The Lord God said to Adam, “of Unto Adam God said, “Because thou the tree of the knowledge of good hast eaten of the tree of which I and evil thou shalt not eat of commanded thee not to eat [not it; for _in the day_ that thou _thou shalt surely die_, but] in eatest thereof thou shalt surely the sweat of thy face shalt thou die.” eat bread, till thou return unto the ground.” Two things strike us in reading the latter passage: (1) Adam did not “surely die” _on the day_ he ate of the forbidden fruit; and (2) there is not the slightest hint to justify the common dogma that _death_ was the penalty incurred by Adam, but simply _toil_—toil _till_ he died. “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread _till_ thou return unto the ground.” On the subject of death it may be here remarked that the scripture makes mention of thousands and hundreds of thousands, who are not to die at all. We have the case of Enoch (Gen., v., 24), the case of Elijah (2 Kings, ii., 11), and all the inhabitants of the earth who will be alive “at the last day” (1 Corinthians, xv., 51). Either death is not “the wages of sin,” or these persons are not of the race of Adam. The “curse” is not transmitted to them; if not to them, why to others? And what becomes of the dogma of Adam and Christ as federal heads? The whole theory is utterly overturned. 1 Kings viii., 9; 2 Chron. v. 10. Hebrews ix., 4. The historic books of the Old The writer of this book affirms Testament agree in the fact that that besides the tables of the there was “nothing in the ark covenant, there were in the ark save the two tables which Moses “the golden pot that had manna, put therein at Horeb.” and Aaron’s rod that budded.” The pot of manna and Aaron’s rod ought to have been in the ark, inasmuch as Moses was told to place them there (Exod. xvi., 33, 34.; Numbers xvii., 10); but this is only another instance of the inconsistency complained of. 1 Kings, xxii., 48, 49. 2 Chron. xx., 35, 36. The writer tells us that In the Book of Kings we are told “Jehoshaphat made ships of that Jehoshaphat would not allow Tarshish [_i.e. Spanish Ahaziah to join in the adventure galleons_] to go to Ophir for to Ophir. The chronicler says gold. . . . Then said Ahaziah to that “Jehoshaphat joined Ahaziah” Jehoshaphat, let my servants go in making these galleons. with thy servants in the ships, but he would not.” 2 Kings, ix., 11–13. Hosea, i., 4.