The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-07-11
THE SUNDAY SCVOOI.
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for July :, 1OOl-GOd the Gre.
atSr Of All Tktngs.
Prepared by II. c. Lsnington.l
THE LESSON TENT.

THE LESSON TENT.
Genesis l::6-2:3.)
26 And God said, Let US make man In our
mage, after our likeness: and let them
tave dominion over the fish Of the sea. and
wer the fowl of the air. and over the cat
ae, and over all the earth. and over every
reeping thing that creepeth upon the
arth.
q. So God created man in His own image.
the image of God created He him; male
md female created He them.
S. And God blessed thea, and God said
into them, Be fruitful. and multiply. and
eplenish the earth. and subdue IT, and
lave dominion over the fish Of the sea.
md over the fowl of the air. and over
very living thing that moveth upon the
arth
%. And God said. Behold. l have given
fou every herb bearing seed which is upon
he face Of all the earth, and every tree.
the which is the fruit Of . tree yield
ng seed; to you It shall be for meat.
~. And to every beast Of the earth. and
o every fowl OF the air, and to every thing
hat creepeth upon the earth. wherein
here Is life, have given every green herb
or meat; and 1t was so.
81. And God saw everything that He had
made, and behold. 1t was very good. And
he evening and the morning were the
.iXth day.
!. Thus the heavens and the earth were
inisheG. and all the host OF them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended His
cork which he had made; and He rested
,n the seventh day from all His work
vhich He had made.
J. And God blessed the seventh day. and
Ianctified 1t; because that In II He had
ested from all His work which God Gre
tted and made.
GOLDEN TExT.-In the Dexinnina
sod created the Heaven and the
iarth.-ien. III.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
After one and half years study in
The New Testament we now turn again
20 the ancient records of the Old Tes-
.ament. For the greater part of the
aext six months our study will be in
he book of Genesis. Genesis means
beginning or origin, and. it is to the
very beginning of things Cat least as
'ar as this planet goes) that our at
tention is directed. Regarding the
book itself two facts may be briefly
noted. One is that in spite Of all the
discussion that mas been or is being
waged over and about it, it still con-
Lains a vast amount OF unchallenged
and unalterable truth. Higher and
lower critics may disagree over tech
iicalities OF literary construction, and
atheists may make all their denials,
the essential truths cannot be success
!ully attacked. The other point is re-
earding the authorship Of the book.
II is not stated in the book itself that
Moses is the author, but the popular
belief that is the case is probably oor-
ect. At least as far as dates are con-
.exned he could have been the author.
The lesson text to be studied SHOULD
include the flrst two chapters. In
these two chapters are contained two
distinct accounts Of the creation. The
arst includes the first chapter and the
arst three verses of the second chap
:er. The second account Is found in
Genesis 2:4-25.
The Order OF Creation.-We may
sum up the order of creation as fol-
sows: On the first day appeared the
light. Before that all had been chaos
Now the light began to shine through
the earth mists. On the second day
the mists began to rise from the face
of the earth, and the armament came
nto existence with the clouds above
and the ocean beneath. On the third
day, or in the third age Of the world
appeared the continents; land was
created. Peloubet we'll states the
went of the fourth day when he says:
Notice that it is not said that God
created the sun and stars. on the
fourth day. TAey were created in the
oeginping, but on the fourth day He
made them to be sun and moon and
stars to the earth; God let them shine
as previously they had been concealed
from the earth by the dense mists
On the fifth day appeared life in the
sea and air-fshes and fowls were ere
ated. On the six day occurred the
creation Of life on the land, culminat
Ing in tho creation OF man. the climax
Of animate nature"
Before passing on note the manner
IN which the Bible is begun: "In the
beginning God" From lid to lid il
the Bible no other proof Of the exist
ence of God is attempted than the re
sitting of His wonderful works. Com
pare John III: Sin the beginning wa.
the word, and the word was with God
and the word was God" The fact i!
that q few men may try to prove ol
disprove that God is, but the grea
multitude will continue to see Hi.
works, hear His voice, and know from
them that God is in the world He ha'
made and will continue to ask the Low
and reverence due Him from His crea
lures.
The Creation Of Man.-Notice in th'
frst chapter U that man was mad'
in the image of God, (2) that he wa
given dominion over the animal ere
alton, and (3) that he was created fo
family life. In the second chapter
verse 7, we learn that man is more thar
physical life, that he is living soul
Another Story of Creation.-A care
full reading of the two chapters show
two distinct accounts of the creation
The first has for its central idea Got
and His wonderful handiwork. Th'