Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-30


systems Of instruction and education begin
at the topic build7 And we have scarcely
built dOaOr far enough yet to discover the ne
cessity Of having proper foundation. We
are SO perfectly under the controlof fixed law,
that we cannot hold our bodies in perfectly
motionless condition for few minutes with
out suffering pain or hold our flesh too near
the fire without suffering The penalty. And
can we receive into the stomach or lungs an
improper quality or quantity of their appro-
pirate stimulus, or food, and not suffer there
by2 Mr. Graham says, in relation 10 al
most every Thing else in nature mankind are
willing to acknowledge that there are fixed
principles and permanent laws and esrab-
iished order and system. If we speak of the
science Of astronomy aud assert that the rel
alive size, weight, distance, velocity, and
every thing else in regard TO the planetary
system, are regulated and governed by the
most exact and permanent laws,-or il we
affirm thai, in The creation of our globe, all
things are ordained according to fixed prin-
cipes, and that unchanging laws are estab-
lished to govern il in every respect,-or il
we speak Of the science Of chemistry, and
declare that all the molecular combinations
and arrangements of matter are according to
fixed laws, and that these laws always gov
ern every chemical action and result with
the utmost prscision,-or if we assert that
every mineral is constructed according to
fixed principles-thdt the formation Of every
crystal is governed by established laws,-or
1t we proceed farther and affirm that in the
vegetable Kingdom, from the smallest thing
that has an individual existence to the lare-
est tree, all are constituted according to fixed
laws ;-lhat the life, growth, health, and ev-
cry thing belong ing TO the nature and prop
critics and powers Of the vegetable are gov.
erned by permanent laws, -or if finally we
ascend ID the scale of creation TO the animal
kingdom and assert that every animal in all
its properties and powers was created and
established upon Fixed principles : that even
in the formation of the bones and muscles
and nerves and all the organs Of the human
body, with their mysterious and wonderful
endowments - law and order and adapt
alton to special purposes and ends prevail
and govern every thing here" as on
allihe other points F" The truth of what we
predicate will be admitted. Vel, strange 10
tell when all these acknowledgment are
made concerning The laws which govern the
material universe, and all material forms,-
if we turn to tie higher order of Gods works,
in which be has associated, in human ma
ure, organized matter, with organic vitality
and animal consciousness, and sensibliiy
and voluntary motion and intellectual and
moral powers, and affirm that human life and
health, aud though t and feeling aregoverned
by laws as precise and fixed and immuiable
as those Which hold the planets in their or
bits, and,cause all portions of each globe, 10
press towards its cenlre-manklnd Will, al
most universally, without pause for thought
deny the truth of what We affirm, and contend
that human life, aud health, and disease are
matters ofentire uncertainty, governed by
no laws, and subject only TO The arbitrary
control Of God Z; or the blind necessity OF
fate; or the utter contingency of accident.
They do not believe that there are any fixed
laws life by the proper obedience Of which,
man can, with any certainly, avoid disease
and preserve health, and prolong his bodily
lexis,ence.n S. A. BARBIrr.
To be CONTINUED.