90 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE
tosomeoneofthe four. Thethings mentionedare
morning, dayspring, place,and earth. All theother
thingsmentionedareinthepluralnumber,andwould
require the pronoun "they" instead of the singular
pronoun "it." If we supply these words oneafter
anotherintheplaceof"it,"weshallhavethesesen-
tences: The morning is turned as clay to the seal.
Thedayspringisturnedasclaytotheseal. Hisplace
isturnedasclaytotheseal. Theearth isturnedas
claytotheseal.
Onlyoneofthese sentenceswillmake anysortof
sense. Thefigureis,"asclaytotheseal." Itisnot,
"as seal to the clay." Keep the order carefully in
mind. Thesealisnot,asisusuallythecustom,turned
totheclay;thefigureisreversed. Whyisitreversed?
Theremust be some purpose in employinga figure
exactlytheoppositeofwhatisusual. Ifwehadhere
the usual process, something would be turned as a
sealisturnedupontheclaytomakeitsimpression.
What a magnificent illustration this would be to
a flat-earth, stationary-earth, revolving-sun theorist!
Thedayspring, the sun, is turned, as a seal to the
clay,toplace its impressionupontheearth! Ifthe
earthisstationary,andthesunrollsaroundit,andif
the Bible is to affirm this, here is a noble chance
todoso.
Weknowthatthesundoesactupontheearthmuch
asa sealactsupontheclay. Wherever thesunlight
rests,theearthrespondstoitstouchasclayresponds
totheseal. Thispartofthepictureseemsveryappro-
priate. But to suit our stationary-earth friends,the