The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-10-06
WAS HUMAN BEING
ORIGINAL INSECT?
,
Chinese Bible Students at
Shanghai Interpret
Creation
$4,000 YEARS In MAKING
Man Grew Six Foot Per Day
for $4,000 Years Accord
to Chink Logic

" Nllllih LUSIC
Judging from a letter DIR. j. A.
Dubois received a few days age
from Rev. II. G. Hallock, Shanghai,
China, the Chinese have a decided
ly different idea of creation than
is portrayed in the first chapters
of Genesis. The view point was
ascertained by Rev. Hallock while
conducting Bible class of the
defenders of Shanghai. The letter
is so unusual that the Herald be
lieves it will be of much interest
to many of its readers. 1t follows
herewith:
C. P. o. Box No. 1924,
Shanghai, China,
Sept. 1927.
Dear Friend
Recently ! was in a room where
a Bible Glass, for our Shanghai
defenders, was being held. Some
statements made as to the first
two chapters of Genesis and the
creation of the world and the orr
gin of man almost made my hair
stand on end. How they did try
to explain away the clear teachings
of the Word of God! The thought
came into my mind that the Chi
nese teachings could Ego them
one better" in several respects,
and you might like to know what
the Chinese say about the crea-
ton.
The male and female principles,
"yang" and "yin," gave birth to
Pan-Ku, the first man, how none
knows. Faith must accept that. He
had two horns and was a short
stubby fellow; but endowed with
the ability to grow. He proceed
ed to grow. He grew six feet ev-
cry day and as he lived $4,000
years, you can see how big he got.
He, in some way, got possession of
an AK and with that he managed
to '1kai-pih tien di," hew out the
universe. This was seemingly out
of nothing or at least out of.
chaos. He was eighteen Thousand
years doing the work, and in order
to complete it all he had to die.
His head is said to have become
"the mountains, his breath the
winds and clouds, his voice the
thunder, his limbs the four quart
ers of the earth, his blood the riv-
ers, his flesh the soil, his beard the
consultations, his skin and hair the
herbs and trees; his teeth, bones
and marrow became the metals,
rocks and precious stones, his sweat
the rain," and, (most suggestive of
all to evolutionists) "the insects
creeping over his body became hui
man beings!" / hope we are proud
of our ancestry" Chinese speak of
three kinds of insects that delight
in mans fellowship" the crawl
ers, the jumpers, and the smell
lers." " ! asked a Chinese to which
race he belonged. He said he did
not know but that the foreigners
must belong to the crawlers for
they are whire!' The picture /
send shows Pan-Ku and his apron
of leaves and his AK. In his hands
he holds up the sun (red) and
moon. He failed to put them in
their proper places and they went
away into the Han (sea) and the
people were left in darkness. A
messenger was sent to ask them to
go into the sky and give light.
They refused. Pan-Ku was called
and at Budiha's direction wrote
the character "zeh," sun, in one
hand and "yuih," moon, in the
other and going to the sea, he
stretched out his hands and called
the sun and moon repeating
charm devoutly sevep times. when
they ascended into the sky and
gave light day and night. There
are many more things told of Pan
Ku; but / cannot tell all in one
letter. In the creation he made
81 stories. Of these 33 were for
heaven and 18 were for hell be
low the earth. The heavens were
graded for good men and the
floors below the earth were for
bad men. If one is the very best
OF all ne can go 10 the oOTQ nedV-
en- and be worshiped as god. If
one be very bad he'll go down to
the 18th hell.
Even in $4,000 years the work
of creation was not completed; );
but cavity was left through
which many fell to the bottom.
After long time a woman, Nu-
Ku, was born and she took stone
and blocked up the hole and so
finished the work of creation. They
say, though the body of Pan-Ku
died, his soul lives and will live
forever. just after the beginning
of the Chinese Republic the
Philosophers" said that revela-
tion had come from heaven saying
that the king of the gods had ask
ed Ran-Ku to build a new heaven
for him-the thirty-fourth. This
was done and the king of gods
with his retinue moved into this.
How this revelation came is not
told.