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In the creation of man was manifest the agency of a personal God. When God had made man in His image, the human form was perfect in all its arrangements, but it was without life. Then a personal, self-existing God breathed into that form the breath of life, and man became a living, intelligent being. All parts of the human organism were set in action. The heart, the arteries, the veins, the tongue, the hands, the feet, the senses, the faculties of the mind, all began their work, and all were placed under law. Man became a living soul. Through Christ the Word, a personal God created man and endowed him with intelligence and power.

Human life and physiological functions originate from the direct breath and design of a personal God. This text discusses the spiritual and theological origin of human anatomy and consciousness, which is not an empirical medical claim.

Our substance was not hid from Him when we were made in secret; His eyes saw our substance, yet being imperfect, and in His book all our members were written when as yet there were none of them.

Human formation and development are entirely known and recorded by God. This is a statement of divine omniscience regarding human development.

Above all lower orders of being, God designed that man, the crowning work of His creation, should express His thought and reveal His glory. But man is not to exalt himself as God.

Man is created to reflect God's glory and should not exalt himself. This paragraph conveys an ethical and spiritual principle regarding human purpose and humility.

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.... Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord He is God: It is He that hath made us, and His we are; We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise: Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” “Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy.” Psalm 100:1-4 , margin; Psalm 99:9 .

God is to be worshipped with gladness, thanksgiving, and praise because He is the Creator. This paragraph is composed of biblical verses calling for worship and praise.