Covenanter Witness Vol. 54 - Rparchives.org

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The Editor's Page
NATURE'S SWADDLING CLOTHES
God's Arguments Versus the Atheists'
Sales Resistance
"There are no atheists in the Fox-holes," said
the G.I.s in the World Wars.
"There are no atheists among the nuclear scien
tists not a single
one,"
says Col. John D. Craig, a
former Army man Commissioned by the government
to photograph the atomic explosions at the original
Bikini and Eniwetok tests.
"There are no atheists among the nuclear scien
tists not a single one. When they succeeded in split
ting the atom, they realized for the first time man
had stepped into the realm of Creation, that it was
Divine Sovereignty speaking to him, and that man
had better listen to what his Creator was saying to
him. For now two destinies were offered to man. The
very power that was active in creation had been
and he could use it either for
placed at his disposal,
untold blessings or for his own undoing. Once more
he had been confronted with the age-old alternative
of choosing between life and death." (ERA-4/13/55)
.
Of the power of the bomb he says it not only caused
an island to disappear but "blew a hole in the ocean
bottom a mile in diameter and 75 feet deep." Despite
this fact, Craig says, "only about one-thousandth of
the potential power of the bomb had been actually re
leased, since the nuclear bombs are onetenth
of one per
only about
cent
The news reports of the recent bomb test at
Yucca Flat, Nev., say that the flash had the bril
liance of 300 suns, the force of 35,000 tons (not
pounds) of TNT, and that the shock wave was heard
and felt in Los Angeles 250 miles away. (See pictures
on our front page and explanation on p. 306).
"Who considers the power of Thy anger, and thy
wrath according to the fear (perhaps lack of fear is
intended) of Thee So teach us to number our days
that we may apply our hearts unto (Psalm
90:11, 12, RSV).
God Is Pressing Home the Argument
In Romans I we are told; "For the wrath oif
God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and wickedness of men .... for what can be known
about God is plain to them, because God has shown
it unto them. Ever since the creation of the world
His invisible nature, namely His eternal power and
deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that
have been But now when man's sophistication
has grown, and his resistance to awe, the Palomar
telescope has revealed the incomprehensible infini
tude of the universe. When we had begun to be con
cerned about the exhaustion of our fuel supplies of
coal and oil, the limitless power resources of the atom
is being revealed to us. Not that it sets our minds to
rest, rather it is increasing our fears, because of
man's inhumanity to man. But that can be a school
master to bring us to Christ. We are learning that
the wisdom of yesterday was "but the outskirts of
His ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of
Him ! But the thunder of His power who can under-
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The Atomic Age is both an invitation and
a threat.
Will the Atheist Be Convinced
When we quoted that there are no atheists in
fox-holes or among nuclear scientists, let Us not sup
pose that all these persons have become convinced,
evangelical, born-again Christians. There are practi
cally no Atheists in the world in the root meaning
of the word no-godists, even among the loud
mouthed variety. There are many willful agnostics
don't-knowists. "The fool (wishful thinkers) hath
said in his heart, "There is no God. Corrupt are they,
and have done abominable iniquity; there is none
that doeth (Psalm 53:1). The atheism is in
his heart, not in his head. His life demonstrates his
practical atheism, and until his heart is convinced
he will remain a practical demonstration of atheism.
Through all the centuries past, the atom and the
electron have been wrapped in their swaddling
clothes, and now that they are being unbound for
the use of mankind, and will continue to be in the
coming decades, we need not expect miracles of grace
wrought by them, except as they are employed by
Him Who was once Himself bound in swaddling
clothes.
GOD'S OWN SON IN SWADDLING CLOTHES
"And so it was, that, while they were there (in
Bethlehem), the days were accomplished that she
(Mary "the mother of the "the mother of her
"the mother of ail time not excepting Eve
the Mother of All Living") brought forth her first
born son (conceived in her womb by the power of the
Holy Ghost,) and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes,
and laid Him in a To manger."
the shepherds the
Conductor of the Angel Chorus announced, "Unto
you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign
unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swad
dling clothes, lying in a
Why did Luke,
the Dean of all Research Historians, the paragon of
all reporters, lay such emphasis on that insignificant
fact "wrapped in swaddling clothes" Did he copy
that from the Bethlehem Evening Dispatch of De
cember 25 It could hardly have been news in Beth
lehem, for the custom was as old as Job (38:9), as
old as Jeremiah (Lam. 2:22), as old as Ezekiel (16:
.
4) But it is news to us, and always will be, that the
Almighty Son of Almighty God, to whom all power
has been given was once wrapped in swaddling
clothes and laid in the manger of a cow-shed. A most
significant fact! Selah. Meditate.
I had thought to speak more about the swaddled
Christ, how His friends and His enemies and I and
you have kept Him from using His full power, but
circumstances have interposed, so think it over for
the next few days, and God willing, we shall continue
the subject next week.
D.R.T.
EXPLANATION OF THE PICTURES ON OUR
FRONT PAGE
ATOMIC FIREBALL CHURNS DESERT
FLOOR The long-delayed nuclear test over Sur-
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