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A History of the World From the Earliest Records to the Present Time (1); From the Creation of the World to the Accession of Philip of Macedon
A History of the World From the Earliest Records to the Present Time From the Creation of the World to the Accession of Philip of Macedon - 1 Author:Philip Smith Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 Original Publisher: D. Appleton Subjects: History, Ancient History / Ancient / General History / Ancient / Greece History / World Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Ancient Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrat... more »ions and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER I. THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, AND THE FIRST STATE OF MAN. " Glorv to Him, whose wisdom hath ordained Good out of evil to create -- instead Of spirits malign, a better race to bring Into their vacant room, and thence diSuse His good to worlds and ages infinite!" -- Milton. Fia Earliest Historical Records Are In The Books Of Moses -- Their Original Purpose And Historical Value -- Mosaic Account Op The Creation -- Its Mode Of Revelation -- Its Successive Stages -- Priiieval State Of Man -- Institution Of Marriage -- Origin Of Language -- Adam's Study Of God's Works -- The Garden Of Eden -- Its Probable LocalIty -- CONDITION AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE FIRST MAN -- HIS CREATION IN THE IMAGE OF OOD. The first nation of which we have a distinct history is the race of Israel; and the earliest existing records are their sacred writings. To estimate the historic value of the Books of Moses, and the illustrations which they need from other sources, we must bear in mind their immediate object. The people of Israel had been called out of Egypt, corrupted by her false religion as well as degraded by her tyranny, to receive the Divine law, which was to distinguish them from all other nations. That law, entrusted to their keeping, and illustrated by their history, was . destined, in its perfect spiritual development, to regenerate the whole world. Its foundation was laid in their relation to the true God, as His child...« less