Jehovah, Jesus, and Michael, [all]. Almighty Ruler. The way is clear. Send forth thy Word alone, and worlds will rise, and circle into space, obedient to thy call.
Elo. "Silence, ye troubled waves! your discord end. Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. This be thy circumference, O world!"
Jeh. Behold the Earth. "Matter unformed and void; darkness profound covers the abyss."
Mich. But see, "the Spirit of God outspread, and vital virtue infused, and vital warmth throughout the fluid mass. Like things to like! The rest to several place disparted." And in the air, "the Earth, self-balanced, on her centre hangs."
Elo. "Let there be light."
Jesus. "Hail! Holy light. Offspring of Heaven, first born."
Elo. The light is good. Let darkness flee into the shades of night, and light make up the day.
Mich. Hark! "the celestial choirs, when orient light, exhaling first from darkness, they behold,—birthday of Heaven and Earth; with joy and shout, the hollow, universal orb they fill."
Elo. "Let there be a firmament amid the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Jeh. "Behold the firmament,—expanse of liquid, pure, transparent, elemental air, diffused in circuit to the uttermost convex; partition firm and sure, the waters underneath from those above dividing."