Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-01-19

latss with the Iuhnite ! pity the man. AID
more the woman, who. with increasing know
ledge. fiads a decreasing faith. To lay that
God. aud thorough aud srpreeiatise know
ledge Of his works. are Al all II Variance. II 10
destroy the harmony Of a universe To say
that We cannot look through nature up to "a
ture'sGod. il 10 discard the clue. 10 those
labyriuthiDe corridors. through which the
purest aud most earnest hearted have glided
like sunbesms. from earth To heaven How
can any one dare cay. that knowledge. from i's
lowest To its highest form. could clash will.
Him from whom all tnowledge fo~s7 l. i
10 he Pc ser of man, he he a searcher Of fauss
OF dora, on ocean depths or aerial cure nts, o.
fossil or crypt. TO counter mine onniPotsDee
We eanaot. by earching. fad Hin out. but We
can by searching discover the footprints OF oal
Crestor. How narrow IL that belief which
would arrest investigation. or retard discovery
Can that mao have faith in his own theory
who would close sp all avenues approaching
the mysteries Of the deity 7
There are q few advanced disines. and met
aphysicians tho are clearing the pathway o
true religion. of many old Prejudices. Henr,
Ward neecher spares none OF those old BET
nsirs which lie in his way. Here is one o
his life thoughts. "A man has right TO pic
ture God according to his need. whatever i
may be- This being shut up by ec'esiastieisp
to narrow way of coming to God. has stihe
many a soul. A man has right to 20 10 Coo
~ any way which il trse 10 him. II you ear
think il out. that is your privilege. II yo'
can feel il out. that is your privilege"
And again he says, III you can find a place
between the throne of God. and the dust |.
which mans body crunb.es, where the foca
responsibilities OF Law do not weigh upoa him
| will find a vacuum ia nature. They pres
upon him from God cut of sternty, aud from
the earth out Of nature. aHd from every dc
partment Of life as constant ana all surround
ing as the pressure OF the air" 1.-The NOR
thorough a mans education il, the more h'
yearns for. and Is pushed forward 10 new
achievements. Whenever an emotion rise
up. aud projects its life into the intellect. ans
the intellect is magnet;zed by it, the truth.
belonging to that emotion will be clearer seei
under these vision judgments. than at an,
other time" Now the souls hours o
mountains Of vision. from which ii lo,ks owe
the landscape OF life, with unobstructe gaze
Aud the observations it then takes. aud III.
judgments it forms. as far transcend the scop
nj tr,th If ~ orI;,arv .,,,bt a,I r...ons,.,
as the view from the sea~ard looking noun
tain transcends the view from the pent.up val
ley .
Poor Keats, whose life SO quickly msrssa
into eternity. expresses an almost simlls
thought to one have quoted from Mr. Beech
er:
20 aching ilm-. moments big as yearsi
Ail.mye pass. swell out ths monslrous truth,
Ard press It upon weary grisfs
Thai unbelief has not space IN breathe ..
Our faroriis writers are telling us Of the Re
lisiosity Of art. II the relisiosity of porsy
aud the next thing they will be treating Of
may be the religiosity Of the worlds eiision
| hope so--for with religiosity there is Away
rations lity-and the favori;e creeds Of the day
are sadly in need OF both
The fervor and despair Of Leonardo da Vim
CT. when. after having painted the twelve apoS
ties, there remained the divine head OF tb
Chris, to be done. The p-o,tration Of The ar
ti,t's soul before hi, task The abandonment
If all hope Of executing the divine coneep
ton Of his immortal mind. Then came III
>leep--the dream--,he sonnambulic touch
ING Of the glorious head aud the painter swok,
to trsmble before the work of his own hand
| call this fine example Of the rsligiosiiy Q
art.
Longfellow chants his solemn truths, like a
"old bard sublime" Holmes, in his touehip
poetic prose delinsates a r,lig ion as s,mmetri
cal as Psehye. Poesy. above ali things, sui
dues and upifts the soul.
AN lovely tale. that We have hearc or read
An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring unto US from the heavens brink
l could fill pages with the sweet religion
sentsnentalitics Of sweet poets csnroi z
amiss for them. fear ] cannot Gull then
Alright.
Ny readers must Judge Of this.
Write on my tablets all thst Is Permitted
All that 10 for our human senses nued
Then the events Of this vide world III seirc
Like strong giant. an my sptrit tease
TIN at its shoulders, II shall proudly see
wiagste Dad out. an immortality.
l. not this n sweet tribute ID the mooni
q maher OF sweet poets d-ar delight
OF tbis fair world and all IL. gentle lirers:
spansisrs Of eiouds.'hslc Of crystal rivers
MinglG with leaves, aud dew. and trenblin
streams.
Closer Of lovely eyesto lovely dreams,
Lover q LONELINESS. and wandering.
OF ureas, eye, aud rrsyerfal bordering.
Does the reader mark how inevitably higl
thought. touches religion With this | re
lsetantly eonelu de subject upon which mUcl
remains unssid. So many spiritealistic NOR