Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-12
irUBLBHED ny REeuEsr.I
DE EATH IN TIRE CAPITAL.
a SERNI . NJ
peiifered in UniyersaiiSt Hall, Cedar
Falls, Iowa, April 2lth, 1866,
BY REV. c. Il. KEMnLE,


Tent Gen. 22-l4: And abraham called the
nnrne of that place jehovah -jireh."
The first truth in the supersuucturc
of all religious belief is that of the cx-
istence and attributes of a God. A
knowledge of this truth, and its appli-
cability, forms the basis of mans pres
ent and prospective happiness. An ab-
scnce Of this knowledge is the great
source Of unhappiness, vice and ire.
ligion in this world.
Amid the contending issues Of time,
the boundless aspirations of the mind,
the tottering OF thrones, the crumbling
OF dynasties, and the din Of sounding
strife, q voice of terrible warming, and
! fraught with significant meaning, as
that OF ancient time, salutcs our ear
"Ec still, md knon, that am God"
And enough is revealed to us to prove
the truth Of the text, that in all the
complicated affairs OF mans uncnding
schemes, the Vaccinations of enemies,
the gathering gloom OF dark despair, or
the horrors OF impending danger from
A'i'ieeii"l! noes, ""I oA an way Oh es-
cape will "God provide" And wheth-
or we look upon the broad field Of uni
''i''"''S Vi "'' h"'i"" t'"'h VI eNpo-
lie,c'' ''s'S ''u'h' IKE the ui'iIan%'hG
'N"'C' ol 4 'l''''"@ I'oN!4Ihc'' runs
through the entire chain of human
e'ei.'S' Ail history Is nut the cohstEuc-
''o'' Vi SSH"5'SW-ISi, 1od; Zhd,
iiis soo"ieSN; "u' LIS power. And the
!''>lN'''eS "h!'h Ncfl'% 'iiiH statement
meet US OH every hai'd,-not oniy III
the thrlillhG narrative ir"m which the
tcAt hSel' - Sctectct' n"t statdihg fofth
npoh 'ie cailNas or the past, and
sketchcd IN hNlh% characters in the in
Nesugation' OF the present.
The waves Of time, cast M old secrets
and reveal by-g0nC rlot2, and dangerous
snares, ont Of which God has provided
ways and means of escape; and reveal
interior facts which, like the fragments
Of Pompeii and NlneVeh, have been per-
laps buried for @Lrs. Thus il Is in
searching through the archives Of the
history of this world. Some new fact
or principle is continually presenting or
unfolding itself to establish the correct -
ness, and aGoriing substantial proof OF
the truth, OF The text.
p,ssino ort.fIa or t,c ,,rr,.;o,, oc ,,o
nre-art then Ia+ -. hand !, ho,d ,,o
forth an goza on,,, . soono of ,hr;II;1,
iotaregt IrnIor thc ,suid;na ;,a,,o,o~
of, tovt tho pboo,i, of Iif, .,,na,,.,,
I'M from, the smouIderiny osbes ar tbo
East uinrirc IT, G;cht waot,yord and
ouijiny tbo ,,vow IF h,r,or d.s,,,,.
step by step. over tha hirhwovs of Fin.
rome untfl 4 raoched its cpIn,i,otin,,
noinf. when Io Amnr;co car,e t,,shinc
forth from tbn chambers oc tho I7ost
like = riant refreshed with uc,,. ,,ira--
and onward. still onward roll.d ,be
char;ot of prograss breokino doy,u olI
human opuosition fearing away all Inn
man barriers. and ruidin~ bv ita briy.
liant light the mighty mind Of him who
heard the voice of inspiratiou in tbe
pathlcss waste Of waters. and its re-
sponse in the wild anthems freirhtca
with the faint echoes Of mysterious
voices ftoln a western world. For augbt
Columbus knew. the shores Of tla At
lantic might have been the very foot
stool Of the Eternal: and its Eeaying
bilIows the boundary lines that held the
court of Death fast locked i'm the arms
of Immortality. But once having tast-
ed of the waters of inspiration. and felt
the strength OF the vicwless hand that
led him forth. there was no more doubt
or rest for CHRISTOPHER Columbus. AL
ready the phantom presence Of the 'Fn-
gle Landn passed before his prophct..
ewes, and a giant shadow .prupp mn
from the arms Of two oecang,-eycn fhc
land for us to dwell upou-tha fourth
grand sub-division of tbe oiohe And
though the naughty strides Of tbe ON
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