Science Proved a False Hope
A FEW days previous to the great volcanic outburst which so suddenly destroyed the city of St. Pierre, on the island of Martinique, a scientific commission was appointed in St. Pierre to investigate conditions pertaining to the volcano, and quiet the apprehensions occasioned by its renewed activity. The commission made its investigation, and reported that the eruption was a “normal” one, and that no danger need be apprehended by those in the city. This report was made public on May 7, and the very next morning the whole city was engulfed by the fiery forces from the crater in a moment of time. Science—so called—had proved an exceedingly false hope. Do not make the mistake of trusting too much in “science.” “Science” demonstrated, in Noah’s day, that such a thing as a flood was impossible; but the flood came. “Science” demonstrates to-day that the world could not have been made in six days, that man came by evolution, and that no destruction of the earth by fire can ever be. Beware of the report it brings, for the Word of God speaks differently. As regards events to come, faith reveals to us immeasurably more than we can learn from science.