Of the immeasurable difference between the human and the divine, Jehovah has said, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways." "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isa. 55:8, 9.

The tendency of human philosophy is to discard the story of Genesis regarding the creation of the world and the origin of man. It is argued from science ("falsely so called," 1 Tim. 6: 20) that the world was evolved through long, indefinite ages.

But not so was the origin of all things regarded by David, the inspired king of Israel. He exclaims, "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." For He spake, and it was;* He commanded, and it stood fast." Ps. 33:6, 9.

And Paul writes, "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Heb. 11:3.

The faith referred to by Paul accepts without question the plain, simple, direct statements of the Bible concerning the entire work of creation. These statements are dignified, positive, and everywhere consistent.

But how illusive and often contradictory are the deductions of worldly science, when its votaries promulgate theories regarding creation and the age of the

*The word "done" in our Bible is printed in italics, which indicates that this word was here supplied by the translators. The meaning of the text is clearer without it.

world, which discard the account as given in God's word.

Literal were the days of creation week.

Positive

is the marking of the exact duration of each day. Definite is the record of each day's work. Of the close of the first day's work we read, "The evening and the morning were the first day." And so the record tallies off the remaining days of that first week of time.

"The evening and the morning." Each day was divided into two parts,-the light portion, or day, which was ruled by

the sun; and the

dark por

tion, or

the night,

which was

relieved

from utter

darkness

by light

from moon

and stars. In God's plan the setting of the sun marks the close of the day. The Bible account is as follows:

"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness." Gen. 1:14-18.

It is plain to be seen, therefore, that each day of the creation week was a twenty-four-hour day, beginning and ending with the setting of the sun. And why should this be considered impossible? A Being who could create a world like ours, could certainly perform the work in six literal days as easily as in six long periods of time. With God no work is difficult.

The office of revelation is to teach us such things as we could not otherwise understand. Without the Bible we are left to grope in the darkness of uncertainty and doubt. The Bible, and the Bible alone, can guide us in our search for truth.

Rejecting the divine record of the origin of man, many of our most learned scientists have formulated and taught the most absurd theories. By them it is claimed that man is the product of development from the lowest forms of animal life, by a process of evolution, through long ages of the past.

There is no foundation for the claim put forth that man must trace his origin to the development of monads, germs, and four-footed creatures. Men are so determined to deny the miraculous in the great creation of God that "they degrade man, and defraud him of the dignity of his origin." Though moulded

him. The gift of speech, and the ability to reason, are among the greatest of these. And although man is not born with faculties trained for the battle of life, yet the power to reason and to gain knowledge may be wonderfully developed.

Heavenly truths, and the understanding of the eternal purposes of God are, so far as necessary to salvation, open to human investigation. And the divine Spirit is given us to be our guide as we study these truths revealed in the Holy Scriptures. "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth." John 16:13.

To the believer of God's word there can be no doubt concerning the origin of the human family. The statement is plain, "So God created man; . male and female created He them."

Gen. 1:27. Man owes his existence to creation, not to evolution. There were two steps in the process of the creation of man :

First, "The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground." Gen. 2:7.

When thus created, he was complete in physical form. But he was an inert being, without life or power of action. He was like the well-made steam engine, with all parts perfect, but without power to move until the steam is applied.

Secondly, God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:7.

The steam applied to the engine sets its wheels in motion, and it can then perform the work for which it is designed.

The breath put into the body of the man by the Creator, expanded the lungs, set the heart to beating