Archives

‘Let the earth bring forth a living soul.’ (Gen 1:24) Why did the earth produce a living soul? So that you may make a difference between the soul of cattle and that of man. You will [...]

The creation of terrestrial animals. 1. How did you like the fare of my morning’s discourse? It seemed to me that I had the good intentions of a poor giver of a feast, who, ambitious of [...]

Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature…’ (Gen 1:24) 1. And God said “Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and [...]

The creation of moving creatures. 1. “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life” after their kind, “and fowl that may fly above the [...]

The creation of luminous bodies. 1. At the shows in the circus the spectator must join in the efforts of the athletes. This the laws of the show indicate, for they prescribe that all should have [...]

The Germination of the Earth. (Gen 1:11) 1. “And God said Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in [...]

Upon the gathering together of the waters. (Gen 1:10) 1. There are towns where the inhabitants, from dawn to eve, feast their eyes on the tricks of innumerable conjurers. They are never tired of [...]

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (Gen 1:6) 1. We have now recounted the works of the first day, or rather of one [...]

The earth was invisible and unfinished. (Gen 1:2) 1. In the few words which have occupied us this morning we have found such a depth of thought that we despair of penetrating further. If such is [...]

In the Beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. (Gen 1:1) 1. It is right that any one beginning to narrate the formation of the world should begin with the good order which reigns in [...]