The Arkansas banner., 1848-06-06
HiRN0NY.


 Throaghont The whole of the Creators works. VIC b'hold the most beautiful display of harmony. In every department cf nature whether animal or min. ersi--whe'her terrestrial or celestial we fnd ;hat fhis pfincIPle prevails From the small st micro sroPe sest that lives and moves, 'e the largest world Una, roils 'n the t'lescopic rrgons of space, fhe laSs of K Irnonv e1leud Be np an aftihlte oi the Deity, ii $ necessarily eexteusive and nal with him; and wherever we bel old a work ct Difine eteauon, We disrogeT manifssatiofis of ot der regularity and harmony. Wha can look upon the moy:ng plan ts and rolling worlds thai gt,fr nPon the eonsieil&ei canopy of heaven and say tnst he sees bo ogdef, no harmony thare1 4 nj when the moon comas foIth aud walks among tue stars, casting her silver rad aace. like angels smiles upon q sleeping world. aad singing in solemn q ience with all the starry hosts, her vssper hyInn Wno can gaze upon such scene without discovsr- Ing ihe mosi magnificent display of order md hsr- MonN, We SC tt wbeu sthe bazing torch of day. . hising ike monarch from his dreams poufs suoden fnshng, glorious ilcoi ol living ustre upon tne gloomy shldoSs that bury earth m deep dark silsnt night, anal ushe's m the glorious morn Q {! Who can look uPya the greeu earth-'he biue waters
 the siiver skies, anl he golden sush of sunshthe and remain R,enshle to the beauty and harmony of the Cfeafot's works Dun must be the eye hat amid The len thous9od spiendoTs that dec crate Hes- ven, can See 10 harmony there. Deaf must be inc ear that amid the hum of fnsects the song Of birds the rush of winds, the roar of uaiers and all the ' 1feat Natures organ. can bear no harmonious fut- SIC there, For him the stars shine in vain: ahd al that charms the eye or thriis the sou IS laYished upon such an earless, slghtlcss wretch for nausht
 U! It is de'ighfHi when nights sable curtains close around ns, te listen to the silent music of the stars,
 Forever 'insing, IS they shine,
 The hand tiat made us IS Divine"
 And as they move aio tteif unseen p1 hs CT .srng and TscTossiHg each others tracks without a ca. h without Jar, the l"ast sembance of discnrd who IS not struck with admiration at the harmony and the snbllmity of creation. andNhe power the wis dom, and the glory of God.
 II IS true. that storms sometimes aIise, and dark and angry clouds roll iuriousiy n2 the heavens nut tering wrath and vengeance, and spreading corfu sion and terror around And ss cloud rolls i,self upon cloud, and the hAsvens grow darker and bae k CT. and inc msdaeaihe tempest daris its furious hEhtnlngs m awful g'asderr, and ifs booming thup- ders crash upon the ear all nature seems cohvulsed and rent asSunder and all the beauty and the har- mony of the universe, seems to be dissovinp into chaos ana Wild disorder But he rcd ightnings are quenched, the voice of thunder ceases and IS h@srd eniyin the distant and dying echo; the brdken massss of clouds dispcTse inc sun shines The hea. vens smile, The rainbow appear. and the awful 'orm passes away. And man. and beas', and u- Sect, go forih to regaie a purified atmosphere and 10 catch he Perh,msiy of the wat@red helds- nus is exhibited 10 Us evidences haat the storm The lightning and the thunder ali in harmony 10 Their Creators attributes. And even though our hrnIted capacities were not capable of reconcing all The apparent. di-coTds which exist vet who ra- ther than cat any reflection upon the wis iom or goodness oi Deity. will say with the poet,
 "Ali nature Is bnt art, unk nown 10 thee,
 All chance, direction which thou canst mol See
 Al discord, HAsAoNV not uadersi0od;
 All partial evil, universal good
 If, then. harmony pcrvades all the works of cre- alon II It be an attribute of the Divine character and the source from whence creation derives its or der and heaniy, how essential it is that i should be euiiiVstedAby man. Thai it sIould be exhibited ey him. not only m his private department, bat in his inierconfse with the world. Oh destroy that beautiful principle of harmony, and where would be all the spendo and glory ihat crowns onr univcrsel The ''mnsic of the rolling spheres" would cease tine baruing stars would pale away The sun go out and wrap himself in tue sable shroud ot dark0ess' worlds flying from thelr orbits, would dash against worlds; systems on riined systems crush, and universal. night would ,rign Oh, how lnpo'tant, then. is the glorious principle If hafno- ny. How esse nIia to the welfare and happiness of man oh, let it ever be cher shed on earih, Let t De cultivated in every heatt I.-i Barmony of thought, and harmony ol acton ever chaf.c,sfize cur lives And, as Oid Feiloas. i harmony egei prevail among us remembrrns th. IS one oi the iandamental principles upon which our Orter is based Without if, we shnlt tc unable to cerry ont o' o'i lt>tit9tI'n aHit s5aH become hkc unkiiag biass, e'np'y sound '' .et us ever move on peace1biy together Let no root of tiiter- ness ever spring up in mds, to mar the beauty oi our Order. A~i whiIe wars are raging around us and laEs and discors rending ieiies, com ninniucs and nations let us ever keep alive in our hearts, end upon the altar of Odd Fellow ship, the Pnre principle Of hatmony, and We shall move on and tower alot, sublime and glorious amid the de- and Eaan which b go.ng on around us
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