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All Truth Agrees, February 15
The Lord made the heavens.... Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his
name.
1 Chronicles 16:26-29
.
There are men who think they have made wonderful discoveries in science. They
quote the opinions of learned men as though they considered them infallible, and
teach the deductions of science as truths that cannot be controverted. And the Word
of God, which is given as a lamp to the feet of the world-weary traveler, is judged by
this standard, and pronounced wanting. The scientific research in which these men
have indulged has proved a snare to them. It has clouded their minds, and they have
drifted into skepticism. They have a consciousness of power; and instead of looking
to the Source of all wisdom, they triumph in the smattering of knowledge they may
have gained. They have exalted their human wisdom in opposition to the wisdom of
the great and mighty God, and have dared to enter into controversy with Him.
God has permitted a flood of light to be poured upon the world in discoveries
in science and art; but when professedly scientific men lecture and write upon
these subjects from a merely human standpoint, they will assuredly come to wrong
conclusions. The greatest minds, if not guided by the Word of God in their research,
become bewildered in their attempts to investigate the relations of science and
revelation. The Creator and His works are beyond their comprehension; and because
they cannot explain these by natural laws, Bible history is considered unreliable.
Those who doubt the reliability of the records of the Old and New Testaments will
be led to go a step farther, and doubt the existence of God; and then, having let
go their anchor, they are left to beat about upon the rocks of infidelity. Moses
wrote under the guidance of the Spirit of God, and a correct theory of geology will
never claim discoveries that cannot be reconciled with his statements. The idea that
many stumble over, that God did not create matter when He brought the world into
existence, limits the power of the Holy One of Israel.
Many, when they find themselves incapable of measuring the Creator and His
works by their own imperfect knowledge of science, doubt the existence of God and
attribute infinite power to nature. These persons have lost the simplicity of faith,
and are removed far from God in mind and spirit. There should be a settled faith
in the divinity of God’s holy Word. The Bible is not to be tested by men’s ideas of
science, but science is to be brought to the test of this unerring standard. When the
Bible makes statements of facts in nature, science may be compared with the written
Word, and a correct understanding of both will always prove them to be in harmony.
One does not contradict the other. All truth, whether in nature or revelation, agrees
(
The Signs of the Times, March 13, 1884
).
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