"'This is our redeeming God!'
Ransomed hosts shall shout aloud
Praise, eternal praise, be given,
To the Lord of earth and heaven."
THE STONE BOOK.
"_The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath He given
to the children of men._"--PSALM cxv. 16.
"_Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea
shall declare unto thee._"--JOB xii. 8.
"_Be still, and know that I am God._"--PSALM xlvi. 10.
We have been reading a little about the story of the heavens. Now I want to
take you from the starry heights to the dens and caves of the earth, and to
speak to you a little about--not astronomy, but geology, as the science or
study of the earth is called. This is a very interesting study, but one in
which we may easily make serious mistakes; for we have not here the firm
ground under our feet which the Word of God gives us, and we must always
beware of saying, "This thing _is_ so, therefore that other thing _must_ be
so"; or, "This thing is not, therefore that other cannot be."
When we first began our talks, we read that "In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth"--all that which is meant when we speak of the
"Universe." This is just what we need to know; and how gracious of God the
Creator to speak to us about His own works, and set at rest all the guesses
and reasonings of our minds as to how and when this earth first came into
existence!
Then we noticed that there is a pause, how long a pause we know not.
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