The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-24

MOVING PICTURES TELL
THE STORY OF CREATION
Worlds Religious History VIII 10
Shown on Screen at Academy
of Music To-day.
DAILY EXHIBITS goR MONTH
international bible students' Associ-
alton Produces Two Miles of Film
with No Charge to Public.

Time was when the iittle Bible stu.
dent OF tho Sunday school classes pic
turcd In his minds eye the happen
ings M recorded In the Good Book
from the mRny-colorcd Autographs
that went to illustrate n text.
But tho day Of tho modern has ar
rived-a dag when 1t 81 not quito ncces-
snry for tho rest of tho picture to ba
drawn by the descriptive ability Of the
Sunday school teacher.
Commencing to-day. ut the Academy
OF Music there will be shown to tho
people OF this city tho photo -draug.,
Creation" There will be no Charge,
and no appeal for funds made In any
manner TO those who Witness tho story
OF the Bible as portrayed In this man
ner.
Some years ago tho International
Bible Students Association determined
TO md some method to bring TO the
mind OF the people OF oil tho earth
tho story OF the Bible. II must be In
I. manner that the heather Chinee or
the college professor might read as
he ran,
There was only one way that this
could he done-throuBh tho medium OF
the universal language. the movies"
Then began Az elaborate prepare
ton of the subject matter that would
DO necessary 10 have tho complete
story told
There and then II was found that the
greatest stumbling block OF skepticism
WINS the matter or "crention." Tho fact
that science and the bible were on tho
outs, so far rs time and ages wcre con-
cerned, has tnade many i skeptic.
SCIENTISTS GIVE ATTENTION
AS WELL. AS BIBLE STUDENTS
So It was determined that this should
DO given tho attention not alone or stu
dents OF tho Bible. but by scientists
who wero In tune with the declarations
as made in Genesis.
With their scientific knowledge TO
call upon. tho making OF the pictures
was commenced. First there came
means and methods OF the showing OF
creation.
In this alone tho most complete data
that could be found anywhere In the
student world was called upon
Beginning with tho nebular star
theory, tho pictures and films show the
formation that. according to scientists,
became the world There arc shown
ths gathering OF the gases. tho evolu-
II n toward solidifying and finally the
consolidation into tho bare world of the
beginning.
Science again plays the part In the
records OF tho creation md preparation
of tho earth for man. First is shown
tho creation Of the vegetable kingdom.
piled and attained their various forms.
Then comes the creation of the animal
kingdom In this prehistoric beings OF
fantastic shape and size stnrtle the
persons who have made no study OF
the world as IT was in the beginning"
Detail has been closely adhered to,
and museums and institutes for the
study OF the prehistoric have been
raked for anything that dealt on the
subject. SO that Investigations of eci-
entfsts could be closely followed.
Then the supreme point Is renchod,
the creation of man by God.
TO the foregoing. the master minds
that directed the preparation OF these
pictures gave much of their time.
SAY bible SIkEPTICS
HAVE DABBLED IN SCIENCE
Tho assertion has been made, and
with good foundation. that IS psr
cent OF the skeptics who have declared
against the Bible come from those