The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-28


which says that man is arisen from a lower
order of creation to his present standard
where he commands obedience.
How the speaker read an amusing scrap
of poetry ON the Dalwinan theory. from n
western paper
But seriously. Is il not better instead Of
accepting the Darwinau theory to try to
elevate man to his proper and righIful
standard. We insist that God made man in
his own image. Darwin is u Spectator.
lie shows how beauty, strength and intel
lcct may be speculatcd upon. As such- it
is harmless 1t Is only when we slackon
our hold in Gods divinity that danger APP
pears. God is the Creator and We are the
we lose our faith in Him We lose all. After
we have claspcd the true anchor in our en-
brace then it may he harmless TO speculate.
The anchor is our only safety Years
ago in the first excitement occasioncd by
the spiritual manifestations, was talking
with noted divine of II New England Col
legc of the unexplained wonders Of these
manifestations. He told me with great
solcmnity Of going into his rcctation-mom
one day and saw to his ama2cmcnt an ink
stand hurled by an unseen power against
the wall and broken into fragments. the
table moved like II thing Of life aroUnd the
room. cannon balls were heard to roll from
one end to the other of the hall. and other
/ mysterious manifestations occurred. On
being asked if he could explain il, the
| learned man shook his head and allowed
that he could not. lie only knew Of tie
actual occurrence and said that somewhere
! in the realm of Gods universe these results
were made and sometime he believed they
would he unravclled to our view and then
we shall wonder at the process and under
stand it ut the same time. In the here it
is mysterious, but in the hereafter the veil
will he rent in twain and the gloriicd and
immortal will pierce all the darkness
through.
We need not attempt to stay these mani
fcstations but we must not let go our hold
on the anchor that must save us. Let US
look at this great spiritual influence that
pervadcs us all. God knows our every
thought and each is recorded. They pass
before Him and are transiiXed before the
eye of God. He is omniprcsent and omni-
scicnt There is no limit to the inside or
to the outside of His presence.
would tell you something of how |
have speculated. Have you ever lain down
on the grass ground and allowed your
thoughts to soar up and beyond the prac-
teal life of things ETHEREAL and into an inf
mite space? You will find there is a limit
even there The sunlight browns the Wis
ion and the myriads in space OF unlimited
immensely and of world habitable and I'M
may ask what relation is sustained between
our world and those other spheres, but of
this we can only wonder, reflect and specu-
late. Have you asked how all this came
about? You may look out into space and
ask that question, not because think it is
orthodox for it is not but it is the only
way. We note the improvements that
have been made in tclegraphy and the diff
Guilty experienced in connecting the two
hemisphcres by cable under the water. \
current was made to be felt on either side
which was but the breathing Of the breath
of life from the highor power into the nos
trils of this mighty agency. Thus ii was
in the creation of man. First a mass of
matter but finally animation and a living
soul the form and image of God but total
ly unlike. From His spirit every living
soul gets life and everything that flies,
like the electric current to its destination
though space like needle to the magnet
attracted by every civilized thing, but II
we ask how it is but speculation.
1t is said that the earth shall melt with
fervent heat, and we read of the comet
flying in the heavens. In an hour when
we know not we shall be swept into the
vortex with other worlds gone before
have limited at spiritual manifestation.
and its discovery as force Of nature
called magnetism and electricity whcl
those who call it by these names may know
of more than l. But when this unknown
force is understood it will be captured by
Yankee devices and made to work out
wonders, to forge and to propcl, to bnt
together with new bonds the world and ii
industries of every kind, and give new mu
sic to the spindles of its manufactures.
In asking ourselves how we shall liy,
here we may be answered by science, but i
we ask of the life hereafter we are involved
in speculation What is mortality and i'm
mortality the relation of one to the other
History nor revelation can help us and W,
l only dream and speculate. We canno
compass eternity nor measure its depths
We only speculate, and grasp as it were,
: grain of sand.
To live, move and have our being here i
not the whole of life When we speak of TIN
life of men we wish to know of their act
Il and doings. There is an instinct of immor
$ tality in every soul and all phases of life
l The very dreams that we may be somethin,
i and do something is the fact that we shall
u live in immortality. Speculatons are Offer
: troublesome, while at times they are de
a lightfu 1t is comforting to know tina
II this period of speculation will have an end
u Now we see as through a glass, darkly
c then we shall see face to face. Eye hatl
II not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it en-
IS tered into the heart of man the things whcl
v shall come to pass This is not specula
+ ton
/ Perseyering Murdcrcss.
e Mrs. Emma Mckee of Baltimore, VIII
f made an unsuccessful attempt, on the 18th
>. to shoot heruncle, lswald Kock, was NOR