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Q. Is is not possible that, Jesus could be the Great Teacher without being scientifically correct? A. No statement of Jesus pertaining to the things of nature violates the facts of science. He said, “Except a corn of wheat fall inlc the ground and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." Nothing is more dead than the hull of a sprout ing kernel. Jesus said that “the stones would immediately cry out.” The light emanating from granite, trans lated into sound, is a most accepted fact of science today. Jesus said, “Con sider the lilies of the field, how they grow.” If we were to do that seriously, it would call for ( 1 ) a study of sun light; it takes a whole solar universe to make one flower; the flower is a child of light. (2) It would require a study of moisture, and the laws of osmotic and hygrostatic pressure, em bracing the principal laws of physics, ^ (3) It would call for a study of pol- lenation, which opens up the evidences of intelligence in nature—or Provi dence. It would reveal a natural, or ganized arrangement outdoing the Solomonic splendor. It would make a careful student an observer of both science and religion. Jesus said, “First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.” He never, al lowed Himself to get tripped up When describing natural phenomena. His references to wind, to water, to grass, to the red and lowering sky, to rain, to birds, to sheep, to men, are so astoundingly correct as to make the^ careful reader exclaim, “ Truly this was the Son of God!” PLAN NOW FOR YOUR D. V . B. S. Handbook o f the Summer Bible School / By Eleanor 1» Doan
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When Moses stqod at Mount Nebo, “his eye was not dirr nor his natural force abated.” He saw even unto the sea—a distance of 50 miles. When Lot “lifted up his eyes,” he “ beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere”—a visibility of, 100 miles. The difference In visibility east and west, as compared with the greater visibility north and south,, is occasioned by the Mediterranean fog. , Q. is it possible to accept the Bible on the basis of science? A. While the Bible is to be accepted by faith,: science is slowly getting around to a confirmation of -its teach ings. Had the believers in a pre-scien- tific era relied oh- the, physical evi dences as proof of their faith, they would have lost out, but today our faith is confirmed by the undisputed findings of science. Suppose a student of science today studies “origins,” He will go as far back as “fundamental reality”—“the disposition to be.” The Bible declares concerning God, the Creator, that He is the “I Am—That I Am!” -Or suppose he studies geology. He cannot escape evidences of the flood. If he makes a study of human languages,- he will discover their com mon source in, the Mesopotamian re gions—Genesis .11 long since- declared that conclusion. Suppose he studies ethnology;—the races of mankind. He will inevitaDly arrive at the Biblical divisions in Genesis. Q. What do you think of the teach ing that spiritually man is akin to God, but physically he is evolved from the beast? A. Physically man differs from the beast in that his knee is bent—to pray. Contrast the knee of man with that of the horse, the dog, the noblest of the beasts. All aniihals are so shaped that they look toward man,, from the rodent of the field to the eagle of the air. All look to man. But man’s knee is bent to pray—he looks to God. Q. Is there a place for prayer in a universe of law? A. The streetcar stopped halfway in the block, to allow a five-year-old child to get aboard. Upsetting the schedule of the Utility Company, she gained the attention of the streetcar conductor. A passenger who remarked about this to a fellow observer, re ceived this reply: “It makes a lot of difference if- the conductor is your daddy!” The n'ature of prayer is predi cated on the nature of God. If God is my heavenly Father, it makes a dif ference.
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