The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-04

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man chemistry of nutrition, so that tn,
various foods that delight the palates o
millions, and allay the cravings of hun.
ger for Il thousand millions almost hour.
", shall nOurish them into stl en1th.
shall give soli}ity to the bones, strength
and elasticity to the muscle, color and
beauty to the cheek, light to the eye,
vitality 20 the blood, and activity to the
whole frame, so as to enable us to per-
form the duties of life, and to enjoy
throughout many years the exquisite
sensations of healthlul animal exist
encc. But nan is a spiritual and intel.
%lectual being, as well as physical being.
When you have given him food. and
clothes, and drink, and sleep, you have
met only the rudest necessities-the
cOarseSt wants of his beipg. His soul
can not feed on bread, lis intellect CAT
not be clothed with any fabric, however
elegant or costly. from the maHufastur-
er's loom. For these higher warts, God
has provided with compassionate and
munilicent care; to man as u spiritual
being He has communicated y knowl-
edge of himself lie lrts not only re-
vealed u knowledge Of Himself, Ills at
tributes and lis will, as grand but alb
stract truths for she speculative intellect
of man, but He las. by the incarnation
OF His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ, made this knowledge and these
truths the most living and touching re-
%alities, so 'hat man may not only know
Him, but come unto HIM, and have
Communion with Him through the me
dunn NJ those ordinances and sacra-
ns,nts which lie has committed TO His
Church. His comparisons sought out
and cncompassed man in his fallen and
ruined estate, and provided, by the free
gift and atonIng death of the Son of
God, for mans restoration and paE1lop
here. and for everlasting life hereafter.
| have thus endcavored to saggest the
extent and richness of Gods compass
%sions; but how imperfec,ly may be il
Illustrated by the case of one who should
attempt to show the variety, and extent,
and beauty of carth's foliage, by exhib-
ting one leaf pIucked from Il single
tree. Infinite in variety rs are Gods
compositions, they have Tor us in addi-
tional interest and value, because they
fail not
Tive compassion Of God Is not .o alb
sorbed in care for the jewellers under II
tropical sun. shat they are forgotten who
SILVER through The rigors of Arctr
winters. Human cOrapaSsDns change
thcE objects. OF lose their interest," o.
die, but Ills compositions fail notr-
They have annually clothet. the earth
....I I.-E III Il -. -. I..-
years they have Annually ~rileG.,f the
fruits and h,rvestS N earth that lgsve fed
one hundred ana eighty generations Of
men. The Infancy of each Of these gen.
erations has been watched by maternal
solicitudr that never weared its man-
hood has been supplied and upheld, and
its old aye surrounded with v%eneration
and respect by the whaling compass
sionS of God. The S;uue sunshine that
Law on the tents of Patrlarchs. the same
sunshine that flooded the vineyards of
Palestine. the sane SUM that Withdrew
his licht under - veil of sorrow vt the
crIN'iiiNon~ hass riprnerl the ample stores
that now ill our garncrs wiili overflow
M. plenty.
Empires so colossal that they nc.
knowledge no limitations 20 their extent.
but such as mans ignorance of the
~eartlf's geography Imposed have utter
~ failed their grandeurs- and glory
and power, have dissolved and GfSap-
pcarcd- aud exist but Us subjects OF dis
pite ans,ng the curious and learned.
But the ceanptssDRs Of COD are rs fresh
in their beauty, and is e~iiicacious in
their ministries nosE Is they were six
thousand ye;Is ago. Sced-tine and
harvest, summer and winter, have not
ceased; day tx,S brought its delight. and
hope, its toll and activity, and night. its
reposc, bccalise the compositions Of God
fail not.
The coipqnsSions Of God fail not io
respect ID III moral condition and
vans. Ever since the fall of ngan. ever
since the amazing and God-like scheme
by which man may be restored-the
ccsapassions of God have followed our
rice on out>trctched piniens that have
never been folded in ippose; through
all the dispensationS. Fhtriarci al. Mo-
sale and Christian. have they proclaimed
repentance and faith, ma offered par
don and life. through the atoning sacri-
flee of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The groSsncs. of the idoiater. the
blasphcmy of abe Atheist. and the in
gratitude Of the sinner, though they
have changed the image oI.tiod. and
denied His existence, and secuted Ills
revelation, and rejected or abused lis
mcrcies, they have not destroyed Ills
compositions. or checked the infinite
outflow of their wonderful tenderness.
His rains have fortified the fields. and
His sunshine has ripcncd the harvests
of the dull ,dcriding and prayereess unbe-
lever who, glultin" himself 80 safety
with the gifts of Heaven, looks up III
the sky and abroad upon che wonder
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