Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-03-05
@ Communicated.
The Visible and the Invisible

To the merely sensuous observer, the most
beautiful departments of Nature are a scaled
volume and to that mind which relies princi-
pally upon the intimations of the outward
senses for its conceptions of the True and
the Permanent, chaos and confusion are sure
to come In our every dav contact with the
facts and things" that environ Us, we are
but passing among da3o,cs, and though they
may constitute our chief knowledge, they are
but delusivc data, until We have arisen by the
potency Of an interior insight to compre-
hension of those invisible and impcrsohal
laws in accordance with which all . facts and
things have their existence, and to which
they owe their influence.
We are exceedingly prone to ignore every
thing which does not appeal to Us directly
through the channel of our physical senses,
and thus proportionaly To overlook those
moro real realities which address them
selves exclusively to the spiritual nature Of
man. Behold the granite mountain, whose
sky-kissing top Is crowned with perpetual
SHOWS, itself the very type of endurance, SEN
suouSIy estimated: and vet this king Of the
physical creation is being slowly. but surely,
diSintcgratcd and subdued, by the invisible
and impalpable (yct more rcal) gases that sur
round 1t. until its stubborn sides furnish Sus-
tcuance for the lowlicst violet that opens its
petals to the dav Look again at the next to
almighty power Of the electric and magnetic
fluids. or to the mary ellous powers Of the
common air We breathe, or To the achiev-
nents of modern times accomplished through
the agency Of steam, invisible until eonden-
-atjon commeuccs.) and we are almost forced
to accept rs truism that Z" The Invisible Is
the only Real, however confidently we may
have at first rejected it Indeed, physical
facts are tut The alphabet Of Nature, and it IS
meet that the human race in its boyhood
should be chiefly cngrosscd with those isola-
ted characters which it will hereafter form I'M
to beautiful sentences Of Harmony and Truth (;
but let rs not forget that this is the legiti-
mate end To which their use should be subor-
dinatcd, nor bc so swallowed up in the H,ca,ss
a. to come short of this ligh ultimate - the
compl cheusion Of Spiritual laws through Ma
itfldi agencies Let 10 one lllAi We
are adverse to thc pursuit of sensuous kuowl-
edge or qualification we only wish to speak
of is tendency to mislead unless interpreted
in the light Of these higher laws. As in the
alphabet the simple letters convey no meaning
until they are arranged in accordance with
the rules of orthoeraphy. 50, in the word of
facts about rs. truth can be arrived at only as
We are capable Of arranging than according
T. the Inherent laws Of harmony which exist
In the universe, and are reflected TO greater
or less extent in the depths of every mind
It follows, therefore. that whatever tends TO
enlighten Us concerning the constitution Of
our own minds, must correspondingly, enable
us 70 inteliigertly interpret the facts anu
things of the outward universe 10 which we
are related
All hall then, 10 every agency which will
help l. - better understanding of ourselves
ana Of the spiritual laws uhieh govern the Oh
jective world All hail to Printing Press,
School Room and Lecture Room. and NAV the
time speedily come when trt., knowledge of
natural facts may bless makiud.