West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-04-04
Time Aud Order.


GENESIS, t;I.
'In the beginning God created the heaven
and the earth.
After this introductory statement Of the
grea, "First Cause" of all things, follows
the narrative of the work as far as regards
what can bc seen from the earth, aud just
as would be told 10y an eye witness. The
panorama is made to pass before the human
vision ef the prophet looking backward, and
he describes what he sees in measured per.
iods ana successive stages of progress in the
exact order that today may be read in the
stony leaves of the earlh's strata the mind
of the Creator written in types from the
earliest ages. The expression of the mighty
one tfheos was the Logos) that was with
the Almighty one (rhe Logos was with Ton
Theon, John ~ and went forth for ful-
illment in a "fullness Of times" (Eph. I;Io.)
The whole period of creation is called day
Gen. ;I4) Mans measure IS an appro.
pirate period, fulness Of seven periods,
type, or sign, OF Creations periods, Of work
preparatory to 4 period of rest. "weepng
may endure Tor a night but Joy comelh in
the morning" We may illustrate time by
It's symbol--ihe circle--For there is a unity
of idea in the whole projection of the plan
anG order of the works of God that assists
TO illustrate and at the same time confirm
the whole, as emanating from one master
mind. The first cause and Creator Of all
things.
Seven circles of equal sire, placed in a
circle, all the edges touching each other
Zone in the centre). form greater circle.
Each represents period, or "day," or
''iime, - and the whole "fulness 4 times"
As "The day in which Jehovah's God
made the heavens aud the earth" in the six
''days" of labor, and to be completed a, the
end of the seventh.
The whole Jewish order under the typical
covenant of the law was shadow Of good
things to come" QIeb. oiIl for God could
not contemplate other than good things'-
aud shadow must have it's substance, or
il could not be cast II is the assurance of
its substance, 50 a type must have its anti
type. In the types every seventh year was
period Of completed days" and seven
times seven years, completed their circle or
fullncss. For a circle can not contain more,
or be complete with less than seven. But
this does not limit the measuring line The
"fullness of the time" for the work is ndi-
Gated but this may be considered only as
ono cycle of another period of seven and so
on ad in6nilum.
| Air breathing animals may date from the
second day but from the mount of vision
chosen for the narrative. could not have
been seen by the human eye. The fftieth
| year of the Jewish economy followed the
seven times seven year periods and ushered
IN the Jubilee. This feature must have
fulhllment and its anltype began to count
when the time keeping was given to the ma
tons, along with the dominion Of the earth
until the 'times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Z"
! The seventh day of the vision Of Creation
begins Gods rest day from his work, and
continues until all things are made subject,
and he receives the kingdom that he may be
all and in all. q Cor. IS 24-7S.) Then
cometh the end (of all the preparatory stages
and experiences) The contamination of
the grand plan of Creation, when he shall
have gathered together all things in Christ.
| (Eph I:Io) This grand Jubilee shown in
| type in the Jewish law covenant has been
written in characters to be read Of all intel
/ ligences. 1t was in part discerned when
''the morning STARS sang together and all the
sons Of God shouted for joy" and again in
a garden Of everything pleasant and beau,i-
ful, when man was first introduced, il was
shadOwed forth so wyidly that we cannot
now conceive Of more excellent glory.
But that was not "9ullness Of the times" in
/ Gods mind another "day" period of seven
thousand years for the lessons Of experience
necessary for the full appreciation of Jeho-
yah's greatness. The perfections of bis
character, and the joys of the great Jubilee.
| The state in Eden was that Of innocence and
inexperience but the plan porends a state Of
established character Of tried virtue in the
! glorious liberty Of the sons Of God
! The records Of the rocks are in harmony
with ,he scriptures. They deny the 'fn6n-
itc series and "evolution" theories Of mod
ern philosophy. But the argument is too
Ioog for present article, in which we have
tried TO show that the length Of the seventh
day Of Creation is seven thousand years,
and hence seven times that number. or
\ 1900 years for what the prophet saw at
the time this grand cycle began to count
and not what may have been gong on from
the Introductory Of our text, 10 bring the
earth TO q degree that could be visible AZ all
To- the human vision tha, could discern no
form 10 the sccthing mass, rolling in dark
/ ness impenctfablc by the suns rsys, and
only revealed by the ludd ligh. from fierce
I fires, stcaming rocks, and boiling seas.
"Ihc earth was wiihoui form and void. and
darkness was upon the face Of the deep"
Seven Thousand years o' this condition, and
another seven Thousand before it was pre-.
pared for air breathing animals and two
more such long periods before the light Of
Che san bioke through The rolling clouds Of
dense waters above, and brought the FIRST
clear day Of tac vision.
"rherc are great truths that pitch their
shining tents
Outside our wall, aud though but dimly
seen
IN the gray dawn, they will be manifest
When the light widens into perfec, day"
G..
Dr $ N. Hardmsn Eye Ear. Nose and
| ihroat Specialist Spoctaclcs and Artih-