r 90
ev e1 9, 2 vo .
, , 0 .
 THE FALL .
3 I 9

re cord of th e
rock s is h e re agai n o n the s id e
o f the c rea tiv e na rra tiv e The e a rli e s t ce rtai n
.

i n di catio n s o f the p re se nce of m an in E urop e ,

A s ia and A m e ric a re p re s e n t him in th e pe rfe c

,

tio n o f d e v e l o pm e n t whi c h cha ra c t e riz e s him in

th e mod e rn p e ri o d
“
The h uma n re mai ns
.

found in the earth s ay s P ri nc ip al D aw s o n

, ,

“
be lo ng to the Po s t Gl acial p e riod and are
-

”
those o ffi y dl d evelo
p ed m en
o b
f g yp
i /z t e .

If th e re we re re m ai n s o f an e arli e r pe rio d ,

so m e spe cim e ns wo uld c e rta i n ly hav e be e n

fo un d And s o if th e se had e xhibite d a l e s s
.
,

compl e x a nd p e rfe c t o rga n i s m th a n m an has

n ow ho w th e s e di s c o v e ri e s wo uld h av e b ee n
,

p a rad e d ! But th e te s timo ny g rav e n in th e cav e s

a n d tomb s a n d c e m e te ri e s o f th e e a rth co n ,

c lus iv e l s h o w s th a t m a n ha s n o t b e e n e v o lv e d
y
fro m l o w e r to high e r fo rm s bu t a pp e a re d s ud
,

de n ly an d at o n c e in the full p o s s e s s i o n O f all

, ,

h is re m a rk abl e e n do wm e n t s G e o l ogy s o far.

th us s us tai ns th e re co rd o f G e n e s i s as to S how
that m an ki nd has no t as c e n d e d in th e c re ativ e
s ca l e but rath e r th e re v e rs e
, .

Thi s Biblical acco un t o f the fall is lik e wi se

c orrobo ra t e d by th e fact s o f hi s to ry I n s te ad of .

A n tiq uity of Ma n p 80 , . .
3 2 0 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

a progre s s iv e course xcelle n ce it re v eals an

in e ,

in lzeren t la w o f de ter ior a tion a te n d e n cy to fal l , .

O ne n e e d but trav e rs e its page s to fin d this

co rrobo ra tio n o f the B iblical mo ra l ca tas troph e .

We find th us that civiliz e d natio n s wh e n l e ft to

,

th e m s e lv e s hav e O fte n b e com e sav age s ; but

,

s avage s l e ft to th e m s e lv e s hav e n e v e r be co m e
, ,

civ iliz e d U pwa rd imp ul s e s with m an as wi th

.
,

n ature c om e fi rs t from abov e

, D ivi ne in ce n tiv e .
,

an d n o t h um a n im p ul s e s an d e ffort is th e o n l y ,

s o urc e o f imp rov e m e n t Ma n the n in po in t o f

.
, ,

”
fact has n o t by na tu ral s e l e ctio n o r by th e
,
“
,

imp e rc e p tibl e acc re tio n s o f un told mill e n n ium s ,

rai s e d him s e l f up fro m m i ne ral to v ege tabl e ,

from ape to m an a nd from ba rbari s m to civil i ,

z atio n .

But hi s to ry o n the co n trary s h o ws that e ve ry

, ,

m an and na ti o n no t app ro ac h e d from witho ut

, ,

s i n k s low e r i n s te ad o f ri s i ng high e r
, A rch .

bishop Whate ly in his full di s cus s io n of thi s in

,

his O rigi n o f Civil izatio n p rov es that th e re has

“
,

be e n no i n s tan ce o f the h uma n ra ce li fting up

”
its e l f . And H umbo ldt a n d N iebuh r whom he ,

q uote s sus tai n him on s ci e n tific groun d s A

, .

fall e n race and a fall e n p e rs o n are n e v e r rais ed

, ,

but by the i n te rv e n tio n of a divi ne Pow e r O ut .

3 2 2 SI x DAYS O F C RE ATI ON .

And ye t m o re ota bl e s till was thi s grea t

n ,

p roph e cy utte re d by the A lmigh ty in His re buk e

to Sata n un d e r th e form o f th e s e rp e n t : “
An d I
will put e n mi ty be tw e e n th e e and the woma n an d ,

b e twee n thy se e d and he r s e e d ; it s h all b ru i se

”
thy h ead a n d th o u s h alt brui s e his h ee l v
,
( I .

Thi s is un iv e rsa lly re ga rd e d as the P rot eva ngel — ,

fi p r om is e f t/cc el By h d
“
or rs t
o g pos t e s e e o f .

is m e a nt C h ri s t who as he wa s
”
the wom an , ,

with o u t h um an fath e r bo rn o f a vi rgi n could , ,

“
a l o n e be t ru ly ca ll e d th e se e d o f th e wo m a n .

An d wh e n it is fo re to ld th at thi s s ee d s h a ll
orn ise th e s e rp e n t s h e a d a n d we co m pa re the
’

id e n ti cal wo rd s o f St Paul in R om an s The .

“
,

God o f Pe ac e s h all br uise S atan un d e r yo ur fe e t

s h o rtly
( R om x vi . w e s e e b e y o n d d o ubt
.

th at it is C h ri s t who is h e re p ro ph e s i e d S o .

al re ady th e e a rli e s t C h ri s ti a n fa th e rs p e rc e iv e d ,

as S t .Ire n m us who w ri te s :
,
“
The victo ri o us
s e e d o f wom a n was the i n ca rn ate S o n o f G od ,

who c ru s h e d the i n fe rn al s e rp e n t s
’

Tho ugh the re fo re God m us t be j us t ye t A dam

, , ,

a nd Ev e an d all th e i r p o s te ri ty a re s till His chil

d re n and He will n o t d riv e th e m to d e s p ai r

, .

Whil e th e n the c urs e ye t m utte rs o n the air ,

St I n *
iii 3 8
. re a' ns , . .
 THE FA LL .
3 3
2

h r
t e e are h ea rd th e firs t sw ee t tid i ngs o f the
o s p el S ca rc e ly is th e mo ns te r s in bo rn u n til
g .
,

’
the R e d e e m e r who s h all c ru s h the d rago n s
,

h ead is promi s e d The s h adow of the C ro ss

, .

th e n s ta nd s lik e a far off beaco n o f hO pe in the

-

backgro un d of Ed e n ; and as the o utcas ts go o n

th e ir s o rrow ful way Ev e s e e s h e rs e l f in th e
,

comi ng full n es s o f tim e th ro ugh Ch ri s t he r,

s e e d in the e n d tri u mphi ng o v e r th e s e rp e n t

, ,

who now has achi e v e d he r fall and that o f all

‘

he r child re n Ye a !an d s o wo n d e rfully w e re th e

.

powe r and g race of God to be s how n in be h al f

o f m e n tha t th e bl e s s i n gs to be b ro ught by the
,

adv e n t and d e ath o f Ch ri s t on C alv a ry w e re to

mo re tha n o utw e igh th e calami ti e s o f th e fall ,

s o th a t that di re catas t roph e ha s b e e n o v e rrul e d

to m an s e v e rlas ti ng w e l fa re
’
.

An d wo nd ro u s ly n otabl e is it that as the

op e ni ng chapte rs of rev e l a tio n d e s c ribe the s e r
p e n t in Paradi s e the te mpta ti o n an d fall the
, ,

c u rs e m a n d riv e n fro m Ed e n a nd th e fl a mi ng
, ,

s wo rd to k ee p the t re e o f li fe ; th e c lo s i ng c hap

te rs o f the A po c alyp s e d e sc rib e the v e ry re v e rs e

o f th e s c e n e Th e n we re ad tha t th e re is no
.
“

m o re c urs e ( Re v xxii .th e s e rp e n t is th e re

.
,

but dis com fite d and ca s t i n to the l ak e o f fire ;

3 4
2 SI x DAYS OF C REATION .

P a radise is the re regained ; the

, no t lo s t , but
tre e o f life is the re no t fe nce d wi th flam ing ,

s word but fre e fo r th e h ea li ng o f the na tio n s ;

,

a nd A dam and Ev e a nd th e ir d e s c e n dan ts a re

th e re no lo nge r fall e n a nd wee pi ng but re

, ,

d ee m e d and rejoici ng ; and Chris t is th e re n ot ,

crucifi ed but re ign i ng and glo rified fore v e rmore

, .

O h how the h ea rt m us t e v e r th rill at th e un

,

spea ka bl e wo nde rs o f re d e m ptio n ! And as th e ,

onl y m eans of e s capi ng th e pe nal ty o f e te rnal

death pro no unc e d agai ns t s in in Ed e n and o f ,

avoidi ng an ev e rla s ti ng fall from which th e re ,

s h all be no ri s i ng agai n the un do ne rac e m us t ,

fl y to Ch ri s t who wa s re v e al e d to brui se the

,

s e rp e n t s h e ad to crus h the drago n D ea th and

’

, ,

to b ri ng li fe and immortal ity to light by the

gos p e l .

h t avenged
Now T h ou as

Supplanted Adam n d b y v n q ui hi n g
, a , a s

T m ptati on h t eg i ed lo t P adi se
e , as r a n s ar ,

A d f ust ate d th e co q ue t f ud ule t

n r r n s ra n .

