...where affirmed that God created the heavens and the earth in the first day, but in the beginning ; this beginning may have been an epoch at an unmeasured...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on." — " No limit is fixed to the time during which these intermediate events may have been going on:...

...affirmed, that God created the heavens and the earth in the first day, but in the beginning ; and that this beginning may have been an epoch at an unmeasured...followed by periods of undefined duration, during which the physical operations disclosed by geology were going on. The system of opinion which bears the name...

...first day, but in the beginning; this' beginning " may have been an epoch at an unmeasured dis" tance, followed by periods of undefined duration, " during...physical operations disclosed " by geology were going on. The first verse of " Genesis, therefore, seems explicitly to assert the i1 creation of the universe,...

...day, but in the beginning; this beginning may have been an. epoch at an unmeasured distance, folowed by periods of undefined duration, during which all...physical operations disclosed by Geology were going on." "The first verse oi Genesis, therefore, seem explicitlyjto assert the creation of the Universe ; '...

...nowhere affirmed that God* created the heaven and the earth in the first day, but in the beginning. This beginning may have been an epoch, at an unmeasured...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on. The first verse of Genesis, therefore, seems explicitly to assert the creation of the universe, ' the...

...nowhere affirmed that God created the heaven and the earth in the first day, but in the beginning ; this beginning may have been an epoch at an unmeasured...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on. The first verse of Genesis, therefore, seems explicitly to assert the creation of the Universe ; '...

...the earth," it is not affirmed that God created the heaven and the earth on the first day, but that " this ' beginning ' may have been an epoch, at an unmeasured...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on."* This is certainly satisfactory as to the formation of the earth — a mere fulcrum for the development...

...earth on the first day, but that "this 'beginning' may have been an epoch, at an unmeasured dfstance, followed by periods of undefined duration, during...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on."* This is certainly satisfactory as to the formation of the earth — a mere fulcrum for the development...

...may have been an epoch at an unmeasured distance, (millions and millions of years, he further states) followed by periods of undefined duration, during...physical operations disclosed by geology were going on." But what does Dr. Buckland assume was the state of the earth during the long period denoted by the...

...adopt it, ventures to adopt it so far as to believe that the creation was "succeeded by cycles of ages, during which all the physical operations disclosed by geology were going on." To us his ingenious theory appears to be contrary to the plain teachings of Moses. He supposes, for...