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The Crowning Act of Creation, January 23
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him.
Genesis 1:27
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Here is clearly set forth the origin of the human race; and the di-
vine record is so plainly stated that there is no occasion for erroneous
conclusions.
After the earth, with its teeming animal and vegetable life, had been
called into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the
one for whom the beautiful earth had been fitted up, was brought upon
the stage of action....
As man came forth from the hand of his Creator, he was of lofty
stature and perfect symmetry. His countenance bore the ruddy tint of
health, and glowed with the light of life and joy. Adam’s height was
much greater than that of men who now inhabit the earth. Eve was
somewhat less in stature; yet her form was noble, and full of beauty.
There is no ground for the supposition that man was evolved, by slow
degrees of development, from the lower forms of animal or vegetable
life.... He who set the starry worlds on high, and tinted with delicate
skill the flowers of the field, who filled the earth and the heavens with
the wonders of His power, when He came to crown His glorious work,
to place one in the midst to stand as ruler of the fair earth, did not fail to
create a being worthy of the hand that gave him life. The genealogy of
our race, as given by inspiration, traces back its origin, not to a line of
developing germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator.
Though formed from the dust, Adam was “the son of God.”
Next to the angelic beings, the human family, formed in “the image
of God,” are the noblest of His created works.
When Adam came from the Creator’s hand, he bore, in his physical,
mental, and spiritual nature, a likeness to his Maker.... It was His
purpose that the longer man lived the more fully he should reveal this
image—the more fully reflect the glory of the Creator.
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