N e pent m o h e c f th wi ll d e set foot

o s r re n e or ar

In P adi se to t m pt ; h i
ar s e e b ok s s n are ar r e :

F r th ough th t
o t f ea th ly b li s be l o t
a se a o r s s ,

Af i e P dise i fou d d w
a r r ara s n e no

F r Ad m an d h is h o
o a on s wh m Th ou c se n s , o

A Saviou t com e dow t re i n st ll

r, ar n o -
a

Whe e th ey h all dwell s cure when tim e h all b e

r s e , s
 LECTURE X IV .

THE D LU G —ETH E P HYSI C A L C ATA STRO P H E

E OF

C R E ATI O N .

And God sa id unto Noa h , Th e e n d of all fl hies s com e be

An d , beh old , v en I d b i g fl d f w t up th
I , e , o rn a oo o a ers on e

earth t d t
,
o e s ro y ll fl h wh i i th e b e th f li f f m
a es , e re n s r a o e, ro

un d e h
r ve ;
ea n and v e y thi g th t i i th e
e r th h l l d i
n a s n ear s a e .

Gen. vi 1 3 I 7
.
, .

FTE R the creatio n a nd the fall in the M o ,

s a ic re c o rd com e s th e acco un t o f th e de l
'
,

uge . And with thi s mo s t s ublim e ly te rribl e

e v e n t in th e wo rld s a nnal s clo s e s th e fi rs t
’

g reat chapte r in the hi s tory O f the h uman rac e .

It is na rrate d in the s ixth to th e e igh th chap

te rs o f G e ne s i s i ncl us iv e , .

THE C AU SE OF THE D E LU G E .

Who we re t/ce sons of God ? The ge ne ral

caus e i nc i ti ng the C re ato r to thi s aw ful de s truc
tio n o f that wo rk o f His h and s upo n which He
had s e t His i nfi n ite lov e powe r and glory was , , ,

th e i nc re as i ng mo ra l c o rru ptio n o f ma nki n d .

And God s aw th at the wick e d n e s s o f m an was

( 3 2 6 )
 THE D ELU GE .
3 7
2

g re at in th e e ar th , a nd that e v e ry imaginatio n
o f th e thoughts o f h is h e art was o nly e vil co n
”
ti nually ( v . .

N i ne ge ne ra tio ns o f m e n a fte r A dam hav e

no w app e are d an d s om e wh a t more tha n 1 60 0
,

years s i n c e the c re atio n hav e pas s e d D uri ng .

all thi s tim e whil e the e arth is be comi ng rapidly

,

p eopl e d th e co urse o f the rac e has be e n mo r

,

ally dow n w a rd with a n e v e r i n c re a s i ng d e ge n

,

e racy .F u rth e r and furth e r hav e m e n wa n d e re d

from the i r M ak e r ; mo re an d mo re d e e ply hav e
th e y ma rre d the image o f God wo rn u po n th e ir
b row s ; an d da rk e r an d m o re da nge ro us hav e
be e n th e ir p ro fa natio n s o f th e i r C reator s e te r ’

nal law s To s uch an e xte n t has thi s dege n

.

e rac go n e an d s uch is the p re vaili ng poll u tio n

y ,

o f m o ral s a n d m ann e rs th a t in th e s t ro ng l an ,

guage o f divi n i ty A ll fl e s h had co rrupte d his

“
,

way ( v I I ) and The e arth was fill e d wi th

” “
.
,

”
viol e nc e ( v . .

But whil e thi s was th e ge n e ral ye t a particu ,

la r p rovo cativ e caus e was no t fo un d wan ti ng .

Thi s was as follow s : And it cam e to p as s

“
,

tha t the s o ns O f God saw th e daughte rs o f

m e n th a t th e y w e re fa i r ; an d th e y took th e m
”
wiv e s o f all which th e y cho se ( vs I . .
,
3 2 8 srx DAYS OF C REATI ON .

That is it was th e se unna t ural ma rri age s be

,

tw e e n the
“
s o n s o f God an d th e
“
daughte rs
of m e n which mo s t i n c e nse d the D e i ty
, .

Who are h e re d e s ignate d by the titl e s o n s “

,

”
o f God ? S o m e h ave suppo se d it to m ea n
godly m e n the righ te o us s o n s of S e th as ov e r
, ,

agai ns t the worldly daughte rs of C ai n But the .

m o re corre ct e x e ge s i s re fe rs it to th e a ngels .

Th e s e are fre q ue n tly call e d in Scrip ture by thi s

v e ry titl e Th us in Job i 6 we re ad : Now
.
“
.
,

th e re was a day wh e n the s o n s o f God ca m e to

”
pre s e n t th e m s e lv e s be fo re the Lo rd wh e re it ,

is the a nge l s who a re m ean t S O al s o Job ii I . .

xxxviii 7; Dan iii 2 5 e tc

,
*
The a n tith e s i s a l s o
. .
, .

”
be twe e n s o n s of God i e c e l e s tial be i ng s , .
, ,

an d daughte rs of m en or be i ngs of ea rthly

“
,

m o uld de m and s the sam e i nte rp re tatio n

, .

So we ighty are th e se gro un d s that e ve n K e il ,

whil e o ppo s i ng the ange lic th e ory ye t admi ts ,

“
Th e se two poi n ts woul d l ead us mo s t naturally
to regard the so ns of God as ange l s in dis tin c ,

tio n from m e n and the d aughte rs o f

* “
Th mm
e co t m i th Old T st m t f
on e s na the n e e a en or es e

c reatu wh
res , p n t d i
o are rep p h ti vi i
rese d p eti n ro e c s on an oe c

f
an c y u
as s u di g th th
rro nf G d i th
n e fG d ron e o o , s e son s o o ,
”

whi h b i g ut th i
c r n s l ti hi p t th i C t
o e r n e ar re a on s o e r rea or.

S l j b
c za k
'

g E
’
n y p
erz o l d i A t A g l
c c o e a, r .
“
n e s.

1
'
K il e til P
on t t u h l i p 1 28
e en a e c , vo .
, . .
33 0 SI x DAYS OF C REATI ON .

imp ie ty which e x ha us te d the p atie n ce of the

A lmigh ty “
.And the Lord s aid M y Spi rit s hall ,

n o t alway s s t riv e with m an

( v A nd
“
re .

”
p e n ti ng ( a co n d e s ce ns io n to a h uma n figure O f
s p e e ch th a t h e had m ad e m a n He re s olv e d to
) ,

bl o t him from th e face o f the e arth Still e ve n .

,

th e n as e v e r is His wo n t did G o d in wrath t e

, ,

”
m e mb e r m e rcy “
Y e t s a id he his day s s hall
.
“
,

be a hu nd re d an d tw e n ty ye a rs ( v 3 ) which , .

e xp re ss io n did no t as is s om e tim e s s uppo s e d

‘

, ,

re fe r to the l e ngth o f h um an li fe but to the tim e ,

that s ho uld e lap s e be fo re the s e n di ng Of the

flood Thi s i n te rval was giv e n in m e rcy that
.
,

m e n migh t tak e wa rn i n g at th e aw ful cata s

tro ph e thre a t e n e d a n d th a t th e y might h av e
,

opp o rtun ity to re p e n t and to av e rt the s us

p e n d e d d oo m .

NO AH AND THE AR K ; KEP TI C A L O BJ EC TI O NS

S

RE FU TED .

In th e thi s wo rld o f c rim e and guil t

mid s t Of ,

the re was o ne n o tabl e e xce ptio n “

N o ah was .

a j us t m an and p e rfe ct in his ge n e ratio n s an d ,

”
Noah walk e d with Go d ( v To s av e him. .

and h is h o us e hold th e re fore G o d re v e al e d th e

, ,

id ea and patte rn o f the ark The i n te rv eni ng .

 THE D E LU G E .
33 I

120 years N oah s p e nt in its co n s t ructio n It .

was to be bu ilt in th re e s to ri e s a nd to be 52 5 ,

fe e t l o n g 8 7 fe e t wid e an d 52 fe e t high o r
, , ,

ne a rly th e s iz e O f th e m a mmoth s te a m e r th e ,

“
G re at Ea s te rn .
”
Thi s imm e ns e s pac e was to
be divid e d i n to littl e ro o m s — “ ”
lite rally n e s ts , .
”

I nto thi s ark w e re gath e re d no t o nly Noah his , ,

“ ”
th re e s o ns and th e ir wiv e s but fowl s“
, cattl e , ,

” “ ”
“
cre e pi ng thi ngs an d e v e ry livi ng thi ng
,

“
mal e and fe mal e th e cl e an by s e v e n s and the
,

un cl e a n by pai rs to be p re s e rv e d a s the s e e d
,

o f fut ure h um a n a n d a n imal li fe u p o n th e e a rth .

Th e s e p re p aratio ns compl e te d the an te dilu ,

vian s m e a nwhil e di s regardi ng the mo n um e n tal

wa rn i ng as it s te adily ro s e y e a r by ye ar and ,

“
mocki ng at its build e r who p reach e d right
,

2 P e te r ii 5) to th e m th e mom e n t
e o us n e s s
( , .
,

o us h o u r a rriv e d . It was th e se v e n te e n th day

o f the s e co n d J e wi s h e ccl e s i as ti c al m o n th co r
( ) ,

re s po n di n g to o u r A p ril an d the 600 th y e a r o f

,

his li fe wh e n Noah e nte re d the ark

,
“
And the .

