The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
GOD THE CREATOR
By HIGHT E. MOORE

ing ut the same time the heresies
of chance and accident. on Rec
orniac God as the originator of
substance. The universe is Il crea-
ton, not an arrangement merely.
And the creation is the calling Of
the elements of nature into being.
II is the production of the uni
verse "without the use Of pre-ex-
listing materials" 1t is the bring
inc into existence Of that which
once lay in the gulf of nonentity.
God is greater than his work. as
the sun is greater than the sun
beam and the ocean is greater
than the vapor waited along its
bosom. The purpose of God in
creation was, first Of oil, for his
own pleasure, and that was suffi-
cient motive. But, again, we have
in creation broad and beautiful
self-expression Of God, az the
painter expresses himself in his
picture or the poet in his poem.
And, as the crown Of all, the uni
verse was built to secure the di-
vine glory. CIV Review the days
of creative week. In its earliest
condition the earth was waste and
void with darkness cn"cloping the
abyss. We have glimpse OF the
world ut It's omergenCc from or
iginal nothingncSs. The creative
Hand had wrought out the basic
materials for the perfect con-
struction Of the universe. The
Spirit Of God moves upon the face
Of the waters. The seven DAYS Of
the creative era have begun. First
day: light. Naturally and super
naturally the first scene in the
creation panorama was light dis
placing and dispelling primal
darkness. Second day: Sky. As
yet the earth was q nebulouS
mass. Liquids and gases were un-
restrained, the surface Of the
earth being indistinct and ever
changing. SO in the second crea-
tive era the curtains Of the sky
were spread out, the rising vapor
forming into clouds and the heav-
Ter waters flattening into, oceans.
Third day: Vegetation. The
spreading of the sky left the earth
flooded with the waters which
were now collected into seas while
the dry land emerged with the
title Of Earth. The land was at
once hidden to produce abundant
and multiform' plant life which
sprang up TO- mantle the earth.
Fourth day; Luminaries. Now the
Creator sweeps out. the armament
above earth and lets fall the dis
tinct light Of the heavenly bodies
sun, moon and stars. Our day
and night were defined and the
seasons established. Fifth day:
Animals. The appearance Of ami
NAL life was not first upon the
land with its luXuriant vegetation
but in sky and sea. A certain de-
gree Of intelligence being thus di-
vinely given, Jehovah halts in his
creative work to bestow a benc-
diction. life has appeared but not
in it's highest forms. So upon the
land thus enriched with stores OF
earth and set and sky was enact.
cd the concentrating work of
creation. - :.
The Creation Of Man marks the
origin Of the human race. The
morning Of the sixth creative day
dawned bright and clear upon the
world. Vegetation mantled the
earth, fowl mounted the sky, and
the waters teemed with fish. Now
the creative Hand produced the
land animals flocking hill and
plain throughout the globe. But
the word was still incomplete. It's
master was yet to appear. Note
l) The Maker of Man. In the
foreground here as in the begin.
ming, God appears. In the plural
of majesty andof trinity, Jehovah
said: "I.et us make man." And
man was to be made in moral and
spiritual likeness to the Creator
and he was to be set in the midst
of the world as ruler over the
fowl Of the air, the beasts Of tn,
! field, and the fish of the seas
i(2) The Making Of Man. Three
times the word created" is USED
that imperial word which means
to make without the use of pre-
existing material. Man was
therefore, a new creation reqvir
ing q special creative act of God
He was made in the divine image