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Science And The Bible. *
contained ; these are literally secrets of the Almighty , to be diligently " sought out of all them that have pleasure therein . " "Who are they that are trying to open this book of revelation ? " Mftn of Science . " thev ara sometimes called : " Students of Nature " —— ~ — — — — —
_ _ j j . j ^ is their true position . Nearly all the world besides pass the revelation by unheeded , almost as if God were only the God of external nature , a maker of pretty forms , colours , and fragrances on a grand scale . Many even speak contemptuously of him , who , in the study of stones , insects , or worms , busies himself with endeavours to read those records of God ' s wisdom . In the style and spirit of the Atheist , they
decry his pursuits , and strive to throw opprobrium on all of the sect . They may think better of some , who deal with worlds , and mountains , and large quadrupeds , perhaps ; as if material size were a measure of truth with God . They seem not to know that the minutest living being is as much above an universe of dead worlds as life is superior to matter .
This unworthy spirit is mainly due to prejudice and ignorance . They say that Science , after all its claims , is no nearer to explaining the ultimate nature of matter or of life , than centuries ago , and at the same time decry its " boasted" laws . And here is a fatal misconception of Science . Has metaphysical or sacred Science yet explained the nature of God or spirit ? or has any mind yet measured eternity ? The ultimate nature of matter or of life is as much beyond all investigation . Science claims not to fathom it : is not so
presumptuous as to hope for success , although examples are at hand of this prying into mysteries among many writers on the second revelation . These subjects are neither within its bounds or aims . It seeks only to ascertain the laws which God has established in nature , or rather , the methods in which he is constantly working in the universe , his plan or system , ordained in infinite wisdom and sustained in power . Man w ere presumptuous in his searchings , were he not
made in the image of God . Thus endowed , if also teachable in spirit , he may read and understand , and reach onward in his knowledge to brighter and brighter revelations . Newton , by a flash of his intellect , conceived of the law of gravitation ; and as he , inquiringly , looked around and above , he everywhere found testimony that the conception was a fact , a comprehen- sive truth . At once , cycles and epicycles , and all the cobwebs of past ages vanished , and our planetary system and the vast universe stood
forth in its majestic extent , the whole like a vision from on high . After the thousands of years that the world had existed , there was , at last , a correct apprehension of the actual relations in space of the heavenly bodies . He announced the law of attraction and its ratio , called it , for convenience , the law of gravitation ; and by it , the great
highways in the heavens have been traced . What before had been thought out , and thereupon received as true , proved to be wrong in fact and principle . But who will say that we do not now Imow the relations of the heavenly bodies , and the law of their motions P Tins law is as immutable as God ' s will , for it is his ordinance . Newton
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Science And The Bible. *
contained ; these are literally secrets of the Almighty , to be diligently " sought out of all them that have pleasure therein . " "Who are they that are trying to open this book of revelation ? " Mftn of Science . " thev ara sometimes called : " Students of Nature " —— ~ — — — — —
_ _ j j . j ^ is their true position . Nearly all the world besides pass the revelation by unheeded , almost as if God were only the God of external nature , a maker of pretty forms , colours , and fragrances on a grand scale . Many even speak contemptuously of him , who , in the study of stones , insects , or worms , busies himself with endeavours to read those records of God ' s wisdom . In the style and spirit of the Atheist , they
decry his pursuits , and strive to throw opprobrium on all of the sect . They may think better of some , who deal with worlds , and mountains , and large quadrupeds , perhaps ; as if material size were a measure of truth with God . They seem not to know that the minutest living being is as much above an universe of dead worlds as life is superior to matter .
This unworthy spirit is mainly due to prejudice and ignorance . They say that Science , after all its claims , is no nearer to explaining the ultimate nature of matter or of life , than centuries ago , and at the same time decry its " boasted" laws . And here is a fatal misconception of Science . Has metaphysical or sacred Science yet explained the nature of God or spirit ? or has any mind yet measured eternity ? The ultimate nature of matter or of life is as much beyond all investigation . Science claims not to fathom it : is not so
presumptuous as to hope for success , although examples are at hand of this prying into mysteries among many writers on the second revelation . These subjects are neither within its bounds or aims . It seeks only to ascertain the laws which God has established in nature , or rather , the methods in which he is constantly working in the universe , his plan or system , ordained in infinite wisdom and sustained in power . Man w ere presumptuous in his searchings , were he not
made in the image of God . Thus endowed , if also teachable in spirit , he may read and understand , and reach onward in his knowledge to brighter and brighter revelations . Newton , by a flash of his intellect , conceived of the law of gravitation ; and as he , inquiringly , looked around and above , he everywhere found testimony that the conception was a fact , a comprehen- sive truth . At once , cycles and epicycles , and all the cobwebs of past ages vanished , and our planetary system and the vast universe stood
forth in its majestic extent , the whole like a vision from on high . After the thousands of years that the world had existed , there was , at last , a correct apprehension of the actual relations in space of the heavenly bodies . He announced the law of attraction and its ratio , called it , for convenience , the law of gravitation ; and by it , the great
highways in the heavens have been traced . What before had been thought out , and thereupon received as true , proved to be wrong in fact and principle . But who will say that we do not now Imow the relations of the heavenly bodies , and the law of their motions P Tins law is as immutable as God ' s will , for it is his ordinance . Newton