, 1875-08-23
THE WISDOM or GODS APPARENT
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'L'"'''oo ~ 9ea'e "su nho t1l"a tAo !lAelHEcnt
oeHorSer OF God's works. inquiries still. aud IN
nothing does tho Almighty moro hide himself
aud CONCEAL his intentions than in rcspoct to tho
uoa ,rd ad,,t,tionu NJ ,u c,ast,o,, ,,,tt ro-.-,,
usoe "oo auaaA'.o''a o. Ns eies.aon a',a sotetu-
n'ent' Not"'thstahaln6 TUG apparent HfeVef-
epco of tho assertion. God Beeuis the most wastc-
ful OF be,ngs, expou.ling vast amounts Of Wis.,
dom and power to no ytnblo nnrDose. Thu to
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no" Existing, What ali ohs1nltea amount o1
power anil "isdom appears to be thrown away.
WhAt vast treasures OF unuelnl vniue hayu lain
dam huric,1 IN TIN earth for thou1a,,dH ,crI,ona
.n,I';,n. Lii ~ aaa,vrn, rha ,to,I .;tror .,rJ
a'4''.o'''' " eonss''ee' o s''o' e'4'''. "nu
precloaa stones. sho IRON. copper, Anu eoa'-al'
tho immense woaltt which men are now digging
out Of tito bowels Of this globe and transforming
t,,o auch m.u;fol, uso4 .hci, an WORKING .ucf,
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'aou'oae enAuben ~ h''''N,a A""t''' "9' W. q
comparatively recent period n'khown. and lay
unrroductlvo. Generations Of men lived ani
died IN wicaetlneBa sna poverty rho might haYo
ta.,, bonoI,od ,na or,,oi,ad ,v a fo,, co;n. ~
us"D oo"e".o4 ~ CIV ,, n.y. ~ ~" ,.s'D' Noo -
tA'n great aoneo1c'aon'o 1neio o"'"!E nn'
knoTn ages md esaa have these heeumulations
been lsing unused md scea,Iaely to no rurposo.
!" IN What nnruoso IL this raa,o ?" Ascending
I, tn, cnrth.. nurfnco nM ;ntu Tim k,nrdo,n
10 1uo eatsn Sat!seo a'o in'o 'uo A'osao'a
,,nI Mne,o ot6'to e."'uS ou4 '" appon. &
!He'o IN W w DeeA !ue halno IHHo'eHs pro-
ftklQD OF WlEd0m and pQWET. VIC encounter
thia satuo problem in tho vegetable norla.
Wido 1cg!ons lilo waste aud uanhabitets. lslela
soils CAPABLE Of anprortlng whole Ha'i"ns es-
psna tnels asrength ln tue prodn' TO of Iorea1s'
Annually the grassos aud flowers of eroat 1'ra:-
tos come forth o1,!s to nithe1 aud die before tho
ICY blasts Of winter. Take atnelo leaf or Hover
@ and annlyze 1t study ,ts fornl md rtfurtafe
human wisdom ta adequate ii the creation Of
such an object. Yet it IL but ono of cohntloss
millions that como forth ycnry to 1.-Two sholr brief
season : and ba swopt down tnso forgotten gIavos.
What Ahsoa doeH each aus1lInnal SEASON Witness
in the most exquisite produotious Of tue fingers
Ut tho dtvluo A1cilltectl Every rear ~hnt for
eEta wHyo with foliage; what valleys teen, with
!usnrlanco that no eye Of man has seen whns
fruits a!op nntas1ed what flowers bloom ''n'
necil aud onit sncut odors nnappracialc.'. Even
au'ouE tho labitationa ot mum low much beauty
sud skill arc put fortb which pssa awar ll1i.snow,
ANIL unhceded in this dsf 81 ttnsnt of creation.
10 takc singEe point hero. low wtnJl olslY n
tho seed or gerIn OF each plant fashIonei, and
yct how iutiulto the number Of these Which n.o
created beyond that Of tuosa that tuKa root and
como to perfection Eacl, blossom Ut the apple
trce is itself sork Of highest ART, nut does
one in million oyrr come to fruitaye Z and ~
through the whofo vegetable kiugllnt,,
Nheu, IN the cuntotup,ns1oa ofthcBo wontlrous
dotngs Ut the Almighty, VII nay with tho poet,
Full many Rsm Of purest rRy serene.
Tae dark unfataoticti caves Of ocsan bcas;
Fuij 4 uuNrt is0rfI In ,tull,
Aud ws+ts ils s"sstncss OH tto de~Tt 4if,
eau We refrain from askiug with asso4lstmeut.
- 10 "hat pn.poso IS this xastc r Ascending
yet higher i.lo tho region Of animal life. tas
Gnao is tho number Of living clea-
tnIcs WHICH hRye thalr dwatllpg on the earth,