REFLECTIONS

Who BLIND

Made It?
“Show me your God!” the doubter cries.
I point him to the smiling skies;
I show him all the woodland greens;

M any years ago Sir Isaac Newton

had an exact replica of our solar
system made in miniature. At its center
I show him peaceful sylvan scenes;
I show him winter snows and frost;
I show him waters tempest-tossed;
was a large golden ball representing I show him hills rock-ribbed and strong;
the sun, and revolving around it were I bid him hear the thrush’s song;
smaller spheres attached at the ends of I show him flowers in the close—
rods of varying lengths. They represented The lily, violet, and rose;
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and the oth-
I show him rivers, babbling streams;
er planets. These were all geared together
I show him youthful hopes and dreams;
by cogs and belts to make them move
around the “sun” in perfect harmony. I show him maids with eager hearts;
One day as Newton was studying the I show him toilers in the marts;
model, a friend who did not believe in I show him stars, the moon, the sun;
the Biblical account of creation, stopped I show him deeds of kindness done;
by for a visit. Marveling at the device I show him joy; I show him care;
and watching as the scientist made the And still he holds his doubting air,
heavenly bodies move in their orbits, the And faithless goes his way, for he
man exclaimed, “My, Newton, what an Is blind of soul, and cannot see!
exquisite thing! Who made it for you?” —John Kendrick Bangs
Without looking up, Sir Isaac replied, “Nobody.”
“Nobody?” his friend asked.
“That’s right! I said nobody! All of these cogs and belts
and gears just happened to come together, and wonder of For myself, faith begins with a realization that a
wonders, by chance they began revolving in their set orbits Supreme Intelligence brought the universe into being and
and with perfect timing.” created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it
The unbeliever got the message! It was foolish to sup- is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelli-
pose that the model merely happened. But it was even more gence. An orderly unfolding universe testifies of the truth of
senseless to accept the theory that the Earth and the vast the most majestic statement ever uttered: “In the beginning
Universe came into being by chance.—Richard W. DeHaan God ... “—Dr. Arthur Compton (1892–1962, Nobel Prize
winner in physics)
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To assert that a world as intricate as ours emerged
from chaos by chance is about as sensible as to claim that All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for
Shakespeare’s dramas were composed by rioting monkeys all that I have not seen.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
in a print shop.—Merrill C. Tenney
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Lord Kelvin (1824–1907), British inventor after whom Behind every watch there had
the absolute scale of temperature is named, is known for to be a watchmaker, and so behind
his work on the first transatlantic telegraph cable and for the intricate precision of this great
formulating the Second Law of Thermodynamics. He said: universe there had to be a divine
“The commencement of life upon Earth certainly did not Designer and Creator.
take place by any action of chemistry or electricity or crys- —Dr. Robert Millikan
talline grouping of molecules. We must pause, face to face (1868–1953, physicist and
with the mystery and miracle of the creation of living crea- Nobel prize winner.)
tures.”

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R300 GP—March 2004 Topics: death, Heaven, loved ones waiting on the other side, faith