New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-13

| and 70 get wisdom. and Christ and his
! apostles have said, "Coms, let Us reason
! together, 1T is the very achme of human uty
/ 20 devote The reasoning. powers TO secure
slons, let them lead us where they NAV,
J Its teachings are the very highest authority
! for the explicatien of all natures mysteries
! And only those who have lie their lamps at
her celestial fires, have earned the right to
I an opinion as to these mysteries. In candOr,
! hec votaries stOp short where science can
| no. tread, and await with becoming hu-
mility the opening Of her gates It was for
| this the God of nature planted she divine
spark within che human breast OF head
that be who would ''mighc earn therewitn
| ten other talents" and ne who diggeth in
she earth and buries his Salient. and goes
back with il 1arnishe6 with canker and
rust. may be driven from his Lords
presence, as having avoided his duty and
deserved penalty OF darkness Tor his laz!.
ness and folly.
The achme OF human duty IS, then, tho
exercise of our most enlightened reason IN
.he mastery of scientific truth, and the im-
piicit acauiescence in its results. as the
teachings Of God in the book OF nature.
in g lifetime now well advanced. and one
which has never been idle or indifferent, in
which
Grand views and enterprises loom
IN the horizon of my brain.
And must and will have ROOM
have been able to cultivate bu. a very
small corner or garden LOT, and in that /
have only entered upon the threshold of its
beauties-the harmOnes OF its laws. Their
contemplation bewiIders me. and am coz
tinually driven back trem my wanderings
20 keep within garden walks OF my own
comprehension.
have proposed 90 illustrate this duty 70
study the God of nature IL the analysis OF
his laws by inviting you into one corner of
my garden study Q: 'me:eogology and the
weather.
Tie professor chen ske.cheG tie series of
subject. as follows n very graphic mar-
ner:
The geography Of The heavens: the mete.
ors, with the periods and The laws that gov
ern their orbits: the constitution OF the at
mosphere, its laws OF circulation and the
relations of heat and moisture to the air.
He made the clouds and weather full of
beauty and looking rs simple as the mos:
elementary science.
The professor concluded .his searching
and instructive lecture with most ianciful
and curious impersonation of ecience, in
vesting her as the guardian angel of his
life and the lives Of the grea: and the good.
He watches and describes her manufacture
Of frost, her ;inting Of flowers. feeding the
roots OF vegetation and carrying nutrition
through every vein and pore o: vegetable
and snima! life. and so bewicehing :he
spiri. with :he beauties o: Gods hand.woyk
as 20 lead j: 20 worship tie A.tro. O: 81!
being.
His closing passage is from :he lips Of
his goddess Of science. Size :has invites
che audience:
Honor and beauty and .r.tf and triumph
are mime. Vii! you step with ne TO NV
portals and enter the celestial gardens. and
with me in humility fall down and worship!
The God who hath the living waters and
immortality shall be there.
The lecture was preceded an,. followed
oy some excuisitely tasteful singing by a
beautiful! and spici;ueiie young lady. whose
name we regret not TO have learned.