The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-05
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Lcssoh In the International s.sles
for July :, iDDi-God the Gre.
ator at All Things.
lPr. pared by III. G.. LeninRton.l
THE LESSON TENT.
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THE LESSON TENT.
tGeness l :2G-23)
&C. Ard God said Let us make man In ouI
image. after our likeness; and let them
have dominion over the fish Of the sea. and
over tie fowl OF the air. and over the eat
lie. and over all the earth. and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.
n 50 God created man In Ills own image.
In the image OF God created lie him; male
and female created lie them
rs And God blessed them. and God said
unto them, BE fruitful. and multiply, and
rrplensh the earth. and subdue II; and
have dominion over the fish OF the sea.
ana over the fowl OF the air. and over
very living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
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: 10 you II shall be for meat.
30 And 10 every beast OF the earth. and
10 every fowl OF the air. and TO everything
hat creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there Is life, have given every green herb
Tor meat: and IL was so.
81 And God saw everything that lie had
made, and behold, II was very good. And
The evening and the morning were the
sixth day.
!. 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 lie had made.
q And God blessed the seventh day. and
sanctified IL; because that in IL He had
rested from all His work which God ere.
atpl ard made.
GOLDEN TExT.-In the B.xiunina
God created the Heaven and the
rartb.-Gen. Ia.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
After one and a half years study il
HE New fiesta ment we now turn again
10 the ancient records of the Old Tes.
amen'. For the greater part Of the
next six months our study viii he in
The book OF Genesis. Genesis means
BEGINNING or origin, and. il. is to the
very beginning Of things (at least as
far as this planet goes) that our at.
tention is directed. Regarding the
book Itself two facts may he brief,
noted. One is that in spite OF all the
discus sion that has been or is being
Naged over ard about IL, It siill con.
ians n vast amount Of unchallenged
ina nnalterable truth. Higher and
lower critics may disagree over tech.
llicaliiies of literary construction, and
atheists may make all their denials,
ihe essential truths cannot he success.
fully attacked. The other point is re.
garding 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 cor.
rect. AZ least as far as dates are con
rerned he could have been the author. !
The lesson text to be studied should
include the frs. 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 j. found il
Genesis 2:4-25.
The Order Of Creati0n.-We NAV |
sum up the order Of creation as fol. |
ows: On The first day appeared the |
light. Before that all had been chaos. |
Now the Light began TO shine through |
he earth mists. On the second day |
the mists began 10 rise from the face
" the earth, and the armament came
nto existence with the clouds above
and the ocean beneath. On the third
lay, or in the third age Of the world
appeared the continents; land was
'reated. Peloubet well states the
vent of the fourth day when he says:
Notice that il is not said that God
created the sun and stars on the
ourth day. They were created in the
beginning. but on the fourth day lie
made them TO be sun and moon and
tars 10 the earth; God let them shine
IS previously they had been concealed
rom the earth by the dense mists.
IN the fifth day appeared life in the
ga and alr-fishes and fowls were Gre
tied. On the six day occurred the
reation Of life on. the land. culminat.
ne in the creation Of man, the climax
y animate nature"
Before passing on note the manner
2 which the Bible is begun: "In the
God" From lid 10 lid in
ne Bible no other proof Of the exist.
nee Of God is attempted than the re-
Ting Of His wonderful works. Com.
'are John I'll: "In the beginning was
he word. and the word was with God,
nd the woi ] was God" The fact Is
nat n few men may try to prove or
'sprove that God Is. but the great
multitude viii continue to see His
.orks. heas His voice. and know from
hem that God Is in the world lie has
iade and will continue TO ask the love
no reverence due Him from His crea.
Tres.
The Creation Of Man. Notice in the
~ chapter m that man was made
The image Of God, (2) that he was
wen dominion over the animal ere.
Ton, and (3) that he was created for
imiiy life. In the second chapter,
'rse :. we learn that man is more than
physical life, that he is a living soul.
ANOTHER Story of Creation.-A care.
Y reading OF the two chapters shows
70 distinct accounts of the creation.
rs first has for its central idea God
ld lis wonderful handiwork. The
'h'ral point Of the second account