Thou laid'st
Eternity's foundation stone, and saw'st
Life and existence out of Thee begin.
--_Pollok_
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CHAPTER II
String 1: _Creation_
The subject of creation here treated relates particularly to the earth
and the creatures of the earth, the chief one of which is man. We will
not attempt to discuss at length the creation of other planets, nor of
the other creatures. Attention is merely called to the Scriptural
statement that the beginning of God's creation was the Logos, which term
is translated in our Bibles "the Word". The record reads: "In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with [the] God and the Word was
[a] god". (John 1:1) God is a name applied to Jehovah, the Almighty One.
It is sometimes applied to other mighty ones also; whereas the name
Jehovah applies exclusively to the great eternal God. The Logos, the
Word, was a god, a mighty one. "The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that
was made." He was Jehovah's great active agent in the creation of all
things created.
[29]Since the Bible was written for _man's_ benefit, the Genesis account
of creation has to do with man and his place of habitation. There we
read: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". He
created the sun, for light by day; and the moon, for light by night,
upon the earth.
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