Genesis One (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Genesis One

Assuming that the hypothesis is true, that the earth is an off-shoot from the sun, we may conclude that the same elements are in the earth that are in the sun. In stating this as sumption the possibility is recognized that the mass may have acquired one or more elements from the atmosphere of the sun, and from the ether through which it whirled, and from the other heavenly bodies in the form of sky-dust.

The belief is that in the sun the elements are in an uncombined state. If this is true then it takes little imagination to visualize what wonderful chemical changes took place when this thrown-off mass became harnessed to its own orbit and began life as an individual entity in the universe. From being a portion of a fixed star it became a rotating planet.

At the present time ninety-one elements have been identified, and if Moseley's classification proves to be correct, there is but one more to be discovered.

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Excerpt from Genesis One

These illuminations I want to pass on in the following article.

To save time, suppose we analyze the statements in the order in which they are made. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1:1). The "and" following "the heaven" probably spans an indefinite period. Let us remember right here that our circumscribed knowledge of language places a barrier over which we cannot always unerringly pass, and because of which we need constantly to remind ourselves that there is danger of misunderstanding and of misinterpreting the original manuscripts.

The "Heaven" from Geology, as well as from the Genesis record, was first in the order of creation. Then the earth. The idea is abroad that at one time the earth underwent a cataclysmic change. But there is also the inherent possibility that its creation was cataclysmic - it surely could be classified as such if its existence is due to a disrupted sun. One of the accepted assumptions is that the earth is a mass thrown off from one or more of the heavenly bodies. Some suggest the sun. This latter hypothesis may or may not be correct, but it is reasonably certain that a mass of cast-off material was made into our earth.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.