17<; MH. 



lint I have vet i\ frosh order to fare. Mr. Glad- 

 stone (]. 11) understands "the main statements of 

 Genesis in successive order of time, but wit li- 

 mit any measurement of its divisions, to be M 

 follows : 



1. A period of land, anterior to all life (v. 9, 10). 



2. A period of vegetable lifo, anterior to animal life (v. 11, 

 12). 



8. A i>eriod of animal life, in the order of fishes (v. 20). 



4. Another stage of animal life, in the order of birds. 



5. Another in the order of beasts (v. 24, 25). 



6. List of all, man (v. 26, 27). 



Mr. Gladstone then tries to find the proof of 

 the occurrence of a similar succession in sundry 

 excellent works on geology. 



I am really grieved to be obliged to say that 

 tliis third (or is it fourth?) modification of tilt- 

 foundation of the " plea for revelation" ori^inallv 

 set forth, satisfies me as little as any of its pre- 

 decessors. 



For, in the first place, I cannot acre])! the 

 assertion that this order is to be found in Genesis. 

 With respect to No. 5, for example, I hold, as I 

 liave already said, that "great sea monsters' 1 

 includes the Cetacea, in which case mammals 

 which is what, I suppose, Mr. Gladstone means 

 by "beasta ') come in under head No. :>. ;m<l not 

 under No. .">. Again, " fowl " are said in Genesis 

 to }.- created on tlie same day as tislies; tlieivtore 

 I cannot accept an nrder \\hicli makes l>ir<ls 



