To be near unto God - pagina 31

invented, communications were carried by letters. All this, however, is changed. By this time it is understood that the throat has no sound of its own, but merely enables us to occasion vibrations And that these vibrations find an in the air. artistic instrument in the listening ear to receive T\Tien we speak we transmit our thoughts them. in these vibrations. They glide along air-waves to the ear of him who listens. And through the ear they wake the self-same thoughts in him. Such is our speech. But this was not enough. It was discovered that apart from voice and ear, communication could be established at far greater distances through electricity. This was first done by means of visible signs, and thus the telegraph originated. But later it was found that a similar contact of throat upon the ear could be obtained by means of an extended metal thread. This discovery gave us the telephone. And at length we have advanced still further and intelligible com-

munication is achieved independently by itself through the air, and at distances of two or three thousand miles without telegraph or telephone wires, thoughts have been exchanged. In this wise things have become realities which at one time were entirely unthinkable. And he who considers how quickly these ever-more wonderful inventions have succeeded one another conjectures that still more can be expected and that playing with and listening to each other at incredible distances will sooner or later be the common good. This is an aid to faith. That the Lord is simultaneously "a God at hand" and "a God afar off" (Jer. 23:23) expresses in the language of prophecy 27

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