Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-12-10

songs, and we wa1ss God has taught in
things Of which The psalmist knew NOT,
may 90 back even TO the preparation Of
The Garth, for the residence and wellbc.
ing Of man, before he entered upon its
surface. Vast forests, volcanic eruptions
vapors, and chemical forces, were all
busy in man = interest
The coal which warns and cheers US
today, God stored away ages untold,
prior to mans advent. But leave geolo-
81 and look at anthropology. Turn t.,
the first page of the Bible, and you be-
hold God placing on the brow of human.
ity . crown which shall shine increase
ingly throughout the infinite hereafter
growing brighter and more bright, so
long as Gods own nature is transcend
entity luminous, just as the image Of
the sun in the peaceful lake, grows more
golden as the earths' motion bears 1t
never the imperial King Of day. And
God said, "Let us make man in our i'm
age, after our likeness. So God created
man in his own image, in the image Of
God created He him. No dismal theory
of the primordlal cell there no insense.e
jelly beginning to tremble in pregnancy,
mo Darwinian developement there
but an offspringing from God,-immedi'
ate,-direct, partaking Of Gods nature,
and Gods life. The whole process of
creation, like the narrative of it, seems to
reyolve around man as the centre, like
systems around their central sun. He is
the unit, all else the cyphers, meaning
less until placed in relation to Him,-de-
noting his value. Even though sin has
broken his original sceptre, and but
fragment remains in his swaying hand,
tho transgression of physical and moral
law has wrought destruction to his king
ly heart and regal intellect, it has not ex-
PEELED the royal blood. The Psalmists
words are almost true to the strictcst let
ter; all things are under His feet,-sub-
ject to his will. The Scientific Record
Of 1874 will bring the inspired word
nearer literal fulfillment.
. The tightening bears his thoughts
from shore to shore, under oceans,
through mountains: he has yoked the
untold strength of stream to his..glancing
chariot, and rides at will over his wide
domains@his thoughts scarcely outrun-
ming his bodily presence. he takes the
sand of the sea shore, casts it into alem-
bic fires and it, ields crystal purer than
that distilled by evening clouds He
moulds the crystal, he turns it to dis
tant stars, and they are within his reach
He calculates their movements to the
fraction of second, for thousand years
to come. He turns his magic tube down
wards, and every minutest atom is
world of life and beauty. Far out to-
ward either extreme in the cosmos, svs-
TEN of thousand suns, or a particle of
dust from the heart Of the flowe: at his
feet-his reason goes and his knowl-
edge. He Lrings light and heat from
deepest bowels of the earth; he feasts On
fruits of every cline; wears at will Arc
tic furs or India's silk. This is part,
small part of Gods endowment. Lo-k
at the divine estimate of mans value as
part of the universe. Go to Calvary and
learn there that he is worth the blood OF
the Son of God. Not for Angels, not for
bright spirits who had been growing
brighter in Gods presence for ages Gu
known, and then sunk in endless hight,
not for these, but for you and me, God
gave his only Son to die. Go to Geth-
semane, and there in an agony of blood
you shall see the Incaraate Jehovah,
weighing man against the outpouring ct
divine wrath,-and man ou.weighing all.
The scourge, the thorns, the cross, the
death, the frowns Of Almighty God him
self, borne willingly, rather than the loss
of man. Child of immortality, born in
divine likeness, endowed with God-like
powers, learn here what Gods estimate
Of you is, and always has been.
Do you catch here no lntimation Of
untold capacities for enjoyment, un-
measured powers for development, lim-
itless possibilities and qualities which
even God is unwilling to let go, all
wrapped up in your nature? Does not
the Cross speak of endless companion
ship with deity,-purchased at such
cost shall aught separate you from him
purchased at such cost does He not
yearn to have you all his own forever.
Realizing aught of this, is it not
natural that you should love the Lord,
and serve him in truth and with all your
heart, especially as it is by thus loving
and serving that this prophecy of bliss
beyond compare, is to be made yours be-
yond the possibility of doubt.
Consider divine goodness in preserva-
ton. That which absolutely depends
on God for its origin, must absolutely
depend on Him for its continuance
Every morning when God has sent his
OuCC A1OlC ~ Mos No0 ooSN w
life's activity, there has been the same
goodness which first sxoke you into be-
ing.
Suppose he had left us last night-had
forgotten US. Or when sickness brought
US near the grave, He had withdrawn
His hand or turned His watchful eye for
a moments space, the gates of Hades
would have received US into their cold
embrace Had He thought Of US as in
frequently as we of him, other wretched-
ness would have been the final scene Of
our lives.
To-day we meet to render thanks tor
the fruitage of another year; to celebrate
another harvest of overfowing abund-
ance; to rejoice at the filling of our barns
once more against stern winters reign,
and the demands of coming seed time.