Stability of Nature Essential to Prosperity
Charles Darwin. Psalm 104:5-9 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.… Earthquakes alone are sufficient to destroy the prosperity of any country. If beneath England the now inert subterranean forces should exert those powers which most assuredly in former geological ages they have exerted, how completely would the entire condition of the country be changed! What would become of the lofty houses, thickly packed cities, great manufactories, the beautiful public and private edifices? If the new period of disturbance were first to commence by some great earthquake in the dead of the night, how terrific would be the carnage! England would at once be bankrupt; all papers, records, and accounts would from that moment be lost. Government being unable to collect the taxes, and failing to maintain its authority, the hand of violence and rapine would remain uncontrolled. In every large town famine would go forth, pestilence and death following in its train. (Charles Darwin.) Parallel Verses KJV: Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. WEB: He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.