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''Q. Who  created  heaven  and  earthy  and  all  things? ''

''A. God  created  heaven  and  earthy  and  all  things. ''

The wisdom  of  God  is  displayed  in  creation. A man was  lying  in  the  shade  of  a spreading  oak  tree one hot  summer’s  day. As he  looked  idly  about him, he  saw  a pumpkin  vine  trained  on  a fence,  from which large,  heavy  pumpkins  were  hanging. ‘‘That is a very  bad  arrangement,”  he  said  to  himself, “that slender,  fragile  plant  bears  such  large  fruits, while a stalwart  tree,  such  as  this  oak  beneath which I am  resting,  only  bears  tiny  acorns. If I had made the  world,  I should  have  ordered  things  more wisely.” As  he  finished  speaking  an  acorn  fell  from the tree,  and  smote  him  on  the  nose  so  sharply  that his nose  began  to  bleed. This unexpected  blow taught the  conceited  man  a lesson. “I must  acknowledge,” he  said,  “ that  God  has  arranged  everything very  wisely. Had the  acorn  that  fell  been  the size of  a pumpkin,  and  dropped  from  the  height  it did,  I should  have  been  stunned,  or  at  least  my nose  would  have  been  broken. What we  learn  at school  is  quite  true: God  has  ordained  all  things  in