The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-09-27

the mast ofa ship 'i,h projections and points
jutting out from il ,nd one seed OF ny P'aceo
on the end Of the ndle. appeared like an I'm
mense mass with li,nals crawling over u as
large as full grownabbits."
"Oh mother" "a little Annie, lit seems TO
me that I can neveeat vinegar or figs again.
"Yon might az uIl say, my dear, that you
will never breathe or drink water tor tnese
two are filled with anumerable little insects
much too small to e seen by the naked eye
and yet all wondenlly and perfectly formed
by the same God ,bo formed US and all the
beautiful objects a;out US. Truly may we ex-
claim with the Pshmist, 'How manifold are my
works. o Lord in wisdom hass thou made
1 them all,'
but il ia getting la,e. and you may now come
ont into the garden with me and I"ok at slg"
which, more than any Other, fills me with as.
toniSh. oent and wonder"
The children accompanied their mother 10
the garden, where. sitting down on bench.
she told them to look up Tor little while and
tell her what they saw.
"Oh." said Arthur, 81 see millions and mil
lions Of bright shining stars, and while l look
they keep coming more and more. Are these
all really rorlds, mammal"
1--WE do not know exactly what they are,
my SON; but we do now. that many of them are
many times larger than this world OF ours which
We think 20 large, hut they arc so very, very
far off that they appear like little shining sPecks.
And here too, the telescope OF the astronomer
shows him new wona rs when he locks al The
heavens, more astonishing than those revealed
BY the microscope. When we attempt to think
on this great subject our feeble minds cannot
begin to grasp il. lmightIell you many things
about the heavenly bodies, which you are too
young to understand. And an astronomer
might tell me of many wonderful things Of which
have never heard or thought, and yet the as
tronomer has hardly begun TO know the won.
ders of this wonder working God. Those wh"
hare been for ages in heaven studying his char.
acter and perfections, and ever learning some.
thing new, we may be sure are constantly ready
10 proclaim, How wonderful He knowelh
the number of,he stars; he calIeth them all by
their Names He made the heaven OF hea.
vens with all their host; the earth, and all
things that are therein; the seas. aud all that
| Is therein And this is the same GID who
created every Thing down to the little animal
rula, of which have been telling you, that e1
i,t in the air and waier. when lcnnsider thy
hravens the work of thy fingers; the moon and
tho stars, which thou hast ordained, What is
mnn, that thou art mindful Of him; or the son al
man, that thou visitest him? And yet God is
mindful Of us /; he never for a moment tnrgets w.
hot watches over Us continually, defending and
preserving us. Now am going 10 tell you a
little story, and then it will be time To 60 into
the house.
"A grea, many years ago, in another country
4 far away from this. there were a man and hi'
wife who were obliged to take journey I" &
4 city long distance from their home. They
4 were poor; and when they came To the cit,
and went to the inn where they intended Il
stay, they found that it was full, Tor many "'hr
people had business in that city nj the same
Il time. So they we're Obliged TO 20 out to tn.
4 stable to sleep. and here babe was born; ant
il he.was wrapped in some clothes and laid in The
straw. Do you know who this babe was, An
ME r
"Why, it sounds like the story ofJesus Christ
mamma"
.Yes, it was Jesus Christ the same God wh'
made all these wonders Of which we have beef
talking. The same God whom all the host q
heaven worship, lex in a stable, his only bed {
manger. And why is he there. Arthur y
"He came to this world to die for sinners,
answered Arthur.
"Yes, TO die for us; 10 live a life of Pover'!.
and die death of shame and dreadful suffering
because there was no other Tray for us to b.
saved. Oh, is il not the gren'ea wonder Of al
lha, every creature who hears of,his great sal
vation which Christ has purchased l'r us, doe
ua joyiully and gratefully acccpti,7 Is it n"
passing strange, that it must he urged upon dy
| ing men, tba. every argument must be used 4
/ persuade them to accept Of flJe-liie purchases
. by the death of this great and wonderful God 2
II Wha, do you think Of il. little renders of III
nl Messenger? And while you are thinking Oft
81 jus, remember that this great Creator, this bab
Of Bethlehem, this cr,cifed Jesus, you and
| will one day meet as our judge. LII.
ii EXTINCTION OF WHOLE FAMLY.-Mi'
d fortunes seldom come singIy. A most hear
! rending instance ofthis truth came to our know
n ledge on Monday. family called Kaufman
. consisting Of FIVE members, p .rt ofwhom reach
D, ed this city last week. have !, with the excel
ton Of one, been swept into eternity since lea'
ing their home in Germany, period of aho'
{ fifty or sixty days. As they embarked at Havr