The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-07-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for July z, 1eO1-God the Gre
atOr of All Things.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
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g. And God said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness; and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
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.
8. And God blessed them, and God said
unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue 1t; and
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, I have given
you every herb bearing seed which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree,
in the which Is the fruit of a tree yield
Ing seed; to you 1t shall be for meat.
30. 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 life, have given every green herb
for meat; and 1t was SO.
81. And God saw everything that He had
ma de, 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 Oay from all his Work
which He had made.
8. And God blessed the seventh day. and
| sanctifed it; because that In 1t He had
rested from all His work which God cre-
GOLDEN TEXT.-In the beginning
| God created the Heaven and the
earth.-Gen. Isl.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
After one and half years study in
the New Testament we now 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 it is to the
very beginning of things Cat 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 a vast amount of unchallenged
and unalterable truth. Higher and
lower critics may disagree over tech
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.
1t 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 thirt
! day, or in the third age of the worlt
appeared the continents; land wa
created. Peloubet we'll states th'
event of the fourth day when he says
"Notice that it is not said that Goo
created the sun and stars on th'
fourth day. They were created in th'
beginning, but on the fourth day H.
made them to be sun and moon ant
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 tn
) sea and air-tishes and fowls were ere
{ ated. On the six day occurred tn
. creation of life on the land, culminat
, ing in the creation of man, the china!
, of animate nature"
J Before passing on note the manne
: in which the Bible is begun: "In tn
5 beginning God" From lid to lid j
S the Bible no other proof of the exist
ence of God is attempted than the re
: citing of His wonderful works. Com
S pare John III: SIN the beginning wa
e the word, and the word was with Got
), and the word was God" The fact
E that few men may try to prove o
f disprove that God is, but the grea
n multitude will continue to see Hi
E works, hear His voice, and know froI
$ them that God is in the world He ha
: made and will continue to ask the Low
and reverence due Him from His cres
lures.
:. The Creation of Man.-Notice in tn
|, first chapter (D that man was mad
? in the image of God, C2) that he wa
!, given dominion over the animal cr,
q alton, and (3) that he was created fc
= family life. In the second chapte
: verse Z. we learn that man is more tina
a physical life, that he is living sou
. Another Story of Creation.-A car
$ full reading Of the two chapters show
A two distinct accounts of the creatio
"a The frst has for it's central idea &c
J. and His wonderful handiwork. tt
4 central point Of the second accoul
- is man; it is an enlargement of tn;
part of the first story which has to
with the creation of man. This is Il
natural order: first God the create
Il second man the creature.
y ED Grape and Canister.
= While there's hope there's life.