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THE FIRST DAY
[Elohim, Jehovah, and Michael are heard speaking outside the Creation Room.]
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, see--yonder is matter unorganized. Go ye down and organize it into a world like unto the other worlds that we have heretofore formed. Call your labors the first day, and bring me word.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come, Michael, let us go down.
MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Michael, see--here is matter unorganized. We will organize
it into a world like unto other worlds that we have heretofore formed.
We will call our labors the first day, and return and report.
MICHAEL: We will return and report our labors of the first day,
Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded and have called our labors the first day.
ELOHIM: It is well.
THE SECOND DAY
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, go down again. Gather the waters together
and cause the dry land to appear. The great waters call ye Seas,
and the dry land call ye Earth. Form mountains and hills, great
rivers and small streams, to beautify and give variety to the face
of the earth. Call your labors the second day, and bring me word.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come, Michael, let us go down.
MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Michael, we will gather the waters together and cause
the dry land to appear. The great waters we will call Seas, and
the dry land we will call Earth. We will form mountains and hills,
great rivers and small streams, to beautify and give variety to
the face of the earth. We will call our labors the second day, and
return and report.
MICHAEL: We will return and report our labors of the second day,
Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded and have called our labors the second day.
ELOHIM: It is well.
THE THIRD DAY
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return again to the earth that you have
organized. Divide the light from the darkness. Call the light Day,
and the darkness Night. Cause the lights in the firmament to appear--the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night. Cause the stars also to appear and give light to the earth,
the same as with other worlds heretofore created. Call your labors
the third day, and bring me word.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come, Michael, let us return again to the earth that we have organized.
MICHAEL: We will return, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Michael, we will divide the light from the darkness, and
call the light Day and the darkness Night. We will cause the lights
in the firmament to appear--the greater to rule the day, and the
lesser to rule the night. We will cause the stars also to appear
and give light to the earth, the same as with other worlds heretofore
created. We will call our labors the third day, and return and report.
MICHAEL: We will return and report our labors of the third day,
Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded and have called our labors the third day.
ELOHIM: It is well.
THE FOURTH DAY
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, return and place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all manner of vegetation, each bearing seed in itself after its own kind. Call your labors the fourth day, and bring me word.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come, Michael, let us go down.
MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Michael, we will place seeds of all kinds in the earth that they may spring forth as grass, flowers, shrubbery, trees, and all manner of vegetation. We will call our labors the fourth day, and return and report.
MICHAEL: We will return and report our labors of the fourth day, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded and have called our labors the fourth day.
ELOHIM: It is well.
THE FIFTH DAY
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, now that the earth is formed, divided, and beautified, and vegetation is growing thereon, return and place all manner of life upon the earth.
Command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things, and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fill the measure of its creation and have joy therein. Call your labors the fifth day, and bring me word.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim. Come, Michael, let us go down.
MICHAEL: We will go down, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Michael, now that the earth is formed, divided and beautified, and vegetation is growing thereon, we will place beasts upon the land: the elephant, the lion, the tiger, the bear, the horse, and all other kinds of animals--fowls in the air in all their varieties, fishes of all kinds in the waters, and insects and all manner of animal life upon the earth.
We will command the beasts, the fowls, the fishes, the insects, all creeping things, and other forms of animal life to multiply in their respective elements, each after its kind, and every kind of vegetation to multiply in its sphere, that every form of life may fill the measure of its creation and have joy therein. We will call our labors the fifth day, and return and report.
MICHAEL: It is well, Jehovah. Now that the earth is formed, with vegetation growing thereon, and provided with all manner of life, it is glorious and beautiful.
JEHOVAH: It is, Michael.
MICHAEL: Let us return and report our labors of the fifth day, Jehovah.
JEHOVAH: Elohim, we have done as thou hast commanded and have called our labors the fifth day.
ELOHIM: It is well.
THE SIXTH DAY
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, is man found upon the earth?
JEHOVAH: Man is not found on the earth, Elohim.
ELOHIM: Jehovah, Michael, then let us go down and form man in our own likeness and in our own image, male and female, and put into them their spirits, and let us give them dominion over all things on the face of the earth.
We will plant for them a garden, eastward in Eden, and place them in it to tend and cultivate it, that they may be happy and have joy therein. We will command them to multiply and replenish the earth, that they may have joy in their prosperity.
We will place before them the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and we will allow Lucifer, our common enemy, whom we have thrust out, to tempt them and to try them, that they may know by their own experience the good from the evil.
If they yield to temptation, we will give unto them the law of sacrifice, and we will provide a Savior for them, as we counseled in the beginning, that they may be brought forth by the power of the redemption and the resurrection, and come again into our presence, and with us partake of eternal life and exultation.
We will call this the sixth day, and we will rest from our labors for a season. Come, let us go down.
JEHOVAH: We will go down, Elohim.
THE CREATION OF ADAM
[Elohim, Jehovah, and Michael enter the Creation Room. Michael sits in a chair with his head on his chest, his eyes closed, as if he were lifeless.]
ELOHIM: Jehovah, see the earth that we have formed. There is no man to till and take care of it. We are here to form man in our own likeness and in our own image.
JEHOVAH: We will do so, Elohim.
[Elohim and Jehovah pass their hands in the air over Michael's body, from head to foot.]
ELOHIM: Jehovah, man is now organized, and we will put into him his spirit, the breath of life, that he may become a living soul.
[Elohim and Jehovah lift Michael's head into an upright position. He opens his eyes.]
THE CREATION OF EVE
ELOHIM: Jehovah, is it good for man to be alone?
JEHOVAH: It is not good for man to be alone, Elohim.
ELOHIM: We will cause a deep sleep to come upon this man whom we have formed, and we will take from his side a rib, from which we will form a woman to be a companion and helpmeet for him.
[Elohim and Jehovah lower Michael's head to his chest again. He closes his eyes as if asleep.]
JEHOVAH: Brethren and sisters, this is Michael, who helped form the earth. When he awakens from the sleep which we have caused to come upon him, he will be known as Adam and, having forgotten all, will have become as a little child. Brethren, close your eyes as if you were asleep.
[While the brethren's eyes are closed, Elohim and Jehovah lead Eve into the Creation Room.]
ELOHIM: Adam, awake and arise.
JEHOVAH: All the brethren will please arise.
ELOHIM: Adam, here is a woman whom we have formed and whom we give unto you to be a companion and helpmeet for you. What will you call her?
ADAM: Eve.
ELOHIM: Why will you call her Eve?
ADAM: Because she is the mother of all living.
ELOHIM: That is right, Adam; because she is the mother of all living.
ADAM AND EVE ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE GARDEN
ELOHIM: We have organized for you this earth and have planted a garden, eastward in Eden. We will place you in the garden and will there command you to multiply and replenish the earth, that you may have joy and rejoicing in your posterity.
Jehovah, introduce Adam and Eve into the garden which we have prepared for them.
JEHOVAH: It shall be done, Elohim.
[Jehovah instructs the brethren to follow Adam, and the sisters to follow Eve, into the Garden Room.]
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