How did God make the world?—By speaking. First of all, God made the light. God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. No one can make things by speaking but God: God made things of nothing. He only spoke, and the light came.
Then God made the air. You cannot see the air, but you can feel it. The air is everywhere. You can sometimes hear the noise it makes, for you hear the wind blow, and the wind is air.
Next God put some water up very high. The clouds are full of water, and sometimes the water comes down, and we call it rain.
God made a large deep place, and filled it with water. God spoke to the water, and it rushed into the deep place. God called this water the sea.
The sea is very large, and it is always moving up and down, and tossing itself; but it cannot get out of the large deep place in which God has put it; for God said, “Stay there.”
When the wind blows hard, the sea makes a loud noise, and roars.
God made some dry land for us to walk upon: we call it ground. We could not walk upon the sea nor build houses on the sea: but the ground is hard, and firm, and dry.
Now I have told you of five things that God made:—
1. The light. 2. The air. 3. The clouds. 4. The sea. 5. The dry land.
Let us praise God for making such a large and beautiful world.