. Astronomy and the Bible; . infinitude of space, will 126 ASTRONOMY AND THE BIBLE it help you to realize the surety of His covenant? Asyou look out yonder into the abyss that reaches onwardto the stars,— yea, that stretches into an expanse asmeasureless as eternity,— will your soul rise to thethought that thus there is no limit to all that He willdo for your soul? God help us all to realize thatforever and ever we shall be unable to see all thatthere is to see of His goodness, and of the exceedingriches of His grace in His kindness toward us throughChrist Jesus, even as we see, and ever as we
. Astronomy and the Bible; . infinitude of space, will 126 ASTRONOMY AND THE BIBLE it help you to realize the surety of His covenant? Asyou look out yonder into the abyss that reaches onwardto the stars,— yea, that stretches into an expanse asmeasureless as eternity,— will your soul rise to thethought that thus there is no limit to all that He willdo for your soul? God help us all to realize thatforever and ever we shall be unable to see all thatthere is to see of His goodness, and of the exceedingriches of His grace in His kindness toward us throughChrist Jesus, even as we see, and ever as we see, thatthere is no limit to the infinite fullness of His Gods promises be to us all this. And filledwith thoughts of the majestic and stupendous powerthat upholds the soul that trusts in God, like Jeremiahwhen the truth was first revealed to him, may we say:Ah Lord God! behold, Thou hast made the heavenand the earth by Thy great power and stretched outarm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee. : CHAPTER XII As the Moon WHENEVER you consult an almanac to knowwhen there will be a full moon, or to knowwhen the moon will rise or when it will set,and when you consult a table of the tides to learn thetime of the high or the low tide, you are in that study-ing, though it may be unconsciously, a commentaryon one of the verses in the Bible. You are simplyshowing your practical reliance upon a great fact, andthat is the faithfulness of the moon. *Once have Isworn by My holiness that I will not lie unto seed shall endure forever. ... It shall be estab-lished forever as the moon, and as a faithful witnessin heaven. Ps. 89: 35-37. The moon is a faithful witness in the the ages, it has kept its appointed place, fol-lowed its destined path, and never disappointed hu-manity. Our astronomers have mapped its orbit, haveoutlined its course years ahead; they tell us when itwill be new, when it will wax old, just how long it willbe in each qua
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