Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-06-26
THE NEW BOOK.
"Ano,hcr new thing. Cecil !"

Il ma! Is r'Sh', Uncle. That ls rlght!
do love To hear you say, Another new
thing. How Old - the new thing that you
are going 10 tell me OF
"Oulv about five or SIX thousand years
Five or SIX thousand years and yet
you call it new -
Yes, Cecil cal. it rev on account ol
the new purpose In which you are 10 apply
it. The new thing you are about 20 hear
o! shall call new book, and you must
learn to read it,
"Bu, has it any pictures in ii -
Pictures II has nothing but pictures
in i, Some Of these are grave, some fear
ful, some teauli.u. and others so transport
Ting ,ha, you can not look at them without
the tears coming into your eyes in mo-
mcnl.'
"Show i. ne. uncle! show it me Are
there many pictures in ii g
1T is made up OF pic'ures-ihousands
of pictures; and then they are so large y
thousands of large pictures. Oh, let
US have the book spread out on the great
round table. see we shall have fine
treat. The book the book, uncle! The
new book :"
"As TO spreading ou. the new book on
the great round table that will be impossi-
bic; for it is lar too large for any table TO
hold H."
81 never heard Of such thing! A book
larger than the great round table! That
must be a curiosity. We will open it then
on the parlor floor"
1.-The parlor floor is no; half big
ouyh."
"Uncle, } ou as,onish me! But we must
have the book opened. however big it may
be we shall have room for it on the lawn,
| am sure"
Mot so, Cecil for the book Of which
have been speaking is bigger than the
world ~
"Wha,. bigger than the world Now.
uncle. how can you possibly make it out
that this new book. lie, it he what i, Willis
bigger than the world 7"
81 think you will admit that it is so,
when tell you tha, the new book is THE
SKY, and that the pictures are the heavenly
bodies and the beau,ilulciouds which adorn
it,"
The sky! Bat why should you call it
a book : A book is TO be read, and how
can we read the sky! ~
"Wiih little instruction. trust you
will be able to read it very well. You have
heard Of the two great books Of our heev.
enly father-,he Revelation and that of
Creation. Now. if creation be called
book, why should | no, cul the sky book,
if find thai i, sells forth much of our great
Creator, which | am able TO read!'
"Oh,how should like TO be able to read
the book ofthe sky'
Astronomers read The book Of the sky,
read it. and why should not
Christians Yet among the thousands who
are daily looking at the pictures of this
book, how few are there who comprehend
what they mean. Thousands have not
We, learned the al phabet of the skies. But
listen, while explain the language Of
few of these pictures; for God speaks BY
hem to US, and we oug TO understand him.
When we sec, above our heads at night,
the great book Of the sky opened, and The
glowing picture Of the stars spread out Ge.
fore US, i, is as though God was manifest.
ING his wisdom, power, and goodness to Us:
and the language Of the picture is. 'Be'iere
me ="
IL knew you would make it.come right
"W hen tempest is abroad, and the big,
black clouds hang heavy in the air-when
the forked ishlnings flash TO and fro. and
the bursting thunder seems 10 snake the
solid earth and the heavens when the
rain comes down like deluge. wha, says
the awful picture Of the skies It says, as
distinctly as if the voice of the Holy One
was heard, Fear me ="
THAT is an awful picture! | seem to
understand all that you mean, now, uncle.'
"When the storm has passed by, and the
rain has subsidei-when the heavens are
Ii; up on one side by the glorious sun, and
spanned on the other By the glowing rain
bow, the picture Of the sky appeals to eve
~ eve and heart. God speaks through it,
and his language is, Trust me p"
s"Bel,es and better. ! do see that you
nay really read the pictures in the sky.'
"Wnen The heavens above are clear,a
bright, and blue, and peaceful; and when
the pled-up snowy clouds with Their sunllt
edges are s,ill-when the vault above is SO
beautifully tranquil tina, your spirit feels
expanding with joy and 'hankfuIness; again
i, appears as il God were speaking,and the
language of the piciur. Of the new book is,
Love me '"'