Creation of Man.

The Bible narrates the story thus:—"And God made the beasts of the earth, &c.; and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, &c. So Cod created man after His image; in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them." That is the first account of the creation of man. The importance of the man's creation is evidently made more prominent than that of the woman. Whatever the cause may be I shall not show at present; but proceed to give the second notice of man's creation. And I shall premise my remarks and quotations by drawing attention to the evident fact that the second reference to the work of creation only page 17 has to do with the mode, and not the order of creation: whereas the first was the order apart from the mode. But are they contradictory? Bead. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and he became a living soul." "And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it, and to keep it." Then it proceeds to tell how God created the beasts of the field; then how they were brought to the man to be named. Then comes the statement that the female of the human race was as yet non-existent. And the record of how she was created is given with minute particulars. Where then is the alleged contradiction between the two records? It is certainly not apparent. The one tells how the acts of creation succeeded each other; the other how the manner of creation differed in the various beings. The fact that the method of man's formation is given before that of the lower animals does not in any sense contradict that he was created after them. The first account states distinctly, first, that man was created, and then affirms the creation of both male and female, indicating a lapse of time between the man and the woman—showing rather a confirmation than a contradiction of the second notice. Where then are Ingersoll's two essential points? Relegated to oblivion.

With what characteristic egotism does he make the statement—"I am probably