Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-05

ceiling Of the Sistine chapel with fres
Goes that make its cnmmon plaster
more precious than gold. he dippe,
his pencils into the first chapter o.
Genesis. Each successive pane
matches its respective paragraph-tht
separation Of Light and Darkness. the
Creation n The Sun and Moon; OF
Trees and Plants; of Adam, Of Eve.
and 80 on. The frescoes are inde-
scribably majestic, but they fan shor,
of the narrative which inspired them.
That is unapproachable in literature
or art. Il is Divine.
IL the immortal Florentine had
drawn his Inspiration from any other
c0smogony thar that Of Moses. the
vatican ceiling would have been
married with the incongruous shapes
OF mans wild fancy and wilder fear.
Dualism would have been there-a
devil as powerful as God; or Poly
theism-gods many and all In a wran-
gle, n pulling down what the other
set up; or Pantheisin-an eternal
matter. insensate, yet evolving itself
IN various stages the. thing fashioned
greater than that which made IL. or
such grotesque ideals of the universe
as for example, that OF the Hindu
with its pyramid OF snake, turtle. and
elephant. and triple disk.
Instead OF all this we see on that
lustrous roof the ineffable Jehovah
m the form Of q man, as the Bible
ltseli must needs present Him to us
eternity upon His hoary brow, omnl-
science beaming in His eye, omnipo-
tence in His outstretched arms, and
infinite love in His whole mein. This
majestic Father Of the world is pie
tured as proceeding with the COM
p%lacency Of infinity to hang His lam
terms IN the sky, to separate air, water.
and land. Then He peoples each with
cratures suitable to their respective
spheres RI their bodies cunningly
adapted to ether. nuid. and terra
hrma respectively
For a seventh time the Almighty
Former Of the Skies" spreads His
hands in benediction over all His
works, and in the seventh epoch there
is cessation from creative activity.
me mosaic account OF Creation is a
miracle in words. Not to his present,
h"ighly-cultured age, but back three
thousand years, To the beginning Of
literature, must we look for the most
satisfactory statement or the origin
u things. There through the mists Of
human speculations, through rising
ana falling systems of philosophy.
Genesis shines like a sta ever ascend
ent. II Is not attached to any system
of geology. astronomy, or biology, So,
- AAitiptIN OF litHt nave SUNK III 4
heir turn, Genesis has never been
submerged. The book may clash with
IN hypothesis, 1t never does with a
fact. The narrative is elastic enough
20 take in all the modern discoveries
If physical science. but presents a rim
81 steel to the Vagaries of false
science.
Whence came this phenomenal writ
ing? From the genius Of mani Them
why Is not its equal found IN the anci-
ent literature of other nations appar-
entity better situated to produce such q
book than the petty ana ~oft-Captive
Inspiration is the only ade-
quate explanation of Genesis The
blessed intent Of the book is seen by
the most casual reader. 1t is Il mir
ror to reflec the person and attributes
of God. it answers, too, The question
Of the heart as to the origin of natur
md of man. 1t deserves the allitera-
lion, simple, Sublime. Sufficient.