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God in Nature
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mysteries of the changing seasons, and in all His works learn of the
Creator.
Lay a True Foundation
In no other way can the foundation of a true education be so
firmly and surely laid. Yet even children, as they come into contact
with nature, cannot but recognize the working of antagonistic forces.
It is here that nature needs an interpreter. Looking upon the evil
manifest even in the natural world, all have the same sorrowful
lesson to learn: “An enemy has done this.”
Matthew 13:28
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Only in the light that shines from Calvary can nature’s teaching
be read aright. Through the story of Bethlehem and the cross let it
be shown how good is to conquer evil, and how every blessing that
comes to us is a gift of redemption.
In brier and thorn, in thistle and tare, is represented the evil that
blights and mars. In the singing bird and opening blossom, in ten
thousand objects in nature, from the oak of the forest to the violet
that blossoms at its root, is seen the love that restores. Nature still
speaks to us of God’s goodness.
“I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,
thoughts of peace and not of evil.”
Jeremiah 29:11
. This is the
message that, in the light from the cross, may be read on all the face
of nature. The heavens declare His glory, and the earth is full of His
riches.
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