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a monkey. I t has been conclusively shown th a t th e anatomy of a monkey is such th a t th e more it is developed, th e more of a monkey and th e less of a man it becomes. There need not be a moment’s hesitation in saying th a t the hypothesis of evolution, tog ether w ith all other speculations, so far as they are attach ed to it, have collapsed beyond any ’ hope of resto ration .—-Townsend. Of th e d u st of th e ground. How thoughtless th e conduct of men who adorn th e ir bodies made from ea rth and to ea rth again retu rn ing , while losing all care of th e ir imm ortal souls!— Starke. “ G round” is literally red earth and from which th e name Adam seems to be derived.— Smith. B reathed in to h is no strils th e b rea th of life. L iterally, “ b reath of lives.” Besides body and soul, which makes up m an’s n a tu ra l being, regenerated man pos sesses spirit, th e principle of superna tu ra l life.— Bib. Comm. The soul is in term ed iate between body and sp irit; it is th e sphere of th e will and affec tions. In th e un sp iritu al man, th e sp irit is so sunk under th e anim al soul, which it ought to keep under and bring into subjection, th a t such men are animals, sensual, having no t th e Spirit (Ju d e 19 ).— Pierson. Man became a living soul. F rom th e union of body and spirit.— Torrey. The body we may term th e sense consciousness, th e soul th e self-consciousness, and the sp irit th e God-consciousness.— Sel. Have you ever looked about you and observed how many so rts of men and women you see every day? Tall and sh o rt and th in and fa t; fair and d a r k complexioned; MY CLASS plain l o o k i n g and OF GIRLS handsome; some pleas- C lara SUliman ant, s o m e gloomy, some happy and some sad and no two looking exactly alike in outw ard appearance. However, it is not w ith th e physical likeness we deal
ity of b rain power, intelligence, taste and skill.— Collett. We read in Col. 3:10 th a t believers in Jesus Christ have _ been renewed in knowledge afte r th e image of God. In other words, the g reat element which differentiates man from th e rest of anim al life and makes him to he a sp irit is th e capability to know God and have fellowship w ith Him in life and service. Man lost th is image when he fell into sin, b u t th a n k God, th e re is a renew al of man in th a t image.— Gray. Male and fem ale cre ated h e them . Observe th e change from him to them . We are no t presented w ith th e actual fact of th e form ation of th e woman un til th e next chapter. Though not yet called into actu al exist ence, she was in th e purpose of God looked a t as p a rt of th e man. Thus it was w ith th e B ride of th e second Adam, th e Church. She was viewed from all etern ity in Christ, her Head and Lord. -—McIntosh. v. 28. Be fru itfu l and multiply. This command has never been abro gated. One of th e sins th a t th reaten s our national life today is th e sin of disobedience to th is command.— Tor- rey. R eplenish th e ea rth , an d subdue it. Man was m eant as God’s rep re sentative to hold ru le h ere on earth . H imself subject to God, he was to keep all else in subjection to him. The his to ry of th e ea rth was to be en tirely in his hands. W ith sin all underw ent a terrib le change. Man’s fall b rough t all creation under th e curse. W ith redemp tion th e beginning was seen of a glori ous resto ration . W h at sin destroyed, grace Restores. W h at th e first Adam lost, th e second won back. In Christ man regains his original position. : Murray. Chap. 2:7. The L o rd God form ed mim. in th e first chapter of Genesis, th e calling into being of man, male and female, is simply mentioned to signify h is place in creation. The fu rth e r details were for th e p resen t reserved.— Pember. Man was no t evolved from
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