CHAPTER XX: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM
Science and the Rosary:
May I retell this important incident--which proves a point!!!
Over a hundred years ago a university student found himself seated in a train by the side of a person who seemed to be a well-to-do peasant. He was praying the Rosary and moving the beads in his fingers.
"Sir, do you still believe in such outdated things?" asked the student of the old man.
"Yes I do. Do you not?" asked the old man.
The student burst out in laughter and said:
"I do not believe in such silly things. Take my advice. Throw the Rosary out through the window, and learn what science has to say about it."
"Science? I do not understand this science? Perhaps you can explain it to me," the man said humbly with some tears in his eyes.
The student saw that the stranger was deeply moved. So to avoid further hurting the feelings of the man, he said:
"Please give me your address and I will send you some literature to help you on the matter."
The old gentleman fumbled in the inside pocket of his coat and gave the young man his visiting card. On glancing at the card, the student bowed his head in shame and became silent. On the card he read:
"Louis Pasteur, Director of the Institute of Scientific Research, Paris."
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The more a scientist discovers the marvelous laws of nature--the more he will accept the existence of God. Simply because every law has a LAW-GIVER. And who is this law-giver, except Almighty God!
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