The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-18

\. We read in the Good Book that Elijah
the prophet stood upon the high land around
Mount Carmel Bay, in company with another
prophet who acted in subordinate capacity
to Elijah. Their object was 70 pray for rain;
no such having fallen for the space Of three
years, and the country around showed the sad
parchng results Of the ruinous drought. The
holy men prayed; and then Elijah sent his
servitor to watch the face Of the heayens,
and report to him what he could sse4 Soon
he replied, /" | see small cloud Ike uato
mans hand---which rises!'' What, my
readers, do you conceive this 10 have beeni
The answer ! had better give you. It was
Magno- ELECTRICITY leading as il were the
object sought by the prophet, its old and
sturdy companion, water. And they TO-
gether worked out Gods will upon a perish
ing land. Soon did the heritage rsvivify,
and the harvests smiled plenteous return
to the labors Of the husbandman; all created
things felt the unspeakable satisfaction Water
and Electricity had bestowed upon them
The wild wandering Arab, as he pursues
feels that the aid Of Water and Electricity are
essential to bis existence he knows not
Electricity BY name, but he beholda It in the
fires Of Heaven which purify his desert homo,
cooling the burning sands beneath his feet,
and giving elasticity to parched, and
scarcely to be breathed, atmosphere.
The shipwrecked mariner upon his fragile
raft, or clinging in despair to solitary spar,
feels comtorted by the aid Of Water and
Electricity; the former alays bis oppressive
thirst, and the latter nvigorateshis enfsebled
frame. II dispenses upon the surface Of the
vast seas saline vapors which would othsr-
wise destroy him, and renders serviceable
the atmosphere Of the ocean which, without
its benefcent aid, would encrust that entire
watery highway, killing fish and man.
Oh my gentle readers Gods gift Of Elec-
trcty and its comrade are truly the gemsof
His providence. The troubled waters Of the
pool at Jerusalem, which healed those who
first bathed therein, were no doubt electri-
| fed. The NIGEL smote them with Heavens
reviver, Electricity, and they became pure
and rosy health was the product.
The sultry Summers day which prostrates
us under it's scorching influence, and leaves
us scarcely animation, is at once made plea
SAINT by Electricity and Water--rsin and
| lightning give to all nature relief. We ex-
claim Chow delightful is the change we ex-
percnce," and yet we never reflect upon
the means our gracious Maker bestows!
The black storm-cloud !aiened with liz
| lightnings and water, is earth's physician,
and why cannot the same be curative to M a
who is OF the earth, an slnanation San
flesh is dust," "and all flesh is like unto
grass" and dust and grass are benefited by
water and electricity. & WIN
! In the Old Testament we find the prophet
telling his patient to wash in Jordan--and
almost every cure that the holy men effected,
they used the aid ofwater Informed avery
particular portion Of the religious observances
Of the Jews, and it yet is used most freely
for such purposes BY oil the Eastern nations.
The Parsees, or ancient fire worshippeu Of
Persia, regard Electricity or lightning a.
first cause-their Naptha springs which have
burnt for thousands Of years, are lit up by
its aid from time to time The roll Of ihun-
der is his church bell, and the poor Parsee
bends in alteration to the creature Of bis
Maker, instead Of its great labricator, God
The African, or savage, says Pope, "sees
God in the Lightning, and hears him in the
thunder!''
Will not my countrymen perceive this
messenger Electricity And when COM
bined with water use their mutual aid, now
extended by the assistance ofscience to their
help in the hour Of their bodily Affections
Go try. And no doubt with the aid Of that
faith, which can overturn mountains, fre-
lied on) you will receive the benefit you SO
earnestly crave.
Copp's Saloon is the depot Of the Magno-
Electric baths, and Doctor Emerson the
operator. s4 OWN
Go Try the troubled waters by Code aid,
He can be heald though death his vet m claim,
Let him but In faith, be not dsmayed
And ask Of God relief In Jesus holy nane.
Gotryl Tis Heavens mandate. when for good.
It's Hell alone, would lead us all 10 die, q Ga
God blesses falth-He promised That he would
And on His sacred word. lei all the world rely.
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