The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-08-09

Life.
The following beautiful disquisition upon
life, says the Philadelphia Erening Bulletin,
occurs in a sermon delivered by Rev. +.
+. Adams, in tho North Broad street
Presbyterian Church, on last Sunday even.
ing:
"There is life in the lichen that cl;ngs to
the shaded rock, and drinks the cold drops
of the mountains; there is life in the fire.
fly that lights up the marsh with his evening
ray; there is life in the lark that halls the
orient sun with a psalm more sweet, and
not less glorious, than the notes Of Haydn
and Beethoven there is life in the lion who
shakes the wilderness with his terrible roar,
sending horror through every wild, pulsiug
heart; there is life in the eagle as he sits
in solitary grandeur on his Alpine height,
or sails on steady pinon above the clouds
that crown the Andes there is still higher
life in the speeches. child just opening its
little eyes to the light, and w-eathing its
pure lips in its first smile there is life in
boyhood, glorious in its fresh ambition, in
its untamed aspirings; there is life in girl
hood, the charm of innocence and beauty
playing on the cheek as If the smile Of God
were there there is life in manhood, and
in the hsrculean arm, in the brow that
rivals Jove's and the eye that shoots out
the fire Of Mars. Measure, if you can, the
mental life of Plato the depth and COM
pass Of Webster Fathom the intellectual
and moral depths of Moses and Paul.
Take the life of humanity; let it be repre-
scented by all its best qualities in single
human being. Give him the frame of
Sampson, the intellect of Lord Bacon, the
soul of Pason or st. John, the beauty and
grace of Alcibiades, the song of Handal or
Mozart, the oratory Of Cicero, or Pericles,
or Clay, the devotion Of Daniel or Paul, the
executive genius of Alexander, the science
of Humboldt, the craftsmanship Of Wash
ington, and the social nature of Burke, the
muse Of Shakespeare, the chivalry of Gus.
tavus Adolphus, and the piety of Daniel
or Joseph and let him stand forth among
his species, to defend, to enlighten, to
win.
Let him shed his light over the EARTH
Let him reform governments, revolutionize
customs, awaken thoughts, inspire devotion,
Danish abuses, elevate life and fiji the age
with new, inspiring, grateful, holy senti.
ments, feelings and resolves. Let him i'm.
part something of his great nature to hum.
BILE mortals; let him speak in majesty and
tenderness to us and be before us the way,
the truth and the life-the highest standard
of manhood, the living depository of all
human greatness and goodness-all that is
mighty in the arm of man, all that is pro.
found in his intellect, all that is beautiful in
love, all that is precious in friendship, all |
that is sublime and blissful in holiness-and |
l will tell YOU that the life of Christ is inf. |
nitsy Eore Angels cannot reach it,
seraphs cannot know it; it is the life of
God dwelling in the soul it is holiness that
no spot darkens-love that fills every
capacity and expells every fear. It is eter-
nal life in fulness, in variety, in beauty, in
strengths, in joy, in quality, in DURATION
If there is anything beautiful in nature,
anything rapturous in song, anything ex-
allied in character, great thought and achiev.
ment, it is in this life"