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198 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE have been examined with the spectroscope, no two give the sameHnes. It is therefore extremely im- proba ...

DIFFERENCEINGLORY 199 Whatamarvelousmessageisthiswhichlightbrings tous in itsanalysis! The lightfrom glowing sub- stancesis inno ...

CHAPTERXIX TheVastnessofHisPower VERY fewhave anyconceptionofthewonder- fulenergies revealedinthematerial universe. Beforewecons ...

THEFASTNESSOFHISPOWER 201 heldsuspendedintheairatanytime,isestimatedto be more than 50,000,000,000,000 tons. The annual rainfall ...

202 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE summerwinds,each bunch ofgrassin thepastures, everycornstalkthatrustlesontheprairies,theshrub that orna ...

THEFASTNESSOFHISPOWER 203 breakable grip. Torepresentthepower exertedbe- tweenourearthandthesunonly,wemightinthought substitute ...

204 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE there inspacemaybesystems evenvaster andmore splendidthanourown. Asthestarsarewithoutnum- ber,soprobabl ...

THEFASTNESSOFHISPOWER 205 selvessurroundedbyamultitudeofshiningorbs,some radiant with splendor, others faintly gleaming with bea ...

206 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE slowerthan theflying cannonball. Thevelocityof thestarsis,onanaverage,sixhundredtimesthespeed oftheexpr ...

CHAPTERXX His DefiniteForeknowledge THE future—howitimpresseshumanity! What burden does itcarrywith whichultimately to crushus? ...

208 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE aretoldthatnoonecouldopenit,orevenlookupon it,excepttheLionofthetribeofJudah,theLambof God. Christ,asth ...

BreakingThroughtheMist This illustratessomethingofthegreatpower intheraysof thesun,whichmovealmostunbelievahlequantities ofwater ...

NebulainUrsaMajor Althoughit appearstobeawhirlingmassoflight,astrono- mersfailtofindanyevidenceofsuchmotion. ...

HISDEFINITEFOREKNOWLEDGE^209 itistoolatenow foranyonetosaythatGodcannot ordoes notread thefuture. HehasoutHned event afterevent, ...

210 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE lation. Everydaythatwelive,wearenearertoitby almost,perhapsquite,amillion ofmiles. For every sentenceth ...

HISDEFINITEFOREKNOWLEDGE^211 turus, whosevelocityis somewherearoundtwo hun- dredmilesasecond. Yet thedistancesthatsurroundthese ...

212 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE everyoneofthemhasitsordainedpath intheheav- ens, fixedand settled for eternal ages. Theirpath isasdefin ...

HISDEFINITEFOREKNOWLEDGE 213 in several hundred years, have been able to com- pute approximately the perturbations of the planet ...

214 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE man is differently constituted. Heis a free moral agent. Heis to act as arbiter of his own destiny. Yet ...

CHAPTERXXI TheClockoftheUniverse ETERNITY! Whataworditis,standingasit does for unending duration! Yet, when we come to consider ...