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list nor the researches of the geologist, nor the 

 discussions of the philosopher to convince us 

 that God created the heavens and the earth. 

 God burns yet in every bush. He dwells by the 

 seashore and rules it, for it is His; He is en- 

 throned on the mountains, His temple is in 

 the tiniest flower that blooms, His presence 

 gilds and vivifies His worlds with a revealing 

 brilliance. His evidence is impressively cumu- 

 lative. No contradiction has ever stood before 

 it. The mountains that tower to the sky, the 

 rivers that run to the great ocean, the ferns 

 that adorn the shade-spots in the valley, the ma- 

 jestic oak and elm that spread wide their 

 branches and shelter bird and beast, the treas- 

 ures that are stored away for human use, these 

 testify of His creatorship and ownership. The 

 miracle of creation is too grand and mastering 

 for chance. He brooded over the face of the 

 infinite deep, saw and knew its need and com- 

 manded light, and light came. 



Light is God's best gift to Nature and is the 

 heritage of all mankind. It illumines the palace 

 of the noble and brightens the hut of the poor; 

 it smiles upon the baby pilgrim as he comes to 

 earth, and gilds the very gates of death as he 

 passes through in his old age ; it greets the 

 storm-tossed mariner after a dark night of peril 

 on the deep, it brings most blessed relief to the 



