Religion and science; Science -- Juvenile literature
unseen world understood all at once, and broke into shouts like the
sound of these many waters in a storm. Above all these superior
manifestations in finer realms the pure in heart shall _see_ God.
III. But there is in space what there was before the world began.
Philosophy asserts that the invisible universe is a perfect fluid in
which not even atoms exist, and atoms are produced therefrom by the
First Great Cause by creation, not by development. This conception is
full of difficulties to thought. We cannot even agree whether creation
was in time or eternity. But all agree in this, that the invisible is
rapidly absorbing all the force at least of the visible universe, and
that when force is gone the corpse will not remain unburied. Indeed,
when the range of seeing puts the size of an atom at less than one
two-hundred-and-twenty-four-thousandth of an inch, and when the range
of thinking puts it at less than one six-millionth of an inch, many
prefer to consider an atom as a center of force and not as a material
entity at all. But, amid uncertainties, this is certain, that the
forces of the visible worlds are extraneous. They come out of the
invisible. They are all also returning to the invisible; that is what
light is doing in space, previously referred to. This incredibly
high-class energy is not banking up coal in the celestial ether as it
did on the earth, but is returning to the quick, mobile forces of the
invisible worlds. One thing more is certain, that the origin of all
the forces of the invisible is in personality; for the atom, it is
agreed, bears all the marks of being a manufactured article.
Different-sized shot could not have greater uniformity of structure and
constitution. And their whole behavior shows that they are controlled
by an admirable wisdom past finding out.
That these forces exist and are necessarily active there are three
proofs. Worlds have been made, not of things and forces that do
appear. They were abundantly displayed in the physical miracles of
Christ and others; and these forces, independently of the physical
miracles at various times, have continuously helped men.
(1) Concerning the first fact--that worlds have been made--nothing need
be said except that these forces, being personal, cannot be supposed to
be exhausted, and hence creations can go on continuously. We are
assured that they do. And the personal element more and more relates
itself to personalities. "I go to prepare a place for you," to fit up
a mansion according to tastes, needs, and enjoyments of the future
occupant.
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