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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 27, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 39.

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Seed Thoughts

By C. E. Holmes

C. E. HOLMES
ONE of the wonderful attributes of the Bible is its simplicity. Like the nourishment contained in seeds, it is compact, and sufficient for its purpose. It is impossible for finite man to express such sublime truths in so few words as are found in the first chapter of Genesis. Like the message sent by God to the king of Babylon and written in blazing letters with the “fingers of a man’s hand,” so he records these great truths by the hand of man.
In the first verse are found truths, which, if believed as they are stated, would overthrow many modern beliefs. Let us notice a few: “In the beginning,”—this contradicts the eternity of matter. “God created,”—this strikes at the root of atheism, because it tells of a Creator—God; and of polytheism, because it speaks of one God. It forbids the doctrine of chance, because “he spake, and it was.” As God is separate from creation, that precludes pantheism. Matter is not God, so it denies materialism.
Takoma Park, D. C.