(ACTS 26, 8)
THE miracle!
Well, who believes in it nowadays? If it had been five hundred years
ago, it might have been different, but in our educated age--no, we know
better now! Science has spoken with the assurance of an expert and
said: No miracles happen! Everything adheres to certain stringent laws;
our researches have proved this, and the miracle has never existed
except in the brains of undeveloped ignorant individuals.
Nevertheless we maintain in the church of the Lord that the miracle
is a fact--as concrete a reality as was--the French revolution. The
miracle does not thrive on the recognition of science, nor does it
collapse before the shots which science fires against it. But when we
maintain this, some people pityingly shrug their shoulders or smile
haughtily while they sneer: How backward you people are! You certainly
are not well posted in regard to the development and the intelligence
of the age.
Let us see if speech of this kind cannot be effectively met so that
we as Christians may retain our faith and still be developed and
intelligent people.