Science and the Bible
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“Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
Who humbleth Himself to behold the things that
are in heaven, and in the earth!”
“Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there:
If I make my bed in the grave (see
Psalm 139:8
, R.V.;
Job 26:6
, R.V., margin), behold, Thou art there.
“If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall Thy hand lead me,
And Thy right hand shall hold me.”
Psalm 113:5, 6
;
139:7-10
.
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“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,
And art acquainted with all my ways....
Thou hast beset me behind and before,
And laid Thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain unto it.”
Psalm 139:2-6
, R.V.
It was the Maker of all things who ordained the wonderful adapta-
tion of means to end, of supply to need. It was He who in the material
world provided that every desire implanted should be met. It was He
who created the human soul, with its capacity for knowing and for
loving. And He is not in Himself such as to leave the demands of the
soul unsatisfied. No intangible principle, no impersonal essence or
mere abstraction, can satisfy the needs and longings of human beings
in this life of struggle with sin and sorrow and pain. It is not enough
to believe in law and force, in things that have no pity, and never hear
the cry for help. We need to know of an almighty arm that will hold