Sense and Science by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 21, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 12.

Sense and Science

By Editor

Sense and Science.—This journal has often pointed out that the "star" which guided the wise men to Christ was not a material shining orb, but a company of shining angels. Prof. William R. Brooks, of Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y., made a statement in the Y. M. C. A. service of the Court Square theater in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 20, which a news despatch says has caused much comment. After showing the fallacies of certain theories concerning "the Star of Bethlehem," he said:

So much of the miraculous attended the birth of Christ that it is my firm belief, even as a scientist, that the Star of Bethlehem was one of the manifestations of the power of Jehovah.

And why should this call forth comment? When Christ went away, a cloud of angels received Him. When He comes again, He comes with angels. Acts 1:9-11. When He came the first time, the angels in shining glory announced His birth. Why should not a company of the shining hosts of God light the magi on their way to the Christ? Professor Brooks speaks not only sense, but the higher science.