The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-07-15

2of Jeh ,sab, or Lord" "CsliJanb Gays
that the fret and second chapters of Gene
sis down TO verse sixth, contains the ac-
count of Elohim's creation. with brief
res,ane Of his work In chapter fifth. and first
and second yerses. The creation by Jeho
vahr or Lord, Is record ed 10 che second
shspter and from tho sixth 10 the twenty J
fifty sersss. This account really begias,
however, nc the fourth verse, without at
tempting to follow "Cal1brT " sk.sugh all
h@ sophisticated usage OF scientific aud
Biblical researeh and meeting HE many
propositions aud conclusions drawn there
from, ! shall content myself at present by
showing that his first proposition does not
sas,ain the second. II the pillars be knock
ed down. the building i,self must fall Hi.
fret proposition In; :" The BiBie is an In
spired book, aud every word Of It 10 true'
The second is: :. There psrs men upon he
earfh before Adam"
Now, let ne turn TO that part % Elohim's
or Gods creation that pertaies to man. ana
read. We begin at the let chapter and 28th,
9th and 28th verses Of @ Geness-" Aud God
(Elohim) said. let us make msn in our inn
age, after our likeness. aud let them haze
dominion over the fsI, of the sea. and over
the fowl Of the air. and over the cattle,
and over ell the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth. So G,d (Elohim) created man in
his oUn image, In the image OF God (Eio-
him) created he him; male and female cre-
;ated he them. De fruitful. snd ,multiply.
and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over tho fowl Of the-air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth,
Now, let us turn to the I'd chapter, and be,
ginning Mt the 4th verse. because the do.
count Of Jshovah's creation. as t" Caiiban :"
terms IL, begins at the 4th verse Of the Cd
chapter, "These are The generations Of the
hesvens and Of che earth wiser they were
created. In the day that the Lord God tie
hoyah Elohim) made the earth and the
heavens, aud every plant OF the fiell be.
fore IL was In the earth, nd'every herb Of
the field before Il grew. for the Lori God
upon the earth. and there was not O man
to till the ground. But there went up
mist from the earth. and watered the
whole farce Of the ground. And the Lord
God Jehovah Eloktp} f,fmed man Of the
dust OF the ground and breathed into h.s
nostrils the breath OF life; and man be-
came q living soul" The question to be
settled here il this: Do both these accounts
refer to the same creation or do they refer
TO two differeitt creations 7 .. -
Il is plain to my mind that Il is the came
creation referred TO Ia both chapters, one
being repetition OF the other, rather In
detail. The lst chapter and tie Ist verse
declares that "in the beginning God ere
ated the heavens and the earth" And
heie, In the I'd chapter and 9TH verse, We
are told, "these are the generations Of the
atavens and Of the earth wien they were
created, in the day that the Lord God made
the earth and the heavens" Now, IL there
are two creations OF men recorded 10 Gen.
esis, an account Of one 70 the lat chapte-,
aud an account Of the other Id the 40 chap
ter, there are two creations Of the heave ms
and the earth, also, one Reaven and one
earth created by ElohIm aud the other by
Jehovah. Both creations are introduced
Chat is, II there are two)in the same order,
with statement Of the creation of the
heavens and the earth, first. then the veg
etabls kingdom, DC. before there is any
in al 40
there is pre- Adansits there must be pre-.
heavea and pre.earth too. for his abode.
Let ~ look at the ffth chapter the Ist
md 2d verses. since Caliban y tells us this
Is short resume Of the creation by E!o
him or God. "Caliban" says: "77ers
soere men .pon tie eastk6.for Adua." The
Bible, however, every word" OF which,
"Cslibsn" saYs. "is har,T tslrs us here,
:. This is the book Of the generations of
Adam; In the day that God created man,
Ia the likeness Of God made he him: male
and female created he them, and blessed
them. aud called their name Adam, In the
day when they were created" Now here
is the very same language used, that is
found In the Ist chapter and 2stb verse OF
Genesis In the lst chapter aud 2S,h verse,
we are,told that God created man In III.
osem image, In the Image Of God created he
him; male and female created ne them,~
andiin the second verse OF the fifth chapter
II Ia added. "and called their name Adam.
in the day whom they were created" If
I" there vers men upon The earth5efoyo Adan.'