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second time “every eye shall see Him” (Rev. 1 :7). “And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great val ley . . . . and the Lord my God shall come and all the holy ones with Thee. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be with brightness and with gloom; but it shall be one day which is known unto the Lord ; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at even ing time there shall be light. And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them to ward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall the Lord be one and His Name one” (Zech. 14:4-9). “The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven” (1 HE animal kingdom presents many remarkable instances of design. Certain animals possess powers which cannot be accounted for by any known evolutionary process. The surprising instincts which animals possess are necessary to the life of the animal. Without them they would speedily die. Evolution affirms that these powers have been developed gradually through millions of years. That is, there must have been a period in the life of the animal when it was without that which is now indispens able to it. How then, may we ask, could the individual sustain itself ? It must inevitably have died, and with it, the entire species would have been obliterated. The first animals then must have had the powers of modern rela tives. If this is true, these powers or instincts must have been conferred upon them by the Creator. How else could they acquire them ? In the vicinity of the island of Fiji, there lives an annelid worm known as the palolo, This little denizen of the Pacific. Ocean lives about six feet below the surface of the water, and attaches itself to the coral rock, never leav ing this submarine home for the entire period of its exist ence, which is one year. Sharp on the stroke of midnight at the last quarter of the October moon, each year, it suddenly loosens itself from its hold on the rock, and with countless millions of its fellows, rises to the surface in order to engage in the act of reproducing a new palolo. This is accomplished by the process of budding, or the appearance of slight protuber ances from the outside of the body, the process taking from midnight to 8 o’clock in the morning, when the new individual is complete and sinks down to attach itself to the same old rock. The natives know when this event is to transpire be cause the little annelid worm keeps astronomical time, and is never ahead or behind schedule. The fishermen are ready with their nets, and a good catch of this edible sea- dweller is always assured. W here I s I ts A larm C lock ? Where does this palolo keep its alarm clock, and who taught it to know when midnight strikes? Can Evolution
Thess. 4 :16). “It is a personal coming for which I wait. It is an actual revelation of my very Redeemer and King. He is near. He abides in me, and I abide in Him. But the more outward Appearing is required to complete His victory and my beatitude; and the saints who have most of the inner Presence are precisely those who long most for the personal Return. This is my Blessed Hope— ‘Without a screen, at one burst be seen, the Presence wherein I have ever been.’ ” Hark! what a sound, and too divine for hearing, Stirs on the earth and trembles in the a ir ! Is it the thunder of the Lord’s appearing? Is it the music of His people’s prayer? Sprely He cometh and a thousand voices Shout to the saints and to the deaf and dumb; Surely He cometh, and the earth rejoices, Glad in His coming Who hath sworn, I come. m m A tiny aquarium fish, phyrrilhima filamentosa, ex hibits a very remarkable series of actions which require some explaining by the materialist. This fish, having laid its egg, is not satisfied that the bottom of the bowl is a safe place to rear its young, so proceeds to deposit the egg above the surface of the water about one and a half or two inches, on the side of the glass. Knowing, apparently, that this egg must be kept moist, otherwise it will surely dry up and die, it adopts a most ingenious method of accomplish ing this object. As it swims about, constantly on the move, it gives its little tail a vigorous but very accurate flip which results in a drop of water being deposited on the egg. With great prevision it repeats this act every few seconds, keep ing up the performance for about four days, when the egg hatches out and baby fish slides down the side, where it is warmly welcomed by the fond mother. Who taught this little animal the knowledge necessary for this amazing series of actions, all apparently the re sults of intelligence ? Evolution, certainly, can not be given the credit. No—the Intelligence responsible for this, is the intelligence of the Creator, Who, at the moment of creation, gave this marvelous instinct to His creature. F eats of a W asp Another little creature which offers, an insoluble puzzle to the materialist is a certain variety of wasp that performs some wonderful feats in its ordinary routine of work for its unborn children. This wasp builds its home underground by laboriously excavating a few rooms, per haps three or four, in itself an almost herculean task, when one considers that the work consists of carrying tiny grains of sand and dirt up through the special opening provided with a trap-door arrangement so as to provide safely and privacy for the busy mother. . This devoted parent knows that its tiny offspring, when hatched, must have, for its food supply, living meat! Nothing else will be accepted, and this curious appetite presents a formidable problem for the wasp to solve. But while preparing the hopie for its babies whom it is des- possibly explain such an amazing performance ? The only satisfying solution is that God gave the knowledge to this creature of His.
Who Taught the Paiolo? B y P rof . A rthur I. B rown
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