34 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE
But inthe Bible, welearn that this poweris the
upholdingpowerofthecreativeword. Heb. i:1-3.
Thus the things that are made reveal the invisible
thingsofGod,"evenHiseternalpower." Rom. i:20.
GravitationisthepowerofGodthroughChristhold-
ingallthingstogether;thatis,makingthem"consist."
Col. 1 :17. ItisoutofGod'sunfailingmightthatthey
endure. Isa. 40 :26.
Eventhosemostinterestedinteachingandbelieving
some othertheory, have no real argument to offer
againsttheplainstatementsoftheWord,exceptthat
someotherexplanationthan thatgiven intheScrip-
turesismore credibletothem. Oneofthegreatest
exponentsofevolutioncouldswallowthepreposterous
ideathatsometimeintheremoteagesofthepast,life
sprang fromno-life. Believing suchan unscientific,
self-contradictory conception, he nevertheless admits
thatsciencecanreallypresentnothingagainsttheBib-
licalideaofapersonalCreator. Wequotehiswords
:"If, ... insomeindefinitely remotepastseon,the
cosmicprocesswassetgoingbysomeentitypossessed
of intelligence and foresight, similar toour own in
kind, however superiorin degree; if ... itis held
that everyevent, not merelyin our planetary speck,
butinuntoldmillionsofotherworlds,wasforeknown
beforethese worldswere,—scientificthought, so far
asIknowanythingaboutit,hasnothingtosayagainst
thathypothesis."—Thomas Huxley, Fortnightly Re-
viezv,November,i8p2.
Butthoughsciencecansaynothingindenialofthe
Word, theWord has something to sayagainst such