| CHAPTER I. |
| THE MYSTERY OF ORIGINS AND ITS SOLUTIONS. |
| Reality of the Unseen.—Personality of God.— Possibility of a Revelation of Origins.—Turanian, Aryan, and Semitic Solutions of the Mystery.— The Abrahamic Genesis.—The Mosaic Genesis | Page 9 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| OBJECTS AND NATURE OF A REVELATION OF ORIGINS. |
| Objects to be Attained by a Revelation of Origins.—Its Method and Structure.—Vision of Creation.—Translation of the First Chapter of Genesis | 35 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| OBJECTS AND NATURE OF A REVELATION OF ORIGINS (continued). |
| Character of the Revelation and its Views of Nature.—Natural Law.— Progress and Development.—Purpose and Use.—Type or Pattern | 70 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| THE BEGINNING. |
| The Universe not eternal.—Its Creation.—The Heavens.—The Earth.— The Creator, Elohim.—The Beginning very Remote in Time | 87 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE DESOLATE VOID. |
| Characteristics of Biblical Chaos.—The Primitive Deep.—The Divine Spirit.—The Breath of God.—Chaos in other Cosmogonies.—Chemical and Physical Conditions of the Primitive Chaos | 100 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| LIGHT AND CREATIVE DAYS. |
| What is Implied in Cosmic Light.—Its Gradual Condensation.—Day and Night.—Days of Creation.—Their Nature and Length.—They are Olams, Æons or Time-worlds.—Objections to this View Answered.—Confirmations from Extraneous Sources. | 115 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| THE ATMOSPHERE. |
| Its Present Constitution.—Waters Above and Below.—The "Expanse" of Genesis not a Solid Arch.—Mythology of the Atmosphere.— Superstitions connected with it Opposed by the Bible. | 157 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| THE DRY LAND AND THE FIRST PLANTS. |
| The Earth of the Bible is the Dry Land.—Its Elevation and Support above the Waters.—Structure of the Continents arranged from the first.— The First Vegetation.—Its Nature.— Introduction of Life.— Organization and Reproduction.—Objections considered.— Geological Indications. | 174 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| LUMINARIES. |
| How Introduced.—What Implied in this.—Dominion of Existing Causes. —Astronomy of the Hebrews.—Not Connected with Astrology | 199 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| THE LOWER ANIMALS. |
| The Sheretzim, or Swarmers.—Their Origin from the Waters.— The Great Reptiles.—Their Creation.—Coincidences with Geology.— Hypotheses of Evolution | 211 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| THE HIGHER ANIMALS AND MAN. |
| The Placental Mammals.—The Principal Groups of these.— Man, how Introduced.—His Early Condition.—His Relations to Nature | 230 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| THE REST OF THE CREATOR. |
| The Sabbath of Creation.—The Modern Period.—Its Early History. —The Fall and Antediluvian Man.—Postdiluvian Extension of Men | 249 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| UNITY AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN. |
| Biblical Account of his Introduction and Early History.— Historical Testimony with respect to his Unity and Antiquity.—Testimony of Language | 263 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| UNITY AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN (continued). |
| Geological Evidence of Antiquity of Man.—General Conditions of Post-glacial and Modern Periods.—Remains of Man in Caverns, in River-gravels, etc.—Palæocosmic and Neocosmic Men | 294 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS. |
| Geological Chronology.—Table of Succession of Life.—Points of Agreement of the Two Records.—Parallelism of Genesis and Physical Science with Reference to the Origin and Early History of the World.—Conclusion | 322 |
