. Astronomy and the Bible; . tful velocity. Gods power is without measure. He is the MightyOne. Through the wide oceans of space, suns andworlds are spinning like tops, unceasingly in are hurled in orbits swifter by seventy times thanthe speed of the rifle bullet. They never move an inchout of their appointed paths, and never the fraction ofa second out of time. Of this upholding might, Christhas said, All power is given unto Me in heaven andin earth. All power, yet who shall measure it! We have, however, called up but a mere figment ofthe manifestations of Gods power. What it real
. Astronomy and the Bible; . tful velocity. Gods power is without measure. He is the MightyOne. Through the wide oceans of space, suns andworlds are spinning like tops, unceasingly in are hurled in orbits swifter by seventy times thanthe speed of the rifle bullet. They never move an inchout of their appointed paths, and never the fraction ofa second out of time. Of this upholding might, Christhas said, All power is given unto Me in heaven andin earth. All power, yet who shall measure it! We have, however, called up but a mere figment ofthe manifestations of Gods power. What it reallymeasures is all unknown to man. Could he essay tomeasure it, he would find it infinite. In the field ofthe Creators activities, we have not as yet even learnedour A B Cs. It is impossible for us to spell out thefirst easy words, if such there be, in the sweeping vast-ness of universe power. Lo, these are parts of His ways: but how little aportion is heard of Him? but the thunder of Hispower who can understand ? Job 26: CHAPTER XX His Definite Foreknowledge THE future — how it impresses humanity! Whatburden does it carry with which ultimately tocrush us? What fulfillment of our hopes awaitswithin it? What will come to us out of its immen-sity? What will we ultimately lose? It was this strenuous desire to penetrate the fu-ture which caused the God-forsaken Saul to seek outthe witch of Endor. He anticipated and dreaded hisfate in the coming battle, and he was determined tofind out, if he could, the trend of events, even if hehad to secure it from an agent of Satan. But theevil one does not of himself know the future. Hemay know some of the prophecies, and thus gaugecertain events; or he may make shrewd guesses byreading the effect from the cause. But even herehe is often frustrated, because at the last moment,God may send in some influence that directly changesthe course of events. In that wonderful chapter of Revelation in whichthe future is represented as a great sealed
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