72 SPECIAL CREATION 



and these are so distributed and grouped as to form 

 the embryo body with all its organs and parts. 



It is obvious that the father has nothing to do 

 with the circulation of the mother's blood, which con- 

 veys nourishment to the embryo; it is equally clear 

 that she has no conscious part in the ciroutatioE of 

 her own blood, and that she has no povvc-r nor con- 

 trol over the development nor tli-3 growth of th^ 

 embryo, except such as she may exert indirectly by 

 the food which she eats. 



The embryo begins life as a gerni-celi. Atoms of 

 building material must be conveyed, by the blood of 

 the mother, to this cell, otherwise, it cannot develop 

 nor grow. As new cells are produced, they are so 

 distributed and grouped as to form the several organs 

 and parts of the embryo body ; or it may be said that 

 new cells are produced and added to older cells, at 

 such points as to build up the embryo organs and 

 parts. For example, arm-buds and leg-buds appear 

 on the surface of the trunk, as slight swellings or pro- 

 jections ; new cells are added to these buds ; they grow, 

 in length, by the addition of cells at the distal (outer) 

 ends, until they have attained the proper length, ter- 

 minating in the fingers and tees. So the arms and 

 legs grow to some extent in diameter by the addition of 

 new cells ; but the number of cells, which go to extend 

 the length of the arms and legs, greatly exceeds the 

 number which go to increase the diameter. 



Every atom in a cell is a physical body, like a 

 brick, and must be moved by extraneous force, having 

 no power to lift and move itself, automatically. It 

 may be said that the heart and arteries of the mother 



