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heaven TO Riyo light upou tho earth" 1hsro

Wan Mt oDcG, ace trti,EIE TO that NIL n nrrnnenta
but very natural interpretation, an nhsWor to all
our dOubtH auut the purtcso II. Wllol1 nll ttlcae
crDs were made. "SnTclv not ~ Illuminate ons
lirh'H," saye fir j. IlcrHcl1el 'not to sparkle ~
Hpagosnt void OF mehuiug mud reality. aud hc-
Wtltirr ns hlnur!: win conjecturoB. lo Mutt
Aa'a al,i1ied astronomy tn httla purpuao WIG
can suppuso lnan 10 bo The only ohJec: OF hh
t,raators cafe" hut for III, other purpoHo tue
lIhio account, ~ miHlntsrpretcd, a?horsb
:" "dot sol slon' IN THO frmamont OF mo noavos
s!io day and over III" Miaht: and to divide tho
light fsp1n tho darkness" / psea uSer the re-
mining fortion nf tho account OF creation.
m llds relating tn astronomy. j;nt III fhsst!Ig
n'tst note tint think they r.t who consider
TINT the struggle respecting cYolution must rags
chlclty aroHna tbs qucAinn Of btolHE'cal toTc1-
opNens. Just now II Is 1i,cro that t'!e eitugze
IL watmest, but tho tine mhy tc At hand wien
mon will lind III pathological as'tl cthDnloslcn!
Qu"',sni'a or IN TIM et:'ty If eore'r,l fiicn:no-
I'm, tic most vtta'ls interesting matters for 't'-
liry. Nnr IL tt at all impossible ll,at ar!rHfio-
1ny, already twco in the tu1ofoui of tho contest.
may again be fouud iu that inHitiotl, because Of
tho hcaf'uE. Of facts yet to 10 nrcortatneh rn-
atecsing subjects now forming tho great mys-
tsFscs OF astronomy. NJ cnmciic phenomena, tho
trna GatoA or Irayllatiuil, laTH Ut repulsro
astronomical research on tint yl.aliy-important
slljees, tho conservation OF energy. Nor
must raas from tlth part of my hub1cct with
out noting tho apraront .fERcrepn.,cleB between
tho accounts glvon IN tic first md uocoud cha1,-
tors Of GrncBis. Tn tho isst VIC nro tnd that
plants TeE0 mado after tho waters had been Bep-
arated; thon followed tho creation Of tho sun
md moon, the stnrs also. Hcn.crcnturcs Anli
birde. lhnd-croaturcs Gonoralsy, and nan in par-
ttcnar. in tho image Of t1nd after tls ltke.losF,
"maln and fDlnalo created lilo tlan." IN tho
second. aftor plants wero cscatcd mist went
up AMI watorcd tho whola faco di tile pasth,
then man WAS formed. tue tiardcn If Edon
planted bv the l.o:l Cod: aud whea man had
been put there, "lho Loid t;od formed ont Of
tho ground oyory tcass Of tho field and every
fo's ot tho mir. and brought thom to ADAM 10
hco what he would cal! them, ntter which task
Adam lei! asleep and b rib taltcn from his Hiao
WaB malo into n woman a9 htlpmeot fir him.
an beth accounts. hoWevor. ara now interpreted
quito difIetontly tlnn of y0so, tho#o di6crcpan-
c:es have bcon mado to dlgappear.
l iload not 70 Gil 10 dososiye how tho circum
stances In WHICH Adam aud Eye had beeu laccd
leI to trouble aIsd DEATH how theroAttor wicked
ness Increased, until tiol saw tnat every iinagi-
nhtlon of inaaH heart was only ssil continually,
10 that Ut icPctlted tho Lord that IIo Ind madu
Mau on the cath, nnd 1t griovotl Him a! Ills
heart, so that ITO cousso Eccmcd good to fllm
hut to destroy both mau and bcan., and crenn,nE
thing, aud tho fowls Of tho mir, not bv His moro
Will taat a. thay had beeu created 80 they
universal dclugo, during whlci. certain persons
aud anlInaia wore satey 1oatcd abo,lt IN tho
Ark. Returning 10 tho account oi craa-
ton, it appears That the real ozplHna-
tso1 uoSthAa FGlAEitA1 hilA EfAEOlDHsiCal ANI
geological researches. Tie anorlnous t,ne. h.-
tersals required u geology, arc found III tho stx
days, when these arc untlstaIood to bo ptricda
Of Indefinite leng.h. Tho orolution theory Of
aatl 0ll0my IS bonuffGily liipatratod bF th0 nc
count iu ueness, wlou wo tAao tho narrative as
recording Hcres of Fi6ioua rreAruting tho
grniua! development Of tho earth nu It wouiu
hhya appeared TO tenE Oh lAe huEface Of tho
could perceive light and darkness alternating
long before the 1aaas Of clouds coyeriuE tho
wGolc Aky had beeu dihAolyea away 70 az to show
the uun and moon and stars. The period when
vegetation raB fovrned was really tho carbonifer-
oua ON; while slle aucceaai1n OF aiiitllMs cor-
responds to tho succeasion indicated by tho Va.
klous geological strata. Very probably We shall
boforo long lind tlat even tho Dar,yiuiau theory
IL Indicated by tue say IN which THO crea-
lilo work Of tho sixth 1ay. Tins doEs the prog
tes5 Of science throU light Oh tho t1uauiGE
OF the revealed Dar,stlyo Of creation, anil wo
percclye-sar t!Icologiaus--how tllo D!bc writer
was Inspired 10 ray what was strictly t.no in
every word and IN every syllable, though for
sn.no lnctntablc pdrpos8 1t Wat no ARRANGED that
tho tsuo meaning of the narrative should not bu
recognized uusit mon Lad found ont the truth IN
another way.
After tho gtx days or oras Of work, came tho
Euvonth day or era, whom "Gol rested attl WAS
raircshel;" aud 90 Tic b)cs sod tic Euyenth (ln;,
aud the weok OF aoSen days {not oeas!) waB ap-
no,ntod. I ap0ke In mv Int lect,trb OF wint
II u
oven according to Josephus, nilo az Jew might
Gaye bocu expected to Man:a1u tho origin dt-
scrbcd In the Dil!o Ut his untion. It Inns been
Pomlod out to .ne that Hoses must hnvo lad
NJ Eg,p ptlan festival. eeeiug that Lo caused
tho n,as Who gathered sticks on tue Sabbath to
DO stoned to doath. saying this waH specially
commanded by tho Lord, {Numbors 1y.) nocd
nut express any opinion Abont tbs act. But
mar ulrcnsshon tho position agsnued on this
roint by notlng that all tho SPECIAL sacrifices
nolo by tie JsWA according to tho Mosaic lar
lndscato m astrological origin. These uore offer
eA 1t sunrise aud sunact. Numbers xviii, j. i
tho ofrenugs Gil Batuln's day, tho Sabbath.
s'Hu,bcKs xAvtlt.. q; tie olforluEa 10 tho now
:noou (the dav Of nov moon heing aoarcely less
hoIY In jewish eJes tllau the Sahh4ti,s), NUM-
bora 1xyni., IL; w1,1 tho sacrifices Oh tho great
nDi-aolar festival belonging TO tho lrss mouth VI
ll,e snu'b annual circuit u the godtacal conatol-
lstloua. Tie very ldea Of sacrifice wHs ,nauifeB
" borrowed fton uEtlons hAying dobaBed aud
material conceptions ct tho Dolty: from men
WHO Imagined u God nftcrthei own likeness, aud
gayo him all tho atsribusca Of tho be,ng mos;
powerful in thoir eyos-ihe OrieuiAl tcyLot,
cr;!cl and rcleutlsss il ofrondnd, and ready to
take oftenke ut tho least (oysn accidentally fault
nf omission or Of commission. Tue cfuelties Of
thu K1iE Of DhhoMoy scarcely HurpAss those
cosna,tstsd by MoHcs. clnilnang divine authority
fur hia Conduct (NumbcFB, 11xi.}. Tpo must de-
basing supelstltsonH aoacrsGed by African truy-
elerB ars not moro ghassly than tho method OF
IlitA chapter OF Numbers.
rasslng to niatsers more strictly witlln tho
range OK l,ia subject. the lecturer discussed tle
ttandlnE 4tlll OF tho SUI aud moon, q miracle
dchcrbed III ter1nB mnnItcstly Indicating bclof
III u cent? al hut ealth with certain relatively
Bmal! bodies moving for signs upon tho concavo
Of tho sgY. In passing, ho tatd. thIs corresponds
cd With thoaccount OF That exceeding bgh mou.-
taul vhcncc all the kingdoms OF Ito oarth
were scun. Tbs miracle OF tho going back OF
tue shadow on the dial. and its nssocIation with
tle leuRthening Of liezeklaA'a lEte in response
to prayer, wcre shon considered, with special
reference to tho question Of tho otlicacy Ut
prayer. Thia part Of sha looLrre was iilus.lated
BY ylawa Of erlipsss. Tho lccturor compared
tho way in which nations ignorant Of tho truo
nature Of oc!lpsos pray for the restoration Of
sunlight. or otArrwisu manifest their heuso OF
are aul wonder, Nth the confidence OF tho stu.
dent Of scleuee. This confidence is simply tho
roAuit Of cattafn knowledge Of what is taktng
llacc. As sclonco removes natural processes aud
phenomena from tho domain Ut tho unknown
to thss u tue known, so Pari I'assu tho shonshs
that prayer may cAusa tho p1ogtea3 OF Bucsl pro-