eflected, dash out into space at the rate
of 192,000 miles in one second, and that they continue to move on
indefinitely, you see how the rays of light which were reflected and are
now carrying the image of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, of Noah
coming out of the ark, of the battle of Bunker Hill, and those carrying
the pictures of all other objects and actions since the Creation until
now, are still sweeping on through space, and if you and I could be
present where these rays of light are now sweeping onward, we could see
these things as actually and really as if they were even now taking
place in our presence upon the earth. And you will also understand how,
as God is everywhere present, He is also present in space where these
rays of light are at this moment, and so every scene in the entire
history of the world is perpetually visible to Him. And so, even with
our feeble understanding, you see how the past may always be present to
the Infinite and everywhere-present God.
Now, my dear young friends, remember as we see the acts of each other,
so God sees all that we do, even when no one else is present to see us.
Do not think that God sees and then forgets. All we do is being
constantly photographed, not in a camera like this, but upon the rays of
light as upon the pages of a great book, and in the great Judgment Day,
God will judge us out of the things recorded against us in these books.
Our acts record themselves, and in that great day we shall no more be
able to deny the correctness of the record than we would be able to deny
the personality or identity of our own photograph.
QUESTIONS.--What is meant by the great Judgment
Day? What will God do on that day? Of what does
God keep a record? Do we know exactly how He does
it? What two ways are there in which He might do
it? What brings the person's image upon the ground
glass of the camera? What have we that is like the
camera? Which part of the eye is like the ground
glass of the camera? Why can we not see in the
dark? Could God use the rays of light instead of
the pages of a book? Is the image of Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden still existing? Where? Are
the images of all other events also passing
through space? Can God see them all at once? Does
God see all of our acts?
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