God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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canopy were eventually filled. Tulip trees were
already there, waiting for just such openings as
would provide sufficient light for that shade-
intolerant species to develop. Up till then, these
trees had been minor denizens of the forest, only
occasionally developing into valuable timber trees.
Now, chestnut trees are hardly missed where dense
groves of tulip trees have become established, these
often growing as much as one inch in diameter and
six feet in height per year; as well as their growth
being rapid, their wood is of superior quality. Can
we, in all conscience, say that the master plan of
nature is merely a set of accidental circumstances?
In the present century, too, a crisis of a different but
more alarming nature developed in Australia when
a certain species of cactus was grown on an
extensive scale to provide fencing for the fields.
Cressy Morrison writes:
The cactus had not insect enemies in Australia
and soon began a prodigious growth. The
march of the cactus persisted until it had
covered an area approximately as great as
England, crowded the inhabitants out of the
