Article March 7, 1925 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Hector Macpherson, Arthur D. Marks, Britton Strangways

[Dr. Hector Macpherson, in the Far Eastern Times, Peking, China, Oct. 4, 1924]

It was impossible not to be struck by the absurdity of believing that life and intelligence resided in one small speck of matter. The markings of Mars seemed to hint at the existence of cosmical cousins, and the plurality of worlds would appear to be a necessary corollary to the oneness of the universe. We were faced with the likelihood that life had appeared in many different regions of the stellar system. If the universe spoke to us of one power, we were justified in saying that the power hinted at was not a blind, irrational power, but a power based on reason and working according to plan. . . . Modern astronomy gave the impression of the existence of one wise and purposive power. Astronomy was not hostile to theism, but a handmaid of religion.

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