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CHAPTER
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THE CHURCH IX BRITAIN (A.D. 30-597).
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THE visible things of God are to tell us of the invisible
wonders of His Providence, and the Psalmist's
cceli enarrant ghriam Dei may possibly only be laid bare
at the Last Day. The disclosures of science come
gradually in proportion as they are grasped by the
mind of man, for in reality the facts so revealed are
as old as the world. The plan of the universe is
thus unfolded year after year, and the course of its
unfolding O suggests OO two thoughts " : divine unity +J and
infinite power. The millions of suns obey one law ;
the most distant star forms part of the sidereal system,
and would cease to shine or even to exist apart from
it. This magnificent unity points to the conclusion
that God nowhere works without it, and that His
revelation to man must necessarily be one. There
cannot be two laws of gravitation any more than
there can be two sidereal systems. So in the spiritual
kingdom, of which the universe is but a pale figure,
unity and truth are synonymous. .
Before the Saxon era (449) we
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find in that part of
Great Britain, which we now call England, a strong
and vigorous people whose conquest had cost Rome
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