ON THE SPURIOUS BIBLE 215 



he is, living on a world which does not even bear the 

 proportion to objects in space of, probably, one grain 

 of sand to the sea-shore, even is this the world's 

 proportion to the objects in space but when man, 

 we say, supposes that these infinite numbers of bodies 

 in space, many of gigantic size, were created simply 

 for the object of giving light to the earth for man's 

 advantage only, why then, man shows such a pre- 

 sumption, such an egotism, that his conceit, arrogance,, 

 or assumption is absolutely marvellous. 



By photography we are able to discover objects 

 in space which the eye cannot see even by the best 

 instruments. They are not, to our eyes, luminous., 

 they are possibly worlds inhabited as our world is, 

 Astronomers are now making a chart of these bodies in 

 space, and it is estimated that they will number more 

 than one hundred millions * of objects. But will the 

 photographic plate record all in the universe ? Most 

 certainly not. 



On the fifth day God is reported to have created 

 animal life which was to be " fruitful and multiply," 

 and " there was evening and there was morning, a fifth 

 day." 



And lastly God created man " in his own image, in 

 the image of God created he him " male and female 

 created he them. And they were to have dominion 

 over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

 " And there was evening and there was morning, the 

 sixth day." 



On the seventh day it is recorded that God rested 

 from his arduous duties, so he blessed the seventh day 

 and hallowed it. 



1 See page 13, footnote. 



