, 1875-04-26

so ihey read Moses. sllll further, II may ,nca,,
70 bring Into ortlcr, ~ wl,ero the Apostle. tn =
Sao sdt aSasg II sSo a"ess os M o ihs bas al
slinga is a~l." This meaning has ita advocates
l,avc simply to sny n general tcrnn that tho
subject matter must dotosn!nel largely What
that the word create carries With It tho notion
n "grow" or "incrosro," An act which II
1sh y, Of sht l.. q ,,s ,he ., eacs,o 11"% Of
tho wor,l and After you hA.e road tho first vorso
IL ucncHis.-" In the beginning God created tho
l1eaveua aud tho GARTH. tho eix days io'l2wiiE
arc az aupcr'luous as nix millions Of Jcsrs. Thcso
III an act OF creation by tho record which u cltbor
only bccsiuuing-folowed by chaos, 'tpheavais,
and AZ Tie advances up TO now ca; THO word
itself describon six-sfays' net. WHICH may AZ
vel! havc lcon n Hi1-ycars' net. Of Hl1-r,illcn-
hin act, as act of six times twcnsy.four hours,
and be mono tho loss creative act of God: In
othor words. IL the net Of dividing tho land IRON.
tlo water, Tor oxnmplct occupied twonty'1onr
full l!ourB, md yot wns creatlvn act. yot may
conceive eaci, minuto 10 no n century. and each
hour a repetition Of centuries. md tho full ttay
sErcat cyclc and still kocp Just aa cloHo to s!le
ttfoa Of crtationt
Inde-d, tic notion OF indefinitely long periods
was q familiar ono to tho 1febre" mind. Tho
worry terms t'e7cning aud morning In the nc
count OF creation seom to slado" the idca
of vas. periods rl,ey ,n', arS th9 m,n1 samo ~,
denote periods altogetller different from !ay
Of twcntY.four honrs. You wilt slnd, by rcfor-
ence to tbs marginal rehding IN your, po'yglot
Dtblc that tho 1.-TWO Thousand md three hltn.
lrea days" arc so many oyontnI;mornings,
(Char. will. l4-7), aud that tho vision Is called
Verso .o) an "ovcninG- nG-morninC" vision, 1n
iAo msrnor '.tbo soycnsy wceks, tho three
score and two. wooks." and tl.o ...ttnies
aud tines and dividing Of , !in,es" e.. nse
fHrfnH nf H1tnpalnr tHtOOi tho
literal measures Of time. The Thought
Of tho Jews had evorywloro isa ages, Its "eser-
nitfes, and 40 commonly that ;, tho term "thls =
II was tlo after and rar Interpretation Of now
| type Of Mtnd8 that shnt up creation to narrow
literal week Of 144 hours.
That creation n,ay bo q continuous rather
than a. 1e nr ssfy
eco III tho declaration thu. tho worlds
wero made "by tho word oi God,' mud
! in tho INT, Lot thore he light, and thore
| Was light" and In tho words Of thu 1Halmist,
"lio spoke, and IL was dono; He commanded,
| anl It slood fast" tho instant exercise OF Tho
! somrlolo power of qod. uut there Ia nothing
| III tue language 10 warrant such 3 conclusion.
Tho language is sometimes ecen'c, somotimes
| be tho creator Of that winch comes to pass 40.
corling to ordinary laws and Is tracetl back
through Indefinite periods. For example. It ia
written, "Romombcr thy Creator" Th!g Ian"
| u IL II
Adam. But auppose that were not 10. For a
considerable time God was shaping you In secret.
Had Jc orlained the few months to DO as
many Thousand yoars. an! bad he shaped
yo,i in open day, tho laws Of Nature dong tAe!r
appointed work In tho sight Of all men, ,!llo
would command ~ an authority not !csa binding
or less grand, "Ronen,ber thy Cfeator."
Leavo out an exception or two, and what mon
attempt to Provo or disprovo In oEdcr to infall-
dato our bihlo or to queneh devotion 70 go uod, -
irtoloyaut. II it could bo established with Ger"
tainty that tho world waa always what y now IL,
it would IN that case isnpinse on tho Mosaic &C
count. But az matter OF 1act true science points
back to tho vory changes which tho Mosaic ac.
count wsa tho llrst to nt.cr. o. II
science could provo that Adam and Eye
were chinpaizeog. Or only . HtoF
removed, liko tho Trog!odStes OF tIe upper
Nile OF IKE tue hns-Duiilcrs o. tho nw1sa lGkes.
or like TIM tiat.hcad Indians, 1t would ht Least
eeom g imperil the commonIs-roceiyodv view o.
tho fall OF man and his recovery BY Jesus Christ.
But acienco cannot provo my such theory OF tho
first man. " the contrary, science, nh.lng' o.
surprising 1t tlude, ono or ahotaer law true 1i
plantB nnu animals fintte anu Utmost universally
acknowleuses man 70 Oo ~ oAcopsp'na. nn,nI
subject 20 !eMs or ne,ne pecNnn, m % 70 oonnta
~ ,ss so 1orcos ~ tt'nt n .o aar
upon ns many sna,cios 'Ans ~ nnon % ~
% many no1miaous r., 'a.t ap rn.,sIi
nat1ral LUKE e n,s. tno hNr tas1 lss sa
WIN tho htsl atonl' ~ tne Gasp ~ ..o'e jari
en. eaaS ntdor i" .xrh IL ~ ,ssfont;r ar
.eHs re.u5 ~ ~ as"ro, rornr1 5"sa mi forhji
isla pfotano' sne saeteo tecoso ooe7 nos 1of'Ao
thom.
IhA Is tue sato aronhu !of me tneol9slan nv
tho Ohurch, sa'o because Il 70 true anu nate 10 K,
cause departure !to" ttutn usa,sn, ,.elloae;
not only on Christian Learning, which y smn!
thing, but also On mo blpio a. tho Wofa o1 aot
to tho world. n!,ta 1ntangloa the 1nlsn And en'
dangers tho salvation of men.
There Is NO theory Of tue universe tlat has nol
been Obliged to modify 'ts conclasons' ana shes'
probably mover VIII oe; In9 ololo, tneteiote
proves ttnelt 20 far divine, TINT. rccotdlng phe
nomena which are always trno. It docs not luon
tity Itself With any eLtainments. esrAor O
later, Of tho aclentli!o world. ar. Draper ant
othcra do not e3hl6tt their Usual sagacity Whei
thoy confound tradition aud tntefpretation viii
tho documentary tsachinga OF onr religion. Ana
on tho other hanu, our oisiNes WIG clng .,, 70 tn
interpretatsons Of our ago or another. as laouGi
whooyor 4uoatio%ned % taom Mefe al enemy y,a1 o. a.
vine revelation. lmttatn on4y ~ 1888 ouehslV
spirit tho ccclos'asue VINO IN Io1mGf ana i,
| darker time Regarded the Pcnonlnm ano tlo teie
scope AZ the Instruments of HoEccry, anu Ill