Excerpt from Layman's Look at Four Layman's Miracles Secondly, it may further be observed, that it is no disparagement of the miraculous character of an occur rence, if natural causes intervene in its production. It may, for all that, be wonderful in such a manner that we cannot but esteem it of superhuman origin. For an example: when (ex. Xvii. 6) Moses smote the rock in Horeb, who can be sure that any violation of the chain of natural causes and effects took place? A crevice in the rock, conveying water, may have been opened by the blow that was struck. But who could assure him that water would follow the stroke? Only God. That answer to faith and obedience was miraculous. Indeed in some instances, the use of second causes is distinctly stated. In Ex. Xiv. 21 we read, The Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. The passage of the Red Sea was natural enough; but by no means removed by this from God's control, and the discernment of this control, exercised for their deliverance, constituted it a miracle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.