Also Proverbs xvi: 4: 'The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.' Also Rev. iv: 11: "For thou [the Lord] hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created;" and Rom. xi: 36: "For of him, and through him, and to him are all things." See Commentary on the "Confession of Faith," with questions for theological students and Bible classes, by the Reverend A. A. Hodge, D. D., Chapter iv. The reading of the passages will convince any one that if this is all the scripture proof that may be adduced in the way of an explanation of the purposes of God in creation, that what I have said in the text, that there is no direct, explicit, and adequate statement of the object of man's existence in holy writ is sufficiently vindicated. 5. Commentary on the Confession (Hodge), chapter iv. 6. Douay Catechism, chapter iii. 7. Ibid. 8. Gen. ii: 25. 9. Ibid iii: 7. 10. "Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression."--Tim. ii: 14. 11. Catholic Belief, p. 6. (Joseph Faa Di Bruno is the author.) 12. Catholic Belief, p. 330. 13. Douay Catechism, p. 13. 14. Buck's Theological Dictionary, p. 182. 15. Old Testament History (William Smith, LL. D.), chapter ii. 16. Westminster Confession, chapter vi, section 1. 17. Commentary on the Confession of Faith (A. A. Hodge), pp. 105-108. 18. Paine's Theological Works, "Age of Reason," p. 12. 19. See Ingersoll's Lectures, "Liberty of Man, Woman and Child," where the great orator, contrasts the story of the Fall given in the Bible with that of Brahma in the Hindoo mythology, and extravagantly praises the latter to the disparagement of the former. 20. See "A Short View of Great Questions" (Orlando J. Smith), chapter 10; also his work on "Eternalism." 21. John viii: 58. 22. John xvii. 23. Job xxxiii: 4-7. 24. Revelation xii. 25. Jude vi. 26. Jeremiah i: 5. 27. Heb. xii. 28. Those who wish to extend their investigation on the subject are referred to the author's work on "The Gospel," especially the section of Man's Relationship to Deity, found in both the second and third edition. 29. Ether iii. 30. John i: 2-14. 31. Doc. & Cov., section xciii.