Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-11-20
MODERN WONDERS


those of old fiction seem pale and
tame.
One day last June, Lieutenant
Vaughan, army fiier successfully COM
pleted dawn-to-dusk flight from
New York to San Francisco. He
! left New York at three o'clock in the
morning and landed on the Coast at
| GA P. M. This airline dash of p
e7O miles was accomplished in less
than twenty-five hours, including five
stops for fuel en- route. His ship was
a small single-seated Curtiss biplane.
He reached Dayton, Ohio, at sven o.
clock; st. Joseph, Missouri, at eleven;
North Platte, Nebraska, at half-past
one; Cheyenne Wyoming, at quar-
ter past two; and Salduro, Utah, short
Nv after five. The chief of the Army
Air Service said, mot only from a
military, but from commercial
standpoint, this flight is epochal."
The news was sent all over the world,
and the wonder is that it was receiv-
ed calmly, as if it were matteN OF
course.
/ Other striking achievements had led
I'D to this. In 1911, G.. c.. Rogers
few from Buffalo, on September
seventeenth, and reached Pasadena,
November fifth, an exploit which pro-
: I'LL. o,,o;+oJ- ,,ooro c,,ry,.iea fhat did
Lieutenant Maughan's. In July, 49,
20, fight was made across the At
lantic Ocean, from Newfoundland 10
Ireland; $50 miles without stop.
In May, 1923, Lieutenants Kelley
and Macready flew from New York to
San Francisco, without stop, in less
than twenty-seven hours. Their sup
plies Of fuel and oil brought the
weight they had to carry to five tons.
/ "A Frenchman has climed 36,745 feet
into the air.
July first of this year, continuous
mail service from coast to coast was
inaugurated by the Government. The
time is thirty-five hours. A previous
service required four days for its COM
pletion. In the new schedul there are
four relay stops and fifteen delivery
stops, further deliveries being made
by dropping sacks from the planes. Ali
the night flying is done between Chi
cago and Cheyenne, and this entire
stretch is equipped with string Of
guide lights.
So the worlds wonders multiply
and civilization sweeps onward. 1t is
no wonder that science fascinates the
multitude, when we consider its tri-
umphs The brain of man is fired
with divinity Not only Kepler, but
all those who discover new truths and
all who follow them in their studies
"think Gods thoughts after him"
Paul declared that the Gentiles were
without excuse in their neglect Of God
because he had manifested himself to
! them in his works. "For the invisible
things of him since the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being perceiv-
ed through the things that are made,
even, his everlasting power and divin-
ity." The Creator is so clearly a part
of his creation that those who discern
its laws and processes and facts are
brought into his immediate presence.
What we call natural religion is as
true as revealed religion. Both pro-
coed from the same God, and both dis
close the same infinite and adorable
attributes of the Most High. That
Revelation tells US more than nature
by no means discredits nature. He
who truly loves nature loves its Au-
thor, and all sincere pursuit of science
is truly religious.
The triumps of the air include but
enc realm. There are many others,
In all of which astonishing discoveries
and inventions are revealing not only
the richness of Gods world, but the
divine power of man to penetrate its
mysteries and to bring out its treas
ures. We are able to recognize ma
ture and to love it because we are like
it-even a part of it. All things were
made by God, the Scripture tells US,
and it adds the intensive word, "and
without him was not anything made
that hath been made" This is a pro-
found truth, and the more we think
of it the more at home we feel in this
mysterious and marvellous world of
our Fathers
A Chatauqua motto, is, 1--WE study
the word and the works of God.' This
is trenchant utterance, signalling a
mighty privilege.-Ex.