Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-10
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THE CREATION,
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the manner in which the world which we in
habit was created. No two Of them, howev-
er, agree. What one class or school advo-
Gates, another class most positively denies and
cries down as foolish and absurd. The only
satisfactory account we have is that which is
contained in the first chapters of the book OF
Genesis. From this account we learn that
the first thing that was created was the hea-
vens and the earth. The earth is described
as being without form and void. The word
which is translated "without FORM" literally
means "evasteness," and the word which is
rendered "void," signifies "emptiness." The
idea seems to be that the earth was desolate
place devoid of inhabitants, rather than that
it was without form or shape. The next
thing brought into existence was light. Be
fore this we may infer that all was night and
chaos. The light God called day, and the
darkness he called night. This completed
the work Of the first day. The work of the
second day consisted in making an expanse
between the waters. The object of this ex-
panse was to divide the waters from the wa
ters, so that part was above and part be-
low the armament. The expanse God called
heaven.
On the third day the waters of the earth
were collected into particular places. The
collection of the waters was called seas, and
the place from which they were removed was
called dry land. Up to this time neither the
vegetable nor the animal kingdom was
brought into existence. There was no grass
nor any living animal in the universe. On
the third day the vegetatng principle was
bestowed upon the earth, and God planted in
its fruitful soil everything that we call veg
etable. Before the creation Of the animal
kingdom, God created lights in the armament
of tho heavens. The sun, the moon and the
stars were made. The sun was constituted
ruler of the day, and the moon and stars rulers
of the night. Before this period, light had
existed but as yet it had not been located in
any particular object This was the work OF
the fourth day.
On the fifth day the fish of the sea and the
fowls of the air were brought into existence,
and on the sixth the living creatures which
populate the earth. The last creature that
God brought into being was man.
If we examine the history of creation, we
will discover the infinite wisdom God dis
played in every step. No creature of any
kind was brought into existence until ample
provision had been made for its wants. The
material earth was first made, then the fruit.
producing principles we're communicated, and
its surface was covered with vegetation of all
kinds. The animal creatures were not crea'
ted until light and food had been provided
for them. Wcmght say, without any figure,
that God provided home for all sentient
beings, and stocked it with provisions before
he brought them into being.
With regard to the creation of man, the
account is more minute. His body was made
of the dust Of the ground, and God breathed
into his nostrils and man became living
soul. Man was designed to be the lord or
deputized governor Of this world, and he was
prepared in body and mind for the station
which he was to occupy. He was created
like God In body there was no creature
like him, and he was gifted with soul whicl,
made him superior to all the other animals
and placed him in the scale of creation but q
little lower than angels