...the elements lay mixed and confufed ; when the earth ivas witbeut form ana void, and darknefs <was ox the face of the deep ; would he have believed, that it was prefently to become fo fair and well-ordered a globe as we now behold ; illumined with the fplendor...

...; when the elements lay mixed and confufed ; when the earth was without form and void, and darknefs was on the face of the deep : would he have believed, that it was prefently to become fo fair and well-ordered a globe as we how behold it ; illumined with the fplendor...

...was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almighty surveyed the dark ahyss ; and fixed hounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...employed. " He spake ; and it was done : He commanded, and it stood fast." The earth was, at first, " without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almigiity surveyed the dark aj^yss ; and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth, was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deop." The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss } and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature....

...and it was done : he commanded and it stood fast ! The earth, as we learn in holy writ, was at first without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss, and fixed bounds to the several divisions of nature. He said,...

...was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : he commanded ; and it stood fast. The earth was at first without form, and void ; and darkness was on the face of the deep." The Almighty surveyed the dark abyss ; and fixed bounds to the several divisions ot nature. He said,...

...heavens and the earth ;" and then, going on with the details of that creation, states that "the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep." Then follows the production of light. Then it is added — " And God said, Let there be a firmament...

...confide, that he who made light to spring from primaeval darkness, will make order at last to arise from the seeming confusion of the world. Had any one beheld...without form and void; and darkness was on the face of t/te deep ; would he have believed that it was presently to become so fair and well-ordered a globe...

...remove thy feet from evil. " In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. Aud the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there...