The philosophy of eating. By Albert J. Bellows, M.D.

PREADAMITE ARRANGEMENT FOR WATER. 169

The first intimation we have of the particulars of its
construction, is made concerning water, in this statement: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters." And this is all we know, or could be
made to understand, and therefore is all the explanation given till the first day, or period, wheni "God said,
Let there be light, and there was light." This, too,
being incomprehensible to the human mind, unenlightened by scientific developments, is not explained.
In the description of the second day, or period, we
begin to get a glimpse of the condition of things.
"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters
which were under the firmament from the waters which
were above the firmament." "In the beginning," the
earth was made of molten rocks: fhis is clearly understood by the condition in which we find it; and of
course the water existed only in a state of vapor, or in
gaseous elements. To " divide the waters from under
the firmament from the waters above the firmament,"
was, therefore, to cool the outside and form a crust of
the earth, so that the vapor could be condensed into
water, and thus be separated from the vapors in the
regions above the earth. The second day, or period,
seems, therefore, to have been devoted to a preparation
of the supply of water for man, who was not to be created till the sixth day, or period, when all necessary
preparations for him should be completed.
The third period seems to have been devoted to the
same work of perfecting an arrangement for the supply
of water. "And God said, Let the waters under the