2. Prof. Dana, in his ATannnl of Geologji (Phila. 18G2), gives (p. 742), as the latest conclusion of science on the relation between the Mosaic and the geological cos- mogonies, the following, which he has condensed from the lectures of Prof. Guyot (see Bihliotheca Sacra, Apr. 185,'), p. 324 sq.\ and which we here place in parallel columns with the statements of the first chapter of Genesis :
GEOLOGY
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GEOLOGY
1. The beginning of actiy- And the earth was without ITY IN jMattkr. — In Piicli abe-ifoim, and void; and darkness {;inniu<; from matter in tlic was upon the face of t lie deep, state of a gaseous fluid the ac-JAnd the Spirit of God moved tivity would be intense, and Itupon the face of the waters, would show itself at once by ajAnd God said, Let there be manifestation of light, since liglit ; and there was light, light Is a resultant of molecu- And God saw the light, that it lar activity. A flash of light'was good; and God divided through tlie universe would the light from tlie darkness, therefore be the first announce- [And God called tlie light day, nient of the work begun. and the darkness he called
might. And the eveiiinri and \tlti' ■morm'nj were the first day. — Ver. 2-5.
2. The DEVELOi'MEST OF TUK And God said, Let there be EARTH. — A dividing and sub-'a firmament in the nudst of dividing of the original fluid Ithe waters, and let it divide the going on would have evolved waters from the waters. And systems of various grades, andJGod made the firmament, and ultimately the orbs of space, Idivided tlie waters which were
among these the earth, an ig- neous sphere enveloped in va- pors.
3. The rnoDUCTiON op the
EARTH'S ruVSICAI, FEATURES,
by the outlining of the conti- nents and oceans. The conden- sible vapors would have grad- ually settled upon the earth as cooling progressed.
4. The intuoduotion of
under ths firmament from the waters which were above the tirmam?nt; and it was so. And God called the firmament heaven. And the evenimj and the niorninq tcere the second
dan Ver. 6-S.
And God said. Let the wa- ters under the heaven be gath- ered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. And God call- ed the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the wa- ters called he seas ; and God
saw that it was good Ver. 9-
10. And God said. Let the earth i,iPE uNnER its siMrLESTihring forth grass, the herb
FORMS, as in the lowest of plants, and perhaps, also, of animals. The systems of struc- ture characterizing the two kiugihims of nature, the Radi- ate of the vegetable kingdom, and the Radiate, MoUuscan. Arliculate, and Vertebrate of the animal, are not brought out in the simplest forms of life. Tlie true Xnic sera in his- tory began later. As plants are primarily the food of ani- mals, there is reason for be- lieving that tlie idea of life was first expressed in a plant.
yielding seed, and the fruit- tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth ; and It was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed is in itself, after his kind ; and God saw that it was good. A nd tlie veniiici and tlie vwrm'na tcere the third day. — Ver. 11-1?..
And God said. Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the niglit ; and let them be fur ns and for seasons, and for days and years ; and let them be for lights in the firmament of tlie heaven, to give light upon the earth; and it was And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rub" the day, and tlie lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heav- en,to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the dav and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness ; and God saw that it was good. .1 nd the eveninri and the niorn-
ing were the fourth day Ver.
14-10.
And God said. Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firma- ment of heaven. And God cre- ated great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which tlie waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winuied fowl after his kind ; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, lie fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas ; and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the I'miiiig aud the morninn loere the fifth. day.—Xer. 20-'"3.
And God said. Let the earth bring forth the living crea- tebrates — that of the jV'i'J?'-'tiire after his kind, cattle and viaU (the class to which ^fan creeping thing, and beast of the belongs", viviparous species, 'eartli after his kind; and it which are eminent above alii was so. And God made the
.5. ThK mSPLAY OF TUE SYS- TF.MS IN THE KINGDOMS OP LIFE
• — the exliibition of the four grand types under the animal kingdom, being the predomi nant idea in this phase of prog ress.