Excerpt from Sermons for All Sects
"In the beginning God created heaven and earth." - Gen. i. 1.
There is a considerable satisfaction in believing the words of the text just as they are written; and however much our philosophy may talk about the eternity of matter, however much our metaphysics may assert that heaven and earth could not begin, and in whatever intellectual jumble or gymnastics or cloudy mystery we may be thrown when we define any point as a commencement, yet our faith rejoices in the feeling, assurance, and comforting benediction that there is no limit to God"s power, that there is no rival on God"s throne, and that there is no interminable life behind our God. If God and matter be both eternal, then there are two Gods; and, if matter existed before the Father, then God is dethroned, or we are subjected to a government that has no name, no identity, and no guiding fellowship. Let us then hear with patience, with considerable comfort, and with an earnest joy the declaration, "In the beginning God created heaven and earth."
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