This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... When first from endless, from immensurate space, Fired by close contact with the quick'ning grace Of the Creators' word, lo! wondrous spell! To predetermined confines Chaos fell, --To the new life within its womb gave birth, And instant rose the God-invited Earth;--When on that Earth the Almighty hand had ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... When first from endless, from immensurate space, Fired by close contact with the quick'ning grace Of the Creators' word, lo! wondrous spell! To predetermined confines Chaos fell, --To the new life within its womb gave birth, And instant rose the God-invited Earth;--When on that Earth the Almighty hand had placed The very form His likeness had embraced, To take the land on which he proudly stood, And use its countless offerings as he would;--To hold o'er all the brute creation sway, Where all was his to serve him and obey: --B One task there yet remained--one thing undone: Man wandered through his paradise alone; Alone he passed each day; alone each night; The beasts his care, the birds his fond delight. To enhance a scene of happiness and pride, The Omniscient power the missing link supplied: His noblest work, perfect at His command, Latest and best, now left the Master-hand, And Woman, in her glory, stood confessed, In purity and innocency dressed. Bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh, she stood, The unconscious partner of his heart and blood; A fitting helpmate, counsellor, and friend, In whom the Graces emulously contend: Fairness of form, with earnestness of soul, But all combined, divinity the whole. She the companion of his path through life; She the pure prototype, the first called wife. Such was the Marriage our first parents saw, Rendered inviolate by God's own law.--That law His hand bestowed, His voice ordained, Through ages since His blessing has retained; And through dark eras of unhallowed crime, Yet shone more brightly as it passed through time. The nations, spreading widely o'er the face Of earth, observed each ordinance of their race, Clung with strong fervour to each custom known, And formed their rules by precepts handed down....
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