Chapter XXIX: Part I

God’s purpose in endowing plants, animals and man with
reproductive power—The question of the origin of life a natural
and proper one—Difference between creating and making—How God
now creates or reproduces the flowers, insects, fishes and
animals—The mamma and papa plants and the baby plants—The mamma
and papa nature in the stalk of corn—The two natures united
in the same flower—Separated in other plants—The office of
the wind and insects in fertilizing the flowers—The mamma and
papa natures united in the same oyster—The life of the baby
oyster—The two natures separated in the fishes—The eggs and
the baby fishes—How seeds are made to grow and how eggs are
hatched—The beautiful lives of parent birds—The bird’s nest,
the eggs and the baby birds—Why the eggs of animals may not be
exposed in a nest—The nest which God has prepared for them—The
hatching of the egg or the birth of the animal—The creation of
Adam and Eve—God created man with power similar to his creative
power—The purity of parentage.

PART II

The manner in which the reproductive organs are injured in
boys by abuse—Comparative anatomy, or points of resemblance
between bodies of birds, animals and man—Man the only animal
with a perfect hand—With the hand he constructs, builds and
blesses—With the hand he smites, slays and injures others, and
degrades himself.