American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-01-03


and thus quicken and cause to live. Such
a form Of life is man. 1t is written, "And
God said, Let us make man in our image
after cur likeness. and let them have do
minion over the fish Of the sea, and over
the fowls Of tho air, over the cattle and
over all the earth. And the Lord God
formed man Of the dust Of the ground. and
breaLhed into his nostriIs the breath Of life,
and man Issam1 HV;a2 soul"
Nan is a generic term, snl may mean
one individual Of the race or many. male
or fsmIIs. The name Adam. in the He
brew text, is synonymous with man. be-
ing eqa,lly representative. As God is
omnipotent within his own ralionality-as
He is omniscient and omnipresen.-as He
has recorded himself to BE- Love and
Truth, hence Infinite Love aud Infinite
Truth; il mus. follow tha! these inefab!e
saJy!anees Were the m9iiYe p0wsrs or for
css Of Creation AMI as without Him.
there is not anythiD9mlds whiehis made,
it must in like manner follow that He had
soma gloriously wise and loving end in
view in every thing which he has formed;
and the question Of supsElaiivo conse-
queuce to every human being is-what
end had God in view in the formation Of
man The bewillering answer is found
in His inspired WorI.-:hat he might lift
him up into an eternal conjunction with
Himself. Fo. this purpose, he.was c-ca-
ted an inhabi.ant Of two worlIs-of the
natural w0rlI, or worll Of appsaranees.
and ma:eriaIity, as to his body; anl the
spiritual and real wsrIJ, as to his death
less Soul--he is therefore both in time and
in eternity durin. his mundane period Of
life. Ths Distinguishing characteristics
Of man over animal existence. is the pow
er with which he is invested 10 subordinate
his animal nature and keep it in suhjac-
tion to his highOr anl spiritual nature
This power consists in his will and un-
derstanding tho former Indicating the
state of his affections-the latter express-
ing, in complex, the different qualities Of
his mind 1T is the possession Of these
powers which constitute him man. No
animal has them, it i. invariably the slave
of its nature, the boun iaries Of which arc
; its wants; it is stimulated into activity
AMI gorgel into reposS. Tas animal IL
born into the full possession Of all lis in
s.incts or knowledge; the beaver is me
chanic from it's birth. the development o
this faculty being dependent upon its cor
poreal growth alone the bee will built il
wonderful cell with rs much mathem atica
precision in its first essay as after building
congeries OF cells, anl mikes as uner
ring a 6ss-!ins to the hive from its first e1
cursion among the flowers, as il will d,
after summers habitules. The traits o
the bee of our day are precisely what the!
wera in Pliny's time, who minuseIy par
! ticularizsd its habits some th.eo thonsan;
years ago. 1t is thu same with all nnim' =
life, its instincts govern it and bound it
however variant in different species thes
instincts may be. Man, on the contrary
is born into acknowledge whatever, but
gifted with the marvellous capasity to a.
qlire all knowledge; and to his inteilOctu
al attainments, both here AMI hereafter
= there can'be assigned, circumstances favor
: ing. no supppsabls limit short Of theDivnc
His progress will BE- perpetual develop
. mont, his intelligence forever increasing
> AMI his capacities forever expanding thro
$ all the vast cycles of his bounless baing
$ it mqii BE- so, because eternity cannot ex
4 haust what the Infinite supplies. For sue
'' destiny of bswildsring beaitudss ma
81 was created recpiant form of life, capa
l. ble, If he chooses. of being conjoined
Is everlasting union with his mighty Crea
n tor. This is not only possible, but cerIai
J. to every human being. ,Oi!hom a single q
l. ception, who faithfully employs the NEAR
. furnished TO his bands, to enable him
.. realize it. But let it never be forgotten
/ that the gifts Of Heaven are forced upo
= no man; they are offered to him, i, is tru
g free as the air he brealhes. if he rejac
d them. the conlsmnatory sequence with
H. sad, unutterabla woes, is self-indicleI.
v The Lord Col, the S,vior says TO ev,
VI ry soul on E,rlh, "Behold, stand at Il
'o door. and knock; if any man hear m
. voice, and open the door, will come
p to him, and will sup with him, and i
10 with me. Whosoever will, lei! him take Il
70 water of life freely" ***
no During the month Of Nov0m Der 670, ,0C
n half dollars were coined at the New o