CHAPTER II 



THE GAKDEN OF EDEN — THE FALL OF MAN AND 

 THE LOWER ANIMALS 



All animals in perfect peace and happiness — Man as guardian — 

 No preying on each other, and no death — All commanded to use 

 vegetable food — Cosmical derangement caused by the fall. 



The next important epoch in Bible history which 

 affects alike man and the lower animals, and which 

 I wish to call attention to, is the fall from the happy 

 and exalted position they occupied in the Garden 

 of Eden. 



When God created man and the lower animals, 

 He placed them in a large garden of rich fertile 

 soil with an abundance of fruit, nuts, herbs, grass, 

 plants, flowers, and all kinds of vegetation for use 

 and ornament. This garden was abundantly pro- 

 vided with springs, brooks, and rivers. 



In order that every kind of animal might have a 

 happy home, God gave them rich valleys, high 

 mountains, and great forests. The earth, teeming 

 with every variety of useful productions, was the 

 great storehouse of the Almighty, from which all 



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