Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork. The Bible recognises no conflict between science and religion. It asserts a unity of origin for the Word and the world. Faith takes God's word; science takes man's. But "Science walks with humble feet To seek the God that faith has found." I. THAT THE BIBLE NOWHERE CONTRADICTS ESTABLISHED SCIENCE. — This is an amazing statement, for the Bible was written by unlearned men. Every truth of today has been opposed by men, not by Scripture. No doubt the Bible often speaks of things as they appear to the eye, as sunrise and sunset. But these are not contradictions to science. II. THE BIBLE ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND IS YET, FAR IN ADVANCE OF THE DISCOVERIES OF SCIENCE. Ere science discovered the order of progress in the developed world, or that the strata of the earth were formed by the action of water, and that the mountains were once under the sea; or that the earth was a sphere; or that the earth was upheld by no visible support; or that the stars were innumerable; or that light makes music as it flies; or that the sun had an orbit of its own — the Bible had said all these things. The Word is as full of undiscovered wisdom as the world. III. VERY FEW SCIENTIFIC MEN RECOGNISE ANY ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THE REVELATION BY WORD AND THAT BY WORKS. The American Association for the Advancement of Science embraces the great names in this country. At its last meeting it was found that seven-eighths of these were professing Christians. The greatest of them see God in nature today. IV. NATURE IS A UNIVERSAL REVELATION OF GOD, BUT OF THE LOWEST KIND. The heavens so declare the glory of God that even a heathen savage is without excuse if he do not discern God. The law of the Lord is the next higher revelation. See what is here said of it. But the highest revelation is Christ. He brings life and love to light; reveals a greater power in spiritual realms than gravitation is in material realms. But all revelations are one and of one God. (Bishop R. W. Warren.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.WEB: The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. |
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