Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

AS far as science has been able to peer into
the depth Of an atom, it has found an amaz-
ing network of law. Indeed, the working out
of the molecular arrangement in grain OF
sand calls for knowledge of higher mathe-
mates which few humans possess. The re-
searches of Jeans into the ultimate constitu-
ents of elements led him to think of a speck
of dust as long series Of algebraic symbols
Will any human ever learn enough mathe.
mates TO decipher fully the algebraic formu-
lac written on the heart of speck Of dust
Only time can tell. But If we do, it is reason
ably certain that such discoveries will only
open the door to still vaster world of mar
veis and of mysteries, as all the scientific dis
coveries of the past have DONE
Thus DR.. George l.. Clark, Professor OF
X-Ray Chemistry at the University Of Illinois,
world authority in that field. threw upon the
screen an X-Ray picture of particle of SCOT
can stin remember the expressions of
wonderment and awe which came spontane-
ously from my students as they perceived the
beauty and symmetry of the molecular ar.
rangements therein disclosed Like flakes of
snow on window pane tracing out geometric
figures of remarkable symmetry and wonder
full diversity so these figures stood revealed
like frozen pieces of glorious architecture.
Indeed within speck of SCOT which an in
dividual will flip disdainfully from his white
in the arrangement of the molecules and an
embodiment of mathematical precision which
would make the Tai Mahal Of India or St
Peters Cathedral in Rome seem like chids
play in comparison.
That is why the scientist, who has peered
even little way into the unfathomed and
mysterious depths of particle of matter.
will stand with reverent eyes and uncovered
head before aaparticle of dust or grain of
q
bush, he too hears the voice which says:
Put off thy shoes from off thy feet for the
place whereon thou standest is holy ground"
EXODUS III, 81 To him there is no common
clay. For every particle of matter is aglow
with miracle and with mystery singing a
refrain in homage TO that infinite Power from
Whose creative hands it came
In the past the appeal has been to the star
studded sky as evidence of a Supreme Being
That appeal grows stronger with each adj.
vance Of astronomy which deepens our rever-
ance and fills us with awe as we gaze upon
the wonders of the armament Not less i'm
pressive or awe-inspiring is the evidence OF
a Supreme Intelligence in the gaaxies. solar
systems, and island universes floating about
IN the mysterious depths of a speck Of dust
In the whirling depths Of a grain OF sand
there appear to be more particles than there
are planets and stars in all the heavens
In the algebrac fecked sky Of speck Of
dust there may be more geometric symbols
and mathematical formulate than can ever be
written in all our books
Truly indeed, the world Of the infnitesl-
maly small is not less wonderful than the
world of the infinitely large. Nor does it speak
less cogently nor less eloquently of Supreme
Ruler of the universe.
In all the vast and the minute" as the
poet Cowper says, eve see the unambiguous
footsteps OF the God Who gives luster to the
insects wings and wheels His throne upon
the rolling worlds"