... God gives it to the uneducated and the educated, the poor and the rich, commoners and kings, as they seek it from him. You don’t need a college education or a fortune or a high station in life. It is reported that the famous astronomer, Tycho Brahe, left his observatory one night and found himself surrounded by a huge crowd which filled the public square. He asked what brought this crowd together, and they pointed out to him in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan, a brilliant star which he with his best ...
... through him. There is not one thing in the entire universe which does not bear the stamp of his ownership. It is all one vast temple in which everything we see or touch must be consecrated to his glory. With a grasp of this truth, the astronomer Tycho Brahe never entered his observatory without putting on his court apparel. For was he not entering the presence of the King of kings who was his Lord? The skyline of Edinburgh is dotted with spires with a cross, but old St. Giles Cathedral has a crown instead ...