Though formed from the dust, Adam was "the son of God."
He was placed, as God's representative, over the lower orders
of being. They cannot understand or acknowledge the sovereignty
of God, yet they were made capable of loving and serving man.
The psalmist says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the
works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: . . .
the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, . . . and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas." Psalm 8:6-8."
E.G.W.
