108 PROF. H. LANGHORNE ORCHARD, M.A., B.SC., ON 
both work together as different notes forming one harmony ; 
for both are equally manifestations of one and the same law— 
that highest law which governs the universe, the law of Love. 
And if we take note of the resu/ts—results as blessed as they 
are wonderful—which have flowed to man as a consequence of 
accepting Christianity, and reflect that apart from miracles, 
Christianity had been impossible, Science leads us to say that 
if their existence were not known, it would have to be assumed, 
since for every effect there must be an adequate cause. 
That the Bible miracles are genuine is also apparent from 
consideration of the other facts connected with the alleged 
circumstances of their occurrence. They were not idle 
exhibitions of power,—there were, so to speak, no “ unneces- 
sary” miracles. They were done publicly,—“ this thing was 
not done in a corner.” Frequently they were performed before 
hostile audiences, ¢.g., before Pharaoh and the Egyptians, and 
before Jews “filled with madness.” They were opposed by the 
authorities, and courted inquiry from an incredulous people. 
They were believed at the times and in the places when and 
where they were said to have taken place, and are afterwards 
often alluded to as accepted facts ; their adversaries, numerous 
and powerful and aided by the authorities, were unable to prove 
even one of them to be false,—they might try to ascribe them 
to magic, but they did not deny their existence. Sometimes, as 
in the cases of the Exodus and Christ’s Resurrection, they are 
commemorated by public memorials instituted at the time and 
continued ever since. Also, they took place under conditions 
such that “men’s senses were well qualified to judge of them.” 
Another circumstance to be noticed is their comparative rarity,— 
they are grouped around special epochs* or crises in human 
history, eg., the miracles of Moses relate to the Exodus, those 
of Elijah to the idolatrous degeneracy of Ahab and the people, 
those of the New Testament to the mission of God’s incarnate 
Son. Now these various facts of circumstance are not such as 
accompany spurious miracles, but they do accompany Bible 
miracles, therefore these are not spurious but real. 
Therefore, the result of investigation into the conditions and 
circumstances under which they are alleged to have occurred is 
that science tells us the Bible miracles did actually take 
place. 
(3) In applying to the Bible miracles our third test—the 
character of the testimony to their occurrence—our investigation 
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* See Lias, Are Miracles Credible ? 
