The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-09-21
OF Nan to IN. world.

Intr Oducttsn OF Nan to the World.
Not until the introduction Of man upon
the earth do We find ascreature whose works
sensbly affect and modify the aspect of ma.
sure. But when man appears, how mighty
the change which he effects! Immediately
on his creation he takes under his care the
vegetable production Of use and show it be.
comes his business to keep and dress gar
den. lie next became tillcr Of fields, and
then planter of vineyard; here he cuts
down great forests there he rears extensive
woods. lie makes himself places Of habita-
ton, and busy cities spring up as the trophies
Of his diligence and skill. His labors ~
they grow upon the waste, affect the appear
ance OF vast continents, until at length from
many hilltop and tall spire, scarce rod
of ground can be seen on which be has not
built, or sowed, or planted, or around which
he has not erected his walls or reared his
hedges. Man, in his great department Of
industry, is what none of his predecessors
on earth over were--a fellow worker with
the Creator. He 10 mighty improver Of
creation. We recognize that rs an improve
ment which adapts nature more thoroughly
to mars own necessities and wants, AMI rel !.
ders j. more pleasing both to his senses OF
the aesthetic and to his more material senses
also. He adds to the beauty Of the lowers
which he takes under his charge--to the dele
icacy and fertility OF the fruits; the green
herbs gruw great Of bulb, or bulky and sue
culent Of top and leaf the wild produce Of
nature sports under his hands; the rose ard
lily broaden their disks and multiply their
etals the harsh green crab swells out into
delicious golden thined apple, streaked
with crimson: the production Of his kitchen
garden, strangely mesamorphosed to serve
the use of his table bear forms unknown to
nature; an occult law Of change and devel-
opinent to these organisms meet in him the
Development instinct OF ability and they are
rcgenerated under his surveillance. Nor il
his inhuence over MANY of the animals loss
marked. The habits which he imparts TO
the parent becomes nature in his behalf, in
their offspring. The dog acquires under his
| tutilage, the virtues Of fidelity TO q master
aud affection to n friend. The OK and horse
learn to assist him IN the labors Of the field
The udder OF the COW and goat distend be-
meath his care far hey ond the size necessary
IN . wild state, and supply him with rich
mix and other various products Of the dairy.
The fleece Of the sheep becomes finer Of text
ure and longer Of fbrc IN his pens and fields,
and even the iudoole silk worm spins, in his
sheltered conservatories, md among the null
berry trees which he has planted, larger
brighter, and more glistening cocoon. Man
Is the grent creature worker Of the world
its one created being, that, taking up the
work of the adorable Creator, carries it on
to the higher result aud noble development,
and finds field for bis pcrsevering ingenui-
y and skill in every province in which his
Maker had explained before him. He is ev-
identity, to adopt and modify the remark Of
Oxen, Gods image "manifsst in the aesh.' -
Testimony Of the Rocks.