The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-23
Silence.

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held in this city
Like Jarries, the tabled deity of Al
cient Rome, let us stand in the grand oil
temple of Time, and gaze down its col
ridors into the shadowy past aud o
through its yisated archways to the Oh
coming of the future. Through III
braSsy entrance gate you may hear tn
noisy brawling ocean of chaos, da>hin.
its foam upon the rocky foundation
stones. and yonder, through the veil o
revelation, see the mistic form of sera
phim al the pearly gates Of eternity
waiting to wait the pure to Il happier
sphere. Like the great temple of ,Ierusa
lem, planned bp the mighty Architect o
the Universe, no sound of a hammer wa'
heard in the rearing of its mighty walls
A polished stone, indelibly stamped will
the light and shade of good OF of tiend
ish action, is daily reared in silence by
the great master builder to make some
part of this iron-draws sup~erstructure,
Though the corner stone OF this vast
temple were laid six thousand years ago,
when the morning stars sang together,
and the glad chorus swelled even to the
throne of the great | Am, yet the iounda-
ton stones were 50 hewn in the mySte-
rious silence of God-like power, that
finite man, reasoning from analogy, is
only left to wonder at the cycles Of ages
that must have formed and fashioned
them. The delegated poccrS Of jehovah
all work in mysterious silence. The in,
Strumentalities that he designs to use,
move with the jar and dining strife OF
the world and the sublime rush of ma
lures chariot wheels. We see the eli
feet Of these powers, but who 4 com
prehend intinity? We may go with
Agassiz into the rocky beds OF earth,
name the tinny tribes, whose sephul-
chreS have formed the Trenton lime
stone in such massive and perfect walls
md in the dust of the Richmond sand a
beautiful sea-Shcll in every atom, each
colored with the delicate tints of the
Rainbow nue.; and in the gravel beds.
hundreds Of miles from the ocean ;
strand, the veiucd agate smoothed by
the rolling wave; and then be lett to
wonder if God. by the fed Of his silent
power, brought them i'll \ moments time
to their present perfection, or used the
ceaseless round OF natural laws to make
them As they are. We may enter the
dingy room of the alchemist. who has
pent wears in experimenting with the
subtle gl>ses and crude elements be-
meath or feet. He has hoped that De
ity would break the silence and speak
to him" but one word that Is unspokrn,
or break for him but one bond that Is
unbroken; and when We ASK Why the
diamond that g%iitters and flashes Oh the
brow OF royalty, having the saui. cie
m nts, are so unlike The dingy coal with
which we fill our CRATES. we can only
answer, like the iiiiterlte clown, '.it is
because it is or better far, because
Gods seal of silence i upon it. In
silence the vegetable world gather, the
mineral ingredient from the soil in
which it stands, and the glasses from the
air about it. We see not the mystic i'm
gers that paint the blushing rose, or
streak the modest violet. But We may
the instrumcntaiities that tend to :
the bearded head with grain, and
the rich clusters upon the trailing
vine, aud voc be To- that farmer who. in
u t4iHt. - W. NISC W SlulN, VI ltO
INDECENT to Use the means that produce .
these grand results. Man is the climax
If creations problem, and there has
been intrusted to his care the trinity vi
these cloggy. dusty houses of the body
lite. with it, powers of strength and ac-
ion, and thought. which is Il spark of
How unlike the dust Of the earth
from which we are formed are these
Of ours. Who can comprehend
-he silent analysis nature makes ola
o flood? In one animal, it forms
zone and muscle; and in others the del
cate brain that reasons. What reason
We give that cur human being is
carried away in early youth 10 dwell
tmonT the pale nations Of the dead. and
lives on to i hoary century. ex-
'cpt that he is kept by the silent power
IF special Providence, that sometimes
)ids the earthquake to spare the man
strlngled by 4 hair. There is
1--WE and terror in silence when Lille is
.tlled from her citadel by the silent
power that 70 finite being can defy.
The fixed eve, the marble brow, the
old and stilfened form. all show that
he spirit has gone fnrcvcrto lis reward.
is fearful when atu seems
while to check her life current with an
calm, as She sometime, does
'etorc a hurricane, and every sound /,
the airy tread of spirit-likc forms
III the distance, but never heard.
here is, then, a s~olennitv in silence
fills the soul with dread and visions
PROPHETIC OF natures end. We are UNI .
OF the nama Of reasoning beings IL,
we are not hab tial students. We
hould daily engrait upon our natures
y observation, experience and study,
ONE new mental power that shall bear |
'u!t to gladden. Our own or the worlds |
We should gain some new
esourccs upon which our judgment m.v t
and our reasons draw supply and I
punishment. We may, through indo- I
,nce, live on the refuse of other minds. :
Re may, perhaps, shine in gems of wit 1
lat other hands have polished. hut the ,
ght is gone in an instant ike a mcte- .
rs glare. and nothing is left but rs c
nd darkness. Nothing in the mental S
ord shall ever bear the stamp oi i'm b
upon it. but that which has a
zen formed and fashioned by the God !
power of silent thought. 1t is our I
ity to fan and brighten this spark to a il
;stal flame, with all the care of cease 5
- energy. The gifted, to whom the b
orli has been proud to gle their C
verencc, have felt the chambers ol $
ear soul radiant with Il clearer vision il
other men, the wonders of the Il
rti AMI sky. 1t is said that when 81
ewion, after years of labor. had near c.
proved his theory OF attraction of N
aviation to be correct, by a long de- OF
oil figures, he was oyer-powered by eI
suhlimity of thought, that SO allied er
n with the infinite, that his pencil "