1142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of

88

1/4 of the former and

約伯記 38:11
說：『你只可到這裡，不可越過，你狂傲的浪要到此止住。』

3/4 of the latter in

100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.)

on the wilderness

詩篇 104:10-14
耶和華使泉源湧在山谷，流在山間，…

詩篇 107:35
他使曠野變為水潭，叫旱地變為水泉。

詩篇 147:8,9
他用雲遮天，為地降雨，使草生長在山上。…

以賽亞書 35:1,2
曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜，沙漠也必快樂，又像玫瑰開花。…

以賽亞書 41:18,19
我要在淨光的高處開江河，在谷中開泉源；我要使沙漠變為水池，使乾地變為湧泉。…

以賽亞書 43:19,20
「看哪，我要做一件新事，如今要發現，你們豈不知道嗎？我必在曠野開道路，在沙漠開江河。…

耶利米書 14:22
外邦人虛無的神中有能降雨的嗎？天能自降甘霖嗎？耶和華我們的神啊，能如此的不是你嗎？所以，我們仍要等候你，因為這一切都是你所造的。

希伯來書 6:7,8
就如一塊田地，吃過屢次下的雨水，生長菜蔬，合乎耕種的人用，就從神得福；…