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a ship loosed from its moorings, to sail the broad
oceansbeforeit. Itwaslikeabirdbeginningtomount
onitspinionstoviewmorebroadlytheworksofGod.
Tohavesuchanarrowandmeanconceptionofthe
worksofGodasthesemenhad,wastohave,unavoid-
ably,a narrow and mean conception of God. God
wantseveryonetohavetrueideasofHisworks;for
therebythemindisledtotrueideasofGod. Hehas
givenus revelations, inHis Word, concerningthese
things;butwelearnso slowly! AgesagotheLord
askedJob, "Whereuponarethe socketsoftheearth
madetosink?" Job38:6,margin. Andifthesame
question had been asked the scientists of old, they
veryprobablywouldhavesaid:"Sockets? Theearth
hasnosockets, muchlessanythinguponwhichthey
wouldbemade tosink."
Butweknowthatthequestionwasnotutterlylost
upon Job. He saw the pertinence of the question,
"Whereupon?" Hehadsaidpreviously,"He stretch-
ethoutthenorthovertheemptyplace,andhangeth
the earth upon nothing." Job 26:7. I^^ this, Job
attemptedtotellwhereuponthesocketsoftheearth
weremadetosink. Hesaid thattheearthhangson
nothing. Scientists have got about that far now.
They saythattheearthhangsonno thing,butthat
itisupheldbyapozver,whichtheycall"gravitation."
Job saidthat God "hangeththe earth." Inthis, he
showsthatindeedpowersuspendstheearth,andmore,
thatthispoweristhepowerofGod.
ButJobevidentlyhadnotyetgottheultimatean-
swerinsuchawaythathe couldrest from further