gets to eleven, the hour-hand has passed on to twelve, and by the
time the minute-hand has reached twelve, the hour-hand has passed
beyond it. Every time the minute-hand comes to where the hour-hand
now is, the hour-hand has passed beyond. The distance becomes less
and less, but theoretically, or in conceivability, the one can never
overtake the other.

Through this line of reasoning I learned, clearly and once for all,
that _inconceivability is not a proof of impossibility;_ but, on the
other hand, that we know many things to be true that are not
conceivable to the finite mind, and therefore we must follow truth
learned by experience and observation, irrespective of rationalism.
In this way the mighty fetters of rationalism that held me in bondage
were cut and I was set free to search for the truth as it is in Jesus
Christ. I learned the limitations of the finite intellect and the
truth of God's word when he says: "For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." "Hath not God made foolish
the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the
world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe."

After the empirical school of philosophy had taught me that we must
follow inductions based on experience and observation rather than
rationalism or conceivability, I began to value Paul's admonition,
"Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good." If inductive
philosophers have often been opposed to religion and the Bible, it is
because they have not carried their inductions far enough to cover
the entire world of facts. It is admitted by all historians and