God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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the surface, and the power of releasing great
quantities of heat as it freezes, —preserve life
in oceans, lakes and rivers throughout the
long winters.
The dry land is a stable platform for much
terrestrial life. The soil provides the minerals
which plant life assimilates and transforms
into needful foods for animals. The presence
of metals near the surface renders the arts of
civilisation possible. Surely Prophet Isaiah is
right (45:18 R.S.V.) in saying of God: ‘He did
not make it chaos: He formed it to be
inhabited.’
The diminutive size of the earth compared
with the immensity of space is sometimes
disparagingly referred to. If the earth were as
small as the moon, i.e. one-fourth of its
present diameter, the force of gravity (one
sixth that of the earth) would fail to hold both
atmosphere and water, and temperatures
would be fatally extreme. If double its present
diameter, the enlarged earth would have four
times its present surface and twice its force of
