Newspaper Page Text
f
646
j CK Ef^T/CW
[This paper was read be
ters' Association and is pu
Science can teach no
author, nor of its time,
to tlie who, the when a
things after they have
their characteristics and
Even philosophy, toe
certain sound about ere
both Spirit and matter
was created by Spirit; <
and matter merely a fo:
tcr only is eternal and
The Scriptures how<
They speak clearly, am
thority, for they are th
reveal the Who, and 1
"Who" was God?the
and the how was "by tl
The opening verse of
"Hebrew word that me
out of nothing; and its
word "Asah," which m
matter already existing
the Creator; the other i
and the creature. Tht
words is the key to the
deny the plenary inspir;
Fifty years ago thei
Science and Scripture,
they contradicted each i
lie to God's Word; ai
many perplexed Christi
he proposed to cut the
the six days of the fir
literal days, but six loi
geologic strata of the
Now we know that a
tradiction did not exisi
of straw. No reconcil
Science, or by Scriptu
church merely misunch
tist misinterpreted Nai
Let me mention tw
tions:
1. The Geological,
the creation of Adam ^
ago, while geology as c
been in existence hundr
to say that both the ea
ing the six days of th
make either Genesis 01
z. I he Biological.
one man sin entered tl
fossil, flora and fauna a;
on this earth ages befo
In solving these app
ask "What is creation?
Catechism answers: "I
nothing, by the Word <
THE PRESBYTERIAN
ACCORDING TO
neb. J. V. 7*1,
fore the Atlanta Presbyterian Minisblished
by their unanimous request.]
thing about creation?not of its
nor of the mode. It is silent as
nd the how. it only deals with
been created, and discerns only
I their changes.
? vain to be silent, can give no
ation. It can not decide whether
are eternal; or whether matter
:?r whether Spirit only is eternal
rm of thought; or whether matSpirit
the evolution thereof.
:ver utter no uncertain sound.
el fully, and truly, and with auc
infallible word of God. They
:he when, and the how. The
when was "in the beginning"?
lie word of His power."
Genesis emphasizes "Bara," the
ans the bringing into existence
opening chapter emphasizes the
cans to make, or fashion, out of
. One is the sole prerogative of
s a privilege of both the Creator
: distinction between these two
problem, as all except those who
ation of Scripture, can easily see.
e was a bitter fight between
Many honestly thought that
Dthcr; that God's words gave the
rid Hugh Miller was hailed by
ans as a great deliverer, because
: Gordian knot, by proving that
st chapter of Genesis were not
ng periods corresponding to the
earth.
11 this was foolish ; that the cont;
that the difficulty was a man
iation was necessary, either by
re, or by common sense. The
irstood Scripture and the Scienture.
o of these supposed contradic
Scripture clearly affirms that
>vas not over six thousand years
learly asserts that this earth has
eds of thousands of years. Then
rth and Adam were created dure
first chapter of Genesis is to
r geology to be a lie.
The Scriptures teach that "by
in \irnr1rl onr\ rloofKtr
iv* vy VI IU OHM vivuiu VJ OUl , V V,L
3 clearly teach that death reigned
re Adam was created,
arent contradictions, let us Fi't
" Our almost infallible Shorter
t is God's making all things of
af 11 is power, in the space of six
OF THE SOUTH.
SCRIPTURE XND
ack, D. D.
days, and all very good." This a
yet slightly false. Three parts a
part scholastic?like the sun, givi
like that same sun marred by s]
Creation is God's making all 1
the Word of His power and all >
ture distinctly declares these tlire
it is not true to say that it was
God has never said any such thir
declared that He did not.
io see tins clearly, we have onl
marked and divinely ordered di
two Hebrew words, Ilara and A
bring into existence something ot
other meaning to make somethin
terials.
In Genesis 2:2 we read, "On
ended all the work that lie hat
translated "made" is not Ilara, a
"all the work that lie had" create
and hence it affirms that it was v
fashioned out of previously cxistii
So in the next clause of that
"and lie rested on the seventh d
which He had made;" it is not I
translated "made."
In Genesis 2:3 God emphasize
we read, "God blessed the seven
it, because that in it lie had rest
that God created and made." Her
are used, one translated "created,1
lated "made."
Thus God distinguishes betwee
plainly and pointedly tells us that
the earth and almost all things
(Asah), and yet in those same d
"created" (Bara.) Now what
create and what did lie make?
On the first day "there was
Bara is not used. In Isaiah 45:
(not create) the light." Hence n
the first day.
r\ -? - -
me second day "God made
the word Asali is used, and Bara i
called the firmament Heaven," an<
mandment it is properly said. "T
heaven." Hence nothing was c
day.
On the third the waters were g
the dry land appeared. This dr
earth and commanded it to brin
other vegetation. Hence the f
properly teaches that in the six
heaven and earth.' No Bara, no
ciay.
On the fourth clay?Genesis 1:1
two 'great lights'or lamps, wl
and the moon. "He made the st;
is mentioned on the fourth day.
May 25, 1910.
SCIENCE I;
nswer is mainly true,
re Scriptural and . e
ng glorious light and
pots.
;hings of nothing, by
;ery good; and Scripe
things as true. But
done in six days, for
ig, but has repeatedly
\ iu hccp m iiiiuci i.ne
fference between the
sah?one meaning to
it of nothing, and the
g out of existing mathe
seventh lay God
1 made." The word
nd so it does not say
d. The word is Asah,
hat God had made or
ng material,
same verse we read
ay from all His work
lara, but Asah that is
s this distinction, for
th day and sanctified
ed from all His work
e both Bara and Asah
" and the other transn
the two words, and
: while in the six days
therein were "made*
ays some things were
things did God then
light," but the word
7, God says, "I form
othing was created on
the firmament." Here
s not found ; "and God
1 so in the fourth cornhe
Lord made (Asah)
reated on the second
gathered into seas and
y land God called the
g forth grass and its
ourth commandment
days the "Lord made
vitctiiun on tne tmrci
6?"God made (AsaM
lich were the sun and
irs also." No creation