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Show MANY HUMAN LIVES SHAPED BY CHANCE Rev. John Edward Carver Draws Lesson From Accidental Discoveries iu Aid of bcience. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Nov. S. The chance di?-, di?-, coveries that have aided science in work-. work-. ing out many of the problejns of modern mod-ern war equipment were used, asr ri illustration il-lustration by the Rev. John Edward Car-: Car-: ver, pastor of the First Presbyterian j church, in a sermon today on the benefits bene-fits resulting Prom chance meetings. Much ! that is accidental has had a great deal i to do with the shaping of almost even 'human llfp, aceordins to the Rev. iVlr. Carver. In port lie said: j The two great aids that science ha? i given to the advance of equipment in this war over that of the wars of the past were discovered not so much by forethought as by the py of chance or accident. Prince Rupert was sitting sit-ting by a soldiers' camp fire one niffht when his attention was attracted at-tracted to the beat of the fire lifting . a soldier's garment, and this led to his experiments in lighter-than-air vessel? a.nd later in the flying craft. riajlileo was in a little church in Pisa when some cause started the hanging lamp to swing, and, having nothing else to do. he noted the regularity regu-larity of the motion. The result was the pendulum and the most perfect time known. A more remarkable case -was the rumor ru-mor that by chance came to Gallileo that the count of Kassau ha1 so arranged ar-ranged spheres of glass that far objects ob-jects could be seen with clearness. Now, the count had not made the discovery, but the accidental rumor set Galllleo thinking and our telescope tele-scope and field glasses tbat are of so much value to the aircraft today was the result. If you were to think for a time, you would be astounded to know how much ihe accidental has had to do with the shaping 'of your life. little lit-tle things have arisen unexpectedly and they have had far-reaching- influence. influ-ence. Friendships that have shaped periods of your years have been formed out of chance meetings and 'hooks that have been picked up without with-out forethought have given new and determining influence. We call your attention toda.y to the most important of all the results of the accidental in the development of a religious life. It is the sudden and unexpected sorrow or loss or burden or obligation or necessity that has literally driven many to really cast themselves upon their God. They have never absolutely needed him until un-til then. They have schemed and worked out their own salvation until the suddenness of the unseen need was upon them and then they had to trust God, and in doing so learned His faithfulness. It is the old maxim that "Man's extremity is God's opportunitr." and many a good saint has been made lit such sudden need. If God is able to - bear our unexpected burden, how much more can he be our aid and stay in the common demands of our davg. |