The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-14
The wonders OF Faith.

Editors OF the Register.
TWAS written on a wall of suber-
ranean cell within the gloomy Con-
.ciergerie, by one OF the twenty'one
Girondists who partook Of that solemn
midnight supper, from which they arose
to be marched to the guilotine: "An
honest man is the noblest work OF God"
This is true whether man comes red
hot, point-blank from the rifed gun
tsology, or by the circuitous, tortuous
way of evo'mion; whether he is the de-
graded of-priug OF angelic ancestors, or
the modified descendant Of protozom.
How this question shall lie tiualIy set
tied know not, but one thing | do
know, and that is, the good, ever
faithful "OrthodoX' is honest. He
sticks TO his text. Starting out with
faith, he is determined to fight it out on
that line. He turns neither to the
right nor the left, but keeps right on
in the narrow path Of faith. He is a
superb "attritiouist," and seems to be
thoroughly imbued with the Napoleonic
idea that "the whole art OF war consists
in being strongest on a given point.
Lines OF retreat" is not in his dictlon-
ary, when he doffs his Achillean ar
NOR OF faith, which does not even leave
his heel exposed. When he laws this
of the helplessness oil the hairless Ssmr:
son is his.
"1he spiders most attenuated thread
IL cord, is cable, when compared with him,
Bereft OF his 10 graade Pau lie chagrin."
Orthodox" is like a certain kind OF
a spider. which, after having spun a
conical web, retires into the apex to
await developments. Methinks l see
him now percbed bat-like in his dark
cave, while whole hecatombs OF reason
ing individuals lie hors du combat around
the entrance.
1t has been said that imagination
rules the world. Not so; but faith
does. Let US see.
By faith the ancient Greeks and
Romans peopled the heavens and the
earth with Gods, demigods, nymphs,
fairies, naiads, etc, without number.
By faith, the pious Mussulmen sees
his glorious prophet make the tour o.
the seven Leavens and hold ninety
thousand interviews with God in the
tyinklipg OF an eye. And by the same
subtle power he sees beyond death
cold stream, the leaiv shades, the sll.
very streams, the fowery wales; and
inhale. the per!umed zephyrs that
come floating down form the spicy
groves of paradise. Dark-eyed, volup'
tuous hours stand ready with out
stretched arms to welcome him to those
immortal chimes and amending delights
By faith the Hindoo mother cast'
her babe to monsters in the sacred
Ganges then immolates herself upor
the funeral pile OF her husband tina
she may join him in heaven, on tb'
TOP OF Mount Soomeroo six hundred
thousand miles high
By faith, the Hindoo, looking baci
through the vista Of six or seven hun
dred thousand. years, sees one OF nj
kings, Suguru, with one wife and 60,OO'
children. all boys, born in pumpkin
By faith, the poor Indian sees ava!
towards the south a beautiful island
we'll stocked with fish, and deer, and
turkeys, and buffalo. After death h'
will wend his way to the beautiful spo
and
His faithful dog shall bear him com
pany."
By faith, the walls OF Jericho fel
down: and at the command Of Joshu,
"The sun, the moon. the planets all"
stopped twirling round this mundsn
| ball.
Bv faith, Ruth cleaned wheat from
early morn till dewy eve; and when tn
last streak of vermillion had departed
from the west and the stars had Lighted