”
Lord s h ut him in ( G e n vii cl o s i ng the
. .

door with his own A lmigh ty hand .

A nc i e n t as w e ll as mod e rn ratio nali s m has

all ege d th e impo ss ibili ty o f accomm o dati ng
pai rs o f all e xi s ti ng a nima l s within t he ark It .
33 2 5111 DAYS O F C REATTON .

is obj ec ted tha t no ro om co uld be ha d fo r 700

s e cies o f re p tile s s e c i es o f q uad ru e d s
p ,
p p ,

s e cies o f b irds s e ci es o f fis h
p ,
p ,

an d s e ci e s o f i n se c ts an d fo r s to ri n g
p ,

awa y foo d fo r th is v as t n umbe r .

In re ply Tie l e in his c o m m e n ta ry o n Ge n es is

, , ,

comp utes the a rk to ha v e c o n tain ed

cubic fe e t and if n in e te n th s o f thi s s pa ce w e re
,
-

s e t apa rt fo r fod d e r , pairs o f a n im als cou ld

be s to re d away wi th 54 c ubi c fe e t fo r ea ch pa ir
, .

Th e n it m us t be re m e mbe re d that va s t nu mbe rs ,

as o f th e i n s e c ts a re a lm o s t i n fi n i te s im al a n d
, ,

would re qui re but li ttl e s pace V e ry p ro bably .

,

too the numbe r o f a nim a l s th e n e xi s ti ng was

,

m uch s mall e r th a n now As all the v a rie

.

ti e s o f th e h u m an ra c e hav e d e s ce n d e d fro m but

o n e prim e v al pai r s o admi tti ng th e p roc e ss o f

, ,

ev ol u tio n withi n the ra nge O f s p e ci e s th e p re s e n t ,

g r e at v a ri e ty O f a n imal s has n o d o ub t bra n c h e d

o ut a nd d e v e lop e d fro m a m uch s ma ll e r n umbe r

o f o rigi nal typ e s o r s p e ci e s .

It wo uld app ear th e n that it was phys ically

, ,

po s s ibl e to ga th e r pai rs O f all p rimitiv e s p e ci e s

o f a n imal s withi n th e p re ci n c t s o f s o roo my a
“
s tructu re as the a rk H e n ce e v e ry Obj e c tio n ,

that has be e n rai s e d to the s uitability o f the

3 34 SI x D AYS O F C REATI ON .

tical obj e c tio ns to the Biblica l his to ri es Ho w .

e a s ily co uld He who s up pli ed th e I s ra e lite s with

m an na in thede se rt and who fed the , fro m

a fe w s mall loav e s and fi s h e s mak e p ro vi s io n to ,

hous e and fe e d withi n the ark th e s ee d tha t

s ho uld re p e opl e th e n e w w o rld ! Th a t He did
-

thi s wi tho u t a mira cl e we may co n s id e r p roba

ble ; an d that He did it wi th a miracl e if tha t ,

w e re ne ce s sa ry is no le s s c e rtain
, .

THE N ATU RE OF THE D ELU G E— WAS IT P ARTI A L

OR U N I V ERSA L ?

The full ne ss of
im e be i ng a t ha nd the doo rs
t ,

o f th e a rk h avi n g be e n cl o se d th e cu o f d i
p ,

vi ne fu ry is now to be outpo ure d and s o th e ,

l o ng sus pe n d e d bol t o f j udgme nt fall s

-
“
Th e .

sam e day w e re all the fo u n tai n s o f th e grea t

d e e p b ro ke n up and the wi ndows o f h e av e n

,

”
we re o p e n e d .
( G en vii Th a t is
. fro m.
,

abov e a n d fro m be ne a th fro m the va s t v ault o f ,

th e ov e r archi ng s k y an d from
-
un d e r
, the
—
gro un d the s ubte rran e a n s p ri ngs an d fou n
tain s b urs ti ng fo rth and s e as and o cea n s ov e r
,

l e api ng th e ir bo un d s and rolli ng in h uge tida l

s e r —
wav e o v th e l and fro m all s ide s ca m e the
devou ring fl ood For fo rty days and for ty
.
 THE D E LU G E .
335

n ights co n ti nue d thi s up roar o f the wa te ry e le

m e n ts un til the vi s ibl e e a rth was but a wild
, ,

s hore l e s s oc e a n H igh e r and high e r s till ro s e

.

“ ”
th e wa te rs un til , the high hill s w e re co v e re d ,

and fi na lly the to p s o f th e lo fti e s t m o u n tai n s

‘

di sapp eare d “
The d e s c ripti o n is s impl e an d
.

m aj e s tic ; hi s to rian and re ad e r are alik e h e ld

fa s t as th e acco un t p ro c ee d s The ta utol ogi e s
.

us e d d e pict th e fe arful mo n oto n y o f the im m e as

”
u rable e xp a n s e o f w a t e r
“
An d all in wh o s e
.

no s t ril s was th e br e a th o f li fe di e d
”

( G e n vii . . .

Imagi nati o n fe e bly t ri e s to d e pict a nd art has ,

vai n ly so ught to p o rtray the ho rro rs o f th e un i

,

v e rs al s truggl e fo r li fe with the re s i s tl e s s tid e o f

wate rs Bu t at l as t e v e ry ray O f h o p e v ani s h e d
.
,

e v e ry s pot o f re fuge wa s s ubm e rge d e v e ry ,

d e ath wail was s il e n t an d the but l ate ly glow

-

ing w o rld o f li fe; a n d j oy was o n e wid e s e pul

ch re— a u niv e rs e s grav e ! Fo r 1 50 days the
’

wate rs p re va il e d Th e n it was e n o ugh And

. .

”
“
God re l e n ti ng made a wi n d to pa s s ov e r
, ,

th e e a rth an d the w at e rs as s uag e d

, ( G e n viii . . .

I
). A n d o n th e 1 7 th day o f the 7 th mo n th the ,

a rk re s te d o n the top O f M t A ra rat the w e ll .

,

k now n A s iatic p e ak call e d by the P e rs ia ns

,
33 6 SI x DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

Noah s M o un tai n whi c h now b e com e s the

’

s e co n d c ra dl e o f th e world .

A fte r th re e mo n th s of waiti ng the top s o f th e ,

mo unta i ns be cam e vi s ibl e and a fte r forty days , ,

“
mo re Noah s e n t o ut a rav e n whi ch did no t re
,

turn . Th e n he s e n t a dov e which fi n di ng no , ,

pl ac e fo r th e s ol e o f h e r foo t re turn e d A fte r , .

s e v e n day s he s e n t h e r agai n a n d wh e n s h e ,

cam e back 10 ! in h e r m ou th was an Oliv e l e af

“
,

pl uck e d O ff A fte r ano th e r s e v e n days he s e n t

.

the d o v e aga i n an d s h e re tu rn e d n o m o re
, .

Th e n No ah k n e w th a t the wa te rs w e re aba te d .

an d o n the tw e n ty s e v e n th day o f the s e co n d

-

m o n th o f the n e xt y e a r he w e n t fo rth from th e

a rk h avi n g b e e n in it j us t a y e a r an d te n day s
, .

As to the q ue s tio n whi ch h as o fte n b e e n

rai s e d wh e th e r th e d e l uge was p a rti a l o r un i
,

v e rsal we be li e v e it to h av e be e n the latte r

, .

Thi s is th e impre ss io n th at any unprej udic e d

re a d e r wo uld ta k e to be the p urp o rt o f th e
Scripture n a rrativ e The la nguage o f the di .

“
vi n e m e n ace impli e s thi s : I will d e s tro y m a n
”
wh o m I hav e c re a te d fro m th e f a ce of tile ca r t/t
G e n vi A n d th e d e sc ripti o n s o f th e e v e nt
( . .

its e l f i n v o lv e no l e s s
,
“
An d all the high hill s
.

tha t w e re un d e r tne w/zole neaoen — and th e

33 8 SIx DAYS OF R
C EA I ON. T

in C e n tral A s ia an d in A rm e n ia the s ou rce o f ,

the riv e rs o f Paradi s e mad e it look lik e a di ,

v in e l appoi n te d c e n tre from which m an c o u ld

y
i s sue fo rth to re p eo pl e the d e pop ulate d globe- *
.

The promi s e o f G o d is ye t a n oth e r co rro bo

ta tiv
“
e proo f : I hav e s wo rn that the wate rs o f
”
Noah s hall no mo re go o v e r the earth ( Is lv . .

Now if the d e l uge was but pa rtial s o is the ,

promis e and manki n d has n o s e c uri ty agai ns t a

,

s e c o n d s imilar cata s t roph e We co n cl ude the n .

,

that bo th from the te no r and pa rtic ula rs o f the

,

na rra tiv e and from all th e co in cide n t circ u m

,

s ta n c e s an d re s ult s th e No a chia n de l uge m us t ,

hav e be e n universal and any oth e r th e o ry wo uld ,

i n volv e the bi blical ac co un t in i n extricabl e co n

tradictio ns .

