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took place 4004 years before the Christian era, according to the Jewish computation. In the sixth day of the creation, God created man, in his own image. "In the Image of God created He him; male and female created He them."—(Gen. i. 27 ) "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul."—(Gen. ii. 7.) [The scriptures evidently distinguish between the spirit and soul.—(1 Thess. v. 23: Heb. iv. 12.) The word which we call soul is used to denote mere animal life, the seat of sensations, appetites and passions.—(Gen. 1:20.) Here the word translated life is the same with that which is elsewhere translated soul. Hence we have our bodies and animal life in common with brutes; but the spirit, which was created in the likeness or image of God, and which raises man above the brutes that perish, makes him a rational and accountable being.]—(Gen. i. 26, 27: ii. 7.)

Adam, the first person, was created of the dust of the earth; and the Lord God formed the dust into an inanimate figure, and made a man. Eve, the second person, was formed of a rib taken out of man's side, and called a woman. "And the Lord God took the man, and put 2