Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-05-05


speech. and night unto night sleweth
knowledge No speech nor Ian
guage their voice is not heard /; and
they speak alike to the heart of m
s the poor Indian, whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, and hears him in the
wind,
and to the profound scholar, who has
learned to chain the lightning and
count the stars. It may be, that the
rainbow, resting upon the hills, is not
more truly q token of Gods covenant
with the earth, than a representation
of that beauty with which he will
adorn the expanded arch of the beav-
en- of heavens. ...sa ... s7.3 ..... ...u
And yet there are those who walk
blindfold amidst all these wonders, and
see not q God in all! 1t is admitted
that Nature has no language in which
to tell us that her Maker is holy and
just and true but she does say, in a
voice audible aud not to be misunder.
Stood that He who governs her is
wise and powerful and good---that
his tender mercies are over all his
works. The hum Of the insect tribe,
the happy voice of the feathered song
sters, the gambols Of oceans busy
myriads, the quiet repose Of the cattle
upon a Thousand hills, all speak ofthe
kindness and bounty of the hand that
sustains and feeds them. ..'a. ""-
There's not plant or flower below,
But makes his glories known
The simplest spire of grass that
springs up at our feet proclaims a
skill that battles finite comprehension.
The opening rosebud and the modest
violet, alike whisper, with their balmy
breath, He that made us IS Lore
And now, let mind unwarped by
prejudice, set itself to seek in the
heavens above and the earth beneath,
satisfactory evidence of wise, be-
nevolent and powerful First Cause,
and the search will not be in vain !;
and though it may have been taught
to refer the order and beauty every
where manifested, to the laws of ma
ture, il would soon learn to clothe na-
ture itself in living form. and to en-.
throne her as a divinity Let now
that blessed book which alone an.
swcrs the all absorbing inquiry,
Hhat is thy name? be placed before
that mind, and it is prepared to bow
down before it and listen to its reve-
lations with the profoundest reverence
and deepest thanksgiving. a.',.
" Thy lamp, mysterious word
Which whose sees, no longer wonders lost,
With intellect bemazed in endless doubt, ~
But runs the road of wisdom. Thou hast built
" iu 1IiSsAis Wctc not liit Dy Inee tiDplOyeu,
Worlds that had never been hadst thou in
strength .-- -rf --..s..-
Been less, or less benevolent than strong,
They are thy witnesses who speak thy power
And goodness, infinite, but speak in ears
That hear not, nor receive their report
In vain thy creatures testify of thee,
Till thou proclaim thyself.'
The love Of Nature is a popular
theme. and there are many who would
fain be numbered among her votaries,
who yet scorn to bow the knee before
the God she obeys. But it may we'll
be questioned, whether their admira-
tion can be sincere, or whether their
tribute of praise will be accepted by
her whom they invoke, when, with a
deafened ear, an averted eye, aud q
marble heart, they thus turn away
from the simple and yet sublime elo-
quence Of her teachings. g.,