S uch is the re co rd L e t us n o w m ak e s om e .

obs e rva tio ns and n ote som e l e s s o n s Th e de l

, .

u
g is e

AC TUA L H ISTOR I C AL FAC T

AN .

Th e re is n othi ng mythical o r l e ge n da ry abo u t it .

Mt Ararat
.
, as l d li n e f l i
th e ce n tra po n t of th e on est an l g -
o

th e n ci e nt w l d f om th e C pe f Good Hope t th e Beh ri n g

a or , r a o o

Strait was th e m ost sui t b le p ot in th e w o l d fo th e tribe n d

s, a s r r sa

n ti on th at sp un g f om th e
a s on of Noah to d e sc e n d f om its
r r s s r

heights an d Z s read i nto every l n d R um e P l tin a a r,

p a s p . e e, .

4 56
 THE D ELU GE .
3 39

It is no fictio n of th e
imagi natio n o r roman ce o f ,

th e primitiv e age o f m an ki n d as infidels an d , ,

we re g re t to say h e re an d th e re a ra tio nali s tic

,

s o c all e d Ch ri s ti an w rit e r wo uld h av e it

-
If any
, .

n a rrativ e in the Bibl e has a ll th e c ha ract e ri s tic s

o f re ali ty a bo u t it it is j us t thi s o n e
, Its aw ful .

l e adi ng facts a n d its mi nu te p artic ul ars clothe it

, ,

with a li fe s o th rilli ng and e xce ptio nal as utte rly ,

to e xcl ud e th e th e o ry o f h u m an i n v e n tio n Its .

hi s to rical truth ful ne ss mo re ov e r is m ad e abso

, ,

l ute fo r the Ch ri s ti an by the c o n s ide ratio n tha t

Chri s t and the A po s tl e s fre q ue n tly all ud e to it
a s a v e ritabl e s c ript u ra l fac t Fo r o u r Lord in .
,

St M atth e w say s : As the flo o d cam e and to ok

.
,
“

th e m all away s o s h all al so th e comi ng o f the

,

”
S o n o f m a n be ( xxiv A nd S t. P e t e r .

w rite s : God s p a re d n o t the o ld wo rld but

“
,

the wo rld th a t th e n was be i n g ov e rfl owe d ,

”
wi th w ate r p e ri s h e d ( 2 P e t ii 5 and iii
, . .
, .

Bu t a mo s t i n te re s ti n g hi s to ri cal te s timo n y
lik e wi s e co m e s from th e fact tha t the tra dition
h pl i h e a n n al s o f all n a tio n s
o f fla oo d a s a a c e n t

o f th e wo rld The old e s t o f th e s e is the As

.

s y ri an c un e i fo rm i n s c riptio n in the Briti s h Mu

s e u m a s s ig n e d by th e O ri e n tal s chol a r Smi th

, , ,

to the se v e n te e n th c e n tu ry B C Its corre s . .

340 SIx DAYS O F C REATI ON .

po n de n ce with the
biblical a ccou n t is rem ark
a bl e . In it S is it the Cha ld e a n king tak e s the
, ,

place o f Noah He d e s cri be s the go dl e ss ne s s

.

o f th e wo rld th e di v i n e comma n d to b u ild th e

,

ark the flood the sailin g o f the ark towa rd

, ,

A rm e nia the re s ting upo n a mo un tai n and th e

, ,

s e n din g fo rth o f bird s who twice cam e ba ck ,

wi th soil o n th e i r fe e t but the thi rd tim e re ,

tu rn e d n o mo re .

In the traditio n s o f I n dia M an u a c ts the pa rt ,

o f N o ah The divi n e be i n g app e a rs to him in

.

th e form o f a fis h fo re w arn s him o f a u n iv e rs al

,

d e l uge and i n s tructs him how to b u ild a s hip

,

by which he s hall be s av e d The fl o od co m e s .

,

an d M an u is bo rn e in his s hip to the No rth e rn

M o un tai n wh e re it re s ts ; a nd as th e wate rs s ub
,

s id e h e di s e mb a rk s a n d fi n di n g him s e l f alo n e,

o n the e a rth s ac rific e s to th e divi n i ty a n d re

,

*
ce iv e s a comp an io n .

The G re e k s an d R om an s p re s e rv e d th e s am e
m e m o rabl e e v e n t in the l e ge nd o f D e ucalio n
an d Py rrha A cco rdi ng to thi s J upite r d e s ign
.
, ,

in g to d e s t roy th e b raz e n rac e o f m e n fo r th e i r

impi e ty D e ucalio n co n s t ructs an ark Th e n
,

J upite r p o u rs rai n from h e av e n un til the whol e

I dia What it te h u ? M M ull — 6
n can
pp 53 0
ac s ax e r, . 1 1 ,
34 2 SI X DAYS O F C RE ATI ON .

diffe re n t local catas troph es It is altoge the r im

.

robable an d i n co n c e ivabl e that in s uch a n um

p ,

be r of di ffe re n t co u n tri e s a flood pre ci s e ly s im

ilar in s o ma ny mi n ute d e ta il s co uld hav e tak e n
place Nor can a re coll e ctio n th us d efi n ite an d
.

co n co rdan t be a myth vol un tarily i nv e n te d .

Som e nations may i n d e e d hav e borrowe d the ir

, ,

acc o un t of the e v e n t fro m th e Biblical n a rra tive .

But the three gre at civiliz e d ra c e s o f an tiq ui ty

co rre s po ndi ng to th e d e s ce n dan ts of th e th ree
so sn O f —
Noah Sh e m ,
H a m a,n d —
Japh e th a s
n arrate d in the l o th ch a p te r o f G e n e s i s p re ,

s e rv e d traditio n s o f it which co uld no t h av e

be e n bo rrowe d fro m e ach o th e r but which date d

,

back to the mo s t a nci e n t p e riod s o f th e i r his

tory .

Th e s e th en bri ng i nde p e n de n t an d co n cu r
re n t e vid e nc e to th e fa ct o f s u ch a d e l uge as

that h e re re cord e d h avi ng o cc u rre d be fo re the

,

a n c e s tors of th e s e race s had s e p arate d and in ,

tha t part of A s ia which the y i nhabite d n e a r the ,

cradl e o f manki nd .

Whil e th e n the co rre s p o n d e nce of th e s e tra

ditio n s in th e ir la rge o utli n e s s us tai n s the bi s tori
cal re ali ty and accuracy of M o s e s in his re l atio n
o f a prim e val flood which d e s troye d th e wo rld ,
 TH E D E LU G E .
343

ye t on oth e r han d the ab s e nce of all dis

th e ,

figuri ng additio ns and abs urditi e s the full ne ss ,

o f d e tail an d th e s atis fac to r a n d n obl n t u

y e a re
~
,

o f th e Biblic al re co rd a re aga i n th e i n co n t ro
,

v e rtibl e atte n dan t s ign s o f its i n s piratio n .

The eviden ce of scien ce co rrobo ra to ry o f th e

,

fact o f th e d e l uge is mo s t impo rtan t

, Th e re .

e xi s ts a ll o v e r th e ea rth to a g re a te r o r l e s s
,

d e pth b e low the s urface a l ay e r o f ab rade d m a

,

te rials d e tach e d bo uld e rs grav e l and sa n d

, , ,

which has b e e n m e cha n ically d e po s ite d in its

p re s e n t po s itio n by s om e migh ty p rop e lli ng
fo rce . Thi s mixture is te rm e d in geo logy di ,

luvium — th e Lati n wo rd fo r d e l uge — a nd s e e m s

as if it had b ee n ca rri e d to its be d by th a t g rea t

n atu ral co nv ul s io n .B e s id e s thi s the re mai ns

,

o f m a rin e a n im al s fo ss il s h e ll s e tc
,
h av e b e e n
, .
,

fo un d u po n the top s o f th e high e s t mo un tai n s ,

as th e Co rdill e ras an d H im al ayas p ro ving th a t ,

a t s om e di s ta n t p as t tim e th e y m us t h av e b e e n

s ubm e rge d u n d e r th e w a te rs o f the oc e a n .

Fo r a tim e it was co n t e n d e d that ge o logic al

fact s s h o w e d that th e d e l uge had ta k e n pl ac e at
a p e riod a n t e rio r to th e p re s e n ce o f m an o n th e

globe and h e re it was s uppo se d th e re was a

,

v arian c e with the re co rd o f G e ne s i s But the .

 SI X DAYS OF C REATIO N .

more re c e n t di s cov e ry O f h uma n bo n e s in be d s

o f grav e l d e po s it e d by th e flood p rov e th e e x

is te nce O f m a n at the tim e o f its occu rre n c e an d ,

co nfirm th e s criptu ral acco un t The l earn e d

.

