But where shall we look for the highest, the most complete and
perfect revelation of God that the human mind is capable of
grasping? Grant the truth there is in all the symbols which the
imagination of men has produced. The earth is like the little
ball you can hold in your hand. The solar system is like the
revolving electric lights in the Museum of Natural History. The
infinite and eternal energy is like the sun radiating light
and heat and life upon the earth. He is like the flaming fire
which consumes the evil and purifies the good. He is like the
wind and like the ocean and like the most beautiful statue that
art can produce. More than that. God is not only like all these
symbols; He is in the symbols. God is in the solar system, the
very life and soul of the universe. God is in the fire that
consumes and purifies. God is in the flower and the bird and the
beast.--FRANK O. HALL.
(1529)
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The immanence of God is illustrated in these lines from an unidentified
source:
“Oh, where is the sea?” the fishes cried,
As they swam the crystal clearness through.
“We’ve heard from of old of the ocean’s tide,
And we long to look on the waters blue.
The wise ones speak of an infinite sea,
Oh, who can tell us if such there be?”
The lark flew up in the morning bright,
And sung and balanced on sunny wings;
And this was its song: “I see the light,
I look on a world of beautiful things;
But flying and singing everywhere,
In vain I have searched to find the air.”
(1530)
=Immensity of Space Reveals God=--See CONVERTED BY THE COMET.
=Immigrant Savings=--See PROSPERITY AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.