was the book of Genesis pnmarily wi,t
ten? To whom was it primarily ad
dressed?" We find it was the fa t-i lcn
son God taught this infant class of the
human race. It was written for. the
purpose of this primary instruction. It
teaches one grand thought, teaches it
comxiletedy, and that thought is tho orie
Ged in the midst cf m oa ns that wor
shiped thousands of gods. The f".rrt
lessen to he taught wa.s the grand f in
ception cf tlie one, ctem.-d, in.'itjiie Gexb
Kot only the one God, hut that God im
minent in nature. iod e;-.:d, "Let there
be light, and there wan light." That is,
bis breath i t tho Ir.v. If we say that
this actrouut of creation is tlie lat word
and cover the whole field for all time,
wo claim for it mare than the book
claims for i'.sr .If, at. i involve ourselves
in hopeless contradiction end h peless
confusion. Tins is precisely v.hat oc
curs to th'-e who nakij such claim.