D uk e of A rgyl e who s om e y ea rs ago was in a

,

s tat e o f s u s p e n s e in re ga rd to th e harmo n y o f
'

the two re co rd s o n thi s poi n t in a re c e n t l e ct u re

,

a t G l as gow ha s d e cla re d that th e s e late r dis c o v

e ri e s h a v e e ffe ctually cha ng e d his mi nd He.

n o w thi n k s th a t th e
“
M o s aic acco un t is not o n ly
co n s i s te n t with all the k n ow n facts o f s ci e n c e ,

bu t acco un ts fo r c e rtai n ph e n om e na oth e rwi s e

”
un e xpl a i n e d
. Not o nly the p re s e n ce o f grav e l
o n s om e o f th e high e s t poi n ts O f E u ro p e but ,

al s o th e mammoth re m ai n s fo un d in Sib e ri a — a

clim ate in whi ch th e s e an im a l s co uld no t hav e

liv ed and whith e r th e y m us t hav e b e e n carri e d
,

— hav e c o n tribu te d to b ri ng thi s tho ughtful

w rite r to thi s co ncl us io n .

S uch is the cum ul ativ e atte s ta tio n affo rde d

by the un iv e rsal traditio n s o f ma n ki nd an d by ,

the di s cov e ri e s o f s ci e n c e to th e actua l o c c u r

,

re n c e o f the d e l ug e ,
as re co u n t e d by M o s es .

An d s ure ly in thi s v e n e rabl e a rchiv e o f the flood ,

a n d in the co rrobo ra tio n s e s tabli s hi n g its v e rac s

ity we h av e n e w reas o n aga i n to ho nor the

,
 SIX DAYS OF CREA I T ON .

Me n lea rn he re the n that , bolt o f de s truc

, a

tio n impe nds ov e r the re ckle s s pe rpe tra to rs o f

i n iqu ity; that though lo ng de laye d it is su re to ,

fall ; and that wh e n the l igh tn i ngs o f v e n gea n ce

b reak from abov e and the oc ea n s o f wra th
,

burs t from be neath pai n and ho rro r a nd death

,

will he m in the flyi ng s ou l o n e v e ry s id e and ,

the re s ha ll be fo u n d n o way o f e s ca pe .

The d e l uge mo re ov e r was m eant to be a

. ,

type o f tice
fi na l ud
j g m e n t W e might i n fe r
. this

from that e xalte d parall e li s m cha ra cte ri s tic o f

the O ld Tes ta m e n t by which a p re s e n t an d i n di
,

vid ual e v e n t s o o fte n is the s ymbol an d proph .

e cy o f a future an d g e n e ra l co n s u mm atio n But .

o u r Lo rd has no t l e ft us to i n fe re n c e bu t has ,

ta ught pl ai nly that s uch wa s the dire ct typical

s ign ifica n c e . He s ay s : As it was in the days
“

o f No ah s o s h all it be al s o in th e day s o f th e
,

S o n o f Man . Th e y did eat th e y dran k th e y , ,

we re giv e n in marriag e un til t h e day th at Noah

,

e n t e re d th e a rk and th e fl oo d ca m e an d de
, ,

s t roy e d th e m all L uk e xvii 2 6

(. .
,

Th e d e l uge th e n is G od s g re at mo n um e n ta l
’

, ,

warn i ng s e t up be fo re the e ye s o f m e n o f a
, ,

j udgm e n t to co m e It p o i n ts to a day o f j udg

.
“

“ ”
m e n t and p e rditio n o f ungodly m e n
,
a day -
 THB D EL U G E .
347
” “
of trib ulatio n and angui sh wh e n the Lord ,

J e sus s hall be re v eal e d from h eav e n with his

m igh ty a n ge l s in flami ng fire taki ng v e nge a n c e
, ,

”
o n th e m that k n ow n o t G od
( 2 Th e ss i 7 8
)
'

.
.
,

— a day o f th e Lo rd in the which the h e av e n s

“
,

s h all pa ss aw ay wi th a gre a t n oi s e a n d the e l e ,

m e n ts s hall m e lt with fe rv e n t h eat ; the e arth

al s o a nd th e wo rk s tha t are the re i n s h all be
”
2 P e t iii s h all th e
b u rn e d up .
( Th.e n . .

s ta rtli ng bla s t o f th e l a s t t rump re s o u n d and ,

the gu il ty wo rld be ov e rwh e lm e d in a d e l uge o f

almigh ty j udgm e n t an d e v e rl as ti n g fire o f which ,

the flood o f old was but a fai n t image .

D ay of w th th t wful d yra a a a

S h ll th b
a ed e oss di pl y
ann er cr s a ,

E th i
ar h e m lt w y !
n as s e a a

T m b le a th
re d se
, d ky
e r , an a an s ,

Whe Hi n m i g h ll be igh
s co n s a n ,

Wh h ll ll thi g j udg
o s a a d t y! n s e an r

Whe th t um p t th ill i g t e
n e r e
’
s r n on

Th ugh th t m b
ro f g e
g o s o a es on e ,

Sum m ll b f th th
on s a e ore e ron e ,

D e th ad Ti m h ll t d gh t
an e s a s an a as ,

A d Cn ti t th b l t
re a on , a e as ,

Ri e t
s w f th p t
o an s er or e as .

Wh e n th e n
, ,
m en p e rus e the M o saic re cord
o f the d e l ug e , le t th e m be fo re warn e d o f th e
348 SI x DAYS OF C RE ATI ON .

comi ng fl ood o f Ete rnal J udgm e nt ? The a n te

diluv ia n s did n o t b e li e v e th e p rophe cy o f th e
flood but it cam e ne v e rth e l e ss An d j us t s o
, .
,

tho ugh o ur mod e rn s k e ptic s will no t b e li e v e ,

a n d m ak e a m ock o f the proph e cy o f th e D ay

,

o f J udgm e n t it will com e n e v e rth e l ess an d

, ,

“ ”
d e s troy th e m all God hav e m e rcy up o n
.

e v e ry s o ul that taki ng h e e d by this fi rs t awfiI l

. ,

ca ta s troph e of j udgm e n t he m ay e scap e that ,

s e co n d a n d e t mo re fe a rful d o om which will

y
un s pa ri n gly b urn to th e l o w e s t h e ll .

And ye t the d e l ug e has its ge n tl e r and mo re

attractiv e s id e It is no t al toge the r an e x hibi
.

tio n o f wra th but al s o a di s pl ay o f the pl e a s i ng

,

attrib ute o f lov e It is a m e mora ble i ns ta nce

.

o f the r eserva tio n o

f the ri h teous It is writ
p g
~

te n :
“
The Lo rd fo rsak e th no t h is sai n ts The y .

”
a re p re s e rv e d fo r e v e r
( P s xxxvii A nd . .

how faithful to His holy p romi se was he in the

ca se o f Noah ! Tho ugh the e nd o f all fl e s h
was be fo re H im an d tho ugh He was bl o tti n g
,

o u t th e v e ry fac e o f n a tu re ye t n othi n g d a re ,

b e fall Noah who was a j us t m an and pe r

,
”
“

”
fe ct in his ge n e ra ti o n s an d walk e d with God ,

( G e n vi
. . A n d s o amid th e un iv e rs al ru i n
, ,

h e is s av e d fro m e v e ry th ro e an d co n v ul s io n o f
350 SI x DAYS OF T ON
C REA I .

figu ri ng the Ch u rch w rite s A ugus tine, Th e .

*

u n io n o f savag e and tam e a n imal s was a p ro ph

e c y say s O rig e n that in the Chri s tia n Ch u rc h
, , ,

th e wol f wo uld dwe ll wi th th e

“
as I saiah write s ,

l amb and the l e opard lie dow n with the kid J

, .
" '

No v e ss e l co uld e v e r hav e o utridd e n s uch an

e a rth h e avi n g a n d s k y re ach in g t e mp e s t a s th e
- -

d e l uge sav e the ark But it was built a fte r

, .

G od s own patte rn ; it co n tai n e d the s oul s He

’

lov e d as the appl e o f His e ye ; and it carri e d

wi th its d e s ti n y His e v e rlas ti ng p u rpo se A n d .

so the Ch u rch is the buildi ng an d e dific e o f

“
,

G od J e s us Chri s t him s e l f be i ng th e ch i e f
“
,

”
corne r s to n e ( Eph e s ii
-
its m e mbe rs a n d . .

i nhabita n ts are the sai n ts in whom He d e ligh ts ;

an d it ca rri e s with it th e e te rn a l p urpo s e o f s a l

vatio n And though m a ny s to rm s h av e b urs t

.

upo n it and th e v e ry gat e s o f h e ll hav e wi th

,

s tood it a n d ma ny flood s hav e b e at e n aga i n s t

,

it ye t it has no t bee n d e s troy e d but has ev e r

, ,

p re ss e d s te adily o nwa rd toward its h eav e n ly

goal U nd e r its J e wi s h fo rm it outliv e d Phili s
.

tin e i n c urs io n s and Baalitish idol a tri e s a n d

, ,

B abylo n i s h e xil e s ; and und e r its Ch ri s tian fo rm

it ov e rcam e J e wi s h bigot ry and the p e rs e c utio n s ,

*
Ep is .
, 1 08 .

1 Hom
'
.
, 2.
 THE D E LU G E .
351

of r ni o R om e , an d co rru ptio n o f the middl e

th e

age s And n ot a mi sgivi ng ne e d we h av e n ow

.
,

but th at the Ch u rch th e a rk o f G o d will p as s

, ,

u n s cath e d the fi e ry o rd e al o f m o d e rn s k e ptici s m

‘

a n d co n ti n u e its co u rs e as th e bl e s s e d ag e n cy
,

o f h u m a n s alvatio n to th e e n d o f tim e
, .

