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• ^ arrangement of materials that 
existed before.* 
After all, it should be recollected that the 
ques mn is not respecting the correctness of the 
interpretation of it ; 
tl should he borne in mind that 
ie object of this account was, not to state in iv/tat 
lannc ) , but bt/ whom, the world was made. As 
le prevailing tendency of men in those early 
ays was to worship the most glorious objects of 
ure, namely, the sun and moon and stars ; it 
S hould seem to have been one important point in 
tie Mosaic account of creation, to guard the Is- 
lae ites against the Polytheism and idolatry of 
le nations around them ; by announcing that all 
iese magnificent celestial bodies were no Gods, 
alon Almighty Creator, to whom 
one the worship of mankind is due.t 
* See Note, p. 22. 
tions, which fthink wm ^ explana- 
Genesis with the 1 1 , econcile even the letter of the text of 
tWs imlLl of Geology, I forbear to say more 
able to refer mv and have much satisfaction in being 
lian Observer admirable articles in the Chris- 
aod comprehensIvJ’ ^834) for a very able 
offering many ^temn. ® it is surrounded, and 
spirit in which invpsc 'T Judicious suggestions, as to the 
I vrould also ref t °f this kind ought to be conducted. 
*>i- ser. 39; to ^ Horsley's Sermons, 8vo. 1816, vol. 
P- 356 ; Dono-ial* Sumner’s Records of Creation, vol. ii. 
G. * regarding Religion, 1830, p. 261-264, 
