The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-07-20
The Divine Beneheenee.

! Suppose that, early in this year,
/ the whole world had bent itself in
suPPllcatiOn 10 II Infinite Ruler
every man and iaaR. from the Arc
TIC Circle to the iiot Equator, kneeling
. IN the humility Of conscious depen-
deEce, and lifting up from every zone
the prayer, aFOrsake us not this year,
: great BenefactOr, but bless rs ia our
helplessness, from the treasury OF tkv
Z goodness :" And suppose that, after
such a verbal petition, the supply had
c0me-that in every house had been
found the water and the store, the
bounties of vegetable and animal food
how surprising would the miraeu~
lous mercy have seemed.
But how much more surprising and
inspiring is the real WOnder than such
shower upon the barren globe
would be- With few prayers for it,
the great miracle has been wrought,
and in the double way 6f beauty and
bounty. For what is the destiny of
the seasons? Is not the quickening of
nature in the early months of tie year
~ tlDugh God smiles upon the earth G,t
the Equator, and then the spreading
wave of that benignity sweeps north
ward, rolling back the winter line,
lnOsing the fetters Of the frost, melt
ing SHOWS intOfertiliZing juices, press
ing the cold clouds further and furth-
er back, and from the tropics to the
edges OF the polar seas, gladdening the
soil till it uttefs in spreading verdure
the visible green lyrics OF its joy. And
the summerI Is it not the warm ef1iu-
ence Of his breath that flows north
ward and reveals the Infinite good
ness as it floats through the southern
southern groves and fills the fruit with
sweetaess, thickens the sap of the su-
gar fields, nOurishcs the rice plants,
feeds the energies Of the temperate
CLINE, btesses the haniy orchards and
the struggling wheat and corn, and
dies amid the everlasting ice, after
the circuit of IFS mission
in ciOtliing the northern woods with
life: And then many-hued p0mp oil
harvest comes, when the more ruddy !
light and the geOrgi0us cOlOring re-
peat the JOY Of the Creator in the vast |
witnesses of his benelicence, and thei
tired fields yield the labOrers their |
bounty, and seem to whisper,
Take, % children of men, and be /!
until the course Ofthe stupen- /
iOns miracle is renewed"
IL we could see the wheat woven by I
fairy spinners, and theaPPles rounded 4
and painted aud packed with Juice by I
aliin fiRgers-Or il the sky We're a vast
yranary or provision store, from
which our needs were supplied in re,
,pOnse to verbal prayers, who could
help cherishing h constant uRdeFtOne
IF wonder ut the miraculous forces
hat eIIcircle us? But consider how
much more amazing is the fact Con-
iider how, out of the same moisture,
lac various fiav0rs are compounded /
Phe dew that drops in the tropics is
into the rich orange liq-
Tor, and banana pulp, and sweet sub
stance OF the fly; the pOmegranate
torres itself with fine fragrance and
avOr from it, the various eolOrs and
Qualities Of the grape GFe drawn from
{, and on the temperate orchards the
ain is distilled ire the dark arteries of
rees, into the rich juice of tiIe peach
md the pear, the apple and the plum.
When travelling triekster p0urs sew
ral different liquors from one bottle
ntO cups forth spectators, il is called [
MAGICAL Yet nature, not by deeep- ;
ion, but actually, does pour for us one [
asteless liquid into all the varieties Of
aste which the vegetable world sup [
lies. If, by a miracle kindred with .
hat Of Christ ut Cana, jar of water
OUld be tonight converted within
our hOuses into wholesome wine, i
lOuld it be SO admirable as the ways J
n which the vines make wine upon | {
he hillside, out of vapOr and sunlight {
t The bidding Of God IT Starr /
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