F i nally th e Bow in th e Clo ud whi ch G od se t

, ,

up in a n s w e r to th e alta r a nd s ac rifi c e o f N oa h ,

wh e n he cam e fo rth from the a rk wa s a pledg e ,

a n d ore lea m o the n ew cr ea tion

“
f g f I do s e t my .

bow in th e cl o ud an d it s hall be fo r a tok e n o f a

,

cov e nan t b e twe e n m e an d the e art ( G en .

ix 1
. The rai n bow th e re fo re was a s ig n o f
, ,

d e liv e ran c e a pl e dge o f safe ty and an e mbl e m

, ,

o f hO pe . It re s ts upo n ea rth and s pans the

h eav e n s wi th its be au ti ful a rch and th us app ears ,

to be a p roph e tic typ e o f that gold e n age o f

re co n ciliatio n b e tw e e n God and m an wh e n ,

“
th e s in s tai n e d e a rth havi n g b e e n cl e a n s e d by
-

th e flood s h all be i n habite d by a re n e w e d rac e

, ,

m ad e re fi n e d and wi s e r by the
It poi n ts to a tim e wh e n God in Ch ri s t s hall
mak e all thi ngs n e w and wh e n a n e w h e av e n
,
“

an d a n e w e a rth
”
Re v xxi I ) p u re b right an d
( . .
, ,

gl o rio us s h all s p ri ng up ov e r the ru i n s o f the

,

E w ld Hi t y f P
a , s or p lo f I l 1eop 7 e o srae , , . 2 0 .
352 SI x D Avs OF
'

C RE A I T ON .

old . Then sha ll the universe, h

p y s ical an d m oral ,

h Th e n d sh all th e wo rk o f th e Six
“
a reg create
-
.

”
Days of Cre ati on be re s to red fro m the cl ov e n
'

fac t o f S atan an d fro m the bligh t o f poll u tio n

.
,

and wo e to its o rigi n al p e rfect i o n an d pri s ti n e

,

b ea uty Th e n sh all the fOul bl o ts of sin be

.
!
.

was h e d away; an d th e galli ng te a rs O f e arth s ’

’

sornows be dri e d an d th e re s hall be n o m ore

.
,

d eath for the : form er thi n gs are pas se d away

,
” '
”
.

R ev x x i T h e fall will be e fface d— th e lo s t

( . .

Paradi s e re gai ne d And ove r thi s re n ew e d .

earth a n d its re d ee m e d i n habita n ts s h all s hi n e

, ,

th e ligh t of t h e glo ry o f God an d th e radiant ,

Bow i n the Cl oud will s tan d as the toke n of th e

'

e v e rl as ti ng cove na n t th at n o m o re d e l uge s h all

d e s troy thi s secon d and gl o rifie d c rea tion “

Lo ! che ub h ds th e g l d n u ts p ep e
r an o e co r r ar ,

L ! th o s ari
o d ve y
r ne i t i th e e ; s e , an e r sa n s r

Ea th utm st b un d
r
’
snfess th ei wful way o o s co r a s ,

Th m u t i e w hip a d the isl bey

o n a ns ors , n .
es o

N u or s m th y d— d y
n n or ight oon e n ee n or a n or n

God is th i tem pl e nd th e L m b th i l ight

e r , a a e r

H k ! whi te obed th ng th ei d ep h ann s rai s

ar -
r t ro s r e . os a e,

And e t gued up well th e v i f p ai se ;

oc an -
on s s o ce o r

T th u
en d h a p ttu e th e m y ti
o san g r s a n s c son ,

Te n th us d th u n d ai nts th e t in p l on g
o an o sa s s ra ro

W rth y th e L m b ! m ipoten t t
o ve a o n o sa ,

Wh di d wh o li ves t i um phant o e th e g av e
o e , , r
’
r r .
3 54 SI X D AYS O F C REATION .

bigote d a pa rtisa n o f authority that h e would

n o t lie dow n to s l e e p u po n his pillow un l e ss h e

k ne w the ki ng had th e pow e r to tak e it fro m

u n d e r h is h e ad And so th e s e ex tre mi s ts are
.

s o i rra tio nal in th e i r hate o f th e old that th e y

wo uld rath e r that the e dific e o f Re v e latio n s ho uld

be crumbl e d to the e a rth and th a t the im mo rtal
,

hop e s o f m an ki n d s hould be re d uc e d to w re ck ,

th an that th e y s ho uld be imm utably fix e d upon

the pi lla r a n d g ro un d o f the pa s t And s till.

th e old a re th e vital a n d m agi s te ri al truth s .

Th e y are o f the m o s t un iv e rsal i n te re s t— o f the

mo s t comman di ng i n fl ue n c e G rea t truth s are .

ge n e ral and s oo n catch the ob s e rvatio n of m e n ;

,

an d tho s e who will o n ly follow that which is

n o v e l can fin d littl e but what is fal s e As the .

s u n th e c e n tra l obj e ct o f th e u n iv e rs e has k e pt

, ,

o n s hi n i ng amid all mi n or m u tatio n s o f n atu re ,

s o th e Bibl e — the o ld e s t Book — is n o t to be dis

cre dite d be cau se it s h e d light upo n the ge ne ra
tio ns o f the pas t It is an e te rnal witne s s of
.

th e mo ral un i ty o f th e age s In it the old an d

.

the n e w p as t an d p re s e n t fo u n d atio n an d cap

, ,

s to ne fin d th e i r p e rfe ct h a rmo ny a n d bl e n d i n to
,

o n e s ymm e t rical whol e .

I t was no t to be e xp e cte d th e n that th e s e re

 CONC LU S I O N .
3 55

ce n t imp e tuous a ssaults wo uld hav e s e rio us ly

i nvalidate d th e autho ritativ e po s itio n o f the
Bibl e Nor has the subte rfuge und e r which
.

th e y hav e be e n v e il e d viz the ho nore d nam e

, .
,

o f s ci e n c e avail e d to m ak e th e m s ucc e s s ful

, .

But as we hav e s ee n in th e s e page s th e app e al

, ,

to thi s tribunal has re acte d with crushi ng fo rce

u po n tho s e who re s o rt e d to it As we s um up .

th e re s u lts it grow s e vid e n t th at th e timidi ty o f

,

Ch ri s ti an s and the p re s u mptio n of sk e ptics

, ,

hav e alik e b ee n di sappoi n te d The wo nd e rful

.

progre ss of mod e rn s ci e nce which in its im pul ,

s iv e co ur s e has ov e rt u rn e d s o ma n y s y s t e m s ,

an d s w e pt away s o m a ny v e n e rabl e traditio n s ,

ha s n o t w eak e ne d a li n e o f S c ripture but co n ,

trariwis e has ma rv e lo us ly brac e d and fortifi e d

,

its s upports and s h e d a n e w radiance o f c re di

,

bility upo n the s acre d vol um e Not o nly hav e .

th e mo s t a ss id uo us re se arch e s o f s ci e n ti s t s fail e d
to d e te c t flaw s in the M o saic re cord o f c re atio n
th e cor ne rs to n e o f the e dific e o f R e v e l atio n ,

but th ey hav e e s tabli s h e d coi n cid e n c e s o f the

mo s t re ma rkabl e ki n d th e force of wh ich it is
,

u tt e rly impo s s ibl e to e vad e .

As M r G lads to ne in his co ntrov e rsy with

.
,

Pro f H uxl ey in th e JVin eteenth Century R eview

'

.
,
356 SI x DAYS OF C REA I ON T .

in his rticl es th e D a wn o f Creation and

a , ,

”
Pro e m to G e ne s i s has s how n be yo nd pos s ibil
,

ity o f re fu tatio n the re is a compl e te a cco rd o f

,

Ge ne s is wi th the fiv e grea t ca te gori es o f pres e n t

life , firs t v ege ta bl e l ife the n the thre e
, ,

—
ord e rs o f an imal li fe fis he s bi rds and beas ts , ,

-
a n d fin ally m an , The sam e ha rm o ny is s e e n
.

a s te p furth e r back viz : in the o rigi n o f li fe it

, .

se l f which s ci e n c e by a ffi rm i ng the u tte r im o s

, , p
s ibility o f d i s cov e ri ng its n a tu ral bi rth o r caus e ,

th e re by re fe rs to a po s itiv e act of c rea tio n .

Wh e n we com e to e xam ine the late r Biblica l

a cco u n t s o f the fall a nd the d e l uge all the ,

s ci e n tific e vid e n c e aga i n as far a s it go e s is , ,

acco rdan t and co nfi rm ato ry .

And re achi ng th e p e riod o f the E xodus the ,

tes timo ni es unearth e d by arch ae ological s tudi e s ,

rese arch e s and e xplora tio n s i ns te ad of s howi ng ,

irre co n cilabl e facts an d co n t radictio n s bri n g ,

unlook e d fo r attes tatio n

-
The E ngli s h s u rv e y
.

o f th e S i naitic Pe n i n s ul a v e rifi e d th e book s o f

Exod us an d N umbe rs a s nothi ng e l s e had

do ne alth o ugh s co re s of l e arne d a rgum e n ts
,

had b e e n add uc e d in th e i r d e fe n s e Th e re c e nt .

dis cov e ri es of A s sy ri an and Babylo nian hi s to ry ,

as de ciph e re d fro m the c u ne i fo rm i ns c riptio ns

358 srx DAYS OF C REATION .

