Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-04-23


every one OF tese principles engaged in maintaining the
cononons OF each drop which reeses organic ma
fe ana gives gadness mans dwelling place Has poetry
noDer theme than this Agencies are seen like winged
is OF INFINITE power each working its peculiar
way and all to common end. produce under the gui-
dance otomnipoten rule the water of the rivers and the seas
As the great mirrors the bright heaven which over
spreads H. and reflects back the sunlight and the sheen of the
midnight stars in grandeur and oveness SO every drop Of
water viewed with the knowledge which science has given
US sends back to the mind reflections of yet distant truths
which, rightly followed will lead us upwards and EDWARDS in
the track Of higher ntelligences-
TO the abodes where the eternas are"
In the discoveries connected with electricity we have results
aore tangible character than connected the
oer physical forces and does appear that this science has
our knowledge OF and the mysteries of
alton Tar more extensively than any other department of purely
experimental inquiry But what fact do we yet know a.?
True as Old Newton said have here and there up
pebble but the ocean Is all before These undiscovered
MYSTERIES known under the delusye of Spiritual mani
festaons attribute several agencies beyond
true all our knowledge The world is too prone to
attribute to spirit agency whatever mysterious This flat
tiers latent feeling in the mental diosyncrasy of the race for
which, yet there invented conveying the whole
truth Hence 1t was that men denounced possessed with
evil spirit those who by accident or study discovered new
chemical combinations physical forces that excited surprise
IN soe fear In Others by their development Ignorance sits
by the the mind speak in most men, and the dark
ening throws between and the majesty of the Creator
of the Universe has driven anacs and the stake its ar
mics The sunbeam OF the morning falls the solid earh
and its influence is felt the very Man strikes upon
some hidden force nature and he attributes it to all
but the true Spirituasm devim are the ready a.
gents his mind suggests for the suppose are
gaspng for knowledge acute of that state ohereafer
than God in his wisdom has proper reveal This con-
slant struggle to knowto pierce into the Spirit Kingdom is
in our poor judgment dscounenanced by the scriptures 1t
saPpng the foundations upon which the christian creed
based God has set forth all that may know of Spiritual
life by the inspired penmen, and reconcile spiritual
rappngs, writings other developed modes OF manifesto
nos than by the conroment OF physical forces by mental
Efforts Ihese forces think, mostly electrical. We
have no explanation. Science silent But the known laws
which influence matter, wonderfully suggestive and
had rather attribute what cannot explain natural agen-
ces than ascbe them power the evokng of which, ends
the veil from before world OF spirits Electricity appears to
be dependent the of the WILL the Gymnous illus
ates Where it ends is the point and how in what forms
1t can be developed leave for future discoveries to
fx-we shall bide time
The mysterious gnome laborng-ever deving- the for
nation OF metals, and the mischevous Cobalus of tie mine
are the creations OF ignorant superstition vague fear is
spread among the OF mankind relative the condition of
the dark recesses of the EARTH certain unacknowcdged awe
IS experienced by many entering cavern or ascending
shalt IN mine not the natural fear arising from the pecu
aty OF the situation but the result ola superstous dread the
effect OF depraved education by which they have been taught
10 beyond their comprehension
uai causes The split demon worship, well that of
hero worship has passed from the infancy of man down to his
@ age and the gen the and the demons of the west
through tradlonay lore have preserved their influence their
power Fiction has employed itself with the utmost license in
giving glowing pictures OF treasures hidden in the eahs
The of Chmnar, the cave of Aladdin the
abodes OF the spirits of the Haz and the circles of the aes
the nymphs and Maids are the elements of poetic MIC
lures but they lack the of scientific truths Man. like
magician stands upon promontoy and surveying the great
of physical forces which involves the material creation
and produce that infinite variety phenomena which is I'M
ceangy exhibited around him. he extends the wand of intel
gence and bids the spirits of the Vastly Deep obey his
ton. The phenomena recurhe great processes of creation
go onthe external manifestations of omnipoent power pro-
ceedects again produced but the of pass
undulang EDWARDS and the proud bidding of
there reply but the solemn echo OF his
which lost in the vast immensely OF the unknown which lies
n beyond.
The animated marble Of ancient story far less wonderful
than the fact proved by investigation that CT
ter penetrated by principle which directs its movements
and orders its positions and involved by influence which
extends, without limits all other atoms and which deerm
ines their unon otherwise. The spiritual beings with which
the poet peoples the forest the valley, the mounain the lake
the river and the working within their offices
and moulding for the beautiful the sublime the
atoms of finite mind still they have for charm which al
consciousy obey when they TO confess it
tits honest admit, that know of the Sc
impulses which regulate the combinations matter thar
did those who satisfied themselves by referring all phenome;
these kinds sympaies and anpathies And they were
right the poet revealing in the spirit world peopns
with his Imagination the beautiful creations of his mind Thu
enchanted horse OF the Arabian magician the magic carpet
the German sorceer but nineday coaches compared
with the copper wires of the electrician by which all the diff
cultes me and space sunk In the Scandinavian my
hoogy learn that certain evil spirits possessed the powe
of passing with impecepbe speed from remote points,
ing in their paths and death The telegraph employees
promoter owealth dispenser gadness and joy
ofme. Can anything be in accordanc
with the spirit fall that holy than the idea tina
the elements employed by the All Infinite in the works
physical creation shall be made the hands of man.
minserng angels the great moral redemption of the world
Mortality compes dependence and there charities whc
spring up alike all Breasts which write their
upon every forehead, and though the still small voice may
senced and the crushed back into its fountain there
Il linksn the chain OF e which and will vibrate Ma
responsible being and his election with himself Sp
uasm goes far far enough it unsetes the
omy OF the christians Faith uproots the creed of eghee
centuries and it either carry revelation OF God
will man. it leaves him with imperfect revelation,
mixed creed The highest need has been awarded
ence only by the philosopher but by every true beev
in Christendo Every discovery in the physical sciences
aids the theoogan they all have tended directly remote
place the sacred records upon foundation of granite
nterwst their great truths ndissouby with demonsr
facts that the poor pay pleas of kepicism
fade and perish in their presence The Of Galeo T
cho Kepe Haley Hook, Wren, Huyghens Benouilli Ca
sni Marad Mayer Euler Lagrange Cairaut and hundre
ofothers the truth and the christian reveato
Who has read the lamentations Of poor DARCY when
icy hand OF death laid upon him Who has not read Il
triumphant ubant of Mrs Sommervie, when she linked