770 COSMOGONY. 



promote this special end that — in strict parallelism — the Sabbath 

 follows man's six days of work. 



The record in the Bible is, therefore, profoundly philosophical in 

 the scheme of creation which it presents. It is both true and divine. 

 It is a declaration of authorship, both of Creation and the Bible, on 

 the first page of the sacred volume. 



There can be no real conflict between the two Books of the Great 

 Author. Both are revelations made by Him to Man, — the earlier 

 telling of God-made harmonies, coming up from the deep past, and 

 rising to their height when Man appeared, the later teaching Man's 

 relations to his Maker, and speaking of loftier harmonies in the eter- 

 nal future. 



