Is it right, or wrong, to put lightning-rods on buildings? Some persons seem to believe that it is defiance against God to do so.
It is not defiance against God to use the judgment and reason and good sense which He has given us in properly caring for ourselves, and properly protecting our property. When God gives us of His abounding grace, He does not design to take away common sense or good judgment. It is not defiance of God to place a roof upon our house, or give our stock shelter. And if currents of electricity in the warring elements, which occur because sin has blasted this earth, can be conducted away by natural channels, we see no reason in the world why that should not be done. Of the necessity or futility of lightning-rods, we are not writing, but it is certainly not defiance of God to use real good sense in the protection of life and property.
