Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-12-12
gBHDAY READING,
THE STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES.
QUESTIONS ON GENESIS.

Verse 7. What did God call the frma-
ment 7 and what arc inelude3 under this
0-10. How was the separation between
the water and the land effected {! and what
names were given to them severally7
Did this work pertain to the second or to
the third day ! Is the name seas given in
the Scriptures to both large and small bodies
of water See Matt. viii. 80 Luke viii. 80;
Chron. ". 2.
hip. What was done on the third day?
Did the vegetable and animal creation spring
spontaneously from the earth and waters,
without a present creating energy, or did the
Spirit of God form in all the germ of fife p
Why was the vegetable creation produced
before the animal? What does this passage
and that of Cor. XIV. SO teach concerning
the notion that the seed Of one vegetable will
when sown produce quite a different vegeta-
ble-as that wheat will produce cheat ? Is
a sound creed in agriculture important to the
best results in that art?
IA What was the work of the fourth day!
S Does this language necessarily imply that the
: sun, moon, and stars were first created on
, the fourth day ? Do the Scriptures employ
language with philosophical accuracy Or do
they often describe things as they appear, and
e in compliance with popular modes of speech
e In what sense is the term made sometimes
used Eek. vii. Iii. IA; Josh. xxi. 25.-
What is the meaning of the original word
for sun =! Of what are the stars symbol in
n the prophetic writings Rev. j. 90; Dan
xii. 8. What are the uses of the heavenly
h bodies to the inhabitants ofthe earth How
do they serve for signs, &C.? Is, 16, II, Is
d 90, %. What was the work of the fftl
er day ? How do you explain the apparen
discrepancy between VS.. 20 and chap. ii, 10
!, Describe the execution Of the command con
III tanned in the goth verse. VS.. 81. Of wha
1t. are sea monsters symbolie&l4 Ps. lxxiv, 13
If Eek. xxx, 8. What is implied in the bles
sing of VS.. %? Will the inferior creation b
As, restored to a blessed state ? Rom. viii. 10. 2:
a' THE STREAM OF HUMAN K1NDNEss.-It
~ a small matter, but We left home the otht
81 morning without an umbrella. While at tt
r. wharf it began to rain. AS we passed a stor
~ gong home,the merchant just entering, sal
"Wil you have an umbrella % Walkir
w on under its comfortable shelter, we overtot
-. a little ragged girl on whose thin clad Shot
IL ders the rain was beating without mere
Ia Thinking Of the kindhand that had sheltert
us, we asked her to come under the umbrell
Her vinegar face turned to a pleased smile
she looked up and came under it. A lit
en- further on at a crossing, we found a lit
ais child crying for the loss of its shoe in t
mud. Our companion got out the shoe al
IAN put it on, and the child dried its eyes al
went on its way rejoicing. We were graf
the ful, the soured and poverty stricken G
ore was improved, and the child was happy
DIRK the day, that it had escaped loss and disco1
fort. Then when the child told this at hon
IAN the parents were grateful, doubtless. w
knows how broad may be the stream arisi
nan from such a little rill? Yet it is true that
1t these rills are made the broad river that flo
into the ocean q eternal joy.
Wheeling Times.