. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 322. not say, " Let these lights be created," using bara; or, " Let these lights be made," using aasa; but Yehi, " Let them be for the purpose of dividing the day from the ; In fact, the passage recog- nises their previous existence, and only assigns them a new and resuscitated function, to give light —the one by day and the other by right—and to be
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 322. not say, " Let these lights be created," using bara; or, " Let these lights be made," using aasa; but Yehi, " Let them be for the purpose of dividing the day from the ; In fact, the passage recog- nises their previous existence, and only assigns them a new and resuscitated function, to give light —the one by day and the other by right—and to be "/or signs and /or seasons:^' to whom? surely not for signs to creatures who had not the gift of reason? but for signs to one yet to be, to a reasoning being, Man, who could appreciate these signs, and turn them to fit use, even as guides to traverse the path- less deep, confident his way was sure ! hence a new office is truly assigned them, for they are indeed signs, as the astronomer and sea-faring man well know. Prof Hirschfelder has given the following, as the result of his researches :— *' This language, ' And the earth was without form, and void,' may, at the first glance, appear to the ordinary reader perfectly plain ; but when we come to examine it more closely, we discover it to be altogether incomprehensible, and that any exposition founded thereon must necessarily be unintelligible, as it is not easy to conceive how any thing material can possibly subsist ' without form.' It matters not whether the verb bara, in the preceding verse, be taken in the sense he formed, and be explained as having reference to the earth being formed from some pre-existent material into its present shape,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-1880. [Toronto? : s. n. ]
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