Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-07-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson In the international Series
for July :, 1so1-God the Gre
atOr of All Things.
IPrspared by H C. Lenington-J
THE LESSON TEXT.
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image. after our likeness; and let them
have dominion over the fish OF the sea, ana
over the fowl of the air, and over the cat
tie, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.
q. So God created man in His own image
In the image of God created He him; male
and female created He them.
o. And God blessed them. and GOD SAID
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, ana
replenish the earth, and subdue 1t; ana
have dominion over the fish of the sea-
and over the fowl of the air. and over
every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
20. And God said. Behold. have given
you every herb bearing seed which is upon
in the which is the fruit of tree yield
ing seed: to you it shall be for meat.
80. And to every beast of the earth, and
to every fowl of the air, and to everything
that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is lie, have given every green herb
for meat; and it was
81. And God saw everything that He had
made, and behold, 1t was very good. And =
the evening and the morning were the
/ sixth day.
1. Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished. and all the host of them.
2. And on the seventh day God ended His
work which he had made; and He rested
/ on the seventh day from all His work
| which He had made.
| g. And God blessed the seventh day, and
| sanctified it; because that in it He hac
rested from all His work which God ere
GOLDEN TExT-In the beginning
| God created the Heaven and the
| earth.-Gen. HI.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
After one and half years study in
the New Testament we nos turn again
to the ancient records of the Old Tes-
lament. For the greater part of the
next six months our study will be in
| the book of Genesis. Genesis means
beginning or origin, and IL is to the
very beginning of things lat least as
far 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 has been or is being
waged over and about it, it still con-
tains vast amount of unchallenged
and unalterable truth. Higher and
lower critics may disagree over techC
nicalities of literary construction, and
atheists may make all their denials,
the essential truths cannot be success
| fully attacked. The other point is re-
garding the authorship of the book.
It is not stated in the book itself that
Moses is the author, but the popular
belief that is the case is probably cor
rect. At least as far as dates are con-
cerned he could have been the author.
The lesson text to be studied should
include the first two chapters. In
these two chapters are contained two
distinct accounts of the creation. The
first includes the first chapter and the
first three verses of the second chap
ter. The second account is found in
Genesis 2:4-25.
The Order of Creation.-We may
sum up the order of creation as fol-
lows: 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
into 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. Pe1oubet we'll states the
event of the fourth day when he says:
''Notice that it is not said that God
| created the sun and stars on the
| fourth day. They were created in the
beginning, 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 nists.
On the fifth day appeared life iii the
sea and air-fshes and fowls were IRE
ated. On the six day occurred The
creation of life on the land, culminat-
| ing in the creation of man, the climax
of animate nature"
Before passing on note the manner
In which the Bible is begun: SIN the
| beginning God From lid to lid in
the Bible no other proof of the exist
| ence of God is attempted than the re-
citing of His wonderful works. Com
pare John III: ''In the beginning was
the word, and the word was with God,
and the word was God" The fact is
that a few men may try to prove or
disprove that God is, but the great
multitude viii continue to see His
works, hear His voice, and know from
them hat God is in the world He has
made and will continue to ask the love
and reverence due Him from His crea-
lures.
The Creation of Man.-Nootice in the
first chapter ~ that man was made
in the image of God, (2) that he was
given dominion over the animal Gre
alton, and 90 that he was created for
family life. In the second chapter,
verse Z, we learn that man is more than
physical life, that he is living soul.
Another Story of Creation.-A care
full reading of the two chapters shows
two distinct accounts of the creation.
The first has for its central idea God
and His wonderful handiwork. The
central point of the second account
is man; it is an enlargement of that
part of the first story which has to do
with the creation Of man. This is the
natural order: first God the creator,
| second MAJ the creature
HIST a HINT Or TWO