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third day, the dry land appears and is clothed with vegetation ; 
on the sixth day, beasts and man are made to dwell on the 
land, and consume the vegetation. In this way the universe 
is made to appear, both in past and present, as an organized 
whole, in which every member depends upon those below, and 
has obligations to those above. While the crowning point 
being plainly man, to whom dominion over the whole is given, 
— man, however, as God's representative — the grand truth at 
once beams forth, that man's office and obligation is to use 
and govern all things in subordination to his Maker ; and 
hence, that faithful occupation, not selfish enjoyment, is his 
part and mission on the earth. 
Once more it is an easy task to show the harmony of 
Science. How marvellously has Science exhibited the intricate 
web of mutual dependence which links together being with 
being, member with member, so that none can exist and 
flourish without the other, and each by filling its own place, 
and obtaining that which itself wants, at the same time 
ministers to and supports others ! While for the crowning 
feature of all, what truth has Science more repeatedly and em- 
phatically enforced than this — that all things in the earth are 
under the dominion and for the use of man ? These things 
are too familiar to need insisting on. We pass therefore to 
the last item in our list. 
6. God’s rest . — The work of creation is not carried on con- 
tinuously, nor is it carried on for ever, — there are pauses, and 
there is a final rest. At the founding of the earth the 
“ morning stars sing together," light dawns upon the empty 
waste of waters, brooded over by the Breath of God, and 
rapturous expectation might anticipate a speedy development 
of life and order. But no, there comes “ evening the work 
is suspended ; and not until “ morning" also comes, closing 
the first day by ushering in a second, is the work resumed. 
Creation is advanced another stage, then another pause 
ensues ; again “ evening" comes, and again “ morning " 
comes, before the third day's work begins.* So it goes on until 
* This would seem to be the true meaning of the six times reiterated 
clause, “ And there was evening and there was morning.” The A.Y ., indeed, 
by its mistranslation “ the evening and the morning were,” &c. represents these 
as constituting the day just described ; which, however, makes their mention 
meaningless and inexplicable, and would also require, if true, not “ evening and 
morning,” but “ night and day.” The only place in Scripture where evening 
and morning appear to be spoken of as making up the whole day is Dan. viii. 
14, where, however, the reference is not to days simply, but to the daily 
sacrifice, which was offered every evening and morning. To say that sacrifice 
should be suspended for 2,300 “evening-mornings” was hence a natural 
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