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(3.) The dividing of the land and water on the earth. 



(4.) Vegetation: which Moses, appreciating the philosophical 

 characteristic of the new creation distinguishing it from previous 

 inorganic substances, defines as that " which has seed in itself." 



(5.) The sun, moon, and stars. 



(6.) The lower animals, those that swarm in the waters, and the 

 creeping and flying species of the land. 



(7.) Beasts of prey ("creeping" here meaning "prowling"). 



(8.) Man. 



In this succession, we observe not merely an order of events, like 

 that deduced from science ; there is a system in the arrangement, 

 and a far-reaching prophecy, to which philosophy could not have 

 attained, however instructed. 



The account recognizes in creation two great eras of three days 

 each, — an Inorganic and an Organic. 



Each of these eras opens with the appearance of light : the first, 

 light cosmical ; the second, light from the sun for the special uses of 

 the earth. 



Each era ends in a" day" of two great works, — the two shown 

 to be distinct by being severally pronounced "good." On the 

 third " day," that closing the Inorganic era, there was first the 

 dividing of the land from the waters, and afterwards the creation of vege- 

 tation, or the institution of a kingdom of life, — a work widely 

 diverse from all preceding it in the era. So on the sixth " day," 

 terminating the Organic era, there was first the creation of Mammals, 

 and then a second far greater work, totally new in its grandest 

 element, the creation of Man. 



The arrangement is, then, as follows : — 



1 . The Inorganic Era . 

 1st Day. — LIGHT cosmical. 



2d Day. — The earth divided from the fluid around it, or indivi- 

 dualized. 



oa j) 1 1- Outlining of the land and water. 



1 2. Creation of vegetation. 



2. The Organic Era. 

 4th Day.— LIGHT from the sun. 



5th Day. — Creation of the lower orders of animals. 

 1. Creation of Mammals. 



6th Day.- 



J I 2. Creation of Man. 



In addition, the last day of each era included one work typical 

 of the era, and another related to it in essential points, but also 



