Tokens of His mastery of nature were witnessed at the marriage at Cana where He turned water into wine; when He stilled the storm on Gennesaret lake; and when He filled the nets of the fishermen: In the life of mankind when blind became seeing; deaf became hearing; the lame walked and the dead arose: In the spiritual world when Jesus drove the evil spirits away from those who had become obsessed by them--indeed, even the prince of the evil spirits, the devil, was forced to yield defeated. All these are tokens that the power of Jesus Christ can do everything, can master anything from the deep of the sea to the highest arch of the sky, and that it is capable of attaining victory in the struggle with principalities and powers, with the spiritual hosts of evil beneath the sky. But these tokens, furthermore, are _small beginnings of the restoration_ and when they have been perfected, everywhere and all-inclusive, then that new Heaven and that new earth where justice dwelleth, has become a fact. God is the God of order. Therefore we find plans, system and laws in nature as well as in the church. It has been given especially to our own age to realize this so that an expression like "the law of nature in the spiritual world" has been recognized. Science has perceived this regulated, law-restrained order of things in nature as keenly as never before, but, alas, it became dizzy thereat. Otherwise it would have exclaimed even as Paul did: O, world of wisdom and power! Who would have known how to plan thus? Who would have the strength to subdue and master the giant powers? In the church of the Lord we respond: _God the Almighty Father, the creator of Heaven and earth!_ * * * * * An atheist was lecturing at a village in England and ended by self-confidently inviting the audience to take part in a discussion. Then an old woman, her back bent with the weariness of life and years, arose, saying: "Sir, I have a question to ask you?" "All right, my good woman," the atheist answered, "what is it then?" "Ten years ago I was left a widow with eight unsupported children. I had nothing but a Bible, but by following its directions and by believing in God I have been enabled to support my dear ones and myself. I am now approaching the grave, but I am perfectly happy, for I am looking forward to an eternally blessed life with Jesus. _My faith has done this for me: What has your way of thinking done for you?_" "Well, well, my good woman," the atheist said, "please, understand me right--I have no desire to disrupt your happiness, but----" "O, that wasn't the question at all," the old woman interrupted--"don't beat about the bush, but tell us: _What has your atheism done for you?_"