repeat their verses. Then we read--more than once--for Leslie and Dick
would not have liked to miss their turn, and there were not enough verses
for each to read one--what God has told us in the first five verses of His
book.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face
of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

"And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
the darkness.

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the
evening and the morning were the first day."

When we had finished I asked Chrissie what it means when we read that "God
created the heaven and the earth." Why is the word "created" used? Would
any other word have done instead of that one?

Chrissie said no other word would do, because to create means to make out
of nothing. He was right, was he not?

The next question was, "Why is create a word which can never be used except
when we are speaking of God?"

I don't know who answered, but someone gave the right reason--"Because only
God can make a thing be when there was nothing before it; nothing to make