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216 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE processbekeptupaslongasthemindcanwork. But atnotimehavewebeenabletoconceiveofduration asnotexisting. Th ...

THECLOCKOFTHEUNIVERSE 217 miles;andonedegreewouldbe25,000dividedby360, orabout 69 miles,attheequator. Northorsouthof theequator, ...

218 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE longitude,andhecanputhisfingerdownandsaythe shipisrightthere. Ifhe fears thathischronometer isnotcorrec ...

THECLOCKOFTHEUNIVERSE 219 hour,andfractionsofit;andonerevolutionofthedial bythelittlehandmarkstwelvehours, and fractions of them ...

220 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Forexample, ifweviewalltheeclipses ina period ofeighteenornineteenyears, wefindthatafterthis time,theec ...

THECLOCKOFTHEUNIVERSE 221 moretimethantheearth's. Marsmarksoffadivision ontheclockoftheskiesbyarevolutioninabout 687 days,oraper ...

222 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE And ifwewere abletomeasurethetimerequired bythesun tomake one circle ofthe centeraround whichitrevolves ...

CHAPTERXXII God'sDwelling Place,Where? ASTRONOMY has revealed almost infinite depths to thestellar universe, stars and sys- tems ...

224 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Personalityisthemightiestfactorintheuniverse. ButtosaythatGodisnotaperson,assomemodern religionistsdo,i ...

TheSwordandBeltofOrion The belt is composedofthe three second magnitude stars standingobliquelyontheleft. Thethreesmallerstarsbe ...

TheSpiralNebulaofCanesVenatici Contraiytotheappearance of this photograph, there is no detectablemotioninanynebula. Thisfactdefi ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE?^225 Terribleasaretheteachingsofthispoem,theyare thelogical resultofthedoctrine ofevolution,which nowcl ...

226 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE If we read the Bible, inevitably, in following its teachings, weshall learnthat God is a personal be- i ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE? 227 theworld (Matt.28:20),Hewasforallofthis still seatedonthethroneoftheuniverse,attherighthand ofGod ...

228 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE question, itseemedtohimthatthiscenterofgravity fortheuniverse,thiscentralsunforthegreatcosmos, wassomew ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE? 229 theconclusionthatthepathsofallthesuns,orstars, must be circles, ellipses, or other forms of closed ...

230 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE treasures of knowledge and understanding gained through ages upon ages in contemplation of God's handiw ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE? 231 Wenowraisethequestion,Isthereanyportionof the heavens discovered by astronomers, that in any sense ...

232 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE peculiaritiesoftheirownwhichservetorankthemby themselves. 'TheregionaboutOrionisperhapsthemostwon- derf ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE f 233 which,althoughindividuallyinferiorinbrightnessto theothers, reinforceoneanotherbytheirappearance ...