A Choked Giant by C. H. Spurgeon

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 16, 1909

A Choked Giant

By C. H. Spurgeon

THERE is a quaint story of a giant, who had long fed upon windmills, and at last was choked by a pat of butter; and, assuredly, his counterpart may be seen in the evolutionists of our day, who are unable to receive the Bible account of the creation. The hypotheses of our present philosophers are enough to tax the credulity of a monk of the Middle Ages, yet many take down these windmills as pigeons swallow peas. The teaching of revelation is fitted for the capacity of a child, but our wise men are choked with such simple fare.

We confess we have not enough faith to be an infidel, or an agnostic, or even an evolutionist. We find ourselves for once standing up for reason, and demanding that our faith should not be overstrained. We can believe what is revealed; for, sublime as it is, there is a kind of truth-likeness about it; but we can not believe what we are now taught with such tremendous authority; for, in the first place, it is not worth believing, and in the next place, it looks so dreadfully like a lie that we had rather not. No, thank you, dear sir, we will keep to our bread and butter.; our throat is not yet adapted to the disposal of windmills.—C. H. Spurgeon.