The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-02-03
The Mite.

VI Hu1aH CHOuRHC tudC is more uIullHutlVt
in size than the Mite, yet when we take int
account its progressive nature, its expan
sion and maturity, it overreaches the top
most round-in magnitude size-of NOR
taLman's conception.gsWe can more read
lily describe it, when we look at its anti
guilty, and the varied relation to man,
happiness, csince the dawn of creation, tc
theapresent time. To- speak of its age
we have only to say" Eternity p although
it took not its name until the widow put
twoof them-her all-in the contribution
box for the benefit OF fallen man. ee
We said its age was eternity. Now lei
that reyerind sage speak forth for himself
or herself, ia the ipersqnsl pronounr r
i was the third person in the Trinity in
the God head acted as divine helper
in the progression of the six days crea-
tion Ola world But my help in progress
stops not here. From the earth refined
man came forth in the image of 7 his
Almighty creatornca an innocent and de-
pendent being, and lonely in vast will
derness, save Eden's garden Of fruit
trees and flowers. II whispered in his ear
to smellof those fragrant flowers, which
caused him to Sleep ThenI assisted in
my progressive work of refining from, one
of his ribs a, help-mcet; and Adam
awoke to behold by his side one of the
most beautiful, lovely and angelic crea-
lures his eyes ever beheld, or the sun ever
reflected its light upon. But it was not
long before that beautiful help-meet be-
came deceived by the old serpent, and by
his advice took some apples from the
wrong tree !. and Adam, having such con-
fding love in his help-meet, suffered her
to help him to one apple too much, by
which he forfeited his life. But I became
fast friend of those deceived but now
helpless innocents, and was instrumental
in prolonging the time of the death pen
atty, and in furnishing the serpent, by
sentencing him to crawl all the days of
his life, and Adam and his posterity to la
Dor for their living, with the promise OF
brusing the old serpents head. But still
the sentence OF death was not abrogated !;
there must be substitute to pay this pen
atty. None but the. Trinity could pay
such vast debt. Then there was silence
in heaven for half an hour. Who could
open his great book-the redemption of
the world? But the Lamb of the tribe
of Judah,o f the house of David, prevailed
with my help, to open the book, and
heaven resumed its harmony Then q
promise of eternal life, on condition to
love and obey the worlds Redeemer, or
mans substitute. 133
| was with Mary in the manager, and
helped her wrap those swadling cloths
around the infant Savior. I assisted Jo-
seph in feeding and clothing the promised
Savior I was with Him to help confound
the doctors and lawyers. was with Him
and by His side in turning water to wine'
at the wedding. also helped feed the
thousand on few loaves and fishes and
when He walked on the water, and saved
a drowning Peter; and when the Savior
slept like man with His two natures
But as a God, with my help, He spoke,
and She wind and the sea
obeyed his voice; as well at the
grave Of Lazarus He wept as man, as
We weep when loved ones die; but as
God He spake, and the dead stood forth
into life. But, more than all, was with
Him in the garden when He sweat great
drops Of blood I gave Him cheer to bear
the sins of the past, the present, and the
vast future of generations yet unborn
when he said "Suffer this cup to pass
from me !" then with my cheer he said,
"Not my will, but thine be done" l
sympythized with and for Him when
those nails were driven through His limbs,
and he suspended on Calyary's cross-my
was deep and ardent in
The groans and sighs of an expiring God
he cried Eli! lama sabachthanir'
But my cheer gave him utterance in the
closing scene, when he cried " it is fin |
shed" No wonder, friends, that the
great luminary Of day withdrew its light
rom. such dark deed, the earth quaked
md the rocks rent asunder-e mblematical
If mans destruction, being enveloped be-
Meath the earth's surface, or, like those
.ocks, rent to pieces, -but I pleaded for
lin, "Spare him and let him repent, and I
brewer bask in Eden's celestial plain"
That great book being fully opened on
mans redemption coplete, on
he simple condition of turning his will
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