[10]Forthefirstcitationsabovemade，seeTheCosmogonyofGenesis，bytheRev。S。R。Driver，D。D。，CanonofChristChurchandRegiusProfessorofHebrewatOxford，intheExpositorforJanuary，1886；forthesecondseriesofcitations，seetheEarlyNarrativesofGenesis，byHerbertEdwardRyle，HulseanProfessorofDivinityatCambridge，London，1892。ForevidencethateventhestiffestofScotchPresbyterianshavecometodiscardtheoldliteralbiblicalnarrativeofcreationandtoregardthedeclarationoftheWestminsterConfessionthereonasa“disprovedtheoryofcreation。”seePrincipalJohnTulloch，inContemporaryReview，March，1877，onReligiousThoughtinScotland——especiallypage550。

　　II。THEOLOGICALTEACHINGSREGARDINGTHEANIMALSANDMAN。

　　InoneofthewindowsofthecathedralatUlmamediaevalglass-stainerhasrepresentedtheAlmightyasbusilyengagedincreatingtheanimals，andtherehasjustleftthedivinehandsanelephantfullyaccoutred，witharmour，harness，andhousings，ready-forwar。Similarrepresentationsappearinilluminatedmanuscriptsandeveninearlyprintedbooks，and，astheculminationofthewhole，theAlmightyisshownasfashioningthefirstmanfromahillockofclayandextractingfromhisside，withevidenteffort，thefirstwoman。

　　Thisviewofthegeneralprocessofcreationhadcomefromfar，appearingundervaryingformsinvariousancientcosmogonies。IntheEgyptiantemplesatPhilaeandDenderahmaystillbeseenrepresentationsoftheNilegodsmodellinglumpsofclayintomen，andasimilarworkisascribedintheAssyriantabletstothegodsofBabylonia。Passingintoourownsacredbooks，theseideasbecamethestartingpointofavastnewdevelopmentoftheology。[11]

　　[11]ForrepresentationsofEgyptiangodscreatingmenoutoflumpsofclay，seeMasperoandSayce，TheDawnofHistory，p。

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