Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-18

AtNt <4&34<8S0E tO PrOve It Ill my own Slmple way In seS Aing thess scriptures, am able to find That lales were created before human kind 2 3 was made before the man,
 IS! &pswer Gods most holy plan .ga In al36 Fer to this, I have only to say zs. That G6d creates beings in his own chosen wa By cfeating great Whales before he made mal He6denbtless showed wisdom, in perfecting hi Ian. z.9 s.9 Ny body He did make complete But without legs and arms and feet. Now in answer to this, as the lines I peruse, Whales made without legs to me is no news, As they were created, to inhabit the deep They had little need of legs, arms, or of feet
 My ways and actions did control,
 And was born without a soul
 My answer to this now. simply begins
 By saying he's governed by fluke and broa fins. s Though created complete. to swim in the ocean He had no special need of a soul for devotion. a A living being became, m s
 Twas Adam gave to me my name. 3sa A name to every creature living, ,5s. sgsisss Adam had g chance of giving sss: Had he failed to give the Whale a name, He surely would have been to blame.
 Thence frem his presence withdlew, No more Of Adam ever knew.
 His yisit.must needs be short indeed,
 He could not come on land to iced ;efl His visit was short, and to Adam he cried, Goodbye, Mir. Adam, I'm of with the tide.
 I did my makers laws obey, - x From them never went astray. H The Makers laws are laws of nature, ,93 sa4 This nature teaches to every creature; ey : The first of which, self-preservation,
 Ia staught throughout, in all creation. Thousands of miles roamsd in fear, eg And seldom on the earth appear. The trackless ocean. far and wide, s@s SIS The monster Whale his course can guide,
 The laws of nature make it sure
 Il That on dry land he can't endure
 But God did something in me see, s
 And put living soul in me- gE
 God saw in him the very form saesa6a To shelter Jonah. from the storm; ,s4e
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 As A soul of me my God did claim, 's'7 Fi And took from me that soul again 15i8
 When three long days were fully spent -f T And Jonah there, did sore repent, .., God caused the Whale to vomit forth
 Repentaht Jonah from his mouth. IA FS''f''t
 Aud when that soul from me had fled, ! Twas the same as when first made. 1'i l Wears not to conclude. in miraculous act, l That Whale is to change as matter of fact.s When the miracle ended and Jonah on shore I The. Whale still remained, the same as before
 Aud without hands or feet or soul, l travel now from pole to pole.
 The mighty Whale can travel from, M M From northern pole to southern sea, Those powerful fins and sturdy fuke
 Can guide him thence, without rebuke. I6H Ilapor hard both day and night, s9e7 | E0 fallen man give great light. hst.es Thai the Whale labors hard, II make little doub It mustcause some exertion to move him abou That his oil gives us light is plain to be seen, But it can't hold a candle to our new kerosen' gsa Thousands of people young and old, Y I ~ Will by my death great light behold.
 That Thousands of people, both aged and you'll Have been lighted by Whale oil, no doubt Y the truth
 1 And then at his death, great quantities found, But 1t cannot compete with the oil of theg gsont No fear of death doth trouble me, For happiness l cannot see. . ss Where no knowledge exists. there's no cause That's the the ease witha,hs Whale, to my min Its clear, s,I zs EYga, a.gs ssfo s asaa3 There no happiness on earth, much less in u lli5as5 asea, ee " iAss* q
 To m ignorant Whale conid such a thing be To heaven I shall meyer go, sgasa aFa Nor to the grave nor hell below.s 51s,;ss The brightness, ss,, of heaven would put out ye, aesa lamp. aisa esNa7ss r Y +','' There's no place for Whales in sthat 1heaysnl camp, .fsys 4t,ys aSfs Assa89aai AsgsaRs And, as for the grave, or that other place, hel You wouldn't go there, for twould make a ba |ss $ smell v pRs a4 p.sssssq gsassal ao |uvas Now as these iinsss my friends. you read k. And search the Scriptures with great hest My friend I've search'd the Scriptures son And found sn answer, false or true. F ' Now if these lines neetiyour eye direct, AHs Say, through Enquirer. if my answer is ccrrec And, if my name you,do not find there, z! I think it strange, I do declare .5s I think your name must besa whaler, s Neither tinker or taflor,s ssa as9 And ass Fyeanot yonr address by mails sa | I leave 1t here, bouncing Whale. s4as laasesef as. s.gz ..zs ..., gAzs .aaat aaeas Nnw PRESTON, coss :, May 10th. 1865
 The Whale was made before fore the h,ss,n man,