American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-06-17

W hp)nltOn, dUu UIlHp t!hue 10 lONUI IN
stead Of letting land sharks steal off mon.
ey inGnilismally vested in Railroad stocks.
that never pay-thry should concentrate
their surplus funds in home constructions
not so much fancy and more reality
more than starch factories. EXETER" "
AMANDA TP., June 6, 1858.
For the lancaster Grette.
"And the Lord God formed man OF the
dust of the ground, aRd brea;hed into his
nostrls the breath of life, aud man became
4 living sonl." Man, being created in
the likeness and image OF God: his soul
being the breath of God, an eminaton
from the eternal deity himself, his relation
TO endless life is Of easy comprehension.
His Immortality will become more AMI
more apparent, as we look farther into his
mental and moral constitution; and the
wisdom, and power, of the great architect
of the universe, as displayed in the wo;ks
Of nature. But, these are subjects, be-
longing to theoogians, and TO them we
leave their elucidation; our pen has an
other task, and we proceed to treat of man,
as he appears in his mundane relations
fall the beings which God has form.
ed, none possess SO great diversity Of
character, as man. The lion, and tiger,
are uniformly ferocious, aud reveugeful'
the sheep is the opposite, in every regard.
Man. on the other hand, according as he
is situated or acted upn. manifests the
widest imaginable extremes of character;
notwithstanding he stands SO pre'eminent
" above all other eings. If we view him
in his wars, and crimes, when uncontol-
ed by benevolence, and charity; he gives
us no other idea of hims'l than that Of a
demon incarnste. Witness the revo'u
lions in France. The erusadcs, and other
invasions of blood and human slaughter.
The slaughter Of St. Brtholom Nv, torlur-
es Of the h0ly inquisition, &c, &C., But
if we look at him in his works Of charity;
benevolence, and scientific investigations;
as manifested in feeding and clothing the
destitute. Administering to the relief of
the afflicted, regardless Of all interests, ,ex.
cept humane feeling. Binding up the
wounds Of the wayslie man. Charitabily
conceeding to his fellow man, the right oil
his own private opinions. and the inob5ruc>
ted use of his reason. Or, if we view him
analyzing, and syntheaizng the works oI
nature. Studying and developing the laws
of the universe, bringing under his con
!role. and suhjsoting to his wants, and
pleasures, the elements Of physical cres-
ton: he seems an angel Of mercy, bright
Intelligence from Heaven; nay, almost {
divinity.
OF some Of his further qualities, and at
tributes, which distingu sh him, and ee
vate him above the rest of creation. We
will speak. Ills intellectual and mora
constitution, hia aspirations after endes,
life; sorse of which, seems to be mate ir
man: his perceptions OF his own existence
and his relations to the earth, and Iuuritv
his ability 10 perceive, and arrange hi
own ideas: and TO sill in judgement on him
self: his powers of reflection, our retrospec
ton: capability of providing for his owl
necessities, and comforts: his superior AMI
tomical formation, so fly adapted to al
the ends Of his physical existence: his no
bis and comm .nding bearing, compelling
submiton, and serviIity, from inferior be
ings, and, at the gl,nce Of whose oye, tn
monster of the forest qu'lls, and retires i
submission. These, are the qualities
which constitute man Lord Of the wor
in which he lives. and t. lis OF his divin
origin: which, impress him with the i'm
age Of Diety; and indicate the line of hi
advance, ia his onward course Of progress
ion, through the cycles, ofcesselsss ages
which il his nal destiny.
The depravity of the human hesTt, I'll
result Of the fall Of Adam, as, afolding ke
to mans wickedness, and immortality
does not belong la.itimately TO our course
neither can we attempt 10 show. that hi
regeneration IN CuRIsT, would change hi
Iife. Let these subjects pass to the props
teachers. There is school of phiIosoph
which holds that man, will ul!itlately b
found in harmony with himself, and tn
world; whether this will be found TO be til
true philosophy Of our being, future in
quiry and developments must show.
As our thoughts on man are designe
to be rather miscellaneous, we will not b
S held to very strict order in their arrange
E ment; and we remark in passing, that Tho
7 he cannot turn aside the freezing Llasts
V winter, or the scorching rays Of the sum
F mers sun, he can provide protection I
: gainst their influences and can so guid
: the tightening Of heaven, as 10 render
I harmless, to his habitation.
If If we contemplate the works performe
} by the hand Of man, the changes he hi
: wrought on the face Of nature; we shall |
II more, and more astonished, at his resour
K es, and powers. He rides as securely no
!, on the bosom of the trackl,ss ocean, as
D his cushioned coach across the glade. O.
: ioying all the uxures of the Astor. or S
X Nicholas. He sends his thoughts by ligh
d enng around the earth. and thus; confe
with his fellow man, on the opposite si'
c of the globe; as, if face to face. The rus
!. ing fire steed, now transports its hundr,
,r Of msn in every direction, at a speed,
), from go, to 60 miles an hour; where Il
10 ploding stage used to take It's 6, to 8, at
h miles to the hour Man has removed Il
,e rugged forest and planted the beaulif
/. village and the populous city; subdu
It tho savage man, and savage beast. Re
n dered the rivers, harbonrs. and the biz
seas subservient TO his commerce. +