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heldsuspendedintheairatanytime,isestimatedto
be more than 50,000,000,000,000 tons. The annual
rainfallhas beenestimated tobeabout twohundred
thousandcubic miles. If spread out equallyat one
timeoverthelandportionoftheglobe,itwouldcover
allthecontinentsofAsia,Africa,Europe,andNorth
andSouthAmerica,withwatertwentyfeetdeep. All
thisenormousweightofwaterisliftedwithoutsound
oragitationorseemingeffort.
Whatgiganticenergyisthis,thatliftstonsaseasily
asweliftfeathers! Tosuchapower,removingmoun-
tainsismerechild'splay.
Butthepressureoftheatmosphereontheearth,or
thepressureofthewaterthat falls,is asnothingto
thepressureofthewateratthebottomoftheoceans.
Atadepthoftwothousandfivehundredfathoms,the
pressureisestimatedtobetwoandahalftonstothe
squareinch. Eachoneofthoseinchesofwaterpres-
surewouldruntwenty-fiveordinaryrailwaytrainsif
itcouldbeproperlyapplied.
YettheWordofGoddeclaresthatHemeasuresthe
watersinthehollowofHishand. Isa. 40 :12.
Thinknextofthemarvelous energythat operates
throughoutthe vegetable world. In a single pulpy
squash. Professor Clark, of Amherst, Massachusetts,
demonstratedapoweroftwoandahalftons. Noone
knows how much more itmight have lifted, as the
measuringapparatusfailedatthispoint. Alloverthe
globe, this energyofvegetablelife isconstantlyand
untiringly exerted. Thelittledaisythat blossomsin
themeadow,thevastacresofwheatthatwaveinthe