S o m e infidels hav e e v e n dare d to say that cou ld

th e y be ge ne rall y circulate d o ur sacre d s crip
,

ture s wo uld ceas e to be re ad W e ll the y a re .

,

no w be i ng pri n te d in a c o ll e ctio n o f twe n ty fo u r -

vol um e s by Pro f Max M ull e r an d his l ea rn e d

, .

coll eague s ; and it is s aid by tho s e who have care

fully e xami ne d th e m th a t th e ir p ublica tio n will
,

q uite di s s ipate the mo rbid i n te re s t e n te rtai n e d

ih re ga rd to the m . The y are la rge ly m ade up
o f imp robabl e fabl e s an d t e ch n ical de tail s o f un

m ean i ng rite s of wo rs hip and charac te riz e d

,

mo s tly by childi s h babbli ngs such as fe w will

“
,
”

e v e n hav e the pa ti e n c e to re ad an d from whi c h ,

no ne can ga th e r e i th e r wi s dom or i n s t ruc tio n .

In co n t ra s t to th e c l ea r divi ne m a rk s o f o ur
,

Bibl e th e y are pa i nfully and wo fully h uman

, .

S uch the n is the re sult o f all th e s e rece n t

aggre s s iv e mov e m e n ts o f s ci e n ce And wha t .

occas io n is th e re th e n fo r thi s o utc ry abo ut the

n e c e ss ity o f m o uldi ng a n e w o ur th e ori e s o f in

s pi ra tio n
, re co ns truc ti ng the li ne s o f o ur the
ology and modi fyi ng the s ubs criptio n s o f o ur
,

c re e d s ? D r M ozl e y has w e ll s how n in o n e o f

.

his U n iv e rs ity se rmo n s th a t it is n o t th e late s t

, ,

but the old e s t fo rm o f Ch ri s tian i ty whi c h is ,

mo s t in ha rmo ny wi th the advance s and achiev e

 O
C N C U SI L ON .
3 59

m e nts o f mod e rn tho ught An d so it is but to .

the old Book to the O ld faith to th e O ld go s p e l

, , ,

to the O ld foundatio n s and to the O ld c e rtitud e s , ,

that s ci e n ce releads us a nd e s tabli s h e s us o n a

'

firm e r ba s i s tha n ev e r Re ligio n has ne v e r had .

an ythi ng to fe a r bu t all to hop e from s ci e n c e

" .
g
, ,

C hri s tian i ty has b e e n the fo s te r moth e r o f -

s ci e n c e It has bee n un d e r the q uick e n i ng im

.

p ul s e s an d fre e i ns pi ratio n s o f th e go s p e l that

th e s ci e n c e s h av e b e e n bor n an d that art has ,

flo uri s h e d and tha t th e mod e rn age wi th all its

,

glori e s has b ee n made a po s s ibility .

L e t th e n C h ri s ti an s s tudy s ci e n ce and le t s ci ,

e n tis ts iv e th e i r b e s t e fforts to the s tudy o f th e

g
Word o f God The Bibl e o f co urse is no te xt .
, ,

*
We cann ot forb e ar q uoti n g
h th e f ll owi g obl enti e re o n n e s

m nt f om th g
e r t ci tifi
e l d He b t Sp c wi th
re a s en c ea er, r er en er,

th g t th t h n d h i m t i li ti c ll gu s h v ot l
e re re a e a s a er a s c o ea e a e n a

w y td
a s ac e i t tly with it x lt d vi w
c on s s e n H wh co s e a e e s e o n

t m pl t
e th
a esu iv ef m ligiou p int f vi w m u t
n ers e ro a re s o o e s

le to e th t thi whi h we c ll i n e is
arn se a s con stituc t of a sc e c on e en

th e g t wh l e whi le h e wh
re a o ,
t m pl t th e un iv f om o c on e a es e rs e r

th s i e tifi p i t of vi w m u t l
c en c o n t th t wh t we c ll
e s earn o see a a a

re l i gi n i i m il l y c titu t f th g t wh le It be
o s s ar a on s en o e re a o .

h oves ch p ty to st iv e to u d t n d th e th with th e
o ea ar r n ers a o er,

c n vi ti
o c th t th e oth
on a h s m thi g w th y t be u de er a so e n or o n r

t
s oo d nd th t wh m utu lly
, a a g iz d thi
en s m thi g wi ll a re co n e , s o e n

be Me basis qf a com l recon cilia tion . F irst B l

‘

p te z n czp ,s
'
e e

p . 21 .
3 60 srx DAYS OF C REATI O N .

boo k on the s ci en c es We ca nnot e xp e ct i n a

.
‘

s pi ri tual guid e fo r th e s o u l th e t e ch n ica l e x a ct

n e s s o f a s ci e n tifi c m a n ual But e ach in its o wn

.

s ph e re m u tually s u s tai n s an d co rrobora te s th e

‘

o th e r The Bibl e is i nd e e d a s e l f witn e s s i ng

.
, ,
-

re v e l a tio n
. The fi tne s s o f its e te rn i ty d ee p -

truth s to th e imm eas u rabl e c rie s and wa nts o f

the s pirit o f m an a tte s t to e v e ry rea lly ea rn e s t
,

s o u l that it is a God iv e n m e s sa e B ut f ll
g g o a
-
.

th e e xt e rn al p roo fs o f its divi ne origi n n o n e a re ,

mo re e l e vate d co nvi n ci ng and i rre futa bl e than

, ,

tho se which s ci e n c e di s clo se s And p articul arly

.

wh e n we s tudy the acc ordanc e be tw e e n its as

c e rta in e d facts an d th e Op e n i ng p age s o f re v e

— —
latio n the Book o f G e ne s i s the e vid e nc e o f
its i n s pi ratio n is s o un mi s takabl e th at o n ly he,

who will no t be co nvi n c e d can with s ta n d it .

We can not be tte r th e n s um up t h e co nclu

, ,

s io ns o f thi s vol um e th a n wi th thi s e loq ue n t

pa s sage from o n e w ho is at o n c e a n o te d s cie n

tis t a n d an e mi n e n t C h ri s ti an :
“
The two t e
co rd s th e e arli e r re v e l atio n a n d the late r are
, ,

o ne in th e i r s ublim e e n un ci a tio n s o f th e h is tory

o f cre atio n . Th e re is a lik e gran de ur in the

p rog re ss o f the age s Th ey bo th co n tai n Co n
.

c e tio n s
p i nfin ite ly b e y o n d th e re ach of the
 I N D EX .

A w wi d m f G d 44 ;
sh o s s o o o , 1

Ag i z ass on p roo fs of God in na i tim t divi

n a es ity 46 ;’

n e un , 1 te

ture , 6 ;
,

on i ntel l ig ent
‘

pl an of v l im m ity f th iv
ea s en s o e un erse ,

th e un iv erse , 2 0 1 . 47 I .

Ag i lr cu ture , th e first of th e arts , A g ti St

u us n e , P th i m 3 5; .
, on an e s ,

46
2 th
on t f li f
e m
ree ot e a sacra en ,

l ti l S bb th
.

Am b St m ti h ym
rose , f 8 .
, a n n o , 2 . 48 ;
2 th on e ce es a a a ,

A g l th
n e s, f G d i Bib
e
“
son s o o
”
n 2 94 .

li l ca tiv f th f ll 3 8
n arra e o e a , 2 .
B
A im l d f pp
n a s, or i er o
byl l y bl a earan ce n
Ba on , c a ta ets of, 2 3
ti 64 ; bl
.

C rea

v
i g f G d
b
on , 1
y i
ess n o
l o
Beaut , creat on of, 1 24 ; p ace of
up 7 ;on , 1t m
i f 7 th i f lty f i
f p u 0 as n
l l er o S e
in m ora cu ture , 1 2 6 .

c es o , 1
i i g iu i
1
b i l
e r
di i acu
i y o n
Bee s, u n
g g n e n u t o f, 1 74 .

sti t nc 7 ;, th 1
w
2
d by
e r
x i n
b
en o
l i s
B ogen esis, e per m ents esta sh
t u tu
s r c 75 ; h
re , 1 f
f t o a ec e
it, 46—7
f ll 8 ; qu ti f th i
.

th e
i m m t lity 84
a , 1 2
i d i es
d on o
i e r
B r s , th e r or er of creat on , 1 63 .

or a , 1
d .
di Boar m an , h is Stu es in th e
Ap yph o cr ti
a, on creafm im iv on o
i d an
Creat e Week c te , 6 8 ; on
m t l or a 48 , 2 .
q v am oun t of a ueous apor, 9 1 on
Ap t li pi tl ti m f ll
os o c e s
w
es , e o co ee
o m an , 2 2 3
ti
.

on , 7 2 .
id w T i Br ge ater reat se , on pre Ad
A t Mt h ight d l lity f
-

rara , .
, e
i i l an oca o , am c an m a s, 1 66 .

33 7 i J d y Br gh t, oh n, on Sun a observ
A h l gy upp t f t th
rc aeo o , s or
9
o , o e
a n ce , 2
Bibl 5; it vid .

m i
e, t f s e
Bu k P f en ce as
i d t u tibi li ty
o os
c n er, ro on n es r c
ti q ity
.
,
sil re a n s, f l an
f m tt u o an
1
4 o a er,
—
.

g gu t 8
4 5
a e , e c. ,
B k Ed m u d0 .
v f f ur e , n re erence o or
A gyl Duk f
r e, ig f l we o
uth
, i ty 3 53
on re n o a , a or
, ,

M i
.
,
177 ; on u t f th Bu h ll D
osa c acco
uW m
n
R o
ig h t e
s ne r o o an s
’
s,
d lug 344
.
, ,
e e, .
8 22
it di m i 33 B i .

A k th 3 3 0
l ti l igi
r e, s en s on s , 1
, it t us n ess, s re a on s o re on ,
c a ac
p i ty f 33 ; th o f th , 2 e a ers
1 12
y b l
0 .

up on,333 m f th a s o o e

C h u h 3 45— rc
35 , 1 . 0 .

A y i m m t i ipti
ss r an on u C th
en s , iptu wh
n scr on s anon , e scr re , en ar
O f 57
, g d 6 — 7 ran e , 2 .

A t my fi m th Bibl 5 C l d w d i d t u tibility f
s ron o , con r s e e, a er oo , on n es r c o

g geous
or
ph e n om e n a of, 1 42 m atter, 40 .

( 6
3 3 )
 6
3 4 I ND EX .

Capital, and its re ation s to abor, l l of an im l

his th eor of
a s, 176; y
1 13 . vl
e o ution, 1 9 2 ; a m ts invaria d i
ly l
Car e , on nature itnessing for w bility of s ec es, 1 9 7
p i .

God , 5 . Dw
a son, P n nci al, on h uman fos
p
i y
Ch em str , its octrine of ogene d bi sils and the ica narrat ve of bibl l i
sis , 5; an d th e origin of ife , l l th e fal , 3 1 9 .

Day, th e creation of, 1 51 .

Chinese, th i p t d d
e r ti quity Dy l
re en e an , a s , ength of th e creative , 8 3 .

1 2. D eath , unk no n thout th e fa , w wi ll

Christ, th i t um t l C
e t
ns r 3 3 en a rea or, 1 .

tt t i pi ti
a es s f G ns D litz h
ra on o en e e sc , comm ents of, on Gen e
sxs , 1 9 . sis, 32 ; iv d y
on th e creat e a s,
Ch rysostom , on th e ark , 3 3 3 . 86 ; th onCh i ti S bb th
e rs an a a ,

Ch urch , the, t pifie y d by P ara ise, d 2 58 ; th eton l S bb th e ern a a a ,

d
2 52 ; atten an ce at in A i
m er ca, 95
2 .

28 2 . D lug th use f 3 26 ; h i t i
e e, e ca o , s or c
i iv li y b l i
C cero , on un ersa t of e ef in p i d
er o f 3 8 ; o t v ,l ll 2w d i n er a a o e

God . 3 7 . t di l uvi
an e f p tans or re en ance ,
l d i
Coa , pro uct on of, 1 28 .
33 u0 iv lityn f 33 4
— 8 t
ersa o ra
—
,

i
Confuc us, era of, 1 2 . diti ti
ons res ec
p g 339 34 ; i n , 2 sc
Contem porar yR w
evie , and Egyp en tfi
i
'

b ti f 343 5
c corro ora on s o —
—
,

i
t an m onum en ts , 24 . m l l
ora f 3 5 5
4essons t o , 1 i s

i i
C ont nents, format on of, 1 0 1 . ym b l f th
s o o t d u iv e recrea e n erse ,
i y
C opern can , th eor of th e universe, 3 51
1 0 1 . D T cqu vi ll
e o th Am ic
e e , on e er an
C p
o ern icu p l n f
s, on l y a o so ar s s Su d y 2 8 1
n a ,
.

t m 1 45
e , . D um m d P f
r on lity f th
, ro .
, on rea o e
C re a ti ding d f 1 64
o n , asc en or er o , . up
s tu l 4 ;
ern a my t y i
ra , on s er n
C iti i m
r c s t f , secret k p o recen s e i
sc ence , 73 ; h m b t w on c as e ee n
ti l 3 53
ca , . d d d livi g w l d 1 23 ;
ea an n or s, on

Cu rse , th p l ie,m d tu
roc a e on na re , bi d li f 1 69
r e, .

but t no m 3 2
on 1 ; b i h d
an , an s e
i th h v ly Ed
n e ea en 3 4 en , 2 . E .

Cuvi t ibut
er, f t G
r i 31 ;
e o , o e n e s s,
Earth , un i qu e os tion of i in th e
p
on p i m yr i m l t
ary p 7an a es, 1 2 .

un iv erse , 1 6 1 .
d wh l t d 24
E en , ere oca e , 1
D .
y
Eg pt , d th t f w iti g
an e ar o r n , 1 1.

D ana , l y dG
P ro f , . on geo og an en Egy pti m um ant fi m th on e n s, co n r e

i 45;
es s , it y u on f san ar ses o b k f Ex d u 3
oo o o s, 2 .

p l t 8
an s, 1 2
; l
i g h t b f th on e ore e E gl d
n an t d g t
, sea coas -
an rea n ess

u s 4n, u
1 y1 f Mo n acc rac o o f 1 08
o , .

i d f
sa c or er o ti 65; crea on , 1 on E noch b k f ,
fim M ooi o , con r s osa c

unity f th d f tu
o e recor s o na re acco u t f th f ll 3 9
n o e a ,
2 .

and v l ti 36 re e a on , 1. Evil t , f k wl dg
ree o f i P no e e o ,
n ar

D wiar p p g t
n , on i f fl w ro a a on o o ers, di 248 ; p bl m f igi f
a se, ro e o or n o ,

1
3 ; 1w d onf f ti l i tion ers o er za on , 99 ;
2 G d t u th f 3 0
o no a or o , 0 .

34
1 ; m k b l
on re d p t ti ar a e a a a on s Ev l uti
o th th y t ted 1 9 ;
on , e eor s a , 2
3 6 6 IN D EX .

I renaens, on th e proph ec respect y l

re ations of Ch urch and state ,
ing th e serpent, 3 2 2 . 28 5 .

ly
I ta , its seac oast, the secret of its
M
po w
e r, 1 08 .

Mam ulay , L d or , on
.

Sun dy a oh

K
v
ser an ce , 2 7
5 .

K l
.

y y
Madl th t m e r, i e as ron o er, on ev
ant, I mm an ue , on m ster of d f
e nce o m t 5 co e s, 0
i li iy
.

organ c fe , 1 69 ; on author t of M an , or igi f by ti 1 8 8 ; n o cre a on ,

l
th e m ora law, 20 9 .

p i d
er o f h i pp 8 9;o
,

s a e aran ce , 1
K l w ld
ep er, o n h arm o ny o f or s, 50 ;
th w ld m d f h im 9 ;
e or a e or 1 1
di v l w f pl t y v
sco e rs a s o ane ar re o ~

f ilua f v l ti re o
ppli d t e o u o n as a
,

e o
luti 43
o ns , 1 .
h im 9 ; up i ity f
1 2 -
20 1 s e r or o
E y l pwdi
,
K itt fli m M b dily d m t l t tu t
’
o s nc c o a, a r s O
o an en a s ruc re o
i th hip f G i 9 ;
sa c au ors o e n es s , 1
im l
an 4; m k a s,
p g 20 a es ro ress ,
d th i pi ti f M 5 7; ubd
an e ns ra on o ose s , 2 .
20 f f s tu ues orce s o na re ,
K ig l f di i m g i
oe n , on oss o v ne I a e n
21 1
; hi f d f G d i c e en o o n crea
th f ll 3 7
e a 1
ti on , 2 1 lt d t w m
4; as re a e o o an ,
.
,

K uth D
ra ,tu l l ngth f
r. , on na ra e o
2 7; f d 1 l h d f th e era ea o e ra ce ,
crea ti d y 87 ve u iv l a s, on n ersa
blig ti f th S bb th 64 M
o a on o e a a , 2 .
arsh , P rof , . on comm on root o f
v i u l g g 49 th e ar o s an ua es , .

L M ty Ju ti . b v f ar r, s n, on o ser an ce o

Lba or d p i
ant l th i pca p S u d ay by th, ly Ch
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of i tifi th i 1 5;
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oblig ti f S bb th 2 63 ;
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a sym b l f d th d t ity
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rest o f

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th Nature an d Sci
24 3 ; i
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p l
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of, in tem ptat on , 30 3 .

l
P asca , on m an s superion ty to th e
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m ater a un e rse , 1 6 2 . t i
sus a n s M i d 43 ; osa c re co r ,

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s er e s w ll i v n , as e as n re e
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race , 48 . ro b t S iptu l
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e rtu lian, o n th e Sa ath , 2 73
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2 69 . Th e odos1us, e ct of, res pe ct ng di i
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Se m na pr nc p e , v egetat on not i
Sun a , 2 8 6 dy .

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p. Ti l i i
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ou , e, s 5 nc e o an , 2 0 .

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29 1 .
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ac s, a r s osa c a ors d mpti 2 3 7 e on , .

f G oi 8 en es s, 1 .

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47 Ze n d Av
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