Astronomy and the Bible;

38 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE physical truths ofnature, thatscience alone is fully competent todiscover these,and thattherefore God '' ...

SCIENCEANDTHEBIBLE 39 words. AndthisiswhattheBibledoesforus. The Bible contains thegreat principles that concern our salvation. ...

40 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE error,which istheperversion oftruth; and weare savedfromevil,whichistheperversionofgood. The studyofastr ...

CHAPTER IV TheAtmosphericHeavens No onecanhaveanyadequateideaofastronomy withoutsome knowledge of the atmospheric heavens. Theig ...

42 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE thewaters whichwereunderthefirmament fromthe waters whichwereabovethefirmament." Gen. i:7. Thus,ina feww ...

THEATMOSPHERICHEAVENS 43 narrow conceptions of the ancient Book, translates theword"hammeredplates." Inso doing,heshows moreinve ...

44 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Onecanreadilyseethatsincethewordmeansthat whichis expanded,itmightpossiblyhavebeenused todesignateametal ...

THEATMOSPHERICHEAVENS 45 willof theCreator. Thuswehave ahammered ex- panse;for theparticles ofthegases havebeenham- meredbytheen ...

46 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE God. When Moses speaks of "the heaven and the heavenofheavens,"heissaying,accordingtothereal meaningofth ...

THEATMOSPHERICHEAVENS 47 speakoftherisingandthesettingofthesun. Itis perfectlyproper to use such an expression; for we speakofth ...

48 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE mustbelaidatthedoorofbigotryandpriestcraft. It isnottheinfluenceoftheBible. Takeanotherexampleoftheinerr ...

APeculiarNebularFormationinCygnus 4a ...

RegionoftheNorthAmericanNebula Vastnumbersofstars,mostofthemlargerthanoursun,that staggertheimagination,andoverwhelmthereason. I ...

THEATMOSPHERICHEAVENS^49 "Menwereeverywhereusingtheirrudedevicesfor raisingwaterinpumps,withouttheleastideaofwhat theywere doing ...

50 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE nearlythe same weightof air that itcontained. A similarexperimentwouldjustaswellprovewater,or evenmercur ...

THEATMOSPHERICHEAVENS 61 simpleasthatofstandingthetggonits end,yetno other finite mind had conceived it. Was it with trembhngexp ...

52 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE knowledge and the power of his understanding." — CharlesTalbotPorter. Weknowthattheweight,ordownpressure ...

CHAPTER V ThePowerofGravitation THE workofSirIsaacNewtoninascertaining thatthereisintheuniverseamysteriousforce actingbetweenall ...

54 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE thatnaturedoesnotabhoravacuum,butthatairhas weight;andthatnotionpavedthewayforthedoctrine thatallmatter ...

THEPOWEROFGRAVITATION 55 ing storms." Job 28:26, Douay version. Again: "Whohathmeasuredthewatersinthehollowofhis hand,andmetedou ...