The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-06

u M Vet HUI oAS VA
...iearfully and wonderfully made
and not one Of them but what Is mer.
cifully provided for. For every one o.
them there 10 o plsce, and to tins cacn
ia adopted with transendent sk1u ana
b~enificence. In their structure and IN
the adaptation of part to part, II OF
the whole to the sphere they have 10
occupy and the part they have to per
form. absolute perfection refgns. The
advance of art and science has never
suggested tie possibility OF an I'M
movement OH any OF the contrivances.
by which the huMbicst OF these crca-
lures fulfils its purpose. III the mi
mutest not less than in the bulklest,
in the atomic insect that finds IT'S
wide. wide world in q drop OF water
and which it requires the aid Of
powerful microscope for us 80 much
as to discern. not hess than the huge
beasts that roam the forests or enau
the depth. Of oceans, the same match
less skill and marvellous power are
disnlayed. nowhere do We cetect
fault or a flaw amid al these teeming
mvriads. All are perfectly complete
and attest the majesty OF Him by
whose hand they have been formed.
And as they thus bespeak the being
and p~crfcctions of God in their form
alton, they no less attest the bcnef-
cence and resources of His providence
in their preservation. What an ell
ormous mass of life has to be pre-
served from day to day; what vast
supplies of food must be constantly
provided to satisfy the wants OF these
countless millions Of animated exist
enccs that TEEN around us, and by
what consumMate skill must II
Lind and the quantity of the supply
no adjusted to the habits and the
number of each tribe. The mind Is
utterly lost in the attesapt to grasp
the conception TO take III the maJcstis
whole. And yet how easily, Ant CERT
Nv and constantly it is all done. In the
5sth verse of this Psalm David says:
..Thou openest thine hand, they are
filed with good" Mark the infinite
ease of this mode: All opening Of the
hand is all. Tn, earth yields its
fruits with unwcaried bounty, and
what is unwhulesome or disagreeable
TO the taste of one kind of animals is
eagerly sought for by others. Every
thing is turned TO account, and for
eyerv popularity of habit and appe.
tite among animals there is provided
| that bv which il is to be met and sat
isfied. Thus God displays the i'm.
mcrsity of Ills resources, and the
| riches Of his power and goodness.
Ills bountcous hand feedeth all flesh"
.'The young lions cry to him when
| they are hungry. and lie fccdetl
them" Tho fowls of the air SOW
not. neither do they reap. yet their
heavenly Fat her fcedeth them "lte
| yiyeth the beast his food and 20 thu
Young ravens which cry" "All crca'
lures wait UPON Him for He givetf
| them their meat ia tjee season." W.
| are led to sing with the poet:
There's nothing bright a ,ove, Glow,
From flowers that bloom sSsfars thai gov
But in it, light rny soal csn sss
Some feature Of the Deity.
And then how the study OF The
| heavenly bodies ..snow the manifold
works Of God" The telescope has
| discovered one hundred million fixed
| stars, eacl, of which is supposed 10 IL
| the centre of a SYSTEM Ike otsr own.
But these are only p Few sparkling
| sand grains OF the shore OF iminensi-
ty." Think of their infinite variety
no two alike. >.
Then i'm the vegetable Kingdom, il
has been computed that the earth !,
enriched with at least II hundred
thousand different kinds of plants
DIR. Candolle tells us that the seed o.
the rose OF Jericho does not ripen un'
ill the season is SD far advanced that
every drop Of water has been sucked
out of the soil. II would answer nc
good purpose were the scci allowed
TO fall upon such ard ground, but ma
turc comcyt to the rescue by one OF hcl
curious DEVICES. Under the influence
of the scorchiug sun the branches DIR!
and shrivel up into IA irregular
ball. by and by, the wind Of tie des'
ert. as il sweeps along the dusty plain
catches the plant and tears it up b!
the root The ball rolls easily Ovcl
the surface and is driven TO and frt
huntil it sticks fast in some oasis Oh
spot If moisture. During this rougt
fiourney the seed vessels hold theil
precious contents firmly anu safely
but 10 sooner do they perceive III,
signal of moisture than they cpei
freely ami the seed. falling om goot
ground springs up rapidly" An EN-
inent naturalist after describing tn
beauty of the cocoanut groves that
flourish OH the Coral islands. of tn,
Pacific, says: "When the island frs
energies from the deep, it is a barrel
reef of sandstone rock. glitterin:
white and bright under a tropical sun
In process of time patches of chalk!
mud and sand, formed upon its sur
face by tic rain and waves are washet
into cicfts and sheltered places along
the shore: The isAnd now begius I,
fit for yegetationy aud strange though
il may seem, the'cocoa is, usually, on,
of the first plants to appear. How
does the seed get there? The bulk.
nut is too largcto'be carried Dy birds
and the ships avoid Tie reels rs
source of danger. A stray cocoanu
that grew in tar distant groves, afte
being long the sport of storms AIT
currents, has hit npon the new spo
in the lone ocean. Cast ashore b,
the surf. it has at last fixed itself il
Que of the muddy ciefts, where
find. enough OF nourishmcnt for it
growth. In process of time a yOun,
plantation of descendants is cstab
lisiied around. The fall of the leave
: and. tho decay of each succeeding gen
e-atiun, a,iL.ie.sie stock mould, an,
supply the soil for n more varic,
fora. until at length the bare whit
rvefis Changed into a scene whic
sailors describe as an earthly para
disc With what orderly providcnc
nil the steps CT this long operation
succeed each other. There is, first
the cIaergcncc Of the bare rock, an
the preparation Of a. little store 9
n,ud rhru Sn,nn naim tree CROWN