This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... XI A FINAL SURVEY OF THE FACTS Now that we have glanced at some of the facts of Faith, it is possible to form some proper conception of their meaning and value. We ought by this time to realize their importance. To begin with, how rvwmerous they are! Let no one suppose we have exhausted the list, or ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... XI A FINAL SURVEY OF THE FACTS Now that we have glanced at some of the facts of Faith, it is possible to form some proper conception of their meaning and value. We ought by this time to realize their importance. To begin with, how rvwmerous they are! Let no one suppose we have exhausted the list, or even mentioned the most of them! In truth, we have only produced samples of that vast host which only He " who calleth the stars by name" can number. The Bible, Science of every kind, History, personal experiences, all departments of human life and human knowledge are full of them. Isaac Newton said that he had " only picked up a few pebbles on the beach " of truth. That is all any one can do. There are so many facts, there is so much to be known, that, after all our learning, the most still remains unknown. That, however, cannot justly deprive what is in sight of our admiration. The ore that still remains untouched in the mountains is, perhaps, far greater in quantity than that which has been mined. But when one thinks of the immense amount that has been taken out, and is now being manufactured or is visible in structures and implements and machinery and all kinds of forms for all kinds of uses, the total seems overwhelmingly enormous. So of the known facts which are available for Faith's purposes; they are like the sand that is upon the seashore, innumerable. But not, like the grains of sand, do they seem small and insignificant. On the contrary, they impress us as great facts, if we have obtained any adequate idea of their magnitude. Their importance, in the world of morals and religion, is only symbolized by that of the mighty suns and systems of the physical universe. For example, consider the greatness of the fact of the Bible! That...
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