Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-13
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Is nude up Of drops. Not only do little
things make up the mass Of creation, but
tho influence they exert upon it To change
or altar il is also all powerful. Ii has b-cn
u theory with some schools that the earth
as it.lelL the hand Ut the Creator was not
in the condition ~ to it's composition, that
we tind it in at the present day. They
aifi,m that the elemcnts OH were created,
and that being exposed 10 the mutunl
effect ot each upon the other. there TO-
suited u new orderof things represented by
a class Of substances composite and coin
pound IN their nature, resembling neither
Of the originals, from which they were
derived, but modified aud altered as TO
render them better fitted for man's use.
upon the great globe which was to be his
future home.
While. rs matter Of course, everything
relating to this subject must be mere con
jrclure, chemically speaking the above
theory is entiiely within the bounds of
probabiliry. The number of clements
within the comparatively few past years
las becr, greatly reduced, aud the results
uf Ll. increasing facilities of analysis, com
bincd with the rigid scrutiny To which the
chemist is subloctiny everything that
comes under his observation. seem almost
10 wal rant the conclusion thntsto one prime
source must We look for the origin of MI
matter. -,.. ..ti Ht.fat, ..,t .tsll 4 4
And yet how insensibly are the opera
lions Of nature carried on. is true tha'
there are NJ IareuL exceptions to this, but
the earthquake, the storm. the eruption
of volcanic fires, are themselves but effects
the causes Of which have been all along
quietly and stnalthily ut work, giving no
evidvnco Of their, action, until, having nc
cumuatcJ bcyord the possibility OF
restraint, they burst upon the scuscs,
striking awe and terror wherever their
power is felt. sees -f.ssrtf g85a.-l 80 g
The currents in the ocean, for instaDcc
SO necessary to maintain it i'll its fresh
ness and purity, and without which this
vast body Of water, the great highway OF
the nations, the great reservoir of tho earth
from whose capacious depths proceeds the
rain which fcrIilizes is aud keeps alive it's
veyctalion-would be y stagnant waste of
waters, spreading death and destruction
with every breeze Of heaven. while all Its
multitude of inhabitants. no longer finding
init a liis supporting principle, would yield
up their bodies to swell the purifying
mass. And yet, according To Lieut.. Maury.
all this wonderful circulation is owing TO
apparently uifing cniises. The heat oi
the atmosphere producing evaporation from
the surface, causes the residue from IFS
superabundance Of saline matter and there
fore increased weight, To commence -
downward course. giving place TO water
loss dcnse, which, i'll its turn. from the
samo cause, becomes heavier, until, from
Il beginning like this, the whole ocean,
from polo to pole, is affected, and great
system ot circulation set i'll motion with
order aud regularly.
Equally niiling. when compared to some
I of their manifestations, is the action Of
electricity or magnetism. These forces
are set in motion in a greater or less degree
upon every change, whether of chaiac.er
or place, that affects the material world
The vaporixaiion OF drop Of water, the
contract of two bodies, the rise or fall OF
temperature in the atmosphere. the chem
ical &c, iuil of two substances upon each
other, all serve To produce them and yet
although in this degree of their develop
ment we are not conscious of their action
nor are they appreciable 10 the senses, we
reco snize them by their accumulated pow
or and by their manifestations, which at
times fill the world with their presence.
The coral insect, one Of the most minute
Of its species, and apparently feeble and
powerIess, is able by the combined efforts
Of myri.ds Of individuals. To accomplish
works Vi almost incredible magnitude,
filling up seas with its branching fabrics,
and building solid foundation i'll the
mSst una homablc depths of the ocean.
The basis of nearly nl nf the numerous
clusters of islands that dot the Pacific Is
coral, and III the warm and placid depths
OF that ocean this little operator has built
enough tv make Il third continent.
To the rejecting mind there is i'll the
inscnsibIe operation of natural agencies, MI
evidence If the beneficence aud care Of
the Great creator for all his cinldren.--
Were they always on Il iarg" Scale, the
world would be in continual turmoil
The tir would be full OF commotion; storms
and the lightnil < would vie with each
other in sending terror and death to man.
Tie earth, no longer steady and secure,
would cease to afford him shelter from the
ivicissi;ues arul inclcmcnc.s Of the sea
sons while the ocean. his last rceort,
unstable like the rest, tossed to and fro
between the earth and air, would soon
sweep him To destruction. 2... a,...
L.'tuS not, then, despisc' the little things
in Nature, but rather look upon them ~
tIey are. the operative forces Of the great
scheme which in its most complete sork-
iings renders this glnble of. ours the beau
tiful home Of our race--our cradle for
eternity. .H.'.s --a.-
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