The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-05
THE HISTORY OF CREATION.

THE HISTORY OF CREATION
The Two Accounts Of Creation.-It
lies on the face of the narrative that
there are two creation stories divided
at the fourth verse OF chaptcr2. Many
of the higher critics insist that these
are two OF the same events
and cover precisely the am
period. Ey insisting on these things
they can find contradictions enough in
the two accounts. just as a builder by
insisting that certain stones must be-
long 10 n certain place where they do
not lit a prove tina. they belong to
two difTeren: buildings But the con
tradictions are chiefly created by the
critics. and are not in the narrative
For /. 1t i unnatural that a writer.
even though uninspired. who was able
TO write or compile such n book as
Genesis should contradict himself in
such an open and useless way :. On
the face Of them the narratives are o
intended to he parallel accounts. but
the second one is an enlargement of a
portion of the first. just A. very COM
monty on our maps there is placed in
rDiiit toiltA a liza VI a HAsHA tVA
on an enlarged scale. The narrative
in the first chapter of Genesis refers
to the whole work of creation from
the beginning up to the introduction of
man. and is world wide in it, theatcr
Of action. That in Genesis second re-
fcrs to a special local group Of animals
contemporary with man in a special To-
cality. that Of Eden 3. Science de-
clarcs that the second ac-
count is an accurate picture
of the region where man wa in
;roduced at the time Of his appear
ancc. Thus. Sir j. w. Dawson. +. l..
=. +. e.. s.. says: We know hat inn
mcdiately before the appearance of
post-glacial man there had been a
great submergcnce Of the land in the
northern hemisphere. and that this
was Of sufficient duration to destroy
all vegetation, from the lower and
more northern parts Of the continents
From this submergcncc the land rose,
destitute Of vegetation. and probably.
for a time. involved in mists and fogs
belonging to the continued precipita-
dion of q pluvial period. This is the
condition Of things referred to in Gen
20. and which was destined To give
place TO the new creation Of Eden. 4.
The second count does not declare
that everything was created in a GER
tain order. The statement in Gen. =:
10 does not say hat rod made animals
after Adam. but states the fact that
God made the animals out Of the
ground. as in l:14, As preliminary To
their naming BY Adam. They may
have come again into hat region after
Adams creation. but, whcnccsocver
they came. they were created by God.
The Crcator.-Two names or titles
are given To God in these chapters.
Elohim. the Almighty. the Omnipotent-
1t is plural i'm form. but with rare X
ccption is used with a singular verb
when it refers to the true God. though
when used Of false god the verb is in
the plural. The plural, Elohim. is
on the plural Of majesty; 90 it ex-
presses the variety and fullncss Of the
Divine attributes: t3) it is possible that
the plural noun with the singular verb
implies the unity and yet the trinityof
God. however little those who first
used the expression may have under
stood il.
Jehovah. translated Lord. and
printed in small capitals. denotes the
eternal. self-existcnt spiritual nature
Of God. and the union of the two de-
clarcs that the Lord Of Israel was the
same as the Creator.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
The wonderful harmony Of the early
record and the facts of science is
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