The First Day
The Preacher's Monthly
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.


I. THINK OF THE DAY'S BEGINNING. Evening came before morning. Light issued out of darkness. The first goings of creative power were in obscurity.

II. THE DAY'S CHARACTER — "Evening and morning." In all life are alternations of darkness and light — shadow and sunshine. Rest is the condition of labour, and labour of rest.

III. THE DAY'S RELIGION. There was a morning and an evening sacrifice.

IV. THE DAY'S END. That which began in darkness is followed by darkness, which ushers in a new day. "The night cometh."

(The Preacher's Monthly.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

WEB: God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.




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