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obeys this command of God, to him that overcometh the 

 secrets of the natural physical world, that is given to 

 eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the para- 

 dise of God. As man subdues the earth, finds out about 

 fire, and water, about soil and what it will do, learns the 

 chemical, physical, biological, economic and spiritual 

 laws, which He who laid the foundation of the earth 

 made to inhere in all matter, man not only develops 

 himself but with every new conquest of the laws of na- 

 ture and their adaptation and appreciation, he helps to 

 free human life of its drudgery and monotony. We can 

 see this when we compare modem transport facilities 

 with those of even two hundred years ago, the railroad, 

 steamship, motor car, airship, compared with the pack 

 horse and stage coach. As labor-saving devices are 

 brought in the tendency in labor is from that which is 

 less pleasant to that which is more pleasant. Less hu- 

 man physical power required, more mechanical power 

 and man controls by pulling levers or pressing buttons 

 and man multiplies his physical power manifold. 



II. When He had finished His creation, ''God saw 

 everything that He had made and behold it was very 

 good.*' In spite of much we see about us God's world 

 is a good world as He created it and it is the part of 

 wisdom for men in general to acknowledge this. As we 

 look over this world and note its constitution and order, 

 we notice that there are seasons, alternating periods of 

 rest, of rapid growth, of harvest, and then again rest. 

 As we think into things we must be struck with the fact 

 of the oft-recurring and continuing things of life; 

 hunger and sleep, laughter and tears, birth and growth, 

 and God made this world in this fashion that these 

 things should be so. Therefore a great majority of the 



