APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1931, Page 1

APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS

liarmoiiious order governing elerii.illy continous progress—the web and uoof of matter and force interweaving by slow degrees, without a broken, thread, that veil which lies between us and the Infinite—that universe which alone we know or can know; such is the picture which science draws of the world, and in proportion as any part portion as any part of that picture is in unison with the rest, so may ue feel sure that it js rightly painted. * -X- -x- -XMix salL and sand, and it shall puzzle the wisest of men, with his mere natural appliances, to separate all the grains of sand from ail the grains ol of salt; but. a shower of rain will effect the same object in tin minutes. * -x- * Elijah’s great question. “\\ ill you serve God or Haal! J Clioqse ye,” is uttered audibly enough in the ears ol every one of us as ue come to manhood. Let every man who tries to answer it seriously ask liimsell whether he can lie satisfied with the Baal of authority, and with all the good things his worshippers are pr mixed in this world and the next. If lie can, let. him, if In* be so inclined. amuse himself with such scientific imp'ements as authority tells him are sale and will not cut Ids lingers ; but let him not imagine he is. or can lie, both a ti'in* son of the Church ami a loyal soldier of science.