Astronomy and the Bible;

HISDEFINITEFOREKNOWLEDGE^209

itistoolatenow foranyonetosaythatGodcannot
ordoes notread thefuture. HehasoutHned event
afterevent, andthesehavecometrue accuratelyand
preciselyonscheduledtime.
Whenarailroad companyissuesitstime-table,that
is a printedpromisethat a giventrain will be ata
certainstationattheappointedtime. Itisapromise
forthefuture. Thesepromises are, ingeneral, ful-
filled;butsometimes, because the events of the fu-
ture are unknown, the company's plans fail. The
trainsdonotarrive, ortheycome inlate. It isnot
this waywiththepromises ofGod. When Hetold
Abraham that his descendants would godown into
Egypt, and remain there a definite time, God knew
andreadthefuture. And Herevealedthefutureto
Abraham. "It cameto passattheend ofthe four
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it
cametopass,thatallthehostsoftheLordwentout
fromthelandofEgypt." Ex.12:41.
Butnow,astothestars'demonstratingGod'sfore-
knowledge. Anastronomerhassaid:
"If Iwereaskedwhatis thegreatestfactthatthe
intellectofmanhasbroughttolight,I would sayit
wasthis:
"Fromtheinfancyoftime,oursolarsystem—sun,
planets, and moons—has been flyingthrough space
towardtheconstellationofLyrawithaspeedofwhich
wehavenoexampleonearth. Toformaconception
ofthisfact,thereaderhasonlytolookatthebeauti-
ful Lyra,and reflectthat forevery second that the
clocktellsoff,wearetenmilesnearertothatconstel-
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