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all-pervading force of gravitation, giving a world of 

 light. 



Second. The condensation of the globe and the 

 waters upon it, so that the atmosphere should take 

 its place as the divider of waters. 



Third. The forming of dry land and the appearance 

 of plants, increasing in quantity till they culminated 

 in that abundant vegetation that covered the land 

 in the coal period, stretching, as it must have 

 stretched, from pole to pole, wherever land ap- 

 peared. 



Fourth. The appearance in the heavens of the sun 

 and moon and stars, to do their appointed work 

 while the world should stand. 



Fifth. The abundance of animal life filling the wa- 

 ters. 



Sixth. The sudden increase of life upon the land, 

 in animals huge in size and higher in organization 

 than any that had before appeared ; and finally, the 

 appearance of man, with such powers that he was 

 the lord and master of all. 



If, now, that being had been called upon to give 

 an account of the whole scene in the limits of a 

 single chapter, could he have exceeded in accuracy 

 and fulness the description given by Moses ? We 

 have seen a part of the changes produced through 

 the operations of natural forces. Moses carries us 

 one step further back to Him who holds the forces 

 in His hand. 



We feel justified in applying to this grand epic 

 of the creation, the substance of the language 



