Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-28


go complex, vet so powerful. IS to be srarce-
" more within the comprehension than it is
within the imitation Of man; that The obser-
vslion Of centuries iesches US scarcely more
than the production Of blade Of grass de-
msnds four Of The mos, active agents OF ma
ture. light, heat, moisture, and cir. with on
sddi,onsl principle, life, which, whether in
animals or plants, lies totally beyond the
faculties Of man, hiIe deficiency in any
one of these elements would spread barren
ness through the globe.
But the support of man and the quadru-
ped races is bu, portion of this wondrous
produc,iveness. The millions Of the reptile
tribes, the millions of millions Of the insect
Another race then comes into view. equal
ly fed from land end ocean-the fowls of
the cir. No grasp Of numere,lon can cscu
late their mullitndcs The migration Of
single .ribe-,he wood pigeons Of The North
American fores,s-has covered the sky with
q column Of flight, living clond, Ten miles
long and . mile broad. In some instances,
the migration is said TO have lasted for days,
continually dsrkening The sky. Such num-
bers defy all counting. yet they are al fed
from the produce Of the ground.
1t is computed that the land Of The globe
would be equal to the supper. Of fifteen times
the number Of IFS present inhabitants. or
might sustain a population Of fifteen thou
sand millions But the ocean, three times
The extent Of the land, probably contains
even o much larger proportion Of life, from
its being pene'rable through all its depths,
and from our know ledge. no, merely Of it's
surface and the myriads which float upon
its surface, but from the strong probability,
smoun'ing almost 10 certainty, that the
mountains and valleys Of its bed are filed
with vegetation, fed IN by those mons,eoua
| animals whose skeletons We constantly find
| imbeddeJ, and thus preserved in soils once
evidently covered by The sea. There pro-
bsbly exists millions Of those huge crea lures,
no more capable Of ascending to The surface
Of the ocean than men 10 the surface Of the
atmosphere, yet enj",ing sbeir existence,
grszing in their sub marine forests and prair-
les, ranging through on ex,en, Of pasture to
which the brosdest regions nf 'ihe land are
tame end narrow. and undistufbed By the
hostility or molesls.ion Of man, giving in
their provision and enjoyment, proofs TO
higher than mortal eyes, Of the spontaneous
and bourdipss bene6cence Of their Creator.
|, is the custom in the rifiirg theology Of
our decIsImers to pronounce that "God does
all things for bis own g'orv," bnt The the
ology Of scripture snd Of nature disdsins
these puerile psrad"xes, and rel let's The ver-
hisge mean, only In make ignorance Stare.
What coull be though, even Of man whose
only object was his own gIorv? Wha, but
that his nature was narrow, poor, and utter
Iy selfish?
shall not dsIe even in remote sIlusion,
/" refer such = possibility 10 The high and
holy Creator Of all. He has given us hu,
one defini'ion of himself. aud iha, definition
il, God is Love, and every part Of his crea-
! llon gives irresistible evidence o( lis truth.
The whole character Of The Divine action is
jov in the joy Of HIS animated world. His
whole visible impulse is Spontaneous benef-
cence. Whal return can these unnumbered
millions make to Him for their senses, their
provision, or their being? ! make no al
| lusion TO the skill, the knowledge Of the
powers and uses Of mailer, or The fine adap
,s,ions Of form. which must have lived in
the creative Mind. limit myself 20 the
mere view Of living sus,enance, and from
,hs. single subject what is the resis'Iess con-
clusion
|, is in His benefcence that ] can best
comprehend His transcenden. perfeclion.-
This attribute alone brings Him close TO man,
wi,hou, lowering his throne. 1t allows man
to make Him his example, with no presump
,uous imitation. !, teaches man to worship
God in HIS works without idolatry, and
bow down 10 Him at once with the homage
Of the sfecions and the acknowledgment
Of The reasonable ye perfect, even as your
Father in heaven is perfect'-a precep,
which points to the heigh, Of virtue and Of
heaven.
L., US take another view, variety Of pro-
duciion. Who can doubt that it was with
in the power Of the divine Being TO have sp-
pointed sny conceivable produce of the
ground as the materials Of human existence?
He who made the organs of nutrition nigh,
have adapted them to any food, or any food
to them. Or he nigh. have made but one
speciee Of food, or made that one rspulsive,
and yet nutritious. Yet, what is The reality?
he gives US food 10 astonishing variety, gen.
orally under forms of gres, beauty, and uni
versslly pleasing TO the taste. Blu, He has
not merely diversified the necessary subsis-
ience of man, and thus me, The diversified
climates of the globe, bu, He has given luxu-
ries unessen,iaI TO the actual suppor, of
man-,he syrups Of the East, The spices of
the South, the rich frui.sge of The West, the
refreshing products Of southern Europe, the
| lemon the orange the MI elon and The vine-
sslu'ary luxuries in their own climates, de-