“DID YOU ever see God?” It was a challenge of a great man of science to one who had prayed to God in his presence.
“No.”
“Did you ever hear God?”
“No.”
“Did you ever put out your hand, and touch God and feel Him?” “No.”
“Then you are a great fool to believe in a God you never saw, a God you never heard, a God you never put out your hand and touched.”
The Arab guide said nothing. They retired for the night, rose early the next morning, and a little before sunrise they went out from the tent. The man of science said to the guide, “There was a camel around this tent last night.”
With a peculiar look in his eye the Arab said, “Did you see the camel?” “No.”
“Did you hear the camel?”
“No.”
“Did you put out your hand and touch the camel?”
“No.”
“Well, you are a strange man of science to believe in a camel you never saw, a camel you never heard, a camel you never put out your hand and touched.”
“O, but,” said the other, “here are his footprints all around the tent.”
Just then the sun was rising in all its oriental splendor, and with a graceful wave of his hand, the guide said, “Behold the footprints of the Creator, and know that there is a God.”
ML-06/30/1963