World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-05-11
MT; GRoln Mo-.
APRIL lst,
By Allin Perkins.
BY Amin Perkins.

and Formation are moi the same
Is not true for the following rea-
son. First; II assumes that after
the statement; The earth was
wi,hou, form" That God did the
same act TO tho earth, that he did
n making Adam. God formed
Adam out Of the dust OF the ground.
What did he form the earth out on Z
Did he form the earth out Of any-
thing different from what He Great
cd out %? Surely rot, Tho
Hebrew word tohn stands for the
two English wEds, without form.
T0hu means aiuin, 4 waste. The
word formed in & n, 2: 7, Is from :
the Hebrew word yatsar, and
meaps--to foim, to frame, to fash
on, to constitute, Any reader of
the CREssET can thus see the differ.
cnce between tho two words. II
any one doubts my statement
abont the two Hebrew words and
their English meanings as | have
given them, let them write to any
| Hebrew Scholar Of any OF the
1 colleges where the Hebrew il
taught either in the United States
or Europe, and will stand or fall
| by their decision! ! have moth
ing at stake, but my integrity and
love OF the truth for truth sake,
| 1t is an easy matter to understand
the expression, without torn as
il occurs in the first chapter Of
Genesis, by reading the Fourth
chapter Of Jeremiah also the CHI.
We find the same words in the 4 ch
and % verse Of Jer. that we have
in Gen /; 2, and they are the only
two places in the Bible I believe
that we have the words. without
, form Now Bro. Garrett. am,
almost sure, that you think and
believe this 23rd verse refers 10
the time spoken of ia Gen. |: 2
. Maybe not, will commence
a reading from the. Is verse Ser
!. 4ch. behold, add, 10. there was
no man ('alrigbt you say; that
I corresponds with Gen. |, ~
But hold on until finish read,
!, ing. "And AL the birds of til,
: heaven were fed Now you SCI
a this does not refer to Gen. L: 2
4 for the simple reason there wer,
. no birds TO fee away, The tim,
spoken OF in Gen. | 2, was heior,
4 the birds were created. Again
read part of the middle clause o
= the 26 verse. "And all the cite
thereof were broken down
4 And again the Lord says in tn
a n verse. "The whole ian,
Il shall be desolato;n And in N
J. 20 verse, Hc says: ''Hrhe Who'll
city shall flee for tho noise OF tn
J. horsemen and wmsn; they shall
n shall so into thickets, aud cl,ml
!, up npon rocks; every city shall b.
. forsaker, ard not man dwell
!. therein" God had warned hi,
! people TO forsakc their sins an,
\ quitthelr idolitry, hut they woul,
, not heed his warning Therefore
II, He pnrposed to bring this grea
Il calamity upon them and their land
~ lle says. lie will mot repent, II
il will not turn hack from It, VIVA
1, was it, that God would not reno
IL OF, or turn back from, He ha,
y purposed to break down ,hei
Il cities, spoil the fsrtile places, max
i the land dcsolato, and not leave
man in il That is. He woul
y make tho Whole land, a ruin:
{. waste, i iswi,hout beauty. withou
i 40 incumbent or an inhabitant
a or without form" and empty
y Wien God created the earth,
" vas without life, either vegetable
4, or anim. IL, was ruin, or
Is waste, hence the same words ar
n used % dsno,e,simiIa, conditian
Il drs Ga rre,,--you say that
Y God formed the earth the lhlr,
day but the Bible does no, say SO
but u does give five days, more i,
At which i took Gcd according L
10 bis own plan to change the cart
10 from Tho condition ID was ia Of
J the first day after